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BCMA Podcast: Equity and Leadership with Illana Hester
Join our host Lorenda and Illana Hester, Executive Director of The Old School House Arts Centre, arts advisor, and coordinator of Creative Coast, for a conversation about leadership, accountability, bravery, and community-building. Explore leadership as a collaborative practice grounded in care, curiosity, transparency, vulnerability, and a willingness to learn from failure, and reflect on how arts and cultural organizations can build trust, share decision-making, challenge hierarchical systems, and create space for meaningful connection.Resources:
BCMA - 2SLGBTQIA+ Cultural Professionals Network
QP — The Old School House Arts Centre
The Old School House Arts Centre
13 Jul 2026
BCMA Podcast: Equity and Leadership with Sally Kim
Join our host Lorenda and Sally Kim, Objects Conservator at the Royal BC Museum, for a conversation about accessibility, conservation, relationship-building, and repatriation. Sally reflects on her experiences as a deaf museum professional and explores how museums can move beyond accommodation toward meaningful accessibility grounded in listening, transparency, universal design, and disability justice. Consider how collaboration, cultural knowledge, and human connection can reshape conservation practice and create more welcoming, equitable, and responsive museums.Resources:
Signs by d-Deaf Conservators
Accessibility - BCMA
M̓ṇúxvʔit model for centering Indigenous knowledge and governance - PMC
After 113 years, Royal B.C. Museum hands back chief's seat to coastal First Nation
13 Jul 2026
BCMA Podcast: Equity and Leadership with Michelle Richard and Emma Wilton
Join our host Lorenda and Michelle Richard and Emma Wilton from the Sooke Region Museum for a conversation about community engagement, leadership, and reimagining a local museum. Ahead of the museum’s 50th anniversary, Michelle and Emma share how community feedback is guiding a complete refresh of its permanent exhibits. Explore the challenges of widening historical narratives, recognizing bias, improving accessibility, and creating space for more people to see themselves reflected in the museum while discussing transparency, accountability, risk-taking, and the importance of listening, learning, and adapting while caring for the stories and belongings entrusted to their organization.Resources:
Sooke Region Museum
Interior Exhibit Refresh - Sooke Region Museum
Sooke Night Market
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