[BCMA] Alberta Museums Association 2019 Conference Call for Session Proposals Extended

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

The Conference 2019 Call for Session Proposals has been extended to Sunday, February 24.

Share your innovative research, programs, and ideas in Edmonton, September 19 - 21, 2019 at the Chateau Lacombe Hotel for As a Whole: Well-being, Health, and Museums.
The Alberta Museums Association's (AMA's) 2019 Conference will delve into, contemplate, and champion the roles and actions museums take in providing, fostering, and embracing well-being, within the walls of their institution and with the wider community.
Potential sessions could explore themes such as:

*         Programming related to healthy lifestyles and psychological well-being

*         Exhibiting well-being and sustainability

*         Providing safe spaces for dialogue, growth, and change in society

*         Positive reconciliation efforts with Indigenous and minority populations

*         Museums as sustainable entities

*         Human resource management for healthy staff and volunteers

*         Resiliency in the face of environmental disasters

*         Educating and exhibiting difficult societal topics

*         Partnerships with primary care providers

*         Specialty programming for seniors, youth, or disability groups, etc.

*         Collecting and exhibiting for the sake of community well-being
For more information on the Conference theme and how to submit a session proposal, please see the attached Call for Session Proposals or visit the Call for Session Proposals Page.

All session proposals are reviewed by the Conference Program Committee. The AMA Secretariat is happy to provide feedback on proposals before they are submitted for review. Contact learning at museums.ab.ca<mailto:learning at museums.ab.ca> with your ideas and questions.

Ben Fast, BA, MA
Program Lead

Alberta Museums Association
Suite 404, 10408.124 Street
Edmonton, AB  T5N 1R5
P: 780.424.2626 x. 225
F: 780.425.1679
E: bfast at museums.ab.ca<mailto:bfast at museums.ab.ca>
W: www.museums.ab.ca<http://www.museums.ab.ca/>
T: @benfaster

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