Join our panel of internationally-recognized cultural sector thought leaders as we explore the evolving role of community museums. As social and cultural agencies, museums can help foster healthier, more inclusive, sustainable and connected communities. Our panelists will give insight into how museums are working with their local communities to address some of the most important issues of our time as we look to emerge from a global health and economic crisis.
Each guest will introduce their topic before event participants break out into 30-minute long break-out rooms of their topic choice. Participants will then come back with recommendations or ideas of how the Canmore Museum can address these topics with it’s community over the next four years.
This On The Table event for the Canmore community and the Alberta cultural sector is being hosted in conjunction with the launch of the Canmore Museum Re-Imagined Strategy.
If you wish to make a donation, please contribute through CanadaHelps to either the BOW VALLEY FOOD BANK or the IYAHRHE NAKODA FOOD BANK SOCIETY. The Bow Valley Food Bank has been established to provide emergency food assistance to people experiencing a financial crisis and who are unable to purchase food for themselves or their families. The INFBS is committed to eliminating hunger in the Stoney Nakoda Communities with emergency food hamper assistance.
Please join the Canmore Museum in welcoming these distinguished thought leaders to the table for this On The Table event.
Gail Lord, Lord Cultural Resources | Museums + Community Change. Gail is Co-founder and President of Lord Cultural Resources. Along with many leading publications. she has also co-authored with Ngaire Blankenberg the book Cities, Museums and Soft Power. Gail has led cultural and tourism plans for cities as well as planning, management and exhibition assignments for museums, galleries and cities throughout Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, North America and Asia. In 2014, Gail was appointed Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Minister of Culture of France. More recently, Gail Lord was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.
Shivani Saini, Atelier Culturati | Museums + Empowering Inclusivity. Founded by Shivani Saini, Atelier Culturati creates inclusive content and powerful engagement, and is uniquely positioned to produce strategies, stories and experiences that empower true inclusivity. Atelier Culturati specializes in consulting, producing and public relations, with a vision to create and support works that positively transform the human condition. Shivaniis a consultant, producer and skillful communicator with over 25 years of professional film, tv, media and arts experience. She is a dedicated advocate for equity within mainstream media and the cultural sector. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts Degree in Radio & Television from Ryerson University, and has worked in all genres of media production; in every role from the creative to the business side. Her portfolio includes groundbreaking museum content, award-winning television & film, cutting-edge theatre, international visual arts affairs, social media initiatives, and festivals that cultivate new works.
Doug Worts, World View Consulting | Museums + A Culture of Sustainability. Doug has been a museologist since 1980 and a ‘culture and sustainability specialist’ since 1997. He is co-founder of WorldViews Consulting which provides advice and support to a wide range of organizations that are interested in sustainability. Over the past three decades, Doug has published and spoken widely, in Canada and internationally, on topics of museum audience, creativity, education and the relationship of culture to sustainability. For almost 20 years, Doug’s special research and publishing focus has been on understanding and promoting the notion of a ‘culture of sustainability’. He is a founding member of the Canadian Working Group on Museums and Sustainable Communities and a recipient of a Senior Research Fellowship from the Canadian Museums Association.
Maddie Taylor, Cuseum | Museums + Creating Digital Communities. Maddie leads content and marketing at Cuseum, a platform that helps museums and cultural organizations engage their visitors, members, and patrons using the power of technology. Maddie has spearheaded a range of content initiatives, including the industry-acclaimed “Membership Mondays” and “This Week in Museums” webinar series. Maddie is passionate about emerging technology and innovation in the cultural space and she regularly produces resources that explore trends and topical issues in museums and cultural organizations. Before joining the Cuseum team, she worked with a number of cultural organizations in Europe.