Current Problems: Museums and Archives (67-70)

Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Ontario"

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March 8, 2024


‘Box it up and we can repatriate it:’ First Nation in B.C. says it wants its totem pole returned 

The totem pole at Scouts Canada headquarters in Ottawa was donated by the B.C. government in the 1960s. Photo: Kerry Slack/APTN.  APTN News: A First Nation in B.C. wants a totem pole that sits outside of the former Scouts Canada headquarters in Ottawa returned. The totem pole, gifted to the Scouts Canada by the Scouts...

February 19, 2024


This man fell into a hole and uncovered ancient remains. It raised questions about how Toronto builds on Indigenous lands

A plaque at Withrow Avenue Junior Public School, across the street from this discovery, mentions that Indigenous remains and artifacts dating back an estimated 5,000 years were found in the area in the 1880s. Toronto Star: Trapped in a pit six feet below the North Riverdale street he has lived on for more than 30...

November 30, 2023


Are Canada’s museums honouring their promises to Indigenize and decolonize?

Aylan Couchie explains why she drafted a statement of concern, co-signed by Indigenous artists worldwide CBC Indigenous: Following reports of Anishinaabe curator Wanda Nanibush’s departure from the Art Gallery of Ontario, more than 50 artists have signed an open letter expressing concern that Canadian cultural institutions are failing to deliver on their promises to Indigenize and decolonize...

September 14, 2023


Anishinabek Nation responds to the desecration of Sacred Site in Bon Echo Provincial Park

NationTalk: BARRIE, ON – The Chiefs of the Anishinabek Nation Southeast Region are calling attention to the recently discovered vandalism of a Sacred Site in Bon Echo Provincial Park. Mazinaw Rock has been a designated national historic site of Canada since 1982. It is the largest rock pictograph site on the southern Canadian Shield and...

January 14, 2023


What should Queen’s Park do with its statue of John A. Macdonald?

An 1894 statue of the country’s founding prime minister has been boarded up since 2020 following several incidents of vandalism. Toronto Star:What to do with Sir John A. Macdonald? An 1894 statue of the country’s founding prime minister that towers over the top of University Avenue on the grounds of the legislature has been boarded...