The B.C. Museums Association has announced the winners of its annual awards. They will be recognized at the association's annual general meeting on Oct. 19.
"There have been many public conversations about the value of museums this year," says Ryan Hunt, the association's executive director. "These award winners show the impact that cultural institutions have in our communities and demonstrate the transformative power of museums."
The Museum at Campbell River and Cecil Dawson, hereditary chief and artist, will receive the Award of Merit: Social Impact for sharing one family’s colonization experiences through an Indigenous lens.
The Chinatown Storytelling Centre, a Vancouver Chinatown Foundation initiative, will receive the Award of Merit: Community Engagement for helping to preserve Chinatown’s histories.
Rungh Redux, Rungh Cultural Society will receive the Award of Merit: Innovative Practice for an innovative archival web project that activates South Asian art histories.
Sammy Chien 簡上翔 (Chimerik 似不像) will receive the Changemaker Award for creative engagements that increase awareness of underrepresented voices.
Tzu-I Chung will receive a Distinguished Service Award for community-engaged research that assists the provision of culturally democratic spaces in museums.
Winnie Cheung, from the Pacific Canada Heritage Centre – Museum of Migration Society, will receive a Distinguished Service Award for her work with marginalized and racialized youth.
Honourable mentions in various categories will go the the UBC Museum of Anthropology for its multimedia guide; Carolyn Butler-Palmer, an art historian at the University of Victoria, for her See-Jane-the-Artist project; and Genevieve Webber, of the B.C. Archives, for her work with the records of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a religious order that operated 10 residential schools in B.C.
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Source: B.C. Museums Association