Engagement opportunities
How a museum is created plays a role in the museum’s future culture. This engagement process has been designed and shaped by different communities, groups and individuals and will continue to be refined in ways that make sense to those communities, groups and individuals. The process has been designed to be inclusive, transparent and multi-faceted- and responsive to feedback.
This engagement will not focus on curatorial content (what the museum/cultural centre will and won’t feature). That stage will come much later and will also be determined by the communities. What this engagement will focus on is determining the vision for the new museum/cultural centre.
- What should be its purpose(s)?
- A museum and archive? A community gathering place? An interactive space or something more?
- What might we call the museum?
- Where should it be located?
To share your thoughts, please complete the online survey
The process is sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport. The engagement process has continued to be shaped with strategic inputs and guidance from a Ministerial Advisory of members of various communities with a stake in this conversation.
As such, early engagement findings indicate a more intentional and diverse representation of Canadians of South Asian heritages is needed. To address underrepresented voices and perspectives, the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport is partnering with Elevate Consulting to directly facilitate engagement sessions with communities.
We are grateful to the BC Museums Association (BCMA) and their successful delivery of the Community Grant Program to support community-led conversations. Although the grant program closed (effective August 30th), BCMA has been able to support engagement for many communities and organizations throughout the province. A portion of these engagement sessions is reflected in the What We’ve Heard So Far and full results will be incorporated into the final ‘What We Heard Report’.