The Canadian and provincial/territorial governments have employment programs. These programs provide funding to hire someone to work on a project or fill a need for a short amount of time, targeting youth, students, and/or regions with high unemployment. Federal examples include Canada Summer Jobs and Young Canada Works. I provide a larger list of employmentContinue reading “Case Study: Employment Programs as Cultural Policy”
Monthly Archives: July 2021
Case Study: National Museum Policies Timeline, 1970s
Last updated: October 18, 2021 As part of the Dawson City Museum Project, I am creating timelines of the Museum’s development in relation to government policy and community action (1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s). The 1970s were significant in the development of an explicit community museum policy and a significant implicit community museum policy (student employmentContinue reading “Case Study: National Museum Policies Timeline, 1970s”
Case Study: Dawson City Museum Timeline, 1960s
Last updated: January 24, 2022 As part of the Dawson City Museum Project, I am creating timelines of the Museum’s development in relation to government policy and community action (1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s). Museum Operations Government Policy First Nation Federal Territorial Local Community Action Questions References Museum Operations Government Policy First Nation (Tr’ondëkContinue reading “Case Study: Dawson City Museum Timeline, 1960s”
Case Study: Dawson City Museum Timeline, 1950s and earlier
Last updated: January 24, 2022 As part of the Dawson City Museum Project, I am creating timelines of the Museum’s development in relation to government policy and community action (1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s). Museum Operations Government Policy First Nation Federal Territorial Local Community Action Questions References Museum Operations Government Policy First Nation (Tr’ondëkContinue reading “Case Study: Dawson City Museum Timeline, 1950s and earlier”
Case Study: Property Tax as Cultural Policy?
Municipal museums and related cultural institutions often have greater capacity than non-municipal museums because of the non financial supports municipal structures provide. Examples might include IT services, human resources, and lawn maintenance. Most importantly, municipal institutions are often housed in municipal buildings. As a result, they do not have to pay for utilities, maintenance andContinue reading “Case Study: Property Tax as Cultural Policy?”
Research: Newsletters
Newsletters are one of my favorite things to read when researching community museums and museum policy in what is now known as Canada. They are so much fun! Pre-internet newsletters are particularly helpful. Nowadays, a lot of organizations create email notifications with lots of links and short descriptions. As a researcher, I am not aContinue reading “Research: Newsletters”
Podcasts: BC Museum Portraits Project
As someone who loves studying community museums, I am often frustrated that they do not have a lot of information available about their own histories. So I was really excited to see the BC Museum Portraits Project. The podcast mini series is a collaboration between the BC Museums Association and Spencer Stuart, which aims toContinue reading “Podcasts: BC Museum Portraits Project”
Case Study: The Importance of a Marvelous Lunch
When thinking about advocacy, I generally think of major campaigns. For example, in 2011, about two hundred people showed up at Montgomery’s Inn (Toronto) to oppose rumored cuts to the City’s museums, which would have closed the historic site. There was also a petition and social media campaign. These advocacy efforts worked. Yay. If youContinue reading “Case Study: The Importance of a Marvelous Lunch”
Shared Bibliography on Cultural Policy
When writing about cultural policy in what is now known as Canada, finding references about the Canadian context can be difficult. Cultural policy is not a distinct field because “culture” is such a broad concept and, as such, the sector encompasses a lot of subsectors with their own policy concerns. Cultural policy is studied withinContinue reading “Shared Bibliography on Cultural Policy”
Research: Interviews Part Three
Now that I am starting the interviews for the Dawson City Museum (DCM) Project, it is time to transcribe them. Transcribing is interesting because I notice themes and intersections between interviews when paying such close attention to what people are saying. Unfortunately, transcribing is also really tedious, involving more decision-making and time then I everContinue reading “Research: Interviews Part Three”
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