Time to Wonder Podcast

Are those mummies real? courtesy of Gayle Gibson Gayle Gibson is an Egyptologist who works with the Royal Ontario Museum as an educator.  Gayle fell in love with ancient Egypt in grade 2. In the children’s section of the library she couldn’t find a book she wanted. The librarian suggested she go to the adult…

Were there museums before settlement in what we call Canada? Part 2 The Blackfoot Meet Megan Jerry a proud member of the Blackfoot Confederacy. Megan works as a museum tech at the Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park. Her passion is learning about her culture and passing it on to the next generation. The Blackfoot Confederacy is…

Museums in Houses The big question for Episode 5 is, “Why are there museums in houses?” Ava, Lesley and Sue talk to Johnny and Darren who work at Historic Joy Kogawa House, a museum in a house. At the time of recording, Johnny Trinh was Executive Director and Darren Ragoonath, the Heritage Interpreter at the…

Bones and Skeletons In this episode we ask, “How do museums put together skeletons?” The short answer is, they have experts do it for them. Say hello to Mike de Roos and Michi Main. They put skeletons together for a living!  Orca J34 “Kwentens ?e te sinkwu” at the Tems Swiya museum in Sechelt. Steller…

What goes where and how did it get there? Say hello to Josh Doherty and Winter Stacey. They are  fabrication designers. But what do they do?? “… there’s an exhibit, there’s the curators and there’s a story. [We’re] working with the curators to develop the visual part of how the exhibition is going to go…

Is that bear real? The animals are real. They are not alive – like in a zoo. They have passed on. To make them look alive they are taxidemized by a professional who knows how to do it properly. The smaller animals are stuffed with cotton, styrofoam or wiring to keep their shape. With large…

Were there museums before settlement? Our very first guest is Coralee Miller, a member of the sqilxw Nation. She is a visual artist and a docent at the Sncewips Heritage Museum in Kelowna, British Columbia. There are over 50 Nations and Indigenous languages spoken in Canada, each with their own customs and culture. Coralee’s answers…