[BCMA] Call for Papers deadline extended to July 32: CAM triennial general assembly, Canada 2017

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Heritage and Nation Building 

CAM Triennial General Assembly

Hosted by the

Glenbow Museum and Archives 

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

June 19-23, 2017

 

Deadline extended to July 31, 2016!

 

Call for Papers

CAM invites proposals for papers, panels, Ignite! sessions, workshops,
posters, and other presentation forms for the Heritage and Nation Building
symposium (below). Interested presenters should send a proposal of 300-500
words accompanied by a 200-word biography by July 31, 2016 to: CAM
Secretary-General Catherine C. Cole,  <mailto:CatherineC.Cole at telus.net>
CatherineC.Cole at telus.net; phone 1-780-424-2229 for more information.
Speakers for the Roundtable will be by invitation. If you can suggest site
of best practice in governance, staffing, programs, funding, and training
for heritage and indigenous peoples, please forward examples and contact
information.

 

Tour Blackfoot heritage sites in Southern Alberta, June 19-20 (optional)

.        Blackfoot Crossing  <http://www.blackfootcrossing.ca/>
http://www.blackfootcrossing.ca/

.        Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump
<http://www.history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin/>
http://www.history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin/

.        Writing on Stone
<http://www.albertaparks.ca/writing-on-stone.aspx>
http://www.albertaparks.ca/writing-on-stone.aspx  

 

Indigenous Heritage Roundtable, National Aboriginal Day, June 21 (optional)

Roundtable discussion and development of an Action Plan:

.        UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

.        Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls for Action 

.        Heritage and Indigenous People Today

 

Heritage and Nation Building Symposium, June 22-23

Canada marks the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017. This symposium
provides an opportunity to explore the role of museums and heritage
organisations in creating and promoting a national identity with colleagues
from throughout the Commonwealth during Canada's sesquicentennial year.
Session themes include:

.        The Road to Independence: museums and heritage organisations' place
in shifting national identities

.        Museums, Human Rights and Identity

.        Participatory Governance: How museums can promote the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)

.        Human Remains Management, in collaboration with the Iziko Museums
of South Africa

.        Migration: Cities - (Im)migration and Arrival Cities, in
collaboration with ICOM CAMOC and ICOM ICR; 

.        Use of technology in information sharing about objects and
collections 

.        Indigenous and scientific approaches to conservation

 

Catherine C. Cole

Secretary-General 

Commonwealth Association of Museums

10023 93 Street

Edmonton, Alberta

CANADA, T5H 1W6

phone/fax: 1-780-424-2229

CatherineC.Cole at telus.net 

http://www.maltwood.uvic.ca/cam/about/index.html 

 

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