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Date(s) - Monday, September 25, 2023
8:00 am5:00 pm
Location
Haida Gwaii Museum
2 Second Beach Rd
Skidegate
It’s our great pleasure to announce that the BCMA’s 2023 Conference will take place in person during the week of September 25 – 28, 2023!
The BCMA community has been invited by our colleagues at Saahlinda Naay Haida Gwaii Museum and the Haida Heritage Centre to join them for three days of learning on the land, connecting with each other, and getting a taste of everything Haida Gwaii has to offer.
It is our goal to make this an unforgettable event that builds on discussions, learnings, and sessions from past BCMA conferences. Conference planning is in the very early stages so we ask for your patience as we dive into organizing this event and answering the most important questions as soon as we can.
To ensure that we offer an event that reflects our host community’s venue capacity and that our delegates are received and remembered as respectful guests, we anticipate a limited number of available tickets. The BCMA plans to offer bursaries, travel assistance, discounted tickets, and virtual engagement opportunities to make the conference as accessible as possible to the widest range of members and delegates.
We will keep you up to date and release more information as it becomes available. https://museum.bc.ca/conferences-and-events/conference/
Schedule:
Monday, September 25: Pre-Gathering Day
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Pre-conference workshops (fee based)
Care and Handling of Indigenous Belongings with the Canadian Conservation Institute (more information & registration coming soon)
Reassessing Your Governance With Confidence with the Canadian Museums Association (more information & registration coming soon)
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
West Coast Adventure – SOLD OUT
Join us for an adventure you won’t forget. This exclusive boat tour for attendees of the 2023 BCMA gathering in Haida Gwaii will take you west from Daajing Giids through the Skidegate Narrows, scanning the shorelines for taan (black bear). With options to disembark from the boat at Jiina.nga Gandlaay (Government Creek) to explore old growth, check for Tufted Puffins at Marble Island, and visit the Haida village of Ts’aahl. Our tour operator Haida Style Expeditions takes guests out into Gwaii Haanas and beyond on two 30-foot closed-cabin landing craft and catamaran tour vessels. In addition to visiting Haida cultural sites, we will get out of the boat midday for a traditional Haida feast on land, for local salmon and stories. The trip also includes guides from the community who will share their ecological and cultural knowledge with you.
TBA
Early bird evening social
Contact Info
Haida Gwaii Museum
2505594643
adminassistant@haidagwaiimuseum.ca
haidagwaiimuseum.ca/