Canadian Heritage committee  My goodness. First of all, I think one of the things that the government committed to was holding a discussion nationally about this topic and I think that's incredibly important. Museums are quite diverse, and I should say it's not just museums. This includes zoos, cultural cent

Canadian Heritage committee  Thanks so much for that question. It's actually one of the things I really wanted to highlight for everyone. Museums are a wonderful place to weather a pandemic because of the way that we design exhibition spaces and also because museums have shifted to do a lot of outdoor prog

Canadian Heritage committee  Sure. The average museum—this is not speaking about the national museums—receives about 40% of its funding from government sources. There are some pre-existing sources, but certainly, we needed the additional support through all of these various mechanisms that were put in place

Canadian Heritage committee  In terms of the supports provided, I would say that thanks to government support, fiscal prudence and support from community members, many museums were able to weather this storm, as it were, and hopefully we're almost done. However, I would say one of the gaps is that all of the

Canadian Heritage committee  In terms of programming, there was a big shift. There's also been work by small museums to network their databases to provide more access. A lot of that has to do with MAP funding. Unfortunately, that is not an equitable approach to museum work. It leaves behind very small commu

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and committee members, for giving us the opportunity to add our voice to these important proceedings. Originally, I had expected that my colleague Michael Wallace would be delivering these messages, but I will do it on his behalf. Just to introduce myself