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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Please circulate to your colleagues – only two weeks left to submit a proposal!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>CAM Symposium: Heritage and Nation Building, June 22-23, 2017<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Hosted by the Glenbow Museum and Archives, Calgary, Alberta, Canada<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>The Road to Independence: museums and heritage organisations’ place in shifting national identities<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Museums, Human Rights and Identity, in collaboration with the Federation of International Human Rights Museums<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Participatory Governance: How museums can promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Human Remains Management, in collaboration with the Iziko Museums of South Africa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Migration: Cities - (Im)migration and Arrival Cities, in collaboration with ICOM CAMOC and ICOM ICR <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Use of technology in information sharing about objects and collections <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Indigenous and scientific approaches to conservation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CAM invites proposals for papers, panels, Ignite! sessions, workshops, posters, and other presentation forms. Interested presenters should send a 300–500 word proposal and a 200-word biography by July 31, 2016 to: Catherine C. Cole, <a href="mailto:CatherineC.Cole@telus.net">CatherineC.Cole@telus.net</a>; 1-780-424-2229 for more information. If you are from a developing nation and would require funding to participate, please let us know.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Come early to participate in two events related to indigenous heritage: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tour Blackfoot heritage sites in Southern Alberta, June 19-20 (optional)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Blackfoot Crossing <a href="http://www.blackfootcrossing.ca/">http://www.blackfootcrossing.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump <a href="http://www.history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin/">http://www.history.alberta.ca/headsmashedin/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Writing on Stone <a href="http://www.albertaparks.ca/writing-on-stone.aspx">http://www.albertaparks.ca/writing-on-stone.aspx</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Indigenous Heritage Roundtable, National Aboriginal Day, June 21 (optional)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Roundtable discussion and Action Plan development:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls for Action <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Best Practices for Heritage and Indigenous People Today<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Catherine <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Catherine C. Cole, MA, FCMA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Principal Consultant, Catherine C. Cole & Associates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Secretary-General, Commonwealth Association of Museums<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Vice-Chair, ICOM CAMOC (Collections and Activities of Museums of Cities)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>10023 93 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA, T5H 1W6<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>phone/fax: 780-424-2229; <a href="mailto:CatherineC.Cole@telus.net">CatherineC.Cole@telus.net</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>