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Canadian Heritage committee I can only speak for my museum. In fact, one of the two very direct and powerful influences of the task force report on museums in 1992 was the creation of a very powerful effort in our museum to engage in widespread repatriation talks with communities across the country, and w
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Dean Oliver
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you.
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Dean Oliver
Canadian Heritage committee I would think the latter, that it would contextualize it in a meaningful way and would potentially take nothing away from what I see at the moment in the text of the bill or the understanding of its intention from the sponsoring member.
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Dean Oliver
Canadian Heritage committee At the moment, I do not, nor did I prepare any for this morning's meeting.
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Dean Oliver
Canadian Heritage committee An aspect of that would be the notion that repatriation exists on a very broad spectrum of the ways in which museums, cultural institutions and others can contribute to reconciliation. It is one way, and an important one, but only one.
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Dean Oliver
Canadian Heritage committee In our remarks, we've used “aboriginal” in reference to the bill as written, and “indigenous” as a more inclusive term whenever an adjective was required.
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Dean Oliver
Canadian Heritage committee Indeed.
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Dean Oliver
Canadian Heritage committee It makes reference to material to be repatriated that is “of interest” to the requester, which limits a request to neither material that is ethnoculturally related to a requester nor materials that are indeed indigenous at all. The bill as written would make Paul Henderson's jers
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Dean Oliver
Canadian Heritage committee In my remarks, I suggested a couple of things, such as “associated with” or “attributed to”. The other wording in my remarks would put the onus in part on the requester to demonstrate affinity with the items being requested. There are all kinds of ways in which this becomes qui
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Dean Oliver
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you very much. Good morning, Madame Chair. The Museum of History is very appreciative of the opportunity to discuss Bill C-391 and the proposed creation of a national strategy for the repatriation of aboriginal cultural property. As an institution that has been historica
October 2nd, 2018Committee meeting
Dr. Dean Oliver