Did you know that in addition to our world-class exhibitions, programs and publications, the museum and archives also conducts original research? This two day Spring Institute will highlight the fascinating findings happening everyday at the Royal BC Museum and Archives.
We invite you to drop in and hear about the engaging work taking place across our organization. The Spring Institute will include discussions and interactive sessions—drop in for one session, stay all day, or come to both days.
Spring Institute Schedule
Day One - April 12
10am to 10:15am
Introductory Remarks - Research in the Museum Context
Professor Jack Lohman, CEO
10:20am to 12pm
Here Let Me Live: Insights into Species Migration in British Columbia and Beyond
| Erica Wheeler |
Session Introduction |
| Gavin Hanke |
Diet and reproductive capacity of Common Wall Lizards and their impacts on urban environments of south Vancouver Island |
| Rob Cannings |
Finding new bugs: publishing with the public |
| Heidi Gartner |
Our Invading Invertebrate Relatives |
| Henry Choong |
Shipwrecked in Eden – Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from marine fouling assemblages in the Galapagos Islands |
| Erica Wheeler - Moderator |
Session Panel Discussion & Audience Questions |
12pm-1pm
Engagement Tables, Clifford Carl Hall
1:05pm to 2:45pm
Collections Focus: Studies and Applications using the Historical-Institutional Lens
| Kim Gough |
Session Introduction |
| Kasey Lee |
What to do About Plastics? |
| Grant Keddie |
Tool Stone Geography and the Museum Archaeology Collection |
| Lauren Buttle |
Yokohama-e: 19th Century Japanese Photographic Paintings |
| Genevieve Hill |
Reorienting Research: new approaches to policy and ancestral remains repatriation |
| Kim Gough - Moderator |
Session Panel Discussion & Audience Questions |
2:45pm-4pm
Introduction by Professor Jack Lohman
Alphonse Umilisa, Director of the National Museums of Rwanda
4-5pm
Engagement Tables, Clifford Carl Hall
Day Two - April 13
10am to 10:15am
Introductory Remarks - Research in the Museum Context
Joanne Orr, Deputy CEO and VP Collections, Research and International Programs
10:20am to 12pm
Here Let Me Live: Insights into Biodiversity and Evolution
| Liz Crocker |
Session Introduction |
| Ken Marr |
A local, a Disguised alien, Hot Springs Bacteria and a Ruler: “Common Reed” in British Columbia |
| Joel Gibson |
Tiny Flies in the Great Bear Rainforest |
| Claudia Copley |
Spider Diversity of British Columbia |
| Victoria Arbour |
Dinosaur Discovery: How Ankylosaurs and Glyptodonts Got Their Tail Clubs |
| Liz Crocker – Moderator |
Session Panel Discussion & Audience Questions |
12pm-1pm
Engagement Tables, Clifford Carl Hall
1:05pm to 2:45pm
Community-Driven Research in the Age of Participatory Culture
| Leah Best |
Session Introduction |
| Tzu-I Chung & Chris O’Connor |
It’s Complicated: Representation, Community Engagement and Museum Practices |
| Jordan Stanger Ross |
Landscapes of Injustice: Japanese Canadian Dispossession |
| Genevieve Weber |
Changing the Narrative: Indigenous Data, Information and Records |
| Lorne Hammond |
Pop Culture and Orcinus orca |
| Leah Best – Moderator |
Session Panel Discussion & Audience Questions |
2:45pm-3pm
Closing Remarks
Leah Best, Head of Knowledge
3-4pm
Engagement Tables, Clifford Carl Hall
