Thurday, October 7 - 10:30 to 11:45am Presenter: Dr. Helene Moussa, Curator, St. Mark's Coptic Museum; John Ryerson, Director of Culture, Town of Markham Markham is an interurban city that is still rapidly growing, changing its built form from 10% high rise to approx 50% in the next 20 years. There is significant opportunity for building greater community capacity, integration of culture and in...

Friday, October 8 - 10:45am to 12:00pm Presenters: Kelley Swift Jones, Curator, Simcoe County Museum; Jennifer Brunelle, Historical Interpreter, Simcoe County Museum; Representatives of the Chippewa Tri Council and Huron Wendat Nation Staff from the Simcoe County Museum, along with representatives of the Chippewa Tri Council and Huron Wendat Nation, recently completed a two year process to...

Thursday, October 7 - 3:45 to 5:00pm Presenters: Madeleine Lafaille, Heritage Information Analyst, Dany Vallerand, Membership Communications and Marketing Advisor, CHIN; additional presenter TBC This panel discussion will look at tools and resources available for the description and digitization of museum collections. As social media and new technologies become increasingly commonplace for...

Friday, October 8 - 10:45am to 12:00pm Presenter: Patricia Fiori, Linke Fiori Services This presentation will focus on a project completed in June 2010 in the City of Humboldt, Saskatchewan. The project identifies key heritage themes embodying what the citizens of Humboldt value and the sites, tangible and intangible, that tell or interpret those themes. In 2008, Humboldt and District Museum and...

Thursday, October 7 - 3:45 to 5:00pm Presenters: Michael Lundholm, Principal, Lundholm Associates Architects; Charlie Costain, Associate Director General, Canadian Conservation Institute This panel discussion will look at initiatives for museums that want to be ‘greener’ and more environmentally conscious, while still protecting their collections. The speakers will focus on a variety of...

Thursday, October 7 - 2:00 to 3:15pm Presenters: Andrea Miller, Executive Director, Ottawa Museum Network; Mike Steinhauer, Director, Bytown Museum; Ashley Stevens, Curator of Collections, Cumberland Heritage Village Museum; Emily Bracewell, Collections Manager, Nepean Museum; Wendy Baker, President, Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property The Ottawa Museum Network undertook a...

Friday, October 8 - 2:30 to 3:45pm Presenter: Carolle Séguin, Audience Development Office, City of Ottawa As museums strive to become and remain relevant to audiences with vastly changing demographics and limited leisure time, audience development is top of mind for museum professionals. This presentation will showcase the successful strategies utilized by a shared resources and matrix management...

Thursday, October 7 - 10:30 to 11:45am Presenters: David Sharron, Head of Special Collections and Archives, Brock University; Clark Bernat, Managing Director, Niagara Historical Society & Museum; Loren Fantin, Project Manager, Our Ontario / Knowledge Ontario ; Sarah Mahoney, Registrar, Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum Learn from this discussion on the vision and process of...