Meet two members of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Whale Protection Unit in Victoria. Morgan Van Kirk and Willi Jansen will update us all on efforts to protect cetaceans and answer your questions. More information about the 2021 Management Measures to support Southern Resident Killer Whales can be found here. 

Class Act- Eco Art for a Cleaner Future

When you notice a problem, what actions can you take to start making things better? 

The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world's oceans. Surfrider Foundation Vancouver Island Volunteer and UBC Graduate student Zoë Melanie Minnaard will share how technology is being put to use to encourage and help with beach clean ups. Find out how you can use the Beach Clean Up app to help. 

Accessibility is a dynamic subject. Our understanding of its best practices continues to evolve, in large part thanks to feedback from community members and accessibility professionals. In that spirit, and to celebrate National AccessAbility Week, the Royal BC Museum will be hosting a virtual panel on the future of accessibility in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) sector.

Join host Liz Crocker and author Mark Leiren-Young (Orcas of the Salish Sea), for an outside conversation about orcas. Why should we be paying closer attention to their plight? What do humans have in common with orcas and where do our lives intersect? Our conversation will take place at the beach, where we’ll keep a look out for whales!

Museum Field Trip - Behind the Scenes Part 2

Every first Wednesday of the month for RBCM @ Home (Kids) we'll go on a field trip of sorts to a new part of the Royal BC Museum.  

We'll show you back hallways and secret doors, as well as familiar animals and old town dioramas. Each month a new area to explore. This month we'll be going behind the scenes.

Wherever we end up, we'll sketch that area. So get your curiosity, some paper and a pencil ready.

Supplies needed:

Executive director of The Whale Museum in Friday Harbour, Jenny L. Atkinson will help us learn to identify orcas we might see in the Salish Sea. What is unique about these ecotypes and how can we help to protect them?

On the day of the event please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/97989047516?pwd=MnFJTzFPSkIvdXRBamhOU1Y4QnByQT09
Passcode: 210952

NOTE: If you purchase your ticket after 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 29 please contact Kim Gough with your confirmation number in order to receive your Zoom link. 

Into the Interior with Landscapes of Injustice

Into the Interior is a choose-your-own-adventure, interactive narrative game, that follows two Japanese Canadian siblings as they experience internment during the 1940s.

Attendees will participate in a fun, collaborate play-through with University of Victoria students and game developers, Jennifer Landrey, Natsuki Abe, and Nathaniel Hayes.

Hear about the first-person oral history What Was Said to Me: The Life of Sti’tum’atul’wut, A Cowichan Woman. Our panelists will be Ruby Peter's three daughters Stu’matulwut Molly Peter, Sti’tum’atye’ Adele Joe and Sti’tum’atul’wut Bernadette Sam along with  collaborating author Helene Demers.

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r7iF4pHpSJC0uC0N3wHWNA

Join RBCM@ Outside host Liz Crocker and Michael Abe, project manager of the Landscapes of Injustice project, for a virtual walk and talk about the history of the Japanese Teahouse in Esquimalt Gorge Park on Vancouver Island.

We All Rock

Rocks and minerals are all around us, but did you know how important they are in our every day lives? Just think, the pencil lead you use, batteries, electronics, appliances, vehicles, electrical wires, the salt on your table and the coins in your pocket and much more, all contain elements from rocks.

Ever wonder what odd things happen after hours at the museum? Ever wish you could wander the secret hallways and hidden away collection areas of the museum right before you head off to bed?

Well today is your lucky day.

For the last hour of International Museum Day, we are pulling back the curtain of the Royal BC Museum late into the night. During this special digital tour throughout the museum and behind the scenes, you are in charge. We will gather digitally as a group, and then make the plan of where to go, all while you are comfortably in your pj's at home.

On International Museum Day, we are gathering together some of the most dynamic museum educators from across the country to show off the one part of their museum that they find most interesting. The challenge- if you were going to take a visitor on a 3 minute tour of your museum, where would you take them and why? 

Come join us on this fun and informative trip across Canada, where we drop into mulitple museums in order to learn about the especially good stuff.  

Happy International Museums Day! Meet Jan Vriesen, a man who worked at the Royal BC Museum as a diorama artist in the 1970s. He'll share stories of the creation of our most iconic displays. 

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G_IPD9w_Tz-qxHZe7E4_Yg

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

All educators are invited to join presenters from Ocean Networks Canada and the Royal BC Museum to learn more about orcas through an inquiry approach! This special session will help you bring ocean literacy and stewardship topics into your classroom. Lots of resources will be shared. Ideal for grades 4-6 and 7-9. 

What's For Dinner?

Build an Ocean Food Chain with Ocean Networks Canada

The ocean supports so many unique and wonderful creatures. Like all living things, these creatures need energy to survive. Explore where this energy comes from as we 'dive' into ocean food chains. Play a game all about producers, consumers and decomposers, and learn about an incredible marine food chain that breaks all of the rules!

 Have you ever wondered about what it would be like to work at a museum? Meet Janet MacDonald, soon to be retired Head of Learning  and find out the highlights of her past 22 years at the Royal BC Museum and her hopes for the future of museum education. 

Join us for a special Science Odyssey presentation, Meet the Mammoth and learn more about the special adaptations needed by mammoths to survive the ice age. Ideal for ages 5 to 10. 

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kpyyXgO6QxqwPWb5gI2r2w

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Supplies you will need to make your own mammoth mask include:

Inspired by the release of The Object’s the Thing: The Writings of Yorke Edwards – A Pioneer of Heritage Interpretation in Canada, join Interpretation Canada and the Royal BC Museum for a discussion of mentorship in the field of heritage interpretation.  Some of us can trace our interpretation lineage to Yorke Edwards. Some of us have been mentored by elders, knowledge keepers, professors, or colleagues. Who are your mentors in interpretation?  What have they taught you?