Presenters: Katrina Urban, Education & Community Relations Officer, Museum of Ontario Archaeology; Kerrie Gill, Education Officer, Woodstock Museum National Historic Site; Lana Pharoah, Education Manager, Fanshawe Pioneer Village; Jeff Brown, Education Day Coordinator, The Canadian Military Heritage Society Download the Slides - Part 1 . Download the Slides - Part 2 . Yasmine Mingay...

Thursday, November 3 - 2:00 to 2:45pm Presenters : Peter Armstrong, Director, Programs and Services Branch and Cathy Blackbourn, Museum & Heritage Advisor, Culture Programs Unit, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport Download the Slides Karen Bachmann, OMA Councillor, introduces Peter Armstrong from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and welcomes Ministry staff. Peter Armstrong, Director,...

Friday November 4th, 4:00 to 5:00p.m. Ruth Goodman engages delegates during her closing presentation. Libby Walker, Local Arrangements Committee Chair thanks Ruth after her presentation. Ruth Goodman is a social and domestic historian working with museums, theatre, television and educational establishments. She has presented (and consulted on) several highly successful television series including...

Thursday November 3rd, 9:00 to 10:00a.m. Clark Bernat, Conference Chair and OMA Council Member, welcomes delegates and introduces Libby Walker, Local Arrangements Committee Chair Libby Walker welcomes delegates to Kitchener-Waterloo on behalf of the Waterloo-Wellington Museums & Art Galleries Network Gilles Séguin, OMA President introduces the Opening Keynote speaker, Alan Latourelle Alan...

Friday November 4th, 1:15 to 2:15p.m. Yves Théoret, OMA Councillor and Managing Director of the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), introduces the panelists. Janet Carding, Director and CEO, Royal Ontario Museum Victoria Dickenson, Director and CEO, McMichael Canadian Art Collection Guy Labine, Chief Executive Officer, Science North Denise Amyot, President and CEO, Canada Science and...

Thursday, November 3 - 10:30 to 11:45am Presenters: Gillian Hewitt Smith, CEO and Executive Director, Institute for Canadian Citizenship; Gaye Mandel, Director, Advertising, Home Depot Canada; Caroline Oliver, Director of Development and Marketing, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery; Ania Kordiuk, VP, Visitor Relations and Commercial Services, Royal Ontario Museum. Download the Slides - Part 1...

Friday, November 4 - 11:30am to 12:45pm Presenters: Deborah Young, Coordinator of Volunteer Resources, Waterloo Region Museum; Jane Henning, Executive Director, Volunteer Action Centre of Kitchener-Waterloo; Dianne Boston-Nyp, Community Relations Coordinator, Volunteer Action Centre of Kitchener-Waterloo. Download the Slides Session Description How can we bridge the gap between what Canadians are...

Friday November 4th, 3:15 to 4:15p.m. Rose Murray speaks to delegates about Ontario's culinary past, present and future. Susan Burke of the Joseph Schneider Haus thanks Rose Murray after her plenary session. Rose Murray signs copies of her book, A Taste of Canada for delegates. An internationally published food writer, cookbook author, broadcaster and teacher on the Canadian food scene for over 3...