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Policies & Standards 
TITLE AUTHOR YEAR ACCESS
Museum Notes Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport N/A All
Webinar Recording: Accessibility Planning for Ontario Museums Ontario Museum Association 2023 All
Accessibility Plan Mississippi Valley Textile Museum 2023 All
Accessibility Plan 2023-2027 Peterborough Museum & Archives 2023 All
Climate Action for Museums Toolkit Alberta Museums Association and Green Economy Canada 2022 All
Climate Change - Implications for your Museum Practice Robert Janes, Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice, Laurie Carmount, Minden Hills Cultural Centre & Nature's Place, Shiralee Hudson Hill, Art Gallery of Ontario, Ian Kerr-Wilson, City of Hamilton 2019 Members
Managing Up, Down and Across Change Management Fundamentals Cathy Gallagher- Louisy, Senior Director, Consulting, Cnadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion 2018 All
Cultural Competency Cathy Gallagher-Louisy, Senior Director, Consulting, Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion 2017 All
Communications Policy  Royal Ontario Museum 2016 Members
Public Access Policy Royal Ontario Museum 2014 Members
Community Policy  Hamilton Civic Museums, City of Hamilton 2010 Members
Reports and Toolkits Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion N/A All
Community Policy - Bell Homestead National Historic Site  City of Brantford N/A All
Community Policy - Chatham - Kent Museum Chatham - Kent Museum N/A All
Community Policy (Draft) - Pump House Steam Museum City of Kingston N/A All
 
 
Audience Insight 
TITLE AUTHOR YEAR ACCESS
Harvard Implicit Association Test Harvard University N/A All
Obtaining and Using Visitor Feedback  Barbara J. Soren N/A Members
Another Lens: A Research Tool for Conscientious Creatives Airbnb  N/A All
Neighborhood Arts Network Arts & Equity Toolkit  Toronto Arts Foundation N/A All
Virtual Community Engagement Guide: A Toolkit for Hosting Online Community Engagement Meetings in Rural, Remote, and Indigenous Communities Amanda Sheedy and Nature United 2022 All
Bringing Change Initiatives to Your Organizations: Things to Consider Ontario Museum Association 2018 All
The Context Experts Tamarack Institute 2017 All
Index of Community Engagement Techniques Tamarack Institute 2017 All
Readiness Assessment Museums As Site for Social Action 2017 All
Reducing Bias: Museums and the Future of Work Dr. Nicole Ivy 2017 All

Engaging Your Community: A Toolkit for Museums

Ontario Museum Association

 

 2015 All
Global Diversity and Inclusion Benchmark: Standards for Organizations Around the World Julie O'Mara, Alan Richter, Ph.D.m The Diversity Collegium 2014 All
Developing a Memory Connections Program in Your Community Lorie Pierce 2009 Members
Using a ‘Mystery Visit’ Approach to Front of House Assessment Jon Linton, Ontario Museum Association 2009 Members
Building Responsive Museums: A Discussion Framework The Learning Coalition  2009 Members


Digital Media

TITLE AUTHOR YEAR ACCESS
Digital Engagement  Framework Jim Richardson, Sumo, Jasper Visser, Inspired by Coffee N/A All

How to Create a Social Media Plan

Social Media Content Plan

 Cheryl Fraser, Royal Ontario Museum, Elka Weinstein, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport 2015 All
ROM Web and Social Media Standards Version 2.1 Royal Ontario Museum 2014 All

 
Accessibility & Inclusion  
TITLE AUTHOR YEAR ACCESS
Ontario Interpreting Services / Canadian Hearing Society N/A N/A All
Accessibility Services Canada Resources Page Accessibility Services Canada N/A All
Ontario Association of Sign Language Interpreters  N/A N/A All
How Can Your Museum Better Welcome Families and Young People with Autism? Arts Council England N/A All
LGBTQ2+ Inclusion in Museums Guidelines (draft) LGBTQ2+ Working Group, Canadian Museum Association N/A All
The Empathetic Museum N/A N/A All
Incluseum N/A N/A All
Museums & Race: Transformation and Justice YouTube Channel Museums & Race: Transformation and Justice N/A All
Accessibility Plan Mississippi Valley Textile Museum 2022 Members
Gender and Sexuality Inclusion Toolkit for Museums, Heritage and Cultural Institutions British Columbia Museums Association 2022 All

Phase One Report: Rebuilding the Foundation - External review into systemic racism and oppression  at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

  • See Appendix 1: Anti-Racism Course of Self Study
 Harris Law Solutions 2020 All
Michael Bach of CCDI in conversation with Jeffrey Orridge (Sept 2020) Canadian Club Toronto 2020 All
OMA at the Association of African American Museums Conference #OMAConf2019 Ontario Museum Association 2019 All
Thanh Sinden: What Works is Networks: Power to Change - Museum Detox. #OMAConf2019 Ontario Museum Association 2019 All
The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook American Association for State and Local History and the National Council on Public History 2019 All
Welcoming Guidelines for Museums 2019 LGBTQ Alliance - AAM Professional Network 2019 All
Equity and Inclusion Lens Handbook City of Ottawa 2018 All
Inclusion 2025: A Practitioner's Guide to Inclusive Museums Ontario Museum Association, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion 2018  
Diversity and Inclusion Glossary of Terms  Ontario Museum Association 2018 All
Equality in Progress: Fair Access, Representation and Inclusion in Museums  Glasgow Women's Library 2018 All
Steps Towards Reconciliation  Ontario Museum Association 2018 Members
White Privilege Test Museum Detox 2017 All
Using Data to Build the Case for Equity and Inclusion  Steven Francis, Manager, Measurement and Analytics, Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) & Alexander Johnston, Audience Insight Coordinator, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) with an introduction by Cheryl Blackman, AVP Audience DEvelopment, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)  2017 All
MASS Action Toolkit Museum As Site for Social Action 2017 All
6 Degrees All of Us: What We Mean When We Talk About Inclusion  Royal Bank of Canada 2017 All
LGBTQ Inclusivity in Museums: Resource List Ontario Museum Association 2016 Members
Reminiscence Programming Part 1 Cassandra Zita, The Morris & Sally Justein Heritage Museum at Baycrest 2015 Members
Reminiscence Programming Part 2 Nancy White, Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre and Joan Chandler, sheatre 2015 Members
Popping Up to an Audience Near You! aMuseL a Pop-up Museum Experience Kathleen Powell, Meredith Leonard, and Adrian Petry, St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre 2015 Members
The Stranger is Present Amareswar Galla 2015 Members
Benchmarking Diversity in Museums Amareswar Galla 2013 Members
Waiter, is That inclusion In My Soup? Deloitte 2013 All
The First Voice in Heritage Conservation Amareswar Galla 2008 Members
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples  United Nations 2008 All
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Government of Ontario 2005 All
Culture and Heritage in Development Amareswar Galla 2002 Members


Videos/Webinar Recordings

Climate Change - Implications for your Museum Practice
January 16, 2019
Robert Janes, Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice, Laurie Carmount, Minden Hills Cultural Centre & Nature’s Place, Shiralee Hudson Hill, Art Gallery of Ontario, Ian Kerr-Wilson, City of Hamilton

Reminiscence Programming in Museums Part 1
October 2015
Cassandra Zita, The Morris & Sally Justein Heritage Museum at Baycrest

Reminiscence Programming in Museums Part 2
November 2015
Nancy White, Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre and Joan Chandler, sheatre

Popping Up to an Audience Near You! aMuse: a Pop-up Museum Experience
September 2015
Kathleen Powell, Meredith Leonard, and Adrian Petry, St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre

Twitter 101
March 9, 2021
Laura Pearce, Twitter Canada
Access Presentation Slides Here

Managing Up, Down and Across Change Management Fundamentals
2018
Speaker: Cathy Gallagher-Louisy, Senior Director, Consulting, Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion

Using Data to Build the Case for Equity and Inclusion
2017
Speakers: Steven Francis, Manafer, Measurement and Analytics, Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) & Alexander Johnston, Audience Insight Coordinator, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), with an introduction by Cheryl Blackman, AVP Audience Development, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) 

Cultural Competency
2017
Speaker: Cathy Gallagher-Louisy, Senior Director, Consulting, Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion

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