Drawing from the Mitacs research project Global Engagement of Museums in Canada, the report explores the types of museum activities that exist and proliferate in this sphere.
This report surveys Canadian institutions as they engage in what Director General for Culture and Communication in Germany’s Foreign Office Andreas Görgen called a “new diplomacy” (2016). It also analyzes these activities and orientations to examine what they reveal about the ability of Canadian institutions to bridge cultural difference and foster intercultural understanding. This study leads to an assessment of the prominence of Canadian institutions in broader cultural ecosystems. Seeking to understand how museums bring together communities and support cultural engagement, it contends with how individual cultural workers understand and conceptualizes these activities.
With an introduction by Drs. Sarah E.K. Smith and Jeffrey Brison and chapters by Ben Schnitzer, Bronwyn Jaques, Katie-Marie McNeill, Simge Erdogan-O’Connor, Christina Fabiani, Sebastian De Line, Kyle Hammer, Tyler Russell, Vanessa Runions, Elyse Bell, and Antoine Devroede
Global Engagement of Museums in Canada was made possible through the financial support of Mitacs Canada.
Author
Jeffrey Brison (he/him)
Co-founder and team member of NACDI; Director of Cultural Studies and Professor of History, Queen's University,
Jeffrey Brison is Director of the Cultural Studies Program and Professor in History at Queen's University and a founding member of the North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative (NACDI).
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Canada
Author
Simge Erdogan-O'Connor (she/her)
Director, Canadian Museum of Health Care; Course Director, Certificate in Museum Studies, Ontario Museum Association,
Simge is a member of the North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative (NACDI). She is also the Director of the Canadian Museum of Health Care and Course Director at the Ontario Museum Association.
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Ben Schnitzer (he/him)
PhD candidate, Cultural Studies, Queen’s University; Manager of Policy and Research, 2SLGBTQI+ Secretariat, Queen’s University
Ben Schnitzer is a PhD candidate at Queen’s University and was awarded a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to support his research on Canadian cultural diplomacy and cultural policy.
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Sarah E.K. Smith (she/her)
Co-founder and Team member of NACDI; Canada Research Chair in Art, Culture and Global Relations; Associate Professor, Western University,
Co-founder and active NACDI team member, Sarah E.K. Smith is the Canada Research Chair in Art, Culture and Global Relations at Western University.
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Canada
