Canadian Museums Association - Reconciliation Council

The CMA has initiated a working group to address the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s
Call to Action #67, which states:

We call upon the federal government to provide funding to the Canadian Museums Association to undertake, in collaboration with Aboriginal peoples, a national review of museum policies and best practices to determine the level of compliance with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and to make recommendations.

Group members

Grant Anderson, Manitoba Indigenous and Northern Relations, Winnipeg MB

Stephen Augustine, Indigenous Affairs & Unama’ki College, Cape Breton University, Sydney NS

Morgan Baillargeon, Canadian Museum of History (retired), Tecumseh ON

Catherine Bell, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB

Jean-Marc Blais, interim observer on behalf of the national museums, Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau QC

Stephen Borys, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg MB

Nika Collison, Haida Gwaii Museum, Skidegate BC

Pam Gross, Kitikmeot Heritage Society, Cambridge Bay NU

Sharon McLeod, University College of the North, The Pas MB

Laureat Maureau, Musée Shaputuan, Sept-Îles QC

Sarah Pashagumskum, Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute, CMA Board, Oujé-Bougoumou, QC

Marie-Paule Robitaille, Musée de la civilisation (retired), Québec QC

Anthony Shelton, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver BC

Sue Lamothe, Canadian Museums Association representative, Ottawa ON

Background materials

Media release (July 23, 2019) announcing SM Leduc as Reconciliation Museologist

Media release (May 29, 2019) seeking a Reconciliation Museologist

Media release (June 1, 2018) research for National Director

Media release (May 1, 2018) outlining creation of the Reconciliation Working Group

Bill C-391, a private member’s bill which calls for a national strategy for the repatriation of aboriginal cultural property, tabled in the House of Commons on February 1, 2018

CMA’s commitment to diversity and inclusion

CMA/AFN Task Force Report on Museums and First Peoples (1992)

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Contact

SM Leduc, Reconciliation Museologist at the Canadian Museums Association

Acknowledgements

The CMA secretariat is located on the traditional lands of the Algonquin peoples. CMA is grateful for the opportunity to live and learn on this territory in mutual respect and gratitude.

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