CANADIAN OF CIVILIZATION ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR 2

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO 3

HIGHLIGHTS 6

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION CORPORATION 9 Mandate 10 Guiding Principles 10 Corporate Governance 11 Report on Objectives 15 Partners and Donors 20 Operations 25 Human Resources 26 Marketing 27

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION 28 Exhibitions 29 Collections 35 Research 38 Public Programs 40 Communication of Knowledge 43 Public Affairs 46 IMAX Theatre 47

CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM 48 Exhibitions 49 Collections 50 Research 53 Public Programs 53 Communication of Knowledge 56 Public Affairs 58

DONORS AND SPONSORS 59

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 71

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 73

Marie-Louise Deruaz MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR 2

It is a great honour for me to serve whose members come from across These promotions attest to the pro- the people of , and to help the country. fessional quality of the Corporation's guide the development of two of staff, and the organization’s commit- This year, we welcomed two new the country’s most outstanding ment to the development of a new members to the Board. Judith Baxter, public institutions: the Canadian generation of leaders. At the same from Clifton Royal, , Museum of Civilization and the time, the Corporation actively is a retired businesswoman who has Canadian War Museum. recruits the best outside talent it also worked as an artist, writer and can find. One example this year was At both , you encounter commercial illustrator. Stéfanie the hiring of Moira McCaffrey as the human stories that put your own life Pelletier of Montréal is a chartered new Director General, Research and and accomplishments into perspec- accountant and banking executive Collections, at the Canadian Museum tive, leaving you in awe of those whose professional work has included of Civilization. An accomplished who have inhabited, developed and financial planning, auditing, and curator and museologist, Ms. defended our country. leadership roles. McCaffrey came to us from the Every time I visit the Museums, I am We are also grateful to Claudette McCord Museum of Canadian reminded of their tremendous value Roy, my immediate predecessor as History in Montréal. She is a fine to Canada as guardians and Board Chair. She was at the helm addition to the team. exhibitors of our national treasures, during one of the most challenging and of our unique national story. and exhilarating periods in the An Invaluable Contribution Corporation’s history: the planning As this report makes clear, the I was particularly gratified this year and construction of the new Canadian Corporation and its Museums make that we were able to resolve a con- War Museum. The success of that an incredible contribution to the troversy over the wording of a text venture is a tribute to her leadership. country in many ways. They are panel in the War Museum, relating national centres for preserving, to the Allied bombing of German New Appointments studying and presenting information cities during the Second World War. This has also been a year of transition about the human, social and military Some perceived the panel’s wording within the executive ranks of the history of Canada. As such, they are as misleading and unfair to Corporation. a vital resource for all Canadians — Canadian veterans. Working with and will be for generations of historians and veterans, the Museum Mark O’Neill was named Director Canadians to come. was able to add context and present General of the Canadian War the information accurately and Museum and Vice-President for the On behalf of the Board, we are proud respectfully. Canadians care deeply Corporation. Immediately prior to of the Corporation's achievements about their history and how it is that appointment, Mr. O’Neill was during the past year, and we thank presented in their national museums. the Corporation’s Vice-President of particularly all the employees who We consider that a good thing. Public Affairs and Publishing. He make both our Museums so great. remains Corporate Secretary to the National Outreach Board of Trustees, and Director of Of course, the Museum buildings Strategic Planning. Also promoted and their public galleries in the from within the organization was National Capital Region are only David Loye, now the Corporation’s part of the service the Corporation Chief Operating Officer. He is a Fredrik S. Eaton, O.C., O.Ont. provides to Canadians. The Certified General Accountant who Corporation also strives to extend has worked at the Corporation for its knowledge and resources across 17 years, most recently as Chief the country and around the world Financial Officer. through publications, artifact loans, travelling exhibitions and its ever- expanding website. These outreach programs are a source of particular pride to the Board of Trustees, MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 3

This past year has not been “busi- exhibition was developed by the for : A Glimpse of War, ness as usual” for the Canadian National Portrait Gallery in London. and the Museum of Civilization Museum of Civilization Corporation. received the award for “Outstanding The Museum of Civilization also Achievements as well as challenges Achievement in Conservation and continued its solid record of presenting have been significant, leading to Preservation Practices” — both from outstanding exhibitions from abroad. some important innovations that the Canadian Museums Association. This year the most important in size affect our public stance and our In addition, our 2007 History Costume and complexity was Treasures from operational capacity. Ball won recognition as “Most China, drawn from the finest collec- Outstanding Event” in this year’s tions of the National Museum of First, some key achievements. Canadian Event Industry Awards. China. This exhibition was created as Many staff were also recognized for During 2007, staff at the Museum of part of an unprecedented partnership special contributions in their fields: Civilization completed the installation between the Museum of Civilization notably Dr. Tim Cook, Dr. Stephen of Face to Face: The Canadian and China, negotiated four years Inglis, Dr. Patricia Sutherland, and Personalities Hall. This is our latest, ago. Extensive exchanges between Dr. Judy Thompson. My warm and probably last, major permanent staff have also been part of this congratulations to everyone. exhibition gallery. Face to Face is agreement. not only a new exhibition; it is also While the achievements of 2007 were The Corporation achieved highly innovative in style, content, great, so too were the challenges. significant success in its ongoing method and location. It tells Canada’s Three of these stand out: the chang- efforts to supplement its commercial story through the words and actions ing economic environment; a federal revenues and its government funding. of extraordinary people — some spending review; and controversy The Museums held two major famous, and some hardly remembered. relating to a text panel at the War fundraising events this year, both Twenty-seven individuals are profiled, Museum. of which were very successful as with a line-up that will change over social occasions and as benefits. The Canadian tourism industry as time. They are presented not as a whole was affected adversely in saints, but as real people with both The 2007 History Costume Ball: 2007–2008 by a dramatic rise in the virtues and failings. The exhibition is The Age of Style attracted a crowd value of the Canadian dollar and an important and creative complement of 450 participants to the War relatively high gasoline prices. Our to our other permanent galleries, Museum. The contributions and Museums, which rely heavily during and has already been well received financial support of our attendees, holiday periods on visitors from by visitors, with many comments sponsors and partners were directed outside the National Capital Region, and compliments. to the National Collection Fund, are not immune to these economic which helps acquire artifacts of New ground was also broken at factors. I am pleased that the significance to national heritage. the Canadian War Museum with Corporation’s attendance and earned Afghanistan: A Glimpse of War, For national public museums, revenues were solid, remaining by and Tony Blair at War: Decision government funding remains their far the highest among all museums Iraq. Both exhibitions offered a primary source of operational support. and galleries in the National Capital museum perspective on current This is true in every Western democ- Region. But we are aware that these events: on history in the making. racy, as museums are part of a challenging conditions — beyond The first was developed by the War tradition of providing trustworthy the control of any cultural institution Museum, and provided unique information to all members of the — will likely continue in the coming insight into Canada's participation in public. Our new fundraising efforts year. We will be ready to the war in Afghanistan — particularly will help add important revenues take corrective actions, notably by through personal stories drawn from for specific activities. controlling expenditures and the stress of battle. The second, maximizing promotions, but we This has been an exceptional year of Tony Blair at War, is a behind-the- are likely to suffer from soft market professional awards for museum scenes photographic study of the conditions. projects and staff. The War Museum British Prime Minister as he confronted received the “Outstanding the difficult decision to deploy Achievement in Exhibitions” award British forces in 2003 in Iraq. This MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO 4

In the summer of 2007, the govern- design of a public museum exhibit. ment announced its Strategic The exchanges around this contro- Review of expenditures in many versy served to remind everyone federal organizations, including all about the importance of accessible, four national museum corporations. coherent public displays and the We were asked to detail our spending sensitivities involved in writing priorities and to identify possible historical assessments. Different savings and reallocations. As major viewpoints are inevitable when con- public institutions, we are fully aware troversial events are described. Our of our financial accountability to method is to recognize that such Parliament and hence to the taxpayers debates exist, and to deal with dif- of Canada. In order to respond ferent opinions respectfully. rapidly to the government’s request, I believe that staff at both Museums we undertook an analysis of our have responded to our recent chal- programs and services — from hours lenges with skill and professionalism. of operations, size of gallery space I am also grateful for the positive and number of exhibitions. guidance provided by our Board of This was very challenging, and also Trustees. To maintain our status as required timely guidance from our Canada’s most popular museums, Board of Trustees. During the coming we will continue to rely on the creative year, we will begin implementing and competent contributions of many decisions from this Strategic Review, talented people. Again this year, both in reductions to some programs I was honoured to work with so or service levels and in investments many of them. in targeted activities. The third major challenge stemmed from our sensitive role as a public museum whose mandate is to interpret history in an accurate and balanced manner. During the past year, part Dr. Victor Rabinovitch of a display at the War Museum became the focus of spirited public debate over how to describe one aspect of Canada’s military activities during the Second World War. The debate became known as the “Bomber Command controversy”. In response to critical comments from some parties, senior staff at the War Museum reviewed the exhibit and concluded that one text panel should be revised with additional information and more context. We consulted on this with several leading historians and some veterans of the air war. Our goal is to ensure that visitors receive accurate presentation on important topics within the style and ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 5

Below: A spectacular fireworks display marked closing celebrations of Ottawa’s 150th anniversary as Canada’s Capital.

Mark Holleron HIGHLIGHTS 6

NEW “FIRST-OF-THEIR- CHILDREN’S MUSEUM In February 2008, 300 guests CELEBRATES EIGHT MILLION attended the Valentine’s Day Ball at KIND” EXHIBITIONS VISITORS the Museum of Civilization: the first such event to be held as a benefit The Canadian Museum of Civilization In July 2007, the Canadian for children’s and youth programs at opened a new permanent gallery, Children’s Museum welcomed its both Museums. Face to Face: The Canadian eight-millionth visitor since opening Personalities Hall, the first biography 18 years ago. Another 2007 highlight IMPORTANT ACQUISITIONS exhibition in Canada. This 1,000- was the completion of expanded square-metre exhibition presents a exhibition spaces in the Children’s The Museum of Civilization acquired compelling look at Canada’s history Museum, including a new temporary the Harbinson Canadian Furniture through the life stories of 27 women gallery, refurbishment of its theatre, Collection, an outstanding group of and men whose initiatives and and development of a new permanent more than 300 Canadian antiques exploits helped shape the country. exhibition called Destination: Canada. and folk art from the eighteenth and Some 120 prized artifacts, most of nineteenth centuries. The Museum which had never before been shown CREATIVE FUNDRAISING BALLS also acquired an eighteenth-century double-handled burl bowl, an artifact outside of China, were featured in The Corporation held two major of national historical significance Treasures from China during the fundraising events in support of probably made by Iroquois peoples. summer of 2007. The exhibition its activities. The 2007 History examined the rich history and Costume Ball: The Age of Style achievements of the Chinese people, was the second event of its kind, from ancient times to the modern and was organized in support of the era. It also gave visitors a unique National Collection Fund Campaign. opportunity to explore China’s The Ball, held at the War Museum, contribution to the world’s cultural gave 450 supporters a fabulous and technological heritage. evening to remember. The bilateral exchange agreement was also unique. In return for the loan of artifacts by the National Museum Left: Six-year-old Margot Pope-Peluso of Ottawa: the eight-millionth visitor to the of China, the Museum of Civilization Children’s Museum. developed a special exhibition, First Right: The History Costume Ball: The Age of Style, held at the War Museum. Peoples of Canada: Masterworks from the Canadian Museum of Civilization. This exhibition will be presented in Beijing during the summer and autumn of 2008.

At the Canadian War Museum, the exhibition Afghanistan: A Glimpse of War continued its important showing, attracting more than 150,000 visitors. Another exhibition which offered a look at contemporary history was Tony Blair at War: Decision Iraq.

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The War Museum’s major acquisitions Conservators at the Museum of Mark O’Neill, formerly Vice-President, included a painting by Tom Thomson Civilization undertook the painstaking Public Affairs and Publishing, was which illustrates the poem The Foot restoration of a six-metre 200-year- appointed Director General of Path of Peace by American Henry old Canadian birchbark canoe of the Canadian War Museum and Van Dyke. The Museum also Maliseet origin in New Brunswick. Vice-President of the Canadian acquired the bronze sculpture It may be the oldest of its kind in Museum of Civilization Corporation. Mademoiselle de Verchères by the world. Visitors were able to Moira McCaffrey became the Louis-Philippe Hébert. watch conservators at work during Vice-President, Research and the summer of 2007. Collections, at the Museum of RESTORATION OF LARGE-SCALE Civilization. A highly experienced ARTIFACTS IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS curator and museum professional, Following two years of work, experts In 2007–2008, Fredrik Stefan Eaton Ms. McCaffrey specializes in at the War Museum completed the was appointed Chair of the Northeastern archaeology and restoration and cleaning of a Canadian Museum of Civilization ethnology. She previously served as Panther V tank, the largest German Corporation Board of Trustees. Director of Research and Exhibitions tank in the country. In January 2008, Mr. Eaton is the former President, at the McCord Museum of Canadian the 45-tonne armoured vehicle was Chairperson and CEO of the T. Eaton History in Montréal. moved into the Museum’s LeBreton Company Limited. Gallery for display. Below: Panther V tank displayed in the LeBreton Gallery.

Bill Kent HIGHLIGHTS 8

PRIME LOCATION FOR AN AWARD THAT RESONATES IN MEMORIAM CELEBRATIONS Legendary record producer and Deborah Brownrigg (1959–2007) On December 31, 2007, the music impresario Samuel Gesser During her 20 years with the Museum Museum of Civilization offered the became the first recipient of the of Civilization, Deborah Brownrigg best vantage point for watching the Resonance Award, created in 2007 supervised the publication of some fireworks display put on by the by the Museum of Civilization. 300 books and catalogues, covering National Capital Commission. This The award honours outstanding a wide range of topics related to the special event marked the closing lifetime contributions to Canada’s Corporation's activities and fields of of year-long celebrations marking musical heritage, and will draw research. To those who had the Ottawa’s 150th anniversary as attention to the role of individuals privilege of knowing and working Canada’s Capital. It was an over- in performing, preserving, and with her, she will be fondly remem- whelming success, with over 5,000 promoting this heritage (Mr. Gesser bered for her courage, integrity and people coming to the Museum to sadly passed away on April 1, 2008.) dedication. Deborah passed away watch the spectacular show. on December 27, 2007, following a NEW STAR CHEF valiant battle with cancer. In 2007, the Museum of Civilization Corporation welcomed new Jean-Pierre Chrestien (1949–2008) Executive Chef Georges Laurier, Archaeologist Jean-Pierre Chrestien who became responsible for food joined the Museum of Civilization services and catering at both in 1985. Widely respected for his Museums, including the Museum knowledge within the fields of of Civilization’s Café du Musée. archaeology and history, he was Mr. Laurier enjoys showcasing the especially esteemed for his expertise finest of local ingredients, and is on the European fisheries of eastern renowned for his culinary savoir-faire, North America. His contributions to creativity and care for his clients. the exhibitions Lifelines: Canada's East Coast Fisheries, Once in French America, Virtual Museum of and the Canada Hall Below: The Corporation’s new are among his lasting legacies as a Executive Chef Georges Laurier. scholar. Jean-Pierre was also known for his kindness and his deep respect for people. He died on February 26, 2008, following a brief illness.

Marie-Louise Deruaz Mike Holleron Marie-Louise Deruaz

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MANDATE GUIDING PRINCIPLES Authenticity The Corporation’s work is guided by Authenticity in our Museums means The Canadian Museum of Civilization that we are truthful and comprehensive. Corporation is a Crown Corporation five essential principles, described below. We are committed to presenting established pursuant to the artifacts from the Corporation's collec- Museums Act. The Corporation is a Knowledge tions and from other public collections. member of the Canadian Heritage Museum activities focus on the Authenticity involves communicating Portfolio, and includes the Canadian creation and dissemination of knowl- accurate information which is Museum of Civilization, the Canadian edge. Our research is rigorous and balanced and contextual. War Museum and the Virtual creative, thereby contributing to Coherence Museum of New France, a virtual new understanding of Canada’s Coherence applies to all corporate museum on the Internet. As part of human history. Our exhibitions and programs are knowledge-based and activities as we aim to be consistent, their core mandate, the Museum of united in purpose and easily accessible. Civilization and the War Museum provide clear information to the public. We strive for coherence in our function as centres for collection, research, exhibitions, programs, research and public information on Choice and Respect services and design, in our behaviour the social, military and human history The collections, programs and as teams, and in our use of the of the country. The Corporation’s exhibitions administered by our Museums’ physical spaces. principal role is to help preserve and Museums reflect a wide range of Canadian Perspectives promote the heritage of Canada for people and subjects. Making choices Our collections, programs and present and future generations, is necessary for good management: exhibitions reflect a Canadian thereby contributing to the promotion we can never include all themes, all perspectives, or all proposed artifacts. perspective. We present Canadian and enhancement of a Canadian contexts, comments or reactions on identity. Our choices are informed by respect: we will not engage in activities subjects of wider significance. This or present materials that might dimension reflects the fundamental promote intolerance. Canadian commitment to democracy in its political and social sense.

Left: Nineteenth-century stone mask made by a Tsimshian carver from Canada’s Northwest Coast. Right: Beavers, by Frank Shebageget, featured in the exhibition In My Lifetime. Marie-Louise Deruaz Marie-Louise Deruaz ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 11

CORPORATE BOARD COMMITTEES The Canadian War Museum Advisory Committee advises on GOVERNANCE The Executive Committee assists in its decision-making between matters related to the Canadian War The Corporation is governed by a Board meetings, if necessary. Museum. Its membership includes Board of Trustees appointed by the members of the Board of Trustees Governor-in-Council. The Board is The Audit Committee serves as the and representatives from veterans’ Board’s advisor on audit-related responsible for fulfillment of the groups. matters, and ensures maintenance policies and overall financial manage- of sound internal controls. The Working Group on ment of the Corporation’s affairs, Governance advises on matters and reports to Parliament through The Finance and Compensation related to governance of the the Minister of Canadian Heritage. Committee serves as advisor on Corporation, such as the application During 2007–2008, seven commit- accountability and planning, in rela- of its by-laws. tees supported the Board of tion to finance and compensation. The Nominating Committee assists Trustees. These committees met The Development Committee in creating trustee and CEO profiles, regularly before Board meetings, advises and supports the Board and and establishes appropriate criteria and made their recommendations Management on the Corporation’s for candidate selection. It also to meetings of the Board. Each development and fundraising activi- makes recommendations to the Member has duties on at least ties. Members of the Committee Board of Trustees on appointments. one committee. may also participate in fundraising on an individual basis. CORPORATE OFFICERS Victor Rabinovitch President and CEO David Loye Chief Operating Officer Mark O’Neill Director General, Canadian War Museum and Vice-President of the Corporation; Corporate Secretary and Director, Strategic Planning

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MEMBERS OF THE Dean Oliver, Director, Research and MEMBERS OF THE BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Exhibitions, Canadian War Museum Naïma Bendriss, Trustee (AS OF MARCH 31, 2008) Mark O’Neill, Director General, Montréal, Quebec Francine Brousseau, Vice-President, Canadian War Museum and Vice- Dr. Bendriss is a sociologist with a Development President of the Canadian Museum particular interest in ethnic studies, of Civilization Corporation; post-colonial studies, international Michèle Canto, Director, Marketing, Corporate Secretary and Director, development, international relations Business Operations and Client Strategic Planning. and human rights. She is an associate Services researcher at the Centre de Victor Rabinovitch, President and Michel Cheff, Director, Special recherche en immigration, ethnicité Chief Executive Officer Projects, Office of the President and et citoyenneté of the Université du CEO and Secretary, Executive Québec à Montréal. She is also Committee Head of the Maghreb and Middle East Program at the International Odette Dumas, Acting Vice-President, Centre for Human Rights and Public Affairs and Publishing Democratic Development. Elizabeth Goger, Vice-President, Human Resources Previous page David Loye, Chief Operating Officer Left: David Loye, Chief Operating Officer; Mark O’Neill, Director General, Canadian War Museum and Vice-President Moira McCaffrey, Vice-President, of the Corporation; Corporate Secretary and Director, Research and Collections Strategic Planning; Victor Rabinovitch, President and Chief Executive Officer. Sylvie Morel, Vice-President, Right: J.L. Granatstein, Trustee; Naïma Bendriss, Trustee; Exhibitions and Programs Patricia Roy, Trustee. Below Left: Claudia Simon, Trustee; Harvey A. Slack, Trustee; Judith Baxter, Trustee. Right: Jean-Claude Cyr, Trustee; Stéfanie Pelletier, Trustee; Fredrik Stefan Eaton, Chair. Absent: Pierre Dufour, Vice-Chair; A. Webster Macdonald, Trustee. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 13

Thelma Ann Brennan, Trustee Jean-Claude Cyr, Trustee Pierre Dufour, Vice-Chair Johnville, New Brunswick Montréal, Quebec Gatineau, Quebec (Until December 2007) Jean-Claude Cyr has extensive Currently a partner in the law firm of Historical novelist Ann Brennan has experience in business and finance. Dufour, Isabelle, Leduc, Bouthillette, a Master’s Degree in Environmental Since 2003, he has been a consultant Lapointe and Beaulieu, Mr. Dufour History and a Bachelor of Arts in with several firms, including Magil has practiced law for more than four History. She is an active participant Laurentienne and Group Dayan. decades, and has extensive experience in the Writers in Schools Program, From 1995 to 2004, he occupied as a member of other boards. Mr. and has a number of publications to positions as Senior Vice-President Dufour has overseen special projects her credit, including The Hawthorn and Vice-President with the Caisse for government organizations, and Bush and The Real Klondike Kate, de dépôt et placement du Québec. has served as legal advisor for various and has given numerous presenta- Mr. Cyr has also served for many corporations and sports federations. tions on Irish and Canadian history. years on the boards of CDP Capital- A former governing member of the In 2003, she received Queen Hypothèques and the Montréal Gatineau Chamber of Commerce, Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee Medal Museum of Contemporary Art, and Mr. Dufour is still active in community for exemplary service to her more recently on the boards of life and in supporting health-related community. CADIM-dettes immobilières and of foundations. MCAP ().

*Board of Trustees

*Corporate Secretary and Director, Strategic Planning *President and CEO

*Director *Director Special Projects Audit and Evaluation

*Vice-President *Chief Operating Human Resources Officer

*Vice-President *Vice-President Public Affairs Development and Publishing

Vice-President Director Vice-President Research and Collections, Canadian War Museum Exhibitions and CMC (Vice-President, CMCC) Programs, CMC

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Fredrik Stefan Eaton, O.C., O.Ont., Stéfanie Pelletier, Trustee Harvey A. Slack, Trustee Chair Montréal, Quebec Ottawa, Ontario Toronto, Ontario (Since December 2007) Well-known for his community service, (Since April 2007) Ms. Pelletier is a chartered accountant Mr. Slack has been an active member Fredrik Stefan Eaton held various whose professional background of more than 30 national and local positions at the T. Eaton Company includes work in accounting and charitable, health and cultural Limited, which he joined in 1962, taxation in auditing, financial planning organizations, including the rising to President, Chairman and and leadership roles. Since 2005, Governor General’s Performing CEO — an office he held for ten she has been Chief Financial Officer Arts Awards Gala Committee, the years. He is currently Chairman of of the Canadian branch of Société and the Writers the White Raven Capital Générale Corporate and Investment Trust of Canada. He is a recipient Corporation. In the early 1990s, Banking, where she was previously of the Governor General’s 125th he also served as Canada’s High responsible for internal auditing. Anniversary of the Confederation Commissioner to the United From 1995 to 2002, she also worked of Canada Medal, and of Queen Kingdom. in certification services for Ernst & Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee Medal Young. for significant contributions to J.L. Granatstein, O.C., Trustee Canada and his community. He has Toronto, Ontario Patricia Roy, Trustee also been made a Board Member A well-known military historian, Victoria, of the International Honens Piano Dr. Granatstein has held many Patricia Roy taught history at the Competitions in Calgary. positions at York University, and was University of Victoria from 1966 until Director and CEO of the Canadian her retirement in 2005. Her most Judith Baxter, Trustee War Museum from 1998 to 2000. recent books are The Triumph of Clifton Royal, New Brunswick Dr. Granatstein is currently a member Citizenship: The Chinese and (Since December 2007) of the Board of Directors of the Japanese in Canada, 1941–1967 and Ms. Baxter is a retired business- Canadian Defence and Foreign British Columbia: Land of Promises, woman who was a founding director Affairs Institute, and is Chair of its co-authored with John Herd of the Kingston Farmers Market. Advisory Council. An Officer of the Thompson. She is president of the She is also a founding director of Order of Canada, he is also the British Columbia Historical the John Fisher Memorial Museum, recipient of seven honorary degrees Federation and a member of the and served as volunteer museum and many other honours, including Royal Society of Canada. co-ordinator from 1972 to 2007. the National History Award from the Ms. Baxter has worked as an artist, Claudia Simon, Trustee Organization for the History of writer and commercial illustrator, Big Cove, New Brunswick Canada. and sits on the Board of the New Ms. Simon has 35 years of profes- Brunswick Museum. A. Webster Macdonald, Trustee sional experience in public and Calgary, Alberta community service, specializing in For many years, Mr. Macdonald was education and health care. She was involved with the Glenbow Museum the first Aboriginal teacher to be in Calgary. He was a Vice-Chair of its appointed Human Rights Board of Directors from 1999 to Commissioner for the province of 2000, Chair of the Board of New Brunswick. Ms. Simon has been Directors from 2000 to 2002, and a Director of Health at the Big Cove member of the Board of Directors Health Care Centre since 1991. from 2003 to 2004. A lawyer by profession, he has practiced law in Calgary since 1970. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 15

REPORT ON COMPLETION OF PERMANENT SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS EXHIBITIONS Museum of Civilization OBJECTIVES • The Museum of Civilization opened Opened 8 The Board of Trustees has identified a new permanent exhibition, Face Presented 13 four strategic issues to guide its to Face: The Canadian War Museum activities during the 2006–2010 Personalities Hall. Opened 3 period, together with a detailed set Presented 5 RENEWAL OF PERMANENT of objectives and strategies to address GALLERIES AT THE MUSEUM OF TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONS each one. For the 2007–2008 fiscal CIVILIZATION Museum of Civilization year, the Corporation is pleased to • In the Grand Hall, four totem Exhibitions 9 report the following results in keeping poles were relocated for improved Venues 17 with these four strategic directions. protection and display. Attendance 275,000 Other detailed examples of results • Three modules of the Canada Hall War Museum can be found throughout this Annual were revised and re-installed. Exhibitions 1 Report. A small temporary exhibit was Venues 1 added. STRATEGIC ISSUE I: BROADEN • In the First Peoples Hall, projectors AND DEEPEN CANADIAN were replaced with newer, more CONTENT AND AUDIENCES durable equipment. PUBLIC PROGRAMS • A three-part expansion of the • At the Museum of Civilization OBJECTIVE Canadian Children’s Museum (excluding the Children’s Museum To facilitate the sharing, among was completed. and the Postal Museum): 180 public all Canadians, of our symbols and programs/44,000 participants • At the Children’s Museum: stories, and to foster a sense of NEW SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS belonging to Canada and an appre- • At the Museum of Civilization: 800 activities/66,000 participants ciation for its place in the world. Daphne Odjig: Four Decades of • At the Postal Museum: Prints; Secret Riches: Ancient 323 activities/18,000 participants STRATEGIES Peru Unearthed; Treasures from • At the War Museum: 30,000 • To continue strategically planned China; In My Lifetime: visitors participated in special and diverse research and exhibition Contemporary Aboriginal Art; exhibition programs. Seven special projects. : The Sounds of events were presented, with 7,000 • To expand and enrich the presen- Genius; Treasures of the participants. Remembrance Week tation of Canada’s social, military Tsimshian from the Dundas programs attracted over 20,000 and human history at both Collection; Living in Space; Kids visitors. Museums. Celebrate!. • To reach out to Canadian and • At the War Museum: Tony Blair other visitors through programming at War: Decision Iraq; Stitches and services at both Museums. in Time; War Brides: Portraits of an Era. CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION CORPORATION 16

MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION PROGRAMS WAR MUSEUM PROGRAMS GUIDED TOURS School Programs Public Programs • Guides provided 2,600 reserved Number of Groups 2,278 Number of programs 31 guided tours, 500 public tours Attendance 59,228 Number of participants 29,600 and VIP tours to 2,200 local, Reserved Programs* School Programs national and international Number of Events 220 Number of programs 500 dignitaries. Attendance 10,046 Number of participants 13,500 Unreserved Programs** Animation CLIENT-FOCUSED APPROACH Number of Events 1,160 Number of programs 614 • At both Museums, 96 per cent of Number of Participants 124,994 Number of Participants 82,300 visitors surveyed said they were Dramamuse “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with Number of Performances 2,035 their visit. Number of Participants 162,321 • At the Museum of Civilization, visitors reported that their most * Ticketed events and Children’s Museum satisfying experiences involved revenue programs “enriching their understanding” ** All other public programs and “reflecting on Canada and what it means to be Canadian.” • At the War Museum, visitors said SATISFACTION RATING BY MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION VISITORS that the visit instilled in them Expectations: Overall Satisfaction Rating: Overall Value-for-money: “a greater respect for Canadian exceeded, all and most very satisfying and satisfying Excellent and good military personnel, past and present”.

95% 97% 85%

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SATISFACTION RATING BY WAR MUSEUM VISITORS Expectations: Overall Satisfaction Rating: Overall Value-for-money: exceeded, all and most very satisfying and satisfying Excellent and good

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STRATEGIC ISSUE II: INFORM ACQUISITIONS COMMUNICATION OF KNOWLEDGE CANADIANS OF THE VALUE • The Museum of Civilization acquired • In 2007, 180,000 searches were AND IMPORTANCE OF OUR 3,800 new artifacts through dona- registered in the online catalogue TWO MUSEUMS tions or purchases and transfered of the libraries for both Museums. 320,000 archaeological • Museum of Civilization: the OBJECTIVE artifacts and specimens from Library had 9,000 onsite visitors, To promote, in all regions of the archaeological fieldwork. and responded to 1,750 requests. country, Canadians’ awareness and • The War Museum acquired 2,800 Some 13,500 documents were use of the two Museums to learn artifacts through 240 donations. circulated. The Archives processed about our history and cultural identity. close to 4,000 information requests. OUTGOING LOANS OF ARTIFACTS Some 300 people accessed STRATEGIES • The Museum of Civilization loaned knowledge from its curators and • To conduct original research in 248 artifacts to 36 institutions and information contained in catalogues museum disciplines related to circulated 397 artifacts available to and collections. Canada’s culture and history. other institutions through its • War Musuem: The Military History • To develop and manage the Travelling Exhibitions Program. Research Centre welcomed 11,000 collections and provide accessible, • The War Museum loaned visitors, and responded to 5,000 detailed, accurate and timely 83 artifacts to other institutions requests for information. More information on the artifacts and and renewed 368 artifacts than 13,000 documents were documents in a variety of formats. currently out on loan. circulated. • To communicate the Museums’ knowledge throughout Canada ONLINE SERVICES CIVILIZATION.CA and by traditional and non- • The online database of artifact • The Corporation’s website traditional methods of information records has continued to expand. received 9.5 million visits, during dissemination. • The number of artifact records in which 61 million pages were • To develop travelling exhibitions the public access catalogue with downloaded. and lend artifacts to other images attached doubled over the Canadian museums. previous year to reach 237,000. PUBLICATIONS • To collaborate with other Canadian • As part of Canadian Culture • The Corporation introduced eight museums on the development and Online, the Museum of Civilization titles, including four new publica- presentation of special exhibitions. has catalogued and digitized tions in the Museum of Civilization’s • To continue developing agreements 8,200 objects from the collection, Mercury Series. and understandings on repatriation and 2,600 items from the archives. requests, while preserving the ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS national collection of materials • Researchers and staff from different and artifacts. areas of both Museums authored • To share the Museums’ expertise more than 35 articles and reviews with others. and gave over 60 presentations or lectures in Canada and abroad. RESEARCH • The Museums conducted more than 50 research projects on a wide range of subjects related to Canadian social and military history. • Through the Research Associate Program, 13 Curators Emeritus, other independent associates and visiting researchers worked with Museum of Civilization staff and in the collections. CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION CORPORATION 18

AUDIENCE OUTREACH STRATEGIC ISSUE III: INTEGRATE Museum of Civilization visitors 1,263,000 THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF War Museum visitors 501,000 CIVILIZATION AND THE World Wide Web accesses* 61,000,000 CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM WITH Circulation of promotional material** 1,500,000 A FOCUS ON FINANCIALLY Advertising Reach 120,000,000 SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS Publications*** 8 AND QUALITY CLIENT SERVICE.

*Includes Civilization.ca and Warmuseum.ca OBJECTIVE **Includes Calendar of Events, Lure Brochure, Visitors’ Guide, This Week at the To ensure that the Museum of Museum, rack cards, posters, floor plans, tourism fact sheet, brochures and Civilization and the War Museum IMAX rack cards and posters function effectively together as ***Include publications published, funded or otherwise supported by the Museums centres for collections, research, exhibitions and public information on the social, military and human SHARING OF EXPERTISE • Through the Aboriginal Training history of Canada. • Staff connected with colleagues Program in Museum Practices, in museums, universities and four interns received training in STRATEGIES interest-based groups and societies the development of exhibitions, • To continue to improve the through research seminars, lectures conservation of artifacts, and the Corporation’s financial self-sufficiency and graduate thesis presentations. basics of interpretation. by maximizing net commercial • Staff responded to a multitude of revenues, increasing fundraising enquiries from museum profession- REPATRIATION EFFORTS efforts, and seeking alternative als and other people, in Canada and • Within the context of treaty and sources of funds. internationally. self-government negotiations, the • To further improve operational • Both Museums hosted numerous Museum of Civilization is actively viability and cost-efficiency by visits by delegations of profes- involved in repatriation discus- improving the measurement of sionals studying how they operate. sions with more than 80 First results, implementing innovative Nations. human resource strategies, maintaining and repairing the buildings’ infrastructure, and reviewing collaboration relating to collections, research, exhibitions and public information.

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INTEGRATION HUMAN RESOURCES STRATEGIC ISSUE IV: REACH • The Corporation allocates common MANAGEMENT OUT THROUGH DYNAMIC resources and expertise in the areas • Improved client services and PARTNERSHIPS AND of marketing and tourism, exhibition internal communication processes. NETWORKS production, research, public relations, • Completed a Training and human resources, financial adminis- Development Needs Analysis OBJECTIVE tration, and all facilities operations. survey. To increase sharing of exhibitions, • Management is formalizing other • Initiated training for a second expertise, research and information standards and processes throughout group of Leadership, in Canada and abroad. both Museums. Development and Continuity (LDC) Process (succession planning) STRATEGIES REVENUES participants. • To review and assess current • Operating revenues were • Maintained a mentorship program partnerships for ongoing relevance $13 million (includes general with LDC participants, with positive and possible gaps. admission, the IMAX® Theatre, feedback and results. • To continue to share expertise boutique sales, facility rentals, food • Implemented a tracking tool for all through professional networks. services, parking, membership, corporate training and development • To seek out innovative arrangements travelling exhibitions, etc.). activities for staff. with organizations and institutions across Canada and abroad, to REVENUES FROM ON-SITE BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE disseminate knowledge and ACTIVITIES • Completed Phases 6 and 7 of information effectively. Museum of Civilization exterior window replacement for Onsite revenues $9.2 million the Grand Hall. PARTNERSHIPS Revenue per visitor $7.32 • Completed Phase 4 of the elevator • The Corporation partnered with War Museum modernization project at the more than 60 organizations, Onsite revenues $2.9 million Museum of Civilization. including institutions within the Revenue per visitor $5.83 • Completed exterior stonework Canadian Heritage Portfolio, other repairs on the columns along federal government departments FUNDRAISING Laurier Street. and agencies, provincial and • Fundraising activities contributed • Completed a collections space municipal institutions, community $2,106,831. This amount included expansion study. organizations and the private sector, $416,222 in donations, $620,702 and international organizations. in cash sponsorship and $369,052 It also forged partnerships for in kind sponsorship. sharing and developing exhibitions • The contribution for the National with other countries, including Collection Fund totals $700,855. Brazil, Russia and China.

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PARTNERS AND Exceptional Donations 2007 HISTORY COSTUME BALL: In 2007–2008, the Fund received THE AGE OF STYLE DONORS a pledge of $600,000 from the In October 2007, the Corporation Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation. The Canadian Museum of Civilization organized its second annual History and the Canadian War Museum The Corporation was also able to Costume Ball. The History Costume actively participate in community life count on the generous support of Ball: The Age of Style, held at the within the Ottawa-Gatineau region, key individuals in support of War War Museum, gave 450 supporters as well as in other parts of Canada. Museum collections, including an a glamorous evening to remember, To help strengthen the Museums’ anonymous donation of $50,000. celebrating the styles of the 1920s, community involvement, the 1930s and 1940s. Costume designers Since the launch of the Campaign, Corporation is proud to count upon at Radio-Canada played a starring two very popular balls and related the support of numerous partners role by providing vintage outfits for donations have raised over $1 million and donors. The Corporation sponsors’ guests. Leading the for the Fund. receives major financial commitments Committee were co-chairs Gatineau from the ; City Councillor Louise Poirier, and however, in order to achieve its Jim Orban, Publisher of The long-term objectives, it also relies on Ottawa Citizen. financial support and donations from various organizations, individuals and private-sector companies. This assistance enables the Corporation to finance major exhibitions and the Museums’ collections, and to enhance educational programs and outreach activities. Below: The Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status THE NATIONAL COLLECTION of Women and Official Languages, at FUND CAMPAIGN the History Costume Ball: The Age of Style, with the event’s Co-Chairs, The National Collection Fund, estab- Louise Poirier and Jim Orban. lished in 2006 for both the Museum of Civilization and the War Museum, supports the acquisition of artifacts with important links to our nation’s history, identity and culture that might otherwise be lost from our national heritage. The Corporation is working with partners and donors over five years with the goal of raising $5 million by the end of 2011.

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The Corporation salutes the valuable COMMITTEE MEMBERS VALENTINE'S DAY BALL 2008 support of its partners and supporters. Co-Chairs The Corporation also held its Major Partners Jim Orban Valentine’s Day Ball as a benefit for Ottawa Citizen Louise Poirier children’s and youth programs at the LeDroit Canadian Museum of Civilization Radio-Canada Members and the Canadian War Museum. The Daniel Bernier Compass Group Canada event attracted 300 guests and raised National Post Francine Brousseau Bruce Carr-Harris more than $52,000. The committee Sponsors Claude Drouin was chaired by Joy Noonan, a member Telus Pierre Dufour of the firm ADR Chambers. CanWest Global Communication Corporation Sheila Finestone David Gollob Complexe Lac-Leamy Partners Ottawa Business Journal Don Hewson Ottawa Citizen Expresso Air Services Vic Kariappa LeDroit Italian Embassy in Canada David K. Law Kenneth J. Loeb Société des alcools du Québec Nicole Loreto RockDétente Ian MacKay Air Canada Mark O’Neill Victor Rabinovitch Claudette Roy COMMITTEE MEMBERS Ian Scott Harvey A. Slack Chair Thérèse Spénard-Pilon Joy Noonan Kevin Taylor Below: Guests at the Valentine’s Day David Zussman Members Ball. Standing: Xavier Gurza; Her Francine Brousseau Excellency Romy Vasquez de Louise Cormier Gonzales, Ambassador of Panama; Guy David Leah Murray; and the Honourable Jay Denis Deschênes Hill, Secretary of State and Chief Claude Drouin Government Whip. Seated: Victor Rachael Duplisea Rabinovitch, CEO of the Corporation, Elizabeth Goger and Miriam Bloom. Alain Guilbert Claude Hamelin David K. Law Mojgan Legault Patricia McRae Joshua McJannett Sylvie Morel Mark O’Neill Andrew Penny Robert T. Proulx Victor Rabinovitch Carmen Rodrigue Harvey A. Slack Claude Tremblay Ainslie S. Wiggs

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SPONSORSHIP CA Canada During its recent four-museum tour Corporation CA Canada made a significant multi- of Brazil, Isumavut: The Artistic The Corporation’s most significant year contribution to the Corporation Expression of Nine Cape Dorset partner in terms of ongoing support that enhanced programming and Women attracted major sponsorship has been Canada Post Corporation educational activities at the from Bombardier, Correios do Brasil, which, since 1996, has made it Children’s Museum. Goldcorp Mining, Brazil’s Ministry of Communications, Grupo Gerdau and possible for the Canadian Postal CBC/Radio-Canada MMX Mining. Canada’s Department Museum to offer a full range of For the exhibition Glenn Gould: The of Foreign Affairs and International innovative, high-quality Museum Sounds of Genius, CBC/Radio-Canada Trade also provided significant finan- programs, including educational and made a substantial contribution by cial and in-kind support. Other public programming. This providing musical recordings and sponsors included AmBev Brewing, long-standing partnership has also excerpts from radio and television Banco do Brasil, Brookfield, been instrumental in helping the interviews with Glenn Gould. Postal Museum to undertake important Embraer, Kinross Mining and research and collections projects in Sony BMG also contributed consid- Votorantim Cimentos. The Bank of relation to postal and communications erably to the exhibition on Glenn , Nortel and Scotiabank history in Canada. Gould by waiving copyright fees on also lent their support to the tour. several essential Gould recordings. A contribution from The national tour of “Rocket” In addition, Yamaha and Zenph Développement économique – Richard: The Legend — The Legacy provided notable support that CLD Gatineau helped produce an was also sponsored by Canada Post enhanced the opening ceremony informative and practical self-guided Corporation. This exhibition attracted and public programming. large audiences, from Trois-Rivières walking tour in brochure form, to Medicine Hat, during its four-year Glenn Gould: The Sounds of outlining points of interest along tour. Genius was presented with the the riverside routes between the generous collaboration of Library War Museum and the Museum Bell Canada and Archives Canada, which loaned of Civilization. Bell Canada became the three-quarters of the objects and Between 2006 and 2008, the Corporation’s audioguide sponsor this documents displayed in the exhibition, Canadian Medical Association year. Bell’s generous support made including rare manuscripts, annotated provided financial support to make it possible to produce audioguides books, and photographs. for major special exhibitions, includ- it possible to mount an online ing Glenn Gould: The Sounds of Air Canada was the major partner and exhibition on the history of Genius and Secret Riches: Ancient the official airline for Treasures from Medicare in Canada. Peru Unearthed. The new audiogu- China. The exhibition also benefitted ide program helped to enhance the from the support of RBC Dominion visitor experience at the Museum Securities, GE Canada and The of Civilization this past year. Canadian Foundation for Chinese Heritage Preservation. Pitney Bowes Pitney Bowes supported the Postal Museum for the eleventh consecutive year, ensuring access to programs and exhibitions illuminating our national postal heritage. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 23

PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT Annual Giving Campaign MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM Both Museums rely upon individual During the year, the Corporation The membership program reaches and corporate support to help safe- benefitted from a significant increase 4,300 households, representing guard and preserve Canada’s social in gifts through its Annual Giving 15,500 individuals. As members, and military history for generations Campaign. More than $86,000 in families and individuals enjoy unlimited to come. Each year, the Corporation donations was received from renewing access to the Museums through a receives donations for its collections and new donors for a variety of single package. Members receive projects ranging from education and and activities. This philanthropic discounts on IMAX® Theatre admis- public programs, to preservation support is a remarkable acknow- sion, in the boutiques and on other and restoration of artifacts, to ledgement of the high regard that services. They are also invited to archiving and research projects. donors have for our shared history, special members’ events and enjoy culture and identity. Donors and Partners Recognition various additional privileges, depending on their membership In 2007–2008, the following major The Corporation is very grateful for category. donors demonstrated their loyalty the generous contributions of its donors and partners. To help by renewing their support: See complete list of donors and acknowledge this generosity, the sponsors on page 59. RBC Foundation Corporation launched Inspirations, a The RBC Foundation’s support of newsletter that highlights successes the School Access Program gave and the impact of support on specific over 2,000 underprivileged children projects and achievements at the an opportunity to visit the Museum Museum of Civilization and the War of Civilization and the War Museum, Museum. and to participate in a range of learning activities. In addition, the Corporation invited partners and donors to a special The Friends of the Canadian event, where they enjoyed a behind- War Museum the-scenes tour of the War The ongoing contributions of the Museum’s collections. Friends of the Canadian War Museum helped support various Through these kinds of events, the War Museum activities, including the Corporation seeks to build special conservation of early-nineteenth- relationships with its partners and century regimental colours, archiving, donors so that we can work together and other conservation projects. towards even greater achievements. In addition, Major-General Reginald W. Lewis helped support Educational Programs at the War Museum. CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION CORPORATION 24

Below: For more than ten years, the has enjoyed the support of Canada Post: a highly successful partnership which continues to benefit heritage conservation.

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OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING In addition, the following projects INFRASTRUCTURE began last year and will be completed The Corporation continually seeks in 2008–2009: The Corporation completed several new and cost-effective ways of • The final phase of the building major capital projects as part of an delivering its programs and services. lighting dimmer controls upgrade. ongoing program of maintenance at To improve financial and operational • The final phase of the building the Canadian Museum of viability, it continued its innovative emergency lighting upgrade. Civilization. These included: efforts to reduce operating costs • The chilled water-piping replacement while maximizing revenues. • Completion of Phases 6 and 7 of project. the exterior window replacement • The pavers replacement project. BOUTIQUES project for the Grand Hall. Last year, the Corporation made There are three more phases to many changes in its boutiques, be completed annually, starting including new merchandising in 2009–2010. approaches and a new layout for • Completion of Phase 4 of the the Museum of Civilization’s main elevator modernization project. boutique, major upgrades to the There is one final phase to be online boutique, and some product- completed in 2008–2009. line development featuring the • Parking garage roof repairs began works of Aboriginal artists Alex in 2007 and will be completed in Janvier, Jessie Oonark, Bill Reid and 2008. Daphne Odjig. At the War Museum, • Completion of exterior stonework the boutique significantly increased repairs on the columns along the number of French titles in its Laurier Street. Additional book section. stonework repairs will continue in 2008–2009. FACILITY RENTALS • Completion of an investigation of air leakage in the exterior soffits. This past year, the Corporation Repairs will be undertaken in achieved record success with revenues 2008–2009. for its banquet hall and facility • The design for the Plaza renewal Below: The War Museum Boutique. rentals, reaching the $1 million mark project began and will be com- for the first time. The 180 events pleted in 2008–2009. held at the Museum of Civilization • Repairs to expansion and control and 94 events at the War Museum joints began and will be completed together generated revenues of in 2008–2009. $1,156,000. • A collections space expansion study was completed, and options for implementation will be reviewed during 2008–2009 for future work plans. • The design work for the upgrade of the building environmental controls began and will be imple- mented over the next three fiscal years.

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HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICIAL LANGUAGES VOLUNTEERS The Corporation continues to recruit, The most recent annual review by During the fiscal year, 485 individuals train, develop, evaluate and retain the Official Languages Branch (OLB) gave their time and support to the its workforce, preserve corporate of the Public Service Human Museums, contributing over 37,000 Resources Agency concludes that the hours on 96 volunteer projects. memory, and ensure the transfer Corporation is successfully meeting Primary volunteer activities involve of knowledge between staff. It its official languages obligations. such projects as assisting with focusses on fostering a healthy work The OLB noted the high level of research, craft preparation, visitor environment that supports employee language proficiency (96 per cent) interpretive programs and direct productivity, creativity, teamwork, among Corporation employees mail campaigns. effectiveness, client service and providing services to the public. accountability. This effort is sustained It also recognized the Corporation’s Postal Museum Volunteers by sound management tools and efforts through the years to maintain Over the past ten years, a dedicated systems, as well as the Corporation’s strong performance in the area of group of volunteers working on the commitment to succession planning. service to the public in both official growing philatelic collection of the languages and in its work environment. Canadian Postal Museum has sorted CORPORATE TRAINING AND The Corporation continues to ensure 320 albums of stamps and logged DEVELOPMENT that employees maintain their over 10,000 hours of service. Last year, the Corporation completed linguistic profile requirements a Training and Development Needs through a five-year validation Analysis survey and determined its process. training activities for the next three As well, the Office of the years. Management identified a Commissioner of Official Languages third group of Leadership, conducted telephone and person-to- Development and Continuity person surveys which concluded that Process participants who received the Corporation meets the highest their initial specialized training in standards in its delivery of services to February 2008. the public in both official languages. Left: Conservator Rebecca Bunch. Right: Peter Irwin, Exhibit Display RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP Preparator. Last year, the Corporation launched a second round of its Research Fellowship Program at various universities across Canada. The objectives of this program are to enhance the quantity and quality of scholars based in museums; develop professional, multidisciplinary research networks; and identify potential candidates for future employment. The program will also enable the Corporation to embark on several new research projects.

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MARKETING TOURISM IMAX® THEATRE PROMOTION The Corporation undertakes marketing Our partnerships with many To promote its IMAX Theatre, the initiatives to ensure that the public destination marketing organizations, Corporation experimented with sees both the Canadian Museum of such as Ottawa Tourism, Tourisme different marketing tactics through- Outaouais, the National Capital Civilization and the Canadian War out the year. For example, inflatable Commission, the Société des dinosaurs floating above the Museum as primary attractions attractions du Québec and Ontario Museum helped to promote the within the National Capital Region. Tourism Partnership Marketing film Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia. It works closely with partners in the (OTMP), allow the Corporation to An innovative, wearable digital tourism industry to promote the position both Museums as must-see advertising marketing system, aimed region on both sides of the Ottawa attractions within the National at the patrons in the food court next River. Capital Region for the leisure and to the IMAX Theatre, attracted more tour group markets. Museum visitors to see the film ADVERTISING The Alps. In June, the Theatre was The summer of 2007 saw the creation Again this past year, the Corporation proud to support the David Suzuki of a special partnership between the negotiated media partnerships with Foundation, and took part in Museum of Civilization, the National The Ottawa Citizen, LeDroit and promoting World Ocean Day by Gallery of Canada, the OTMP and CBC/Radio-Canada, resulting in organizing an ocean-themed evening. Ottawa Tourism. Combining the greater print and electronic media Renoir exhibition presented at the coverage for exhibitions at both National Gallery and Treasures from Museums. The Corporation also China at the Museum of Civilization, developed a variety of advertising this partnership allowed for an addi- campaigns for all major exhibitions. tional extensive television campaign A new campaign, launched this year, aimed at the Toronto and Montréal focused on holiday shoppers and markets. promoting the boutiques’ products, the Membership Program, the IMAX® Club and gift cards. Marie-Louise Deruaz

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EXHIBITIONS RENEWAL OF PERMANENT In The First Peoples Hall, all the GALLERIES projectors in Zone 3 were replaced Exhibitions are one of the Museum’s with newer, more durable equipment. As part of a five-year review of the key means of communicating Images are brighter and crisper, and Grand Hall, four totem poles were information and enhancing knowledge the projections are much truer to moved within the gallery where about the cultural heritage of Canada the Hall’s original intent. visitors can better appreciate their and other countries around the world. size and grandeur. One is now on The Canadian Children’s Museum Each year, the Museum presents a the main level near the escalators completed a three-part renewal variety of special exhibitions. that lead down to the Hall. including an expanded temporary These supplement the core permanent gallery, a refurbished theatre and a exhibitions which occupy the largest The Museum continued to renew new permanent exhibition space, parts of the Canada Hall. Work portion of the Museum’s public spaces. Destination: Canada. This new completed included opening up the The Museum also loans exhibitions space, creating the context of a Fisheries module for better circulation to institutions across the country. Canadian urban centre, highlights for visitors, and expanding its content the themes of communications and with more artifacts, information and NEW PERMANENT EXHIBITION the power of storytelling to help audiovisual material on the East Face to Face: The Canadian Canadian children understand each Coast fisheries. The redesigned Fur Personalities Hall other and their place in the world. Trade module has improved lighting, This new permanent exhibition is added artifacts, and new interactive the first biography-based display of elements; The Union Hall exhibition its kind in Canada. It presents a has more artifacts and its narrative is compelling look at the past 400 years more effectively told. In addition, a of our history through the life stories small temporary exhibit is featured of 27 women and men who helped on the one-room Toles School shape the country through their House. actions and decisions. Face to Face complements the Canada Hall and deepens the way visitors experience Canadian history. The exhibition combines artifacts, photographs, firsthand accounts, archival documents and interactive programs to create intimate portraits of a few of the many people — some famous, some not — who have left an indelible mark on Canada. They include people of all social classes, backgrounds, regions and areas of accomplishment. The personalities are grouped into five broad categories: We Built, We Governed, We Fought, We Founded and We Inspired.

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NEW SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS Secret Riches: Ancient Peru Treasures of the Tsimshian from Daphne Odjig: Four Decades Unearthed the Dundas Collection of Prints December 14, 2007 to April 27, 2008 November 2, 2007 to January 6, 2008 January 18 to April 20, 2008 A thousand years ago, the Sicán of This exhibition featured spectacular This major retrospective featured Peru forged a complex civilization. pieces created during the eighteenth 95 prints by Daphne Odjig, one of Through objects and videos, visitors and nineteenth centuries, illustrating Canada’s most influential artists. discovered the story of the Sicán — the rich cultural and artistic heritage The exhibition reflected the evolution an ingenious culture often eclipsed of the Tsimshian people of the of Odjig’s art from its dynamic, by its better-known successors, Pacific Coast. The objects — ranging politically charged roots to softer, the Inca. The exhibition featured from everyday items to ceremonial more lyrical forms. Ms. Odjig is 120 spectacular gold and ceramic and decorative works — came from known for her use of vibrant colours objects recently excavated from an the Dundas Collection, one of the and bold imagery, inspired as much undisturbed tomb. Organized and most important collections of North by Picasso’s Cubism as by circulated by The Nickle Arts American art. The Anishnaabe and Cree mythology. Museum, in cooperation with the exhibition marked the first time A member of the formative “Indian Sicán National Museum, Peru, and the collection had been on public ”, she was at the the National Institute of Culture of display in almost 150 years. forefront of the cultural revival that Peru. This exhibition was made Organized by the Royal British transformed the world’s perception possible with the support of Willow Columbia Museum and sponsored of Aboriginal art during the 1960s Park Wines and Spirits, Government by Westerkirk Capital. and 1970s. Organized and circulated of Alberta Community Development by the Kamloops Art Gallery, with and AMJ Van Lines. the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Left: Daphne Odjig, one of Canada's most influential visual artists. Department of Canadian Heritage Centre: Visitors take a close look at one of the gold objects on display in the Museums Assistance Program. exhibition Secret Riches: Ancient Peru Unearthed. Right: Entrance to the exhibition Treasures of the Tsimshian from the Dundas Collection. Facing page Left: The exhibition Glenn Gould: The Sounds of Genius. Right: Dr. Ban Seng Hoe, Curator of East and Southeast Asia, viewing pottery from the Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE) in the exhibition Treasures from China.

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Glenn Gould: The Sounds of Genius In My Lifetime: Contemporary considered “premier masterpieces”, September 28, 2007 to May 17, 2009 Aboriginal Art due to their exceptional historical, This exhibition was developed to June 9, 2007 to March 16, 2008 cultural or artistic significance. mark the 75th anniversary of Gould’s This exhibition featured the work Developed as a partnership between birth, and the 25th anniversary of his of eight Aboriginal artists at various the National Museum of China, death in 1982. It traces his develop- stages in their careers, and explored Beijing, and the Canadian Museum ment from Toronto child prodigy to traditional values, contemporary of Civilization, Gatineau-Ottawa. international concert star and concerns and everyday experiences. recording- and media-artist pioneer, Taken together, these works Living in Space while exploring his ideas and the presented an eloquent “snapshot” February 2 to April 27, 2008 music that helped make him a cultural of Canadian Aboriginal perspectives This exhibition allowed young visitors icon. Highlights of the exhibition today. Organized by the Musée to take an imaginative out-of-this- include Gould’s beloved Steinway national des beaux-arts du Québec, world journey, as they became crew piano and the folding chair specially with the financial support of the members on the International Space modified to accommodate his Canada Council for the Arts. Station. Children were invited to unusual playing position, as well as explore the challenges people face a large and diverse collection of Treasures from China and the cooperation needed to live, Gould’s letters, manuscripts, publicity May 11 to October 28, 2007 work and play in space. Produced by posters and personal items. This exhibition illuminated the history The Children’s Museum of Memphis Presented with the generous and achievements of the Chinese for the Youth Museum Exhibit collaboration of Library and Archives people from ancient times to the Collaborative. Canada and the support of Bell modern era, and gave visitors a Canada, CBC/Radio-Canada, Sony unique opportunity to learn more Kids Celebrate! BMG Music Entertainment and the about China’s contribution to world October 7, 2007 to January 6, 2008 Glenn Gould Foundation. culture. Treasures from China This exhibition explored how children featured 120 prized artifacts from around the world mark important the National Museum of China, most events in their lives, and demonstrated of which had never before been both the differences and similarities shown outside of China. Twenty-three in how we celebrate special occasions. of the artifacts on display are

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NEW DISPLAYS TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONS TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONS Stefansson’s Dogsled The Travelling Exhibitions Program, (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) The famous Hudson’s Bay Company both at home and abroad, shows Canada’s First Maple Leaf Flag canoe previously displayed above exhibitions from the Museum of The Royal Ontario Museum, the Box Office in the Museum’s Civilization, the Children’s Museum Toronto, Ontario Main Lobby was replaced with an and the Postal Museum. October 6, 2007 to January 6, 2008 exact reproduction of the dogsled One highlight was the exhibition Isumavut: The Artistic Expression of used by explorer Vilhjalmur Isumavut: The Artistic Expression Nine Cape Dorset Women Stefansson on his 1913–1918 of Nine Cape Dorset Women Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, travels in the Canadian Arctic. featured in four Brazilian venues. Brasilia, Brazil Accompanied by the Inuit hunter This travelling exhibition was able to June 7 to July 29, 2007 Natkusiak, Stefansson explored vast tour through a three-way partnership portions of northwestern Arctic, and Centro Cultural Correios, Rio de between the Museum, fundraising his many discoveries constitute an Janeiro, Brazil collaboration by the Canadian important part of Canadian history August 8 to September 16, 2007 Embassy in Brazil, and the Department at the beginning of the twentieth of Foreign Affairs and International Museu de Artes e Oficios, Belo century. The original sled, too fragile Trade. Horizonte, Brazil to be on permanent display, is con- September 25 to November 25, 2007 served in the Museum’s collections. Serviço Social do Comércio SESC, Wind Work, Wind Play São Paulo, Brazil The Museum is currently showcasing March 8 to April 6, 2008 a portion of its folk art collection in Terminal One of the Pearson International Airport in Toronto. Wind Work, Wind Play is a large showcase-window display featuring 32 of the Museum’s finest weathervanes and whirligigs, both old and new. The exhibit explains how weathervanes were used to predict the weather, and how different types of whirligigs transform wind power into mechanical movement. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 33

Nuvisavik: “The Place Where We “Rocket” Richard: The Legend — TOP SECRET: Mission Toy Weave” The Legacy Minnesota Children’s Museum, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, Alberni Valley Museum, Port Alberni, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA British Columbia British Columbia November 24, 2007 to January 27, May 26 to September 16, 2007 January 29 to April 22, 2007 2008 Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Red Deer District Museum, Red Bay Area Discovery Museum, Ontario Deer, Alberta Sausalito, California, USA January 19 to March 30, 2008 May 14 to August 5, 2007 February 9 to May 5, 2008 Pack Your Bags! A Kid’s Ticket EXPORAIL, le Musée ferroviaire EXHIBITIONS to Travel canadien, Saint-Constant, Quebec The Rooms, St. John’s, August 27 to November 18, 2007 Permanent Exhibitions Newfoundland and Musée du Château Ramezay, Grand Hall January 21 to April 27, 2008 Montréal, Quebec Canada Hall Places of Power: Objects of December 17, 2007 to April 20, Veneration 2008 First Peoples Hall Centre d’interprétation du Granit de Face to Face: The Canadian Stanstead, Stanstead, Quebec The Mysterious Bog People Personalities Hall August 20 to November 11, 2007 Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria Canadian Postal Museum Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Mail December 12, 2006 to April 15, Order Catalogue in Canada 2007 Canadian Children’s Museum Grey Roots Museum and Archives, Owen Sound, Ontario January 14 to May 4, 2008

Left: The travelling exhibition Isumavut: The Artistic Expression of Nine Cape Dorset Women, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Right: President and CEO Victor Rabinovitch “Face to Face” with the Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau in the Museum’s new permanent exhibition. Steven Darby CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION 34

SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS CANADIAN POSTAL MUSEUM CORRIDOR DISPLAYS The Post Goes Pop Love ’em. Hate ’em. – Canadians GALLERY A November 10, 2006 to March 8, and Their Politicians Daphne Odjig: Four Decades of Prints 2009 Regalia: A Celebration of Dress and January 18 to April 20, 2008 Ceremony CANADIAN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM MASTERS of the Plains: Ancient Fibre Techniques and Traditions of Nomads of Russia and Canada Living in Space the Nlaka’pamux December 1, 2006 to September 3, February 2 to April 27, 2008 2007 Kids Celebrate! Archetypes in Stone October 7, 2007 to January 6, 2008 GALLERY C Layered with Meaning: TOP SECRET: Mission Toy Haudenosaunee Beadwork Secret Riches: Ancient Peru February 3 to September 3, 2007 Traditions Unearthed December 14, 2007 to April 27, 2008 Canada Day Poster Challenge Pangnirtung during the 1920s: June 23 to November 30, 2007 The Joseph D. Soper Collection Treasures from China May 11 to October 28, 2007 A Gift to the Nation

GALLERY D In My Lifetime: Contemporary ATTENDANCE Aboriginal Art Permanent Exhibitions June 9, 2007 to March 16, 2008 Canada Hall 403,000 First Peoples Hall 268,000 GALLERY E Face to Face: The Canadian Personalities Hall 141,000 Canadian Postal Museum 275,000 Glenn Gould: The Sounds of Genius Canadian Children’s Museum 474,000 September 28, 2007 to May 17, 2009 Special Exhibitions UNIQUE! 30 Years of Outstanding In My Lifetime: Contemporary Aboriginal Art 66,000 Crafts Treasures of the Tsimshian from the Dundas Collection 14,000 October 26, 2006 to August 5, 2007 Treasures from China 92,000 UNIQUE! 30 Years of Outstanding Crafts 106,000 GALLERY F MASTERS of the Plains: Ancient Nomads of Russia and Canada 103,000 Treasures of the Tsimshian from the Dundas Collection November 2, 2007 to January 6, 2008

W. E. TAYLOR SALON The Canadian Museum of Civilization’s 150-Year History From May 10, 2006 ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 35

COLLECTIONS • The Dionne Quintuplet collection, • Photographs, oral histories, tools including a portrait, dresses and and other material related to The Museum has approximately handicrafts made by the five sisters. Canada Car and Foundry (1942–1960), three million artifacts and specimens The collection has been designated a wartime airplane manufacturer housed in collections storage areas. by the Cultural Properties Board in Thunder Bay, Ontario. These collections, along with the as being of outstanding significance • Documentation of underrepresented knowledge base that supports and and national importance. themes in Canadian nursing, such as expands them, are the Corporation’s • A variety of artifacts complement- nursing in northern outposts. greatest physical asset. The Museum ing the Toles Schoolhouse • Transfer of rock and popular music continues to acquire significant Collection, which documents the materials (awards, gold records, items, while collections management educational history of Amber Valley, posters, music equipment, instru- staff plan for and implement strategies Alberta — a primarily black com- ments) from Library and Archives for future development. munity. Objects include clothing, Canada. Highlights include Oscar notebooks, schoolbooks, certificates Peterson’s synthesizer, Ben Mink’s ACQUISITIONS and a water cooler. strobe-light violin bow, and musical One of last year’s major acquisitions • The May and Jack Cole Collection, instruments from The Travellers. was the Harbinson Canadian comprising 38 pieces of Quebec Furniture Collection, an unequalled folk art from the nineteenth century. Library and Archival Collections grouping of more than 300 Canadian • An exceptional eighteenth-century Last year’s most significant archival antiques and folk art from the double-handled burl bowl probably acquisitions included the Perlman eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. made by Iroquois peoples and collection related to fiddling in This collection — which was previously described as being of “masterpiece Prince Edward Island, and the Anna the most significant furniture calibre”. Feldman original research collection collection outside of any Canadian • , a sculpture by Jamasie in English and Yiddish (oral histories, museum — is of particular value Pitseolak (Cape Dorset) of an manuscripts, more than 180 tapes, because the origin and history of the “Arctic Coast Chopper”, made newspapers) on Jewish culture in pieces are very well documented. from green stone with caribou Saskatchewan during the twentieth tooth, glue, paint and metal. century. This collection significantly Other notable acquisitions included: • Four Inuit graphic artworks including expands both Jewish and Western original drawings by Peter Canadian contemporary resources • Some 300 objects from the Pitseolak. in our archives, and complements Geological Survey of Canada Feldman’s earlier research. (GSC), one of the oldest agencies in the Government of Canada and a direct predecessor to the Canadian Museum of Civilization. The collection reflects most periods of the GSC’s 165-year history and includes scientific instruments, tools, sketches and photographs, medals, geological specimens for teaching purposes, and historical notes.

Left: Winterlude, a sculpture by Jamasie Pitseolak. Right: A 200-year-old violin from the Don Messer Collection. Marie-Louise Deruaz Steven Darby CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION 36

The Library acquired more than CONSERVATION ABORIGINAL REPATRIATION 3,600 documents, including several Last year, staff treated hundreds of The Museum continued to address donations. One significant source artifacts destined for exhibits at the requests for the return (repatriation) derives from the Library’s association Museum and elsewhere. In addition, of human remains and associated with the Shastri Indo-Canadian the Museum’s conservators managed burial objects. Staff also took part in Institute, whose mission is to promote preventive treatment programs for discussions on the return of artifacts mutual understanding between artifacts on display and in the collec- within the context of comprehensive Canada and . The Library has tion reserves. claims and self-government negotia- obtained 750 books through the tions between Canada and First Institute’s book program since 1994, Restoration of a 200-Year-Old Canoe Nations across Canada. with a strong focus on anthropology During the summer of 2007, and the arts and traditions of India. Museum conservators undertook In 2007–2008, the Museum continued the painstaking restoration of a to research the Makivik offshore A donation of 128 glass negatives 200-year-old Canadian birchbark repatriation request. Staff worked to featuring scenes from Newfoundland canoe, which may be the oldest of identify relevant collections, and to and Labrador showing early-twentieth- its kind in the world. Experts record and better document these century ways of life. In addition, over repaired the vessel and helped fill collections. They also worked on 3,900 images related to Canadian gaps in its intriguing history. identifying and recording Inuit artists of Latin-American, Italian and remains and burial objects from This rare, six-metre Maliseet watercraft Portuguese origin were deposited, Nunavut, and skeletal collections and was built in the early 1820s, and may along with several smaller collections. associated burial objects from the have been used for transporting the greater Prince Rupert Harbour area British military, surveyors, furs or CANADIAN POSTAL MUSEUM of British Columbia. COLLECTIONS possibly salmon up and down the Saint John River. It was bought by The Canadian Postal Museum’s COLLECTIONS Stepney St. George, a captain in the major acquisitions were: DOCUMENTATION British Army, who shipped the boat to • An early-nineteenth-century his residence. In 1852, the canoe was Following ten years spent standard- mahogany pedestal kneehole desk donated to the National University of izing artifact catalogue records, (ca.1800) and mahogany writing Ireland in Galway Museum. some of which date to more than table (ca.1810). 100 years ago, documentation staff • Eighty-eight pieces of early- to mid-twentieth-century souvenir china depicting post offices in small towns and urban areas across the country.

Left: Paul Lauzon, Head of Conservation, worked on the restoration of a 200-year-old birchbark canoe of Maliseet origin. Centre: Portrait of policeman Clukus Lake Tommie (Carrier) and his daughter, taken in Bella Coola, British Columbia in 1920. Right: Fur coat worn by James Houghton, a postman who worked in Ontario from 1945 to 1971. Steven Darby ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 37

carried out a survey of those who Canadian Culture Online ARCHIVES use the online artifact database, to In partnership with the Department In 2007, the Archives received determine how best to meet their of Canadian Heritage’s Canadian many requests, and hosted several needs. Overwhelmingly, users called Culture Online (CCO) initiative, the events, such as a workshop with the for additional contextual cataloguing Museum has catalogued and digitized Regroupement du conte au Québec. data in the records, and new over 8,200 objects from the collection, Staff also welcomed many groups objectives have been put in place and 2,600 items from the Museum’s such as a Brazilian delegation from for the systematic addition of such archives in various media formats. São Paulo, and students from information. These materials are available online , the Université through two new web modules — de Montréal and the Université du ONLINE RESOURCES From Blacksmiths to Blackboards Québec à Montréal. Aboriginal The number of artifact records in and The Art of Puppetry — and linguists from the Woodland Cultural the Corporation’s online catalogue through an expansion of the existing Centre also visited the Museum. (collections.civilization.ca) continues web module, Crossroads of Culture. to increase. The entire Corporation LIBRARY artifact catalogue, which includes a Web Mapping Service The Museum launched its “Sites In addition to circulating documents catalogue of its image collection, and responding to requests, the contains 1.9 million records. The Online — Web Mapping Service”. This special geographical information Museum of Civilization Library Corporation’s Libraries and Archives hosted tours for a wide variety of Catalogue (geoweb.civilization.ca:8001) system project will make it easier to share data about archaeological sites. groups, including teacher librarians currently comprises nearly 465,000 from the Ottawa-Carleton School records. Users have access to over A bilingual website will provide information on archaeological sites in Board, museum specialists from the 43,000 archival digital texts and Hunan Provincial Museum, graduate photographic images. In addition, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Prince Edward Island. students from Carleton University’s they can listen to 1,200 sound School for Studies in Art and recordings. This is the first time the Museum has ever applied these new mapping Culture, and delegates attending technologies. The project was the Corporation des bibliothécaires made possible with funding from professionnels du Québec’s Annual GeoConnections, a national partner- Congress. ship program led by Natural Resources Canada. During the past year, the Museum collaborated on a research project with the Institute of Canadian Studies from the University of Ottawa. The Library offered training and assistance to students who were producing thematic bibliographies on museological subjects.

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PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARCHAEOLOGY HISTORY COPYRIGHT • In the Atlantic region, the archae- • In the Atlantic Provinces, the The Museum’s photo collection ology of the late prehistoric Mi’kmaq material and social history, including includes more than one million and Maliseet peoples, and the a draft written history, of images: 560,000 traditional hard exploration of early Palaeo-Indian Charlottetown, P.E.I. copies and close to 600,000 digital and Archaic occupations in • In Quebec, daily life in Canada photos. Because of the increasing Atlantic Canada. and Acadia from the seventeenth number of digital images received • In Quebec, the history of mainly to the nineteenth centuries, and over the past few years, staff under- French-speaking Euro-Canadian sciences such as horticulture, took a collection management populations from the seventeenth kitchen gardens and food in the review, developed a new record to the nineteenth centuries, with a seventeenth and eighteenth numbering system, and improved focus on the cod-fishing industry. centuries. cataloguing tools. • In Ontario, pre-Contact archaeology • In Ontario, the United Empire in the northern and eastern Loyalists, and the cultural history Expanding on its outreach objectives, regions of the province. of the nurse’s uniform. the Museum, in partnership with • In the Prairie Provinces, comparison • In the Prairies, the daily lives of the Canadian Heritage Information between Northern Plains archaeol- workers, labour activism, and Network (CHIN), posted an enhanced ogy and that of the Russian early-twentieth-century immigration version of the Digitization steppes. to the Canadian West, including Guidelines: Scan and Artifact • In Arctic archaeological research, settlers’ motivations, voyages, Photography on the CHIN the history of the Palaeo-Eskimo material culture, expectations, con- Knowledge Exchange website. peoples who first occupied Arctic ditions upon arrival, and settlement. North America, as well as the • In Canadian political history, the development of Inuit culture governing of Canada, with particular RESEARCH over the past millennium; and reference to biographical study of Research undertaken by the investigation into relationships both political and non-political Canadian Museum of Civilization between these two peoples, leaders. enhances our understanding of as well as with early European • In material culture, women’s work Canadian identity, history and culture. visitors to the Eastern Arctic in the history, twentieth-century family centuries around 1000 CE (the history, popular culture and folk The Museum carries out essential Helluland Archaeology Project). art in Quebec, and Canadian research into the human history of • In the area of physical anthropology, traditional and country furniture. Canada and adjacent regions from the skeletal and DNA analysis of • Research and collections develop- earliest times to the present day. particularly ancient human remains ment on women’s wartime history These projects support the develop- from the Interior Plateau of British (with the Canadian War Museum). ment of exhibitions and publications. Columbia and the northern coast, in cooperation with local RESEARCH PROJECTS Aboriginal communities. Staff pursued several long-term • In the area of the repatriation of projects last year in each of the human remains, analysis of physical Museum’s main research areas. anthropology collections for detailed documentation of skeletal remains requested for repatriation and reburial. • Relative to the British Columbia treaty process, answering requests for information about the nature of the Museum’s collections. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 39

ETHNOLOGY CULTURAL STUDIES • Traditional life, everyday arts, and • The history and cultures of the • Chinese, Japanese and Korean popular culture in Canada. First Peoples of Canada’s Pacific communities in various parts of • The history and traditions of sweet Coast, including past and contem- Canada, including local Chinese foods. porary production of fine crafts for history, social organization, cultural • The history and present state of use within the community and for traditions and ethnic relations. Buddhism in Canada (Buddhist sale to external markets. • Musical traditions in Canada. temples and centres of different • The history and cultures of the • The life and work of Glenn Gould. Buddhist traditions), with a particular Interior Salish and Ktunaxa peoples • Craft and design in Canada during focus on Western (non-Asian) of the southeastern British the 1960s and the history of Canadians who have converted to Columbia Interior, with a specific Canadian craft. Buddhism. research project documenting Ktunaxa material culture. • The history and cultures of the First Nations of the Great Plains, including research on Blackfoot protocol and Plains Cree concepts of death, and the impact of urban life on the experience and cultures of First Peoples in Canada. • The history and cultures of the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet and Passamaquoddy peoples of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and adjacent regions, with a particular focus on the history and production of Mi’kmaq basketry. • The history and social context of contemporary Inuit art, and the scope of current work by Inuit artists in all media. • The history of contemporary Canadian Aboriginal art and Aboriginal artists, including enquiries into the impact of Christianity on Aboriginal cultures in Canada. • The history and cultures of Northern Athabaskan peoples, including cultural context and styles of hide clothing in the nine- teenth century, and contemporary community-based projects to revive traditional arts and crafts.

Right: Sam Cronk, Curator of Canadian Music, was curator of the exhibition Glenn Gould: The Sounds of Genius. Steven Darby CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION 40

POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC PROGRAMS SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS RESEARCH PROGRAMMING Public programs are an important Research has focussed mainly on means by which the Canadian Programming for the exhibition four areas: Valentine’s Day cards as a Museum of Civilization communicates UNIQUE! 30 Years of Outstanding medium for courtship in nineteenth- knowledge of history and Canadian Crafts featured a series of panel century Canada; the work of con- discussions and talks in partnership and world cultures. Designed around temporary Canadian artists who are with the Conseil des métiers d’art the needs and interests of specific interested in using forms of written du Québec. In the final program, audiences, programs include cultural communications in their art; the Toronto sculpture artist Janet impact of new technologies on celebrations, performing arts events, Morton created a unique outdoor interpersonal communication, and lectures, live animation and revenue- flower garden made from recycled the life of Christian Bennedsen, a generating events. materials. Danish immigrant who came to LECTURES, SERIES AND In conjunction with Treasures from Canada in the 1950s. CULTURAL EVENTS China, the Museum presented 26 programs for adult and family Other subjects of postal and The Museum presented 36 lectures audiences. These programs included communications research included: and talks by Museum curators, a costume event, an Autumn Moon archaeologists, craft designers, music- celebration and a farewell event, as • Percy Jacobson’s War — over the ologists and historians. Topics ranged well as lectures and talks by experts past three years, research has from the history and culture of on topics including Chinese history, been conducted on this Second China, to the architecture of Ancient astrology and immigration. World War diary. Peru, to the “cult” of Glenn Gould. Musicians from the region gave • The story of the post office in Evening at the Museum programs performances featuring traditional Val Morin and environs. gave adults an opportunity to instruments, while dancers performed • Labour and labour relations in the acquire new knowledge in a social both folk and modern dance in post office. setting. These events, which combined the exhibition gallery. • Life, transport and communications curator tours with demonstrations, along the St. Lawrence during As part of the presentation of In My participatory workshops and culinary the nineteenth-century French- Lifetime: Contemporary Aboriginal tastings, were programmed in Canadian continental Diaspora. Art, a roundtable with Canadian conjunction with special exhibitions. • The controversy surrounding the artists Faye HeavyShield, Rebecca closing of rural post offices in Partnerships with the Asian Heritage Belmore and David Garneau was led Canada between 1986 and 1993. Society, Canada Dance Festival, by curator Lee-Ann Martin, giving Ottawa International Chamber visitors a chance to meet the artists Festival, National Art Centre’s featured in the exhibition. For families, Quebec Scene, and the Glenn Gould artist Neal McLeod gave workshops Foundation resulted in a variety of on dream-painting, while sharing large-scale events celebrating stories of his Cree traditions. Canadian culture and diversity. With the assistance of embassies and community associations representing China, , Peru, Spain and Egypt, the Museum also delivered a dynamic series of cultural events, which were very well attended. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 41

As part of Glenn Gould: The THE CANADIAN PERSONALITIES craft evenings and the Canadian Sounds of Genius, the Museum HALL Improv Games championships. designed a range of programs Family and adult programming for bringing together diverse performers, Face to Face, the Museum’s new BLACK HISTORY MONTH scholars and others. In collaboration permanent exhibition, included talks Programming for Black History with the Glenn Gould Foundation, and workshops designed to arouse Month featured an evening of urban for example, the Museum presented curiosity and encourage visitors of jazz by Kelly Lee Evans and a premiere a symposium of interest to Gould all ages to learn more about the of the documentary film, The Three specialists. A concert tribute by Canadians who have shaped this Dumas, which traced the life story of Professor Dr. Elaine Keillor and a country’s history. Adult programs Alexandre Dumas, the grandson of a lecture-recital by Dr. Rachelle included a curator’s tour, a feature slave. Chiasson-Taylor attracted members on the art of creating political editorial of the academic community. Library cartoons, and an analysis of the REMEMBRANCE WEEK and Archives Canada archivists led a signatures of great Canadians. Family Coffee and Conversation session on The Museum of Civilization also programs included an opportunity Cult of Glenn Gould. The Museum commemorated Remembrance to make buttons featuring favourite also presented a concert featuring Week, with readings of letters of personalities, caricature artists, the London Youth Symphony, and remembrance in the Postal Museum multimedia caricature demonstrations, recitals by students from various and a presentation by Museum and encounters with a personality music schools and music departments. archaeologist Dr. Jean-Luc Pilon analyst. In December, the Ottawa Bach Choir on excavation of the Vimy Ridge performed a seasonal repertoire of battlefield. PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH Gould’s favourite choral pieces by Bach. Last year, the Museum placed special emphasis on youth by presenting The programming for Secret Riches: more events designed specifically Ancient Peru Unearthed included for them. This range of programs performances featuring music and included Hip Hop 360, presented in dance, a February carnival celebra- partnership with the Canada Dance tion, demonstrations by ceramic Festival, National Aboriginal Day Below: Some of the many public artists and metalsmiths, the Tastes celebrations, Spins and Needles programs presented at the Museum. and Sounds of Peru evening event, and a lecture series with topics including the archaeology of the site, ancient and architectural and metallurgical techniques and theories on the rise and fall of the Sicán people. Adults attending the Coffee and Conversation event for Daphne Odjig: Four Decades of Prints met with the curator and gained insight into the artist’s work. During a week- end printmaking workshop, families and younger visitors enjoyed an opportunity to create their own exhibition-inspired prints.

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ABORIGINAL PROGRAMMING PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS VOLUNTEER INTERPRETER The Museum presented a series of The Museum of also reached out to PROGRAM workshops and demonstrations on visitors through its school programs. The Volunteer Interpreter Program traditional Aboriginal activities. More than 40,000 students learned provides adult volunteers the training National Aboriginal Day featured a about Canadian history and world they need to offer demonstrations full day of performances, workshops cultures through 22 educational and provide visitors with additional and demonstrations by First Nations programs developed by the information about particular artifacts and Métis communities. During the Museum. The Museum also joined in special exhibitions. During the summer, the Museum hosted six in partnership with the Historica past year, volunteers participated Aboriginal artists who presented Foundation of Canada for students in five special exhibitions. the traditional arts of stonecarving, enrolled in the Encounters with For the exhibition Treasures from quillwork, moosehair-tufting and Canada program, by hosting a series China, the Museum introduced new canoe-building. of events on Canadian and First initiatives, including a successful Peoples history. Over 1,000 students recruitment strategy targeted at DRAMAMUSE from across Canada have participated youth (ages 17 to 24) from the local in this Museum experience. Dramamuse, the Museum’s resident Chinese Canadian community. theatre company, brought history to life for visitors to the Canada Hall, The popular Youth Volunteer as well as for hundreds of students Program for youth ages 12 to 17 through various school programs. continued at the Children’s Museum, The company added two new with over 90 participants. interactive theatre characters. to its repertoire in the Canada Hall: Winnipeg activist Helen Armstrong from the General Strike of 1919, and a Saskatchewan farm woman from the 1930s. In addition to interactive Left: Dramamuse, the Museum’s resident theatre company, performing theatrical characters, the company for visitors in the Canada Hall. performed: Right: A Giant Gingerbread House in the Children’s Museum. • A Taste of the Wildcat, by Ben Nind, featuring stories about life in the North in the Canada Hall’s Wildcat Cafe with Reneltta Bourque, an Aboriginal actor from the Northwest Territories. • Of Rum and Water in the Canada Hall’s New France Square, highlight- ing life in Quebec after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. • The presentation of An Elf and Her Santa in the Canada Hall.

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PROGRAMMING AT THE stamp workshops. The popular The Museum improved several CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Stamp Mania event, presented in components of its website last year celebration of Stamp Collecting to make them more user-friendly: a The Canadian Children’s Museum Month in October 2007, attracted new Cyberboutique went online; the delivered a diverse line-up of over 350 participants. redesigned Support Your Museums activities throughout the year. section now includes a feature for Daily drop-in studio activities, special Workshops and other events were making online donations; and the weekend events, workshops, and a presented as part of The Post Goes revamped Food Services section monthly early-learning series offered Pop, and ranged from designing added menus for both dining and families an ever-changing schedule of seals, postcards and CD covers, to catering. In addition, the website programming and cultural experiences. a communal stamp mosaic activity began using the popular and power- celebrating the 400th anniversary of Activities enriched seasonal and ful Google as its search engine. Quebec City. During Winterlude, the holiday celebrations, such as Easter, Museum presented an “X-treme Virtual Exhibitions and Activities Canada Day, Hallowe’en, Winterlude post” activity on delivering mail by During the past year, the Museum and Spring Break. Some of these dogsled. In addition, volunteers added the following new exhibitions activities included a summer day were on hand to help visitors learn to its website: camps, and Overnight Adventures more about this exhibition. for community groups. The Art of Puppetry This module invites visitors to discover Family programs explored themes the Museum’s collection of puppets, of heritage and identity, literacy, COMMUNICATION OF along with particular aspects of the creativity, world cultures and the art of puppetry. With more than environment. Special activities also KNOWLEDGE 1,600 puppets and accessories, the included theatrical productions As a national institution, the Museum’s collection offers a unique presented in partnership with the Canadian Museum of Civilization look at the art of puppet theatre in Ottawa International Children’s seeks to reach people beyond the Canada. Festival, as well as a variety of musical National Capital Region in order to and dance performances. The share its knowledge as widely as From Blacksmiths to Blackboards: Children’s Museum delivered many possible. To accomplish this, it uses The Traditional Trades in Quebec programs in collaboration with various forms of outreach designed This new module features material cultural partners, including the to meet the needs of its diverse from the Museum’s collections as Scandinavian, Chinese, Japanese, audiences. part of a virtual tour of a pre-industrial Vietnamese, Greek, Korean, East Canadian village in which visitors can Indian and Mexican communities. CIVILIZATION.CA tour a general store, a school, a Successful partnerships with the cabinetmaker’s shop, a forge and a With more than 100 virtual exhibitions, National Film Board, the National farmhouse. By clicking on various several databases, online games, Arts Centre and the National Capital objects inside the buildings, visitors and detailed information to help Commission contributed to special gain access to information on the with planning a visit, the Civilization.ca workshops. tools of a particular trade or time website has become the most period, as well as stories, documents comprehensive web-based resource PROGRAMMING AT THE and other activities. among all Canadian museological POSTAL MUSEUM institutions. The site also offers Public programs included Special special resources for children, Delivery, a series of animation kits educators and scholars, and provides that challenge visitors in a hands-on free online access to a wide range exploration of postal communications of information about history and and history. The Canadian Postal the collections. Museum offered Coffee and Conversation events featuring philately specialists, curators, and editorial writing and commemorative CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION 44

Selling Smoke: How Canadian Cigar PUBLICATIONS For 5,000 years, until about 200 Boxes Pitched Their Wares, Over the past year, the Museum years ago, nomadic tribes dominated 1883–1935 has developed a new Publishing the interior grasslands of both North This exhibition highlights the strategies Strategy to modernize its publishing America and Eurasia. This compara- used by some Canadian cigar manu- activities, using new information tive study, the first of its kind, shows facturers to sell their wares between technologies and commercial how the fiercely independent peoples 1883 and 1935. Cigars were one of partnerships. of these two regions were remarkably the first products to use point-of-sale similar in some respects and quite advertising as a marketing strategy, As part of this process, the Museum different in others. and cigar stores featured colourful is improving the actual production displays touting the many brands for of its books. For example, selected Around and About : sale. Selling Smoke illustrates how books have been printed digitally Modelling Twentieth-Century large labels on the boxes’ inner lids (rather than offset), to limit inventory Culture. Edited by Gordon E. Smith, attracted the customer with promises numbers and keep costs down. In Lynda Jessup and Andrew Nurse. of a memorable smoking experience. addition, the Museum now chooses Mercury Series, Cultural Studies FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) Paper 83. Mystery History-Maker Match-Up printers and papers, and is working Marius Barbeau (1883–1969) played Last year, the Museum developed towards identifying all of its products a vital role in shaping Canadian the web-based interactive game, through EcoLogo. culture during the twentieth century. Mystery History-Maker Match-Up, This book shows how Barbeau’s to familiarize youth ages 11 to 13 with Publications (in-house and work — in anthropology, fine arts, both the famous and not-so-famous co-published) music, film, folklore studies, fiction personalities featured in Face to Ancient Nomads of the Eurasian and and historiography — cannot be Face: The Canadian Personalities North American Grasslands. Elena read from just one perspective. Hall. The game also reinforces the Ponomarenko and Ian Dyck with By merging disciplinary perspectives exhibition’s themes and helps to contributions by Anna Kochkina, about Barbeau, we can better evaluate communicate its key messages. Ludmila Kuznetsova, Dmitry and deepen our understanding of Stashenkov, Mikhael Turetzky and the situation around Barbeau. Edward Dubman. Co-published with the Samara Museum of History and Regional Studies. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 45

Crafting New Traditions. Canadian Part biography and part catalogue, The Canadian Museum of Innovators and Influences. Edited by this book reveals how the various Civilization. Photographs by Malak. Melanie Egan, Alan C. Elder and threads of Teit’s life and work came Introduction by Victor Rabinovitch. Jean Johnson. Published in collabor- together in his final major ethnographic Reprint (7th edition) ation with Harbourfront Centre. study. In commemoration of Malak’s Mercury Series, Cultural Studies Subsistence and Culture in the remarkable 60-year career as a Paper 84. Western Canadian Arctic. A celebrated architectural and landscape This book brings together the work Multicontextual Approach. Matthew photographer, the Museum of of 11 historians and craftspeople to W. Betts. Mercury Series, Civilization has reproduced a special address two questions: “Who has Archaeology Paper 169. edition of this bestselling publication, influenced the recent history of in which the master photographer Through innovative analysis of animal Canadian studio craft?” and “Who depicts the grandeur of this magnifi- bones recovered from archaeological will be considered the ‘pioneers’ of cent building. sites, this comprehensive study Canadian craft in the future?” documents the intricate relationships Through Darkening Spectacles. Recording Their Story. James Teit between the Siglit or Mackenzie Memoirs of Diamond Jenness. and the Tahltan. Judy Thompson. Inuit and their food animals, from Diamond Jenness and Stuart E. Co-published with Douglas & their earliest occupations 800 years Jenness. Mercury Series, History McIntyre Ltd. ago to the arrival of Europeans in Paper 55. the nineteenth century. This volume This book describes the life and Diamond Jenness was one of the chronicles the connections between work of groundbreaking ethnologist most outstanding Canadian anthro- developing Siglit economies and James Teit and the key collections of pologists of the early twentieth shifts in technology, settlement, Tahltan materials he gathered during century. His books, The Indians of demography and climate, and the early 1900s, including stories Canada and People of the Twilight, exposes the primary link between and songs. In 1912 and 1915, with are classics. Details of this dedicated Siglit subsistence and culture. the participation of many Tahltan, scholar’s private life are provided in Teit assembled a large and important his own words, augmented with collection of artifacts, photographs, contributions from his son Stuart. song recordings and myths. ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS The Museum’s experts share their extensive knowledge through articles and presentations. Last year, researchers and experts from different sections of the Museum authored more than 30 articles and reviews, and gave over 40 presenta- tions or lectures in Canada and abroad on a wide range of topics.

Left: Introductory page for the virtual exhibition, The Art of Puppetry. Right: Recent books published by the Museum of Civilization. CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION 46

Lectures this year included: Museum Researchers’ External • Variations on Glenn Gould — a Publications multimedia show involving six • Jerome Cybulski, Curator of Museum researchers also published pianists performing Bach’s Physical Anthropology, on books through commercial publishers. Goldberg Variations in six “Bioarchaeology, Ethics, Some of the most notable included: Canadian cities. Cooperation and Collaboration” The show was broadcast live from at a meeting of the Canadian Chercher fortune en Nouvelle-France the Museum by Espace musique Association for Physical (“Seeking Fortune in New France”) and CBC Radio Two; Anthropology, in Banff, Alberta. by Jean-Pierre Hardy, Quebec • The Idea of North — a concert by • Xavier Gélinas, Curator of Historian. This work, published by six songwriters explored their own Canadian Political History, on Éditions Libre Expression, brings to “Idea of North” through music, “René Lévesque and French life a fascinating chapter in our inspired by Glenn Gould’s 1967 Canadian Traditionalism” at the history, tracing the origins and CBC documentary by that name. academic conference “René development of French life in The show was later broadcast on Lévesque, mythes et réalités”, North America. CBC Radio Two. in Montréal, Quebec. La droite intellectuelle québécoise • Rhonda Hinther, Curator of et la Révolution tranquille MEDIA RELATIONS Western Canadian History, on (“Quebec’s Intellectual Right and “The Ukrainian Left, 1945–1970s” In March 2008, the Museum held a the Quiet Revolution”) by Xavier at the Canadian Ethnic Studies special media event to introduce Gélinas. This work, which has been Association Conference, in First Peoples of Canada: well received, was published by Winnipeg, Manitoba. Masterworks from the Canadian Presses de l’Université Laval. • Lucie Johanis, Archaeological Sites Museum of Civilization, developed It provides in-depth analysis of the Officer, on the evolution of mapping as part of an exhibition exchange decline of the Quebec political technology at the Museum, at a agreement with China. Media had conservatives during the 1960s. meeting of the Canadian an opportunity to view some of the Archaeological Association, in masterpieces from the Museum’s St. John’s, Newfoundland and PUBLIC AFFAIRS collections which will be featured in Labrador. To describe and promote its activities, this exhibition in Beijing in 2008. • Robert McGhee, Curator of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Western Artic Archaeology, on produces a wide array of communi- SPECIAL EVENTS “Inuit History and Aboriginalist cations and promotional products Throughout the year, the Museum Interpretation” at the Arctic and carries out intensive media hosts conferences, ceremonies, Archaeology Symposium, in relations. It also hosts various events concerts and other events in partner- Pocatello, Idaho, USA. linked to Canadian and world ship with various government and • Victor Rabinovich, President and cultures. non-governmental organizations. CEO, on “Diversity, Identity and These are part of the Museum's Historical Voices in a Canadian EXHIBITION OPENINGS mandate, as they generally promote National Museum” to the Japan Canadian and world culture and sup- With an average of 600 people Association of Canadian Studies, port public education. Reitaku University, Kashawi, Japan. attending each inauguration last • Patricia Sutherland, Curator of year, the Museum’s exhibition open- Eastern Arctic Archaeology, on ings were a great success. Among “Norse/Native Contact in Arctic the many highlights of the opening Canada” to the Alaskan for Glenn Gould: The Sounds of Anthropological Association, in Genius were a highly acclaimed Anchorage, Alaska, USA. concert by special guest Marika Bournaki, an award-winning pianist from Montréal, and the following two concerts by CBC/Radio-Canada: ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 47

Last year, these events included: PROMOTIONAL TOOLS THE IMAX® THEATRE • The official launch of new lifelong To complement its existing promo- The IMAX Theatre is an important tional tools, the Museum introduced learning models for First Nations tool in helping the Museum to several innovations this year. These and Métis people by the Canadian communicate knowledge related to included a crossword puzzle which Council on Learning. various aspects of human experience • The opening of the Sommet des promoted the exhibition Face to and the world. This popular facility communautés francophones et Face while informing the public offers giant-screen film technology acadiennes. about some of the major Canadian developed in Canada. With its combi- • The Canadian Folk Music Awards. personalities who have helped • Ceremonies for the John shape the country. nation of an IMAX Screen and IMAX Humphrey Freedom Award (Rights Dome, the experience becomes a and Democracy) and the Harkin Visitor’s Guide window on other times, and other Conservation Medal (Canadian Last year, the Museum distributed places. The IMAX Theatre is also Parks and Wilderness Society). a new and more complete Visitor’s an important source of revenues • Puppets Up!, an international Guide printed in six languages, and attendance: in 2007–2008, it festival of puppetry. including Chinese and Japanese. attracted 286,000 visitors, and • An evening of Peruvian music and This new tool aims to improve presented 12 films, eight of which dance in support of victims of the wayfinding in the Museum, and had never before been shown at August 2007 earthquake in Peru. helps visitors plan their tour by the Museum. providing more information on the different exhibition spaces.

Left: Marika Bournaki, a 16-year-old pianist from Montréal, performed on Glenn Gould’s beloved Steinway at a media event. Centre: A Chinese dancer performing at the opening of the exhibition, Treasures from China. Right: Dinosaurs, one of the new movies presented at the IMAX Theatre.

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Housed in a striking complex located in central Ottawa, the CANADIAN WAR Canadian War Museum is Canada’s national museum of military MUSEUM history. The Museum’s mission is to promote public understanding of Canada’s military history in its personal, international dimensions. It is also a venue and facilitator for informed discussion of military affairs, past and present. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 49

EXHIBITIONS The Memorial Hall Stitches in Time Memorial Hall, designed for quiet May 12, 2007 to March 30, 2008 The Museum’s permanent exhibitions reflection, contains a single artifact: Through 15 quilted works of art, cover Canadian military history from the headstone from the grave of textile artist Johnnene Maddison earliest times to the present day. Canada’s Unknown Soldier from the interpreted the Second World War They profile the human experience First World War. experiences of her mother and other of war, and the many ways in which women workers, providing a unique military events have shaped the The Regeneration Hall view of the complexity of life on the development of this country and its Regeneration Hall is a physical home front. Developed by the people. Temporary special exhibitions representation of hope, and a Canadian War Museum in collabora- expand upon material covered in the powerful artistic statement of the tion with Johnnene Maddison. permanent galleries, but also extend relationship between past and to national, international or general present, war and democracy. War Brides: Portraits of an Era military subjects not covered elsewhere May 12, 2007 to January 6, 2008 in the Museum. NEW SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS This evocative installation of paint- Tony Blair at War: Decision Iraq ings by artist Bev Tosh, along with PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS February 28 to May 4, 2008 photos, objects and commentaries, conveyed the life-changing experi- The Canadian Experience Galleries In March 2003, as former British ences of some of the 44,000 women Four chronological galleries relate Prime Minister Tony Blair took the who came to Canada at the end of the story of Canada’s military history, final steps on deciding to bring Britain the Second World War as war brides. while a fifth covers Canada’s rich into war with Iraq, award-winning The historical material spoke of love tradition of honouring and remem- photojournalist Nick Danziger was and war, adventure and hardship in a brance. given 30 days of unprecedented access to the British Prime Minister time of tremendous upheaval. The four chronological galleries are and his closest aides. Danziger’s Developed by the Canadian War Battleground: Wars on Our Soil, portraits tell the candid story of a Museum in collaboration with Bev Tosh. from Earliest Times to 1885; For decisive time in Britain’s political Crown and Country: The South history. Presented in collaboration African and First World Wars, with Nick Danziger and the National 1885–1931; Forged in Fire: The Portrait Gallery, London, United Second World War, 1931–1945; and Kingdom. A Violent Peace: The , Peacekeeping and Recent Conflicts, 1945 to the Present. Canada’s tradi- tion of remembrance is explored in the centrally located Hall of Honour.

The LeBreton Gallery This open storage space, accessible to visitors, contains one of the world’s finest collections of large military artifacts. Highlights include battle tanks from around the world, military transports, ambulances, motorcycles, artillery and a CF-100 Voodoo fighter jet.

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Afghanistan: A Glimpse of War TRAVELLING EXHIBITION COLLECTIONS February 9, 2007 to April 27, 2008 This exhibition uses video footage Bloody Victory: Canadians at Housing some 500,000 artifacts — and firsthand accounts to chronicle Passchendaele including documents, photographs, Canada’s participation in the war in Zonnebeke, Belgium films and more — the Canadian War Afghanistan and its involvement in July 13 to November 12, 2007 Museum is also home to one of the the rebuilding of the country. Based Based on the Museum’s important world’s most important collections principally on photographic and video archival holdings, this exhibition told of artillery and military vehicles. records from Canadian journalists the story of Canadian involvement in The Museum houses the renowned Stephen Thorne of the Canadian the First World War’s offensive at Beaverbrook War Art Collection, Press and freelance documentary Passchendaele, the experiences which contains more than 13,000 filmmaker Garth Pritchard, of the soldiers, and the personal, works of art. It also features the most Afghanistan tells both Canadian and military, political and cultural legacy extensive military library and archives Afghan stories with an emphasis on of a battle whose name has become in the country. the human experience of war. a byword for human misery. Developed by the Canadian War Developed by the Canadian War ACQUISITIONS Museum, featuring images by Museum in partnership with the The War Museum relies on donations journalists Stephen Thorne and Memorial Museum Passchendaele to enrich its collection. Important Garth Pritchard. 1917, Zonnebeke, Belgium. acquisitions during the past year included: SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS • Ten First World War pencil sketches Afghanistan: A Glimpse of War and one sketchbook. The sketches February 9, 2007 to April 27, 2008 Previous page were done by Lieutenant Ernest Left: Photograph from the exhibition War Brides: Portraits of an Era Davidson while he served in Tony Blair at War: Decision Iraq. May 12, 2007 to January 6, 2008 France and Belgium between Right: Works by artist Beverley Tosh 1915 and 1918. from the exhibition War Brides: Portraits of an Era. Stitches in Time • A watch fob, an identification Below: Photograph featured in the May 12, 2007 to March 30, 2008 bracelet, and a matchbox case, exhibition Afghanistan: A Glimpse of made by Arthur Lee when he War. Tony Blair at War: Decision Iraq served overseas during the First February 28 to May 4, 2008 World War. • The Gillis Collection of Grenades. Vimy: Constructing Memory March 2007 to April 2008 Begun by Barry Gillis during the 1970s, it has since grown into a ATTENDANCE world-class collection of 600 Permanent Exhibitions pieces spanning 13 centuries. Canadian Experience Galleries 284,000 • The medals of Squadron Leader LeBreton Gallery 227,000 George Urquhart Hill, DFC with Special Exhibitions two bars. Squadron Leader Hill War Brides: Portraits of an Era 85,000 was one of the high-scoring Canadian fighter aces of the Second World War. • The Foot Path of Peace, a painting by Tom Thomson, circa 1915, depicting an idyllic, pastoral land- scape which frames and illustrates the poem The Foot Path of Peace by American clergyman and poet Henry Van Dyke.

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• Twenty-one works of art from the LOANS • Ten paintings by Arthur Lismer eighteenth and nineteenth cen- The Museum actively loans its artifacts and John Everett to the Robert turies relating to General James to other institutions. Significant McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, Wolfe, whose victory at Quebec outgoing loans during the past year Ontario, for the travelling exhibi- City led to the production of a included: tion Razzle Dazzle: The Uses of large number of works celebrating Abstraction. his heroism and career. • Colonel John By’s sextant to the • Four works of art on paper by Carl • The nineteenth-century bronze Museum in Ottawa for use Schaefer to Museum London in sculpture Mademoiselle de in its newly renovated exhibits. London, Ontario, for the exhibition Verchères by Louis-Philippe • Private Harry Brown’s Victoria Carl Schaefer: Storm on the Hébert, perhaps Quebec’s most Cross medal set to the Horizon. famous sculptor. Gananoque Legion in Gananoque, • Corporal Frederick Topham’s • A watercolour painting by C.W. Ontario. medal set and Jefferys titled Polish Soldiers • The full-sized maquette of Justice, uniform to Bathing at Niagara. a sculpture by William Allward for in Calgary, Alberta. the Vimy Ridge Memorial, to the • Nineteen works of art by Robert ARCHIVAL ACQUISITIONS Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto Marshall Buckham to the West Important archival acquisitions of the for their exhibition Canada Vancouver Archives and Museum past year included: Collects. in Vancouver, British Columbia. • Four paintings to the Art Gallery • Statue of St. George and the • A collection of digital images of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario for Dragon to the American Museum created by photojournalist Stephen the exhibition Into The Breach: of Natural History in New York Thorne. Subjects comprise Windsor and Southwestern City, for the travelling exhibition Canadian operations in Ontario in Times of War. Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Afghanistan including operations • Twelve items, comprising uniforms Unicorns and Mermaids. in and around Kandahar. and swords, to the Montréal • A collection of diaries and letters Museum of Archaeology and relating to the military career of History Pointe-à-Callière for the Left: Mademoiselle de Verchères, a Staff Sergeant Walter Francis exhibition 1837–1838 Rebellions: sculpture by Louis-Phillipe Hébert. Stewart, who served with the Patriotes vs. Loyalists. Right: Sacred Ground Zero, by Midland Battalion during the . North West Rebellion (1885) and later in the South African Constabulary. The diaries are also a key primary resource for the Battle of Batoche. • Seventy-nine photographs taken between 1946 and 1956, depicting the crew and life aboard the HMCS Magnificent, one of Canada’s post-1945 aircraft carriers. The photographs were taken by Captain Ronald Thorn, a motor mechanic. • A collection of original scores composed by Canadian Expeditionary Force Band Leader Reginald Hinchey during the First World War.

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CONSERVATION Special Projects • The refinement, cataloguing and Last year, staff treated numerous The Research Centre received storage of the Museum’s cellulose artifacts destined for exhibits at the funding from the Friends of the nitrate negative collection. This Museum and elsewhere. In addition, Canadian War Museum last year project involves the cataloguing there is an ongoing conservation to complete two projects: and proper storage of a backlog of cellulose nitrate negatives program aimed at restoring artifacts • The refinement, cataloguing and including images of Canadians such as historical vehicles to full creation of a finding aid for the involved in the First and Second working condition. Brigadier General Clayton Beattie World Wars. The project will facili- Collection. This collection of tate access to this collection by Restoration of a German Tank archival, photographic and library staff and researchers, and will Last year, staff completed what was material relates to the military ensure appropriate storage. possibly the largest restoration project career of Brigadier General Clayton ever undertaken by the Museum. Ernest Beattie, who played an Following two years of work, experts influential role in Canadian peace- completed the restoration and keeping, serving with the United cleaning of a Panther V tank, the Nations for five years. Below: Panther V tank acquired by largest German tank in the country. the Museum, before and after restoration. The 45-tonne armoured vehicle had been on display outdoors at CFB Borden since being transported from Europe at the end of the Second World War. Staff and volun- teers spent 4,000 hours restoring the vehicle to its original condition. In January 2008, the tank was moved into the LeBreton Gallery for display.

THE MILITARY HISTORY RESEARCH CENTRE The Military History Research Centre includes the George Metcalf Archival Collection and the Hartland Molson Library. The George Metcalf Archival Collection contains unique archival documents and photographic materials, and is especially strong on materials relating to the First and Second World Wars. The Hartland Molson Library has approximately 55,000 volumes, including regimental histories, published personal memoirs, wartime pamphlets, military technical and field manuals, and 5,000 rare books.

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RESEARCH PUBLIC PROGRAMS Afghanistan: A Glimpse of War In addition to several Walk and Talk The Museum’s research program Public Programs provide an tours of the exhibition, special pro- aims to advance understanding of enhanced and varied visitor experi- gramming for Afghanistan offered Canada’s military history, from earliest ence, and aim to attract new visitors visitors a stimulating series of lectures times to the present day, in its into the Museum. The majority of through the Building Knowledge personal, national and international programs are offered free of charge program. These included a presenta- dimensions. Research supports the with admission, and give visitors tion by Stephen Thorne, whose development of permanent and diverse opportunities to interact images are featured in the exhibition, temporary exhibitions, books and with the Museum’s messages. and two lectures in partnership with articles, and a wide range of the Embassy of the United States of developmental projects. GALLERY ANIMATION America: “Ghost Wars: The Secret Gallery animation gives visitors the History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Principal research projects during one-on-one personal contact that Bin Laden” by Steve Coll and the past year included work on: enhances their experience of exhib- “Afghanistan: Transition Under itions. In the permanent galleries Threat by Barnett Rubin.” • The concept of future war, and and special exhibitions, animators Other special programming included how war has been perceived over provided interactive hands-on activi- live taping of the CBC Radio One the centuries. ties and demonstrations that comple- drama Afghanada, a special Building • Canadian peacekeeping in Cyprus, ment the storyline. They also helped Knowledge session for the Lifelong 1964–1994. younger visitors understand the Learners program, and a Building • The history of peace advocacy in Museum’s key messages. Knowledge Book Club selection Canada. focussing on Nelofer Pazira’s A Bed • The relationship between war Topics animated for visitors last year of Red Flowers. and art movements during the included: battlefield medicine, a twentieth century. musket demonstration, First World • The role of children in war. War enlistment, military technology, • First World War trench culture. and the Canadian experience on D-Day. Other interactive animation • The battle of Passchendaele, Below: One of the dresses presented 1917. included an exploration of the in the special event From War Bride • Post-1989 Canadian military contents of kits used by soldiers and to Modern Bride. operations overseas. journalists in Afghanistan, as well • Material culture research as the Junior Spies and History is standards. Yours activities. • War brides of the 1940s. • The . SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS • Women and war. PROGRAMMING • The history of military vehicular Much like gallery animation, special transport. exhibition programming provides • Military medicine, principally in interactive activities and demonstra- the War of 1812. tions which complement the storyline. • Eugenics and “science” in Nazi It also targets complementary Germany. programming opportunities and • The history of war reporting. partnerships to extend the exhibition’s impact beyond the gallery space.

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War Brides: Portraits of an Era Building Knowledge Lectures In addition to Walk and Talk tours Building Knowledge consists of four The Museum presented lectures on a and special gallery animations, pro- different types of programs: the War wide range of topics in 2007–2008. gramming for this exhibition included Museum Book Club, Lifelong These included “Theatre of War: Henry a Bridal Fashion Show, in partnership Learners, Lectures, and the Spotlight Habib”, presented in partnership with with Justina McCaffrey Haute Couture. Series. In addition to the Building the Great Canadian Theatre Knowledge programs linked to Company; Terry Copp on “Guy Stitches in Time special exhibitions, this series has Simonds and the Art of Command”; Programming for this exhibition fea- offered a further nine programs. and, Mark Ward on “Unlucky Lady, tured a Building Knowledge Lifelong HMCS Athabaskan”. In partnership Learners session and Walk and Talk Canadian War Museum Book Club with the Archaeological Institute of tours. Books on which the Club focussed America, Peter Wells presented a last year included Paul Dickson’s A Tony Blair at War: Decision Iraq lecture titled “The Battle that Thoroughly Canadian General and In association with this exhibition, Stopped Rome.” Suzanne Evans’s Mothers of Heroes, awardwinning photojournalist Nick Mothers of Martyrs: and In addition, the War Museum Danziger talked about the experience the Politics of Grief. presented two lectures associated of photographing Prime Minister with book launches: Nathan Tony Blair in the weeks leading up to Lifelong Learners Greenfield’s Baptism of Fire: Britain’s entry into the war with Iraq. Last year, participants enjoyed a The Second Battle of Ypres and special Lifelong Learners session the Forging of Canada April 1915 SPECIAL PUBLIC PROGRAMS called Preserving Memories. (in partnership with HarperCollins Special public programs enhance Canada), and Tim Cook’s At the the visitor experience, and attract Sharp End: Canadians Fighting the new visitors to the Museum. Most of Great War 1914–1916 (in partnership these programs are offered free of with Penguin Group). charge with admission.

Left: Visitor in front of the Right: Lecture delivered as part of the Headstone of the Unknown Soldier Museum’s special programming. in the Museum’s Memorial Hall.

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Spotlight Series Special Events Remembrance Week The Museum launched its Spotlight Special events included two dramatic During Remembrance Week — Series in 2007 to give visitors an presentations: November 4 to 11 — a wide range opportunity to meet Museum of programs was offered, including Essuie tes larmes et tiens-toi experts and ask them questions a wreath-making workshop and a debout! (Dry Your Tears and Stand about a highlighted artifact in the concert series featuring the Central Tall) was a moving production by permanent galleries. The highlighted Band of the Canadian Forces and Jean-Marie Vianney Rurangwa and artifacts were: the Pawley Cross, a youth choirs and bands. On the Izuba theatre group paying tribute temporary cross marking Norman Remembrance Day itself, volunteer to the victims and survivors of the Pawley’s grave at Vimy Ridge; interpreters shared their own Rwandan genocide. Hitler’s Car, the Mercedes-Benz experiences with visitors, the Book Hitler used as a parade vehicle; the No Man’s Land, a critically acclaimed Club focused on youth-oriented Iltis Jeep used by Canadian peace- play by Rising Tide Theatre, memor- titles, and the Museum participated keepers in Croatia; the tunic worn ialized the soldiers of the doomed in the coordinated live broadcast of by Sir Isaac Brock when he was killed Newfoundland Regiment, which the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Battle of Queenston Heights; fought in the most devastating First held in Ottawa. the pig suit, a chemical suit made for World War battle in the history of a pig during the Cold War to test Newfoundland and Labrador. VOLUNTEER INTERPRETER the effects of chemical weapons on PROGRAM humans; the uniform belonging to Other special events focussed on Approximately 68,500 exhibition Jeremiah French, a Loyalist during activities commemorating Vimy visitors benefitted from speaking the American Revolution; and the Ridge Day in April 2007. In addition, with volunteers who are part of the Avro Arrow, a jet that Canada the Museum hosted a concert Museum’s Volunteer Interpreter developed during the Cold War. featuring the Ottawa Community Concert Band, of the Program. These volunteers helped Ceremonial Guard and the North visitors gain deeper appreciation of Irish Territorial Army Band and the the Museum’s themes, artifacts and Stadacona Band of Maritime Forces messages. Atlantic. In May 2007, the Museum participated in events celebrating SCHOOL PROGRAMS the Tulip Festival. The school programs and educational services offer meaningful learning opportunities which help students from kindergarten through senior high school discover how war has affected them and their country. These school programs are designed to meet the specific needs and expectations of teachers and students through activities that promote critical thinking, problem-solving and cooperative learning.

Left: One of the many musical performances presented at the Museum on Remembrance Day. Mark Holleron CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM 56

This past year, the Museum also • Lindsey MacCallum of Fredericton, COMMUNICATION OF offered six orientation scenarios to New Brunswick, for her non-fiction more than 39,000 participants. account of her emotions, thoughts KNOWLEDGE and actions when her brother left Through various forms of outreach, Canadian Forces Leadership and for Afghanistan in early 2007. the Canadian War Museum seeks to Recruit School • Kelsey Stevens of Calgary, share its knowledge with as many The Museum also provides an Alberta, for a poem written from people as possible, from experts to adapted group orientation program the perspective of two mothers: a the general public. for Canadian Forces recruits during female Canadian soldier and the their fourth week of basic training. mother of an Afghan boy recruited WARMUSEUM.CA Last year, 2,400 recruits and instruc- by the . The War Museum website features tors took part in the program. • Olivia Gilmer-Chekosky of helpful information for visitors, as Winnipeg, Manitoba, for a work of well as descriptions of exhibitions, Colonel Douglas H. Gunter History art integrating newspaper clippings, programs and services. The site’s Award text and images. many resources also include a wide In 2007, applicants for the Colonel • Lindsay Steele of Campbellford, range of virtual exhibitions, activities Douglas H. Gunter History Awards Ontario, for a fictional account of and games. were asked to submit an original a Grade 8 student’s reaction to work on the following topic: her mother’s departure to, and New Virtual Exhibition “Canada’s Changing Role in service in, Afghanistan. During the past year, the Museum Afghanistan”. From the 66 submis- • Kelsey Epler of , added a new exhibition sions, the following five students Alberta, for a pencil drawing Afghanistan: A Glimpse of War to were awarded prizes of $1,000 each: incorporating many symbols and its website. This groundbreaking images relevant to Canada’s role exhibition conveys the human in Afghanistan. experience of Canada’s participation in the war through unforgettable photographs by journalists Stephen Thorne and Garth Pritchard and images of artifacts, including wreckage Below: Young visitor taking part in from a Canadian military vehicle interactive activities. destroyed by a roadside bomb.

PUBLICATIONS The Museum assists in the publication of selected research-based projects, both through existing partnerships and in response to requests for support from other agencies, private firms, or members of the public. The Museum’s principal publishing vehicle is its partnership with the University of British Columbia Press to produce Studies in Canadian Military History, a series of scholarly monographs. This series makes innovative contributions to the study of Canadian military history based on contemporary scholarship, and particularly encourages the work of

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of important gaps in the existing LECTURES AND ARTICLES • Andrew Iarocci, Production literature. The Museum’s historians and other Coordinator, on “Witnessing War: Depictions of Battlefield Last year, the partnership produced staff members published eight articles Technology in the Illustrated a paperback version of Battle during the year, and gave more than London News, 1914–16” at the 20 presentations in Canada and Grounds: The Canadian Military and 18th Military History Colloquium abroad. Aboriginal Lands, by P. Whitney at Wilfrid Laurier University in Lackenbauer. This publication analyzes Waterloo, Ontario. Lectures this year included: a century of government-Aboriginal • Andrew Burtch, Post-1945 interaction and negotiation, and • Dean Oliver, Director, Research Historian, on “The History behind explores how the Canadian military and Exhibitions, on “Difficult the Headlines: The War in came to use Aboriginal lands for Subjects in Museums” at the Afghanistan as Public History” training. Canadian Museums Association at the 17th Military History The Museum also supported the Annual Meeting in Ottawa. Colloquium in Waterloo, Ontario. New Brunswick Military Heritage Project. This project, located at the University of New Brunswick, was dedicated to informing the public about the province’s military heritage and stimulating further research, education and publication in the field. In addition, the Museum supported the publication of four issues of Canadian Military History, and renewed a memorandum of under- standing with this quarterly journal.

New Book on the First World War In 2007, Museum historian Tim Cook published a new comprehensive history of Canadians in the First World War: At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting the Great War 1914–1916 (Viking, 2007). The book covers early battles of the First World War and provides both an intimate look at Canadians in the trenches and an authoritative account of the slow evolution in tactics, weapons, and advancement. At the Sharp End won the 2008 Dafoe Book Prize. CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM 58

• Tim Cook, First World War PUBLIC AFFAIRS Wessex. The Museum also hosted Historian, on “Rumours and the the Official Send-Off for the Canadian Canadian Great War Soldier,” at The Canadian War Museum organized delegation to the unveiling of the the Conference of the International numerous official openings of new restored Vimy Monument in France, Society for First World War Studies exhibitions, as well as previews and as well as a Citizenship Ceremony in Washington, D.C. other media events, as outlined for new Canadians. • Amber Lloydlangston, Assistant below. In addition, the Museum organized Historian, on “Teaching the visits for VIPs. Last year’s high-profile History of Peace Advocacy,” at MUSEUM WELCOMES WAR guests included the Governor the Peace and Global Education BRIDES General and her family on Vimy Conference at the University of In conjunction with the opening of Ridge Day; His Royal Highness Ottawa. the exhibition War Brides: Portraits Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex; of an Era, the Museum hosted a and a reunion of the First Special For journals such as Canadian special welcome for Canadian war Service Force Association (the Military History, The Legion and brides from across the country. Second World War “Devil’s Canadian Army Journal, Museum Some 300 war brides made the Brigade”). staff also contributed many articles journey to Ottawa for this special on topics ranging from war artists to afternoon of Big Band music and Cisco medical care for prisoners of war dancing. In the summer of 2007, the during the War of 1812. Museum’s grounds were also the EVENTS AND VIP TOURS venue for the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest. The War Museum offers a magnificent, This music festival was a great architecturally unique setting for success, and the Museum’s exterior important occasions, ranging from environment proved an excellent protocol ceremonies to banquets. setting for festival shows and events. Over the past year, the Museum In total, the Bluesfest brought hosted major events, such as The approximately 70,000 people inside Duke of Awards, which the Museum, helping to give the were presented by His Royal institution a higher public profile. Highness Prince Edward, the Earl of

Right: Aerial view of the Museum site during the Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest in July 2007. Peter Waiser DONORS AND SPONSORS ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 59

NATIONAL Holt Renfrew — Unit 99 Italian Embassy in Canada — Unit 400 COLLECTION FUND Ottawa Business Journal Banfield-Seguin CAMPAIGN Le Plateau de la Capitale Bruno Besset RBC Financial Group Pierre Bournaki The Canadian Museum of Civilization Société des alcools du Québec Ann Brennan Corporation thanks the following donors Ville de Gatineau Francine Brousseau and partners, whose generosity will Wall Sound and Lighting Marc Bureau enable the Museum of Civilization Capital Fish Market and the War Museum to acquire Chez Lili Party Rentals artifacts that otherwise might be VOYAGEUR Elizabeth Costello $5,000 + lost to our national heritage. Hon. Barney J. Danson Diane Desaulniers Air Canada Pierre and Valérie Dufour FOUNDER Allen-Vanguard Corporation Bruce and Karen Etherington $150,000 + ARAMARK Canada French Embassy ARC THE.HOTEL J. Jacqueline Gagnon CA Canada J. (Joe) Geurts The Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Canada Post Corporation Gibiers Canabec Anonymous (1) The Centre for Excellence in David Gollob COLLECTOR Communications John N. Harbinson $75,000 + Chicken Farmers of Canada Patrick Kenniff Cisco Systems Canada The Sandra and Leo Kolber Foundation Cowan Wright Beauchamp Roger Lachapelle Ottawa Citizen CTV / The Globe and Mail Hon. Dr. Laurier L. Lapierre, O.C. and Développement économique – CLD Harvey Allan Slack VISIONARY Gatineau Joanne Lefebvre $25,000 + Expresso Air Services Nicole Loreto Fédération des producteurs de lait du W.A. and Molly Anne MacDonald Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Québec The Macdonald Stewart Foundation Casino du Lac-Leamy Hon. Sheila Finestone, P.C. Maison des Gourmets Compass Group Canada Fleetway Paul and Margaret Manson LeDroit Forest Products Association of Canada Carolina Mendoza Shimada National Post Friends of the Canadian War Museum Sylvie Morel TELUS Gowling Lafleur Henderson Morris Formal Wear Richard Iorweth Thorman Great-West Life Assurance Company National Arts Centre The National Chapter of Canada IODE National Capital Commission PIONEER La Presse National Gallery of Canada Foundation $10,000 + Victor Rabinovitch and Miriam Bloom Old Port of Montréal Corporation Scotiabank Group Richcraft Homes Accenture Summa Strategies Canada Claudette and Simon Roy The Asper Endowment The Westin Ottawa Patricia Roy Association of Consulting Engineers of Nancy Ruth Canada Sanofi-Aventis Beau's All Natural Brewing Company EXPLORER Starwood Hotels and Resorts Bell Canada $500 + John Richard Warren Black & McDonald Westeinde Construction Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Aeroplan Ainslie S. Wiggs CanWest Global Communications Affinity Productions Marc Wilson Corporation Alta Vista Flowers David Zussman Capital Box of Ottawa Amalfi Spa Anonymous (2) Emond Harnden LLP Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Hewson Bridge+Smith Marketing Canada DONORS AND SPONSORS 60

The Canadian Museum of Civilization Richard Robinson Capital Box of Ottawa Corporation is extremely grateful for Luella Carey the generous contributions of our RockDétente Jacques Cayouette donors, and for the investments Société des alcools du Québec The Centre for Excellence in made by our corporate sponsors. Softchoice Communications Their support is instrumental in Starwood Hotels and Resorts Nathalie Charpentier helping us achieve our goals for TELUS James and Elizabeth Churchward exhibitions, programming and The Urban Element Cision Canada collections development for both Valberg Imaging John Cleave the Museum of Civilization and Wall Sound and Lighting Thelma Cole the War Museum. The Westin Ottawa Myrna Collins Compass Group Canada James S. Cooper CANADIAN MUSEUM OF Members (Honours Circle and Claudette Cormier CIVILIZATION CORPORATION Curator) Elizabeth Costello Cowan Wright Beauchamp Sponsors John Richard English Janos Csaba Michael Martens Nick Cybuchowski Affinity Productions Patricia Cordingley Camille Dagenais Air Canada Marie St-Jean Masse Linsey and Chad Barry Dallyn Alta Vista Flowers Hon. Sheila Finestone, P.C. Marie Dampier Amalfi Spa Claudio Rodrigues Jean De Serres ARC THE.HOTEL Bill Leach Sheila Dean Beau's All Natural Brewing Company Bryan Shailer Claire Deguire Bell Canada Barbara Rodwin J. Delange Bijouterie Richer & Snow Jewellers Stephen Caulfeild Diane Desaulniers Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Michael Vera Doherty and Associates CanWest Global Communications Marilyn Domagalski Corporation Paul Donato Chez Lili Party Rentals Monetary Donors Doucet McBride LLP Compass Group Canada Claude Drouin Complexe Lac-Leamy ADR Chambers Dufour Isabelle Leduc Bouthillette Lapointe Crabtree & Evelyn Donna and Mark Allan Beaulieu Développement économique – CLD Kurt and Stephanie Andersen Carole Dupont Gatineau ARAMARK Canada Edmond Harnden LLP Élan Mode Janet Armstrong Mouna Elhage excelHR Astral Broadcasting Group Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Expresso Air Services David Bain Québec Fleurs Signées... Gib Balkwill Ruby Ficocelli FoodMode Magazine B.A. Beckman Fleetway French Embassy Bruno Besset Ginsberg, Gluzman, Fage & Levitz LLP GiVogue Photographe Claude Bienvenue Doreen Girling Holt Renfrew Black & McDonald David Gollob Imagithèque Monique Boiche Carman Gowan Italian Embassy in Canada Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP La Presse Alain Boucher P.A. Graham LeDroit Desneiges Brunet Great-West Life Assurance Company Morris Formal Wear David Bryden Howard Gregoire National Arts Centre Laurance Buskard George Griffiths National Post Barbara Byron Norman R. Hain Ottawa Business Journal CA Canada Fred and Wilfreida Harrison Ottawa Citizen Canadian International Development Heenan Blaikie Recherché concept coiffure Agency Jay Heins ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 61

Hewson Bridge+Smith Marketing RBC Foundation RBC Dominion Securities Wm. John Hill RBC Financial Group SonyBMG Blanche Hogg Olivier Reguin TELUS Frank Jefferies Re/Max Yamaha Canada Music Guy Jobin Pauline Ricard YMCA of Greater Toronto Louisette Julien Richard Robinson Zenph Studios Irene Kamminga Dawn Richardson Stanley Kell Richcraft Homes Patrick Kenniff Sheila Roberton Monetary Donors Key's Loader Service Francine Rousseau Frank Kim Nancy Ruth Elpida A. Agathocleous Mary-Ann Kim Maria and Albert Schouten Evelyn Bennett Kingsford Consulting Scotiabank Group Annette Blackwell J.N. Klok Michelle Shahrabani Francine Brousseau The Sandra and Leo Kolber Foundation Kim and Jeremy Strydonck A.M. Clark Roger Lachapelle Summa Strategies Canada Patricia Cordingley Jean K. Laflamme Telesto Janet Dryden Pierre LaFrance TELUS Edward Duern Yves Larrue André J. Therrien Audrey Durocher Adrienne Lavigne Christine E. Thompson Lillian Lee Arthur Treloar David Elder Joanne Lefebvre Paul Vallée Jeanne Flemming Jean-Pierre Levesque Norman Veary The Furniture Society E.C. and Leslie Lougheed Robert A. Walker D. Antonio Guzman The Macdonald Stewart Foundation Ron Waters John N. Harbinson Erol Manning Ainslie S. Wiggs Burt and Rosaline Hodgson Sybilla Mannsfeldt Bryan Zilkey Dale Jarvis Majella Maranda David Zussman William Joe James and Olive McAllister Gary Lastman Irene McDonell Thomas Leung Mary K. McPhail Donor of In-kind Contributions Melita Mildon Carlos Medina Lawrence Newman Ruth Mills Aeroplan Victor Rabinovitch and Miriam Bloom Patricia Mobbs Patricia Reilly-King Sylvie Morel Alexander M. Ross Matthew Morens CANADIAN MUSEUM OF Patricia Roy Angela Morgan CIVILIZATION Helen D. Sallmen Movie Venture 3 Margaret A. Soulsby Gordon Munn Sponsors Jeannie Thomas Elizabeth and John Murphy Italo V. Tiezzi Catherine A. Murray Air Canada René Villeneuve Olga Muten Bombardier Marjorie Wesche N.L. Hushion and Associates Canada Post Corporation Optima Mina I.S. Williams-Downing Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Andrew Ormiston The Canadian Foundation for Chinese Robert Pageau Heritage Preservation Donors of Artifacts Prabir K. Pal William Park Canadian Medical Association Herb Pitts Foreign Affairs and International Trade Aboriginal Multi-Media Society Le Plateau de la Capitale Canada Gunther Abrahamson C. Poirier GE Canada Académie québécoise d’études philatéliques Fernand Poirier Natural Resources Canada Doreen Adams Ray & Berndtson Pitney Bowes of Canada Barbara Aldworth DONORS AND SPONSORS 62

Alumnae Association of the Toronto Marjorie Gingera Steven Renald General Hospital, School of Nursing Glenbow Museum David Rhody Amber Valley Community Association Dan Glenney Rink-a-Dink Gilles Archambault Peter Glowczewski Margaret Robinson David Archer Graham Leslie Yvon Roy Genie Berger Manon Guilbert David Thiery Ruddel Diane Berry Margaret C. Hall Rural Dignity of Canada John Bohm Sharon Hampson Barbara Saunders Smith Bombardier Happy Thought School Jeanne D'Arc Sharpe Cécile Bouthillier Jean-Pierre Hardy Shebandowan Films Vern Bowen Richard Harrison Peter Simone Geneviève Bronson-Laidlaw Patricia Heiniger-Casteret Helen Smith Dwight K. Brown Julie Hopkins J.H. Smith Peggy Brown Chris Huntington Smithsonian Institution Alison Brown Stephen Inglis Sheldon Souray Margot R. Calles Junetta Jamerson Nancy Spencer Canada Post Corporation Faith Johnston Michel St-Amand Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Dave Kent Mary Stevens Association Tom Kramer Adrian Stimson Pierre Cantin Gertrude Kuash Studio P.M. Carleton University Stella Labonté Charles Talbot Linda Carothers Reina Lahtinen Laura Taylor Richard Carrier Lakehead University Vincent Tovell Centre provincial de ressources péda- Elizabeth Langlois Gale Turney gogiques Don Langlois Bobby Turney Daniel Cogné Lois Lilienstein Viceroy Rubber & Plastics Cohen & Cohen Elizabeth Lipsett Christy Vodden Judith Colby Lubomyr Luciuk Ray Webber Barry Cole Jacques Lusignan Myrna Widom June Davies Jack Mackenzie Lyn Wiggins Patricia Davis-Perkins Carole Ann Maracle Sharon Williams Franzin Erin M. Dewar Noeline Martin John Willis Eoin M. Dewar Charlotte McGill Denise Willis Brian Michael Doyle John McMenemy David Willis Maurice Dumas David A. Morrison Jonathan Wise Rose Dysievick Bram Morrison Louise Wrazen Earth Sciences Information Centre Mount Allison University Dorothy Eber National Gallery of Canada Helene Edwards Bud Neville Donors of In-kind Contributions John Elrick Harold Onagi Nora Elrick Verena Ossent Canadian Space Agency ENR/ITI Library, Government of the Oxfam-Québec Cépages du Monde Northwest Territories Alexandra Palmer Embassy of Finland Judith Eöry Colby Parks Canada Embassy of Mexico Estate of Charles Rennie James Peck Embassy of Sweden Michel Fedak Ken Perlman Embassy of the People’s Republic of China John Patrick Feeney Eva Phelps Lindsay Evans Anna Feldman Michelle Picard Friends of Iceland Fundaçao Museu do Homem Americano Jean-Luc Pilon IKEA Xavier Gélinas Sylvie Plouffe LeDroit Bianca Gendreau Simon Rabinovitch National Film Board Eileen George Victor Rabinovitch Ottawa Citizen Betty Gibb Wayne Remus ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 63

CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM Murray Barkley Janet and R.A. Brown James A. Barnes Thomas Brown Sponsors Karen and Bill Barnett George Brown Aline Barrette C.G. Brown Department of National Defence Janet Bartlett David and Jocelyn Brown Embassy of the United States of America Dennis Bartok R. Brown Michael Bartolf Ann Marie Brown C. Derek Bate Marjorie Bruce Monetary Donors George W. Battershill Clara M. Brugger Douglas Bean William Bruton Stephen Adler John H. Beardsworth Alan Bryan M. Aikins Esther Beaupré Thomas Brzezicki Mike Ainsworth The Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Brian Buckley Donald and Doreen Aitken Douglas Bell Kenneth and Catherine Buckner Lois M. Akana LGen (Ret'd) Charles H. Belzile Muriel Budge Norah Alford Robert and Marion E. Bennett Walter Bulani Floyd and Sylvia Alkenbrack Lee Bentley Reinhold W. and Marlyn G. Bundus Paul Almond Margaret Bergland Edwin R.G. Burgess Dennis Alsop Harry Berofe Eugene D. Burles Kenneth Alsop Katherine A. Betts Thomas Burns Betty Anderson Chris and Suzanne Betuzzi Norma Burns W. Anderson Donald D. Beveridge Robert E. Burridge Jacqueline Andrew John Bewick Thomas and Elizabeth Bursey L. Ross Andrews T.L. Beyers Chris Burtchall Frank and Marilyn Anfield Arthur Birch William A. Bush Keith Angus Larry Bird Arthur G. Buskas Steven Arbon Roland M. Black John W. Butler Marguerite Armitstead Baker May Boadway Joyce Buxcey Gladys Armstrong Michael Bolan and Nora Ratzlaff James B. Byrne Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Joan Esme Boldt Philbert E. Cadeau Canada CWO Arthur H. Boon Garry Cairns — Unit 99 Michel E. Bosse Mary Calder — Unit 400 Alan Bottomley Lynne Calderwood Clifford Arthur Joseph Boudreau James Callery Patricia Ashbury Helen Bowen J. David Calvin Evelyn Ashford Linda Bowman John Cameron C. Atherton Brian Boys C. Peter Campbell Susan Atkinson Janet Brackley Elaine Campbell Eric and Evelyn Atkinson Robert Bradford George D. Campbell Anne Autor Roger Bradshaw Keith Campbell Olga and John Avery George Bradshaw Lorne Campbell Violet M. Aveson Randolph Brake Alan S. Canavan William Aziz Christine Brassard Anthony and Josephine Cannons Mamie Bailey Philip Breeze Deanna Carbert J. Baillie Walter Bremner Grant L. Carnine Mary Baker Col Robert H. Brett David Carr F. Baldwin Carole and Gordon Brewer S. Ann Carruthers Diana Ballard Harry and Carol Bridges R. Carson Fiona Barnforth Darcy Briggs H.A. Carswell Ralph Bangay Ron Broad Harold Carter S.E. Beth Barber Jean Brodie Peter and Emmy Catoen Donald Barclay Arnold W. Brooks George W. and Margaret Chambers Ian K. Baker Louis Broten Walter John Champion DONORS AND SPONSORS 64

Philip Chan Maurice and D. Coulter Kenneth Doerksen John Chandler Thomas Cowherd Mary Dopson Walter D. Charles Mary Cox Donna Doucet Sophie Charzynski Simone and Gerald Cox Daphne Dowler LCol (Ret'd) Jessie Chenevert W.A. et Wava Cox G. Wynn Downing and Jacqueline L. Richmond Cheney Bruce and Susan Craig Downing Jean-Guy Choquette G.L. Craig Joyce Drohan Fred Christie Leonard Craig Wilma Drozdowski David and Valerie Ann Christie Lavinia M. Crane W.R. Duff Nellie Christopherson Elsie Crawford Serge Dufour Vernon Christy Laurie Creelman John H. Duggan Robert E. Church Raymond Creery John Duggan Frederick Joseph and Irene Ciszek D.M. Creighton Dorothy Duguid W. Ciurysek William Creighton Ronald and Patricia Duke Diane and Richard Clairoux Frances Cristoveanu Robert Duncan F. Garth Clark Irene Crofts Cora Dunlop Caroline Clark Rosemary J. Cross Jane Dunn George F.S. and Elsa M. Clarke Aniela Crossley MGen Robert Dupuis James Clarke Stanley Crowshaw Doreen Dzupina Rea Clarke Dennis and Leona Cunningham Kenneth E. Eade Anne Clasper Barbara Currie Elizabeth Earle June L. Clattenburg Wendy Cuthbert Lynn Eberts Pierre P. Clay Brian and Lindsay Cuthbertson Dennis Edminson D. Clay Craig Cutts Robert W. Elliot John C. Cleave Elizabeth Dalton Doug Elliott Barbara Clerihue Carter Ronald and Clara Dancer Johnston and Shirley Elliott Charles Clifford Hon. Barney J. Danson M. Elliott F/Lt R.D. Close Howard Davidson Robert Elliott J.P.T. Clough Robert Davies Winnifred Elliott Thayer Cluett H. Davies John Ellis Evelyn E. Coates Hudson Davis CWO Leslie E. Ellis John A. Coates Wayne A. Davis Glenn Emmerson Jane Cochrane Beverley Dawkins Evelyn Erdman Beverley Jean Cockburn Allan Dawson Bruce and Karen Etherington Don Cockburn Henry De Repentigny Grace E. Evans Norah Cockburn Thomas Deakin Harry Evans David Coffey Capt (N) (Ret'd) James Dean Edith Farmer Donald Lloyd Coish William G. Dean Bruce Farrand John H.E. Colby David Decker Alistair Fawcett Julia A. Colicchia John Decoursey Doris Ferguson Roy Collins Marjorie Delaney Marion Field BGen John J. and Marie Collins Corp Les Dencs First Canadian Parachute Battalion Brenda Conley June Dennison Jim Fitzgerald James Connop Rose-Mary Desgroseilliers Thomas Fitzgibbon Robert Conover Daisy L. Devine Paul Fitzpatrick Bonar Cooley Catherine Devos John Flannery Eleanor Coombs M. Deyette Norman and Viola Flaten W. Coons A. Dibben Lawrence Fleece Marion Amy Copping Robert M. Dillon Stanley Fleming Maurice Corbett Daniel Dimitroff Bradford A. Flemming Colin Cory Mary Dixon Mary Fletcher Joseph Leigh Cotterill Thomas Dobbie Capt (Ret'd) Peter Forsberg Donald Coukell Bernice L. Dobbin Malcom Foy ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 65

John C. Franklin Joan R. Greenwood Richard Hogarth Elizabeth Franks Elizabeth Gregor Ronald Holgate Carol Ann Fraser Edith and Lloyd Gregory Marion V. Holmes G.H. Fraser Anthony Griffin Michael Holmes Peter K. Fraser Bernice Grundsten Robert F. Hood Ernest and Mary Jane Frey P.L. Guinevan Donald Hook Friends of the Canadian War Museum Ian Gunn John and Muriel Hopper Pauline Fulford Doris Guyatt Judith Ellen Howard and Michael Park Marion Fulton Marjorie Hadland Bryan L. Howe Lt (N) M.F. Furlong-MacInnis Erik Hapberg Janice L. Howe Alex and Claire Gabany Liliane Hainsworth Brian Howes Henry Gabriels James Haliburton Amber Hubble Betty Gagnée J.V. Hall Douglas and Joan Hube Marielle S. Gagné Ronald B. Hall Ralph Hudgins Denise Gagnon William Roy Hall Harold R. Hudson J. Jacqueline Gagnon Brenda Halperin Joan and Donald Hudson Hans Garde-Hansen James Ham Joe Hudson Donald E. Garrison John Hamilton Patrick Hughes Peter T. Garstang Neil Hamilton Edward Hulme Andrew German Richard Hamilton Helen Humphrey Marcel Gervais Robert and Hazel Hamilton James Hunter Kenneth Gibson Wendy Hancock William Hutchinson William Gibson Brian Hansen Ian Hutchison Gillian and William Gilchrist Joan Hansen Thelma A. Ingraham Jo-Anne Gill Ronald Hansen Doris and John L. Irvine Norman M. Gill BGen (Ret'd) James I. Hanson William K. Jackson Edyth Gillelan Ron Harber Irene Jackson Alex Gillespie David Harbinson John Jackson C. Gillespie H.A. Harcourt Glen D. Jacques Robert Glendinning Larry Hardine F. Anne Jaenen Lorne Glennie Verna Harding Catharine James Gabrielle M. Godet Margaret Hardy Donna Jean Janes Donald J. Godkin Ted Harris Dale Jarosch Joan Gomez Derek Harrison Leslie Paul Jarrett Helen E. Gordon Bernard and Audrey Harrison Claude G. Jarry Sandra and Douglas Gordon Ron Hartlen Ian L. Jennings Wayne Gosse Eugene Harvey Gladys Jessup Allan Gould John D. Harvey Rayner Jobson George Gourlay Edgar Hayden Harry and Trudy Johnson Carman Gowan Thomas J. and Patricia E. Hayden D. Lukin Johnston Ingrid and Bruce Wayne Gowan Jean and Henry Hedges Graeme C. Johnstone Catherine W. Graham Raymond Henderson Dorothy A. Jolliffe A.E. Graham Norman Henderson William Jolliffe Catherine Graham Bruce Henwood David O. Jones Robert Graham Stuart C. Hepburn Elaine Jones Michael Grant Don and Phyllis Patricia Hewitt Richard Jones Donald Grant Florence Hidber Donald Joseph Lt John AK Grebby Joan Higman LCol (Ret'd) Kenneth R. Joslin Alex Green Dorothy Hill Eleanor J. Kaarsberg Delores Green John and Mae Hill Roelie Kadijk Edith Green Leone Hinds Pauline Karmazinuk Jeffrey H. Green Terry Hoedl Christine Karolewski Bruce Greenwood R.W. Hoffman Ivo Katnich DONORS AND SPONSORS 66

Keith R. Kavanagh Logistik Unicorp Jacqueline Maurais John Kazmierowski Clarence Louter J. Richard Maxfield Yang Kee Andrew Low Harry and Brenda Mayson Allen Kerr Ron L. Lowman Arthur A. McAree L. and J. Kerr A. David Luke Ken McBey Arline Kettle Rowena Lunn John McCallum Douglas M. Kilpatrick Alex MacDonald Gwendolyn McClean Frank Kim Kyle MacDonald William C. McClure Kenneth Kimber M.A. MacDonald Robert McCoy John Kimpinski Terry MacDonald Betty McCrimmon John W.R. King W.A. and Molly Anne MacDonald M. Donald McCrimmon Alex O. Kinghorn Wilhelmina MacDonald Sheilagh J. McCullagh Dorothy Kings Duncan J. MacDougall LCol John R. McDougall MGen C. Gordon Kitchen B. MacDougall Beth McEvoy Ernest and Le Ellen Klippenstine Barbara F. Mace Marian K.M. McEwen Gerhard A. Knopf Ian MacFarlane Donald C. McFadden Richard Koltz Mary MacGregor Mary McFarlane Paul Kovac William Machin Col D. Bruce McGibbon Richard A. and Vera M. Kunze Norman MacInnes James Cameron McGill Walter Kutyla LCol (Ret'd) Ralph L. MacIntosh Margaret McGill Pierre Lagueux Roberta MacIntosh Kathleen McGraw Jim Laird Colin MacKay Lillian McKenzie Joyce Lally John S. MacKelvie Alvin and Monique McKerracher Pauline Lalonde E. Lorraine Mackie John McKindsey Barry Landon Patricia Lorraine MacKillop John McNight Anna Larson Lorna MacLeod Donald I. McLeod Gary Lastman Shirley MacMillan Gordon McLeod Errol Laughlin Kenneth and Arlene MacNay Ruby McMahon Joseph Lawrance Lois Magahay Vera McMorran Robert Lawrence Marion Magee Arthur McMurrich Colin S. Lazier Ruthe and Frank Maggiacomo Lyle McNichol Joseph Leach Ralph and Kathleen Mahler Donald and Irma McSporran David Leahy VAdm Daniel N. Mainguy Robert Mecoy Irene Leckie David Makuch Marion Joyce Meeker Jeanne Mary Leckie Donald Mallory L.B. Melanson Denis Lecuyer John Malysh Patrick K. Melligan Fung Lee Victoria Mandzy Hendrikje Merkley J. David Lee Mr. and Mrs. AJ Maneely R. Merritt Joseph and Freda Leenders Hon. René J. Marin Vivien Matherell W. Ross Lennox Robert and Barbara Marshall Charlotte Michaud Ralph M. Leonard Sarah Marshall Jessie Middleton Joan Leronowich Francis Martin Wallace Might S. Leslie Jack K.R. Martin James Milan Bernice Levitt Jamieson Martin Melita Mildon P.A. Lewandowski William Martin Frances Millar Michael Lewis Ole Dave and Blanche Martinson Duncan Miller Paul Lewis Dean Marucci Marilyn Miller Reginald W. Lewis Elizabeth Mason Peggy Miller Lela Linn Bernard Massé Michael Mills James L. Lister Rob Mathieson Dorothy Miners Peter Litwin David Matthews William O. Minish John and Mary Livingstone Rachel Margaret Matthies George D. Mitchell Donald L. Lloyd Marvel Mattson G.J. Mitten ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 67

Kathryn M. Moffat Robin Parmeter Maj James Reid Donley Mogan Michael Parry Cecil Reisner Owen Moher William B. Parslow Jean Remier William Mosley Diana Pasmore Guenter Requadt Margaret Montgomery H.M. Pasmore Wanda Rewers John Moody David Paterson Joan I. Reynolds Neil Mooney Isabell Paterson Louise Reynolds Frank C. and Jacqueline Moore James Paterson Col Pierre Richard Brian Morris Edward Patriquin Jane Richardson J.C. Mortin Cathy Patton Leo T. Ricketts David Mosdell Peter Payan Mark Rider C. Mossman Richard Pearce J. Douglas Riendeau Malcolm Mott Ruth Pearce A.G. Rigg William H. Moulding E.T. Peer Elston and Beverley Robert H. Muhvic D.G. Pellerin Gordon J. Robertson Tony Mulder Robert Penwill David Robinson Francis Muldoon Susanne Peters Murray H. Ronald Cora K. Munn Gil and Isabel Peterson George and Hilda Roper Susan Munn Danny Pettit Muriel E. Ross Maxine Murray Mary and George Phemister Rhonwyn Rossi Russell Myles Dorothy Phillips Jocelyn and Mike Rourke Bernita L. Mytroen Brian and Ann Piercy L.W. Rowe Jacques Nadeau Maj Zbigniew Pier-Pierscianowski Roy Rowsell The National Chapter of Canada IODE James Piper Patricia Roy Robert C. Naylor Gerry W. Piro Paula Royal Dorothy Near Norman Platt Royal Canadian Legion John Nelles John M. Platt — Branch 19 R. Newman Geraldine Plomp — Branch 48 Frances Newton Jetty Poelstra — Branch 109 Ronald Newton W. Pollock — Branch 161 Carol Nicholls Lise Porter — Branch 238 Helena Niskala W. Wallace and M. Patricia Powell — Branch 440 Lillian F. Noakes Michael Power Rose Rubinoff J. Erik Norenius Robert Prangley D. Rudd Marthe O'Connor John Price Bill and Sandra Rumfeldt Roderick J. O'Connor Lillian Price Marco Ruscitti Theresa Odegaard Peter Provias Don Rutherford Paul Odorizzi George and Dorothy Punnett Sheila Ryan I. Oldaker R. Murray Ramsbottom Evelyn Rymer Johnny Olenick Peter Ramsay Glenn and Vivian M. Sample Dean F. Olover A. Brian and Beverley Ransom John and Elizabeth Samson Gayle Olmstead Mary Arvilla Read Capt Don R. Saxon Mabel Oram M. A. Read Marianne Say Janet Osborne Colleen Reaney Alan Scammell Helen F. Ott Sally Reardon Blanche A. Shaldemose Maxime Ouellette Yvonne Redant Robert Schappert Dorothy Overacker C. Redfern Elizabeth Schieck Edith A. Pallas John Redmond Warren and Mary Beth Schroeder Beatrice Palmer T. Edward Reed Odette Schultz Claude Paradis Joy M. Resse John B. Schwartzburg and Donna R. Parker Florence P. Reeves Schwartzburg Ernest Parkinson William W. Reid A. Dean Scott John and Yolande Parks Calvin Reid Barbara W. Scott DONORS AND SPONSORS 68

Joseph A. Scott John and Janet Stemerdink K.C. (Ken) Turner Edward Selwyn John Stephen Lillian Turner Nick Serheniuk Wilma Stevenson Vernon G. Turner Keith Setter F. John Stewart The William and Nancy Turner Foundation Jeffrey A. Shank Olive H. Stewart George D. Vaisey Henry Shannon R.C. Stewart Louis Valcke Lorne R. Shantz David Stinson Serge Vallée Douglas A. Shaw Doreen Stoot G. Van der Voet Bill Shead Richard and Janis Storey Jan and Willi Van Hoof Charles Richard Shean William G. Stout Shirley Van Houck Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Shearing Marjorie Stratton Barbara Van Lierop Madelene and Charles Sheehan Elwood W. Stringam Louise Vanasse Peggy Sheffield Margaret Annie Stuart Diane Vanderzande Keith F. Sheppard BGen Mamoru Sugimoto Shirley Vandor Kathryn Sherk Allan H. Sunley Lt A.M.H. Verge Anne Sherk Joan Sutcliffe Catherine Viner Freda Shield James and Nora-Jane Sutherland William P. and Pixie Vradenburg Bruce and Ruth Shivas Harry Swain David Walden Charlene Sibbit Edward Swinton Dorothy Walker Cathryn Sinclair Martin Sytsma John Wallis Verlie and Lorne Singbeil Jean Tackaberry Doris Ward Algirdas Siriunas Linda Tait Isabel Ward Gordon Sloan Robert Tanner Janet Ward Aleta Small Allan R. and Shirley I. Taylor Peter Ward H. Mary Smibert John L. Taylor George Wardle B. Smith F/Lt L.G. Taylor Bruce Warmington Edward R. and Eileen M. Smith Nick and Margaret Taylor John Richard Warren Elizabeth V. Smith Yvonne Taylor Bohdan Wasiuta Evelyn M. Smith Jim and Janet Tedford William George Watson Jane Smith Jenny Thib J. Watson Lewis Smith Roger Thomas Gordon Watt Macdonald Smith Bob Thompson Ronald Watts Michael D. Smith G. Christine Thompson G.J.H. Wattsford R.R. Smith W.S. Thompson Charles Waywell Robert and Rose Snook Ray Thomson BGen M. Webber Raymond Sokalski Richard Iorweth Thorman Stewart and Marguerite Webster Murray and Lena Sokolan Ken Thorneycroft Kathy Weisbrod Louis and Jean Sonneveld Vivian Thorpe Marjorie and Barry Wellar Paul Sorensen Herman C. Thorsen Robert Wellwood J. Wallace and Dawn Sparling Edwin Tierney Myrna and David Westcott Charles K. and Doris Spence Walter B. Tilden Arnold Westerbert Robert A. Spencer Eric and Betty Tipping Edward Whelan Richard and Verna Splane Hazann Tompkins George W. White Frank Spooner Keith Townley Eileen White St. Stephen Middle School Lee Treilhard Patricia J. Whitehead Jean M. Stainton Marie-Claude Tremblay Sharon Whiteway George Standish G. Trick Carl Ronald Wilbur Marietta Stangroom HCol G.A. Trusler Cyril G. and Elizabeth Wilcox James Stanley Dale L. and Phyllis Tufts Chris Wilan Noreen Stapley W. Anne Tupling Craig Williams William E. Stavert R. Turenne H. Jill Williams Jack Steels Roger W. Turnell Jim Williams Luisa Steinsky Eleonore Turner Peter J. Williams ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 69

Robert Williams Patrick Albert John Daynes Eva M. Williamson Jean Amm Janet Deachman Nancie Willis Jacqueline Anderson Donald Desrochers Gladys Wills Robert K. Argent Gisèle Devost Andrew H. Wilson Cathryne Hildriethe Armstrong John A. Dickinson John W. Wilson George Gordon Armstrong Diefenbunker R. Dean Wilson Marion V. Armstrong Wendy Dixon Susan Wilson Senator Norman K. Atkins Alec Douglas W.A. (Dale) Wilson John C. Bauer Lucille Dray Susan Wilson George W. Baylor Gilles Duhamel David Winship BGen Clayton Ernest Beattie Larry Dyke Mervyn L. Witherow Wilbert Beechey Barbara McNutt Eagles Charles Wolf Margaret A. Bennett James Earl Donna and Robert Wood Thomas D. Bennett Edward Michael Eglinton Ken and Shriley Woodall Aidan Bickersteth Estate of Barry Hunter Gillis Lesley Woodyatt Christine Bishop Estate of Donald Edward Bagnall Violet Louise Wooff Dorothy Bjorndahl Estate of Dr. Frieda Fraser J. Douglas and Nancy Wrigglesworth Louis Blais Estate of Miss Lois G. Duffy John Wright F. Boileau Estate of William Harcourt Collins Jean Wulowka Dolly Cheryl Bolen Rosslyn Ettinger Cliff Yaffe Joyce Bond Diana Filer Henry B. Yates Heather Bonham Zena Filmer Joan Yorke Dorothy Bower-Graham Fort Erie Historical Museum Mildred Young Denise Bowes Robert D. Forward L. Iain Younger Emma Irene Boyd Elizabeth Gamble Florence Louise Youngs Douglas Bradford Elsie Gates A.J. Zaal Robert Bradley General Store Publishing Donna Zaleski Robert Brandon Sam Glazer Douglas and Joanne Zbetnoff Charles Britney Elaine Goble David Zeggil Michael Broad Mayo Graham Weidi Zhang Pamela Brunt Col William E. Grant John C. Burns Patrick Gray J.D. Byers Frances Greenblatt Passing the Torch Campaign Donors Andrew Cadzow Cdr A.G.S. Griffin Pierre Cantin Don Griffith Canadian Corps of Commissionaires Christopher Cape Elizabeth Gross — North Alberta Division Alf Cassidy Gordon A. Gross — North Saskatchewan Division CFSU Military Police Claus Gunzel — Victoria, the Islands and Yukon Division René Chartrand Konrad Gunzel Emond Harnden LLP Evelyn Chipperfield Chandra Gupta The John C. and Sally Horsfall Eaton John F. Connor Joan Halliday Foundation Walter Conrad Daniel Alfred Hannah The Thor E. and Nicole Eaton Charitable Kennon Cooke Harry Hardy Foundation Marika Coulourides Mary Harrington Lt Douglas McTaggart June Creelman Rick Hearn Douglas Cumming Gwynneth T. Heaton John W. Cutbill Donald S. Henderson Donors of Artifacts Brian C. Cuthbertson High Commission of Canada (UK) Don Dalke Wally Hill 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion Robert Davidson Dave Hobson Association Susan Davidson Stanley E. Hopkins 2005 Centennial Celebration Committee Deborah Davison Ed Humphrys Oscar Adler Bruce Daymond Michael Ilczaszyn DONORS AND SPONSORS 70

LCol John D. Inrig Frank Moran Valour and Duty Eleanor P. Irvine George Muirhead John van der Steen Patricia A. Jarvis Colleen Murphy W. von Hagen Neil Johnstone Robert Nancarrow Beverly Place Walkling Patrick D. Kelly Ronald R. Nash William Watson Leslie Kert National Defence Harry Watts Douglas Knight Naval Officers Association of Canada, James Wills Capt Michael Eugene Lambert Ottawa Branch Gen Ramsey Withers Remy Landau Jane D. Nelson LCdr John Lloyd Woodbury Monique Larsimont John R. Newell Leslie G. Woolsey Peter E. Lawson Ruth M. Nichols May Alice Mary Wright Denis Leblanc Jean D. Palmer Dolores C. Young Mary E. Lee Jean Paquin Mark Zuehlke Grace V. Lefebvre Col Robert Stirling Peacock Jacques Legault Edward Peck All donor lists are reviewed for accuracy. If P.W. Lesser Irene Maria Pidgeon you have any corrections or concerns, Library and Archives Canada Robert Sheffield Pilot please contact us. Albert James Lipsett Pleasant View Junior High School Lisgar Collegiate Alumni Association LCol William H. Porter George Logan Elizabeth Price London Public Library Cameron Pulsifer John E. Lovell Jeff Rayson Gwen MacDonald June Redmond Ian W. MacDonald Edna M. Rees Allan Harding MacKay Peter H.H. Ridout Christina B. Mackey Dieter Riedel Craig Mackie Marilyn L. Robinson Murray E. MacLean Charles V. Rolfe Guren Mandl Gary Carl Roncetti LCol D.S. Mann Winifred Rose Paul Manson LCdr Jean-Louis Roy Peter Markle John C. Samson Cpl Edward Victor Martin Susan Sheffield Josée Martineau William Shenton Jean-Paul Massia Honor C.T. Shepley Georgina H. Matthews Peter Sheriff George Patrick Maule Roy A. Simmons Anthony Maxwell Frances Singlehurst Rod McIntyre Maj Clarence Arthur Smith Norman M. McLeod Walter J. Smith Hugh McNenly William H. Smith Joan McRae Robert Spencer Patricia McWilliams Leonard St. Marie Helen Meredith Margaret West Stacey Iain D. Meredith Lawrence D. Stokes Allan Miller Desna Sulway Ollie Miller Elena F. Syrett Dorothy Kennard Mills Terrance Thiel Gary A. Mitchell Stephen J. Thorne Esther Moffat Sherrill Tousaw Reverend Peter M. Mogk Gwynneth Lorna Towler Gerald Mohun Gordon Truesdale J. Bernice Monroe Anita Vallee MANAGEMENT DISCUSSIONS AND ANALYSIS ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008 71

The Corporation is committed to FINANCIAL OVERVIEW As of March 31, 2008, the Corporation sustaining a strong financial and In the 2007–2008 fiscal year, the held non-bank-sponsored asset-backed operational foundation for the Museums presented several major commercial paper (ABCP). When the delivery of quality museum services. exhibitions, notably Afghanistan: A Corporation acquired this third party Responding to the strategic direction Glimpse Of War; Secret Riches: ABCP, they were rated R-1 (High) by approved by its Board of Trustees in Ancient Peru Unearthed and the Dominion Bond Rating Service December, 2005, it builds account- Treasures From China. This past (DBRS), the highest credit rating ability into its operational planning year also marked the third full year issued for commercial paper. These and reporting. The Corporation has of operation for the Canadian War investments were scheduled to mature in August 2007 but, as a result of at its core a management culture that Museum. liquidity issues in the ABCP market, fosters excellence and incorporates Overall attendance at both Museums the notes were not settled. As a best practices for continued dropped slightly to 1,763,814 visits result, the Corporation has reclassified improvement. It is accountable to from 1,810,178 in 2006–2007. its ABCP from cash and cash equiva- Parliament and Canadians in imple- Admission revenue decreased to lents to long-term investments. On menting its mandate. $4.9 million as compared to $5.0 August 16, 2007, an announcement million in 2006–2007, a reduction of was made by a group representing ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 3 per cent, corresponding to the banks, asset providers and major In the 2007–2008 fiscal year, the decrease in attendance. IMAX investors that they had agreed in Corporation was affected by several revenues fell to $1.5 million as principle to a long-term proposal and significant external pressures. compared to $2.2 million in 2006–2007. interim agreement, the Montreal Largely because of the rising value This reduction reflects marketplace condi- Accord (the “Accord”), to convert of the Canadian dollar, both Museums tions and film product offerings which the ABCP into pooled long-term and other tourist attractions had the Corporation will seek to address. floating rate notes maturing no earlier fewer visitors in the summer of 2007 Boutique sales were also affected by than the scheduled maturity of the than in the previous year. Our the decline in attendance, down 11 underlying assets. On March 20, 2008, stronger currency has had a negative per cent to $2.3 million as compared an agreement-in-principle was impact on the Canadian tourism to $2.6 million in 2006–2007. On the reached regarding the restructuring industry in general, leading most other hand, strong sales for banquets of the ABCP. This agreement was noticeably to a decline in cross-border and facility rentals have increased approved by investors effective April automobile traffic from the United parking, rentals and concession 25, 2008, and forms the basis for the States. The stronger Canadian cur- revenues to $3.2 million as compared valuation estimates made by the rency is also making foreign destina- to $3.0 million in 2006–2007, an Corporation. The total adjustment to tions more attractive to Canadian increase of 8 per cent. Membership the Corporation’s ABCP at March 31, travellers. Rising fuel costs over the revenue remained steady at 2008, reflecting independent advice, last year have also had a negative $291,000 as compared to $286,000 is an impairment of $3.79 million. impact on domestic travel. These in 2006–2007. Investment income This is presented as a loss on invest- developments are significant for the decreased to $1.7 million from $1.9 ments recorded in the statement Corporation because its Museums million. Donations, grants and spon- of earnings. The assets have been normally draw large numbers of sorship revenue increased to $1.9 designated as available-for-sale and visitors from outside the National million from $1.8 million. The net are recorded at their estimated fair Capital Region. The unfavourable result of Operations is a loss of value of $9.41 million on the balance economic conditions had a negative $5.96 million, which is primarily sheet. Continuing uncertainties impact on 2007–2008 revenues, and related to the shortfall in funding regarding the value of the assets that will likely result in further reductions received for the Corporation’s underlie the ABCP, the credit and in attendance and revenues in the municipal taxes (called Payments in liquidity risks associated with the immediate future. We have reflected Lieu of Taxes - PILT) of $1.88 million restructured notes and the final this trend in our planning for and a loss on investments of $3.79 outcome of the restructuring process, 2008–2009. million due to the credit crisis in could give rise to further changes in financial markets. the fair value of the Corporation’s MANAGEMENT DISCUSSIONS AND ANALYSIS 72

investment in ABCP. This is not years. This funding will be over and expected to have a significant impact above the $4 million over four years on the Corporation’s future operations. in capital funding for urgent projects that was provided in 2007 from the The Balance Sheet and the Statement Risk Management reserve. The of Cash Flows show a decrease in Corporation recognizes and thanks cash and cash equivalents of $13.03 the Government for its announcement million, which is primarily related to on these long-standing pressures to the reclassification of the Corporation’s gain adequate long-term funding for investment in asset-backed commercial capital repairs and costs such as paper (ABCP). On the Balance Sheet, property taxes, utilities and other investments of $9.41 million represent building-related items. These the fair value of the ABCP after recog- expenses make up a large percent- nition of the impairment. It is expect- age of the Museums’ annual expen- ed that these investments will cover ditures, with the impact of aging long-term liabilities and obligations of facilities and inflation now posing the Corporation. a significant financial risk. The The Corporation has adopted the Corporation is currently working new CICA standards on Financial with Treasury Board Secretariat to Instruments, Equity and Comprehensive access the Government’s new funds Income. The adoption of these new which have not yet been released standards did not result in any transi- to the museums. tional adjustment recorded in opening This past year, the Corporation used retained earnings. The major impact is the National Collection Fund, a major that receipt of restricted donations fundraising initiative established and related investment income earned in 2006, to partially support the on these donations are now recorded acquisition of a collection of early in other comprehensive income. Canadian furniture at a cost of $2.7 million. Several other artefacts were FINANCIAL AND also purchased using this Fund. OPERATIONAL VIABILITY In 2007, the Corporation was required During 2007–2008, the Corporation to participate in the Government’s transferred the old Canadian War Strategic Review budget initiative. Museum, located at 330 Sussex To ensure value for money from the Drive in Ottawa to Public Works and programs that are its priority, the Government Services Canada Corporation conducted an in-depth (PWGSC). This transfer of adminis- review of the funding, relevance and tration was conditional on PWGSC performance of all programs and further transferring the former spending and presented the results Canadian War Museum to the to the Government. The outcome of National Capital Commission. this review will see a reduction of During the nearly three years when $400,000 in government funding in 330 Sussex was no longer used by 2008–2009. From 2009–2010 onward, the CWM, the Corporation continued the reduction in government funding to pay for all maintenance, taxes will be $3.3 million per year. and security costs. As a result of this transfer, the Corporation is no In Budget 2008, the Government longer liable for these expenditures. announced new funding for national museums to address capital and operating pressures for the next five Financial Statements of CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Year ended March 31, 2008 MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements contained in this annual report have been prepared by Management in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, and the integrity and objectivity of the data in these financial statements are Management’s responsibility. Financial information presented throughout the annual report is consistent with the financial statements.

In support of its responsibility, Management has developed and maintains books of account, records, financial and management controls, information systems and management practices. These are designed to provide reasonable assurance as to the reliability of financial information, that assets are safeguarded and controlled, and that transactions are in accordance with the Financial Administration Act and regulations as well as the Museums Act and the by-laws of the Corporation.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for ensuring that Management fulfills its responsibilities for financial reporting and internal control. The Board exercises its responsibilities through the Audit Committee, which includes a majority of members who are not officers of the Corporation. The Committee meets with Management and the independent external auditor to review the manner in which these groups are performing their responsibilities, and to discuss auditing, internal controls and other relevant financial matters. The Audit Committee has reviewed the financial statements with the external auditor and has submitted its report to the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees has reviewed and approved the financial statements.

The Corporation’s external auditor, the Auditor General of Canada, examines the financial statements and reports to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages and Minister for La Francophonie, who is responsible for the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

______David Loye Chief Operating Officer

______Gordon Butler Acting Chief Financial Officer

May 30, 2008 AUDITOR’S REPORT

To the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages and Minister for La Francophonie

I have audited the balance sheet of the Canadian Museum of Civilization as at March 31, 2008 and the statement of earnings and comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Corporation’s management. My responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on my audit.

I conducted my audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that I plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.

In my opinion, these financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Corporation as at March 31, 2008 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. As required by the Financial Administration Act, I report that, in my opinion, these principles have been applied, except for the change in the method of accounting for financial instruments as explained in Note 3 to the financial statements, on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year.

Further, in my opinion, the transactions of the Corporation that have come to my notice during my audit of the financial statements have, in all significant respects, been in accordance with Part X of the Financial Administration Act and regulations, the Museums Act, and the by-laws of the Corporation.

______Mark G. Watters, CA Assistant Auditor General for the Auditor General of Canada

Ottawa, Canada May 30, 2008 CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Balance Sheet

As at March 31 (In thousands of dollars)

2008 2007

Assets

Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents (note 4) $ 30,103 $ 43,135 Accounts receivable (note 5) 1,370 2,388 Inventories 1,423 1,488 Prepaid expenses 524 272 33,420 47,283

Restricted cash and investments (note 6) 931 786

Restricted cash and investments – National Collection Fund (note 7) 587 125

Investments (note 8) 9,410 -

Collection (note 9) 11

Property and equipment (note 10) 298,929 308,431

$ 343,278 $ 356,626

Liabilities and Equity

Current liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (note 11) $ 15,676 $ 14,647 Obligation under capital lease (note 12) - 72 Deferred revenues 3,100 3,849 18,776 18,568

Long-term accounts payable 675 -

Deferred funding related to property and equipment (note 13) 257,793 267,338

Employee future benefits (note 14) 4,061 3,346 281,305 289,252 Equity: Retained earnings 19,587 25,546 Contributed surplus 40,868 40,917 Accumulated other comprehensive income 1,518 911 61,973 67,374 Contingencies (note 17) Commitments (note 19) $ 343,278 $ 356,626

The accompanying notes and schedules form an integral part of the financial statements.

Approved by the Board of Trustees:

Chairperson Trustee ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Statement of Earnings and Comprehensive Income

For the year ended March 31 (In thousands of dollars)

2008 2007

Revenues: Donations, grants and sponsorships $ 1,859 $ 1,804 Interest (note 15) 1,704 1,930 Gain on settlement of claim - 1,100 Operating (schedule 1) 12,951 13,876 16,514 18,710

Expenditures (schedule 2): Collect and research 17,167 13,587 Exhibit, educate and communicate 19,140 19,352 Accommodation 36,726 36,437 Corporate management 18,201 17,632 Loss on investments (note 8) 3,790 - 95,024 87,008

Net result of operations before government funding (78,510) (68,298)

Parliamentary appropriations (note 20) 72,551 69,027

Net results of operations $ (5,959) $ 729

Restricted donations from non-owners 950 487 Deferred investment income 31 23 Donations recognized as revenue (374) (411) Other comprehensive income 607 99

Comprehensive income $ (5,352) $ 828

The accompanying notes and schedules form an integral part of the financial statements. CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Statement of Changes in Equity

For the year ended March 31 (In thousands of dollars)

2008 2007

Retained earnings, beginning of year $ 25,546 $ 24,817

Net results of operations (5,959) 729

Retained earnings, end of year 19,587 25,546

Accumulated other comprehensive income, beginning of year 911 812

Other comprehensive income 607 99

Accumulated other comprehensive income, end of year 1,518 911

21,105 26,457

Contributed surplus, beginning of year 40,917 40,917

Land transfer (note 16) (49) -

Contributed surplus, end of year 40,868 40,917

Equity, end of year $ 61,973 $ 67,374

The accompanying notes and schedules form an integral part of the financial statements. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Statement of Cash Flows

For the year ended March 31 (In thousands of dollars)

2008 2007

Operating activities: Cash receipts (clients) $ 14,144 $ 18,806 Cash receipts (parliamentary appropriation) 73,020 68,483 Cash paid (employees and suppliers) (89,074) (84,063) Interest received 1,704 1,930 (206) 5,156

Investing activities: Acquisition of property and equipment (4,069) (4,487) (Increase) in long-term investments (13,200) - (Increase) in restricted cash and investments (607) (99) (17,876) (4,586)

Financing activities: Parliamentary appropriation for the acquisition of property and equipment 4,069 3,697 Restricted contributions and related investment income 981 510 5,050 4,207

(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (13,032) 4,777

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 43,135 38,358

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 30,103 $ 43,135

The accompanying notes and schedules form an integral part of the financial statements. CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

1. Mission and mandate: The Canadian Museum of Civilization (the “Corporation”) was established on July 1, 1990 by the Museums Act. The Canadian Museum of Civilization is an agent Crown corporation named in Part I of Schedule III to the Financial Administration Act and is not subject to income tax under the provisions of the Income Tax Act. The Canadian War Museum is a component of the Canadian Museum of Civilization. The mission, as stated in the Museums Act, is as follows: “to increase, throughout Canada and internationally, interest in, knowledge and critical understanding of and appreciation and respect for human cultural achievements and human behaviour by establishing, maintaining and developing for research and posterity a collection of objects of historical or cultural interest, with special but not exclusive reference to Canada, and by demonstrating those achievements and behaviour, the knowledge derived from them and the understanding they represent.” The Canadian Museum of Civilization’s operations are divided into four mutually supportive activities which work together to meet all aspects of its mandate. These activities are: Collect and research: Manages, develops, conserves, and undertakes research on the collections to enhance program delivery and augment the scientific knowledge base. Exhibit, educate and communicate: Develops, maintains, and communicates exhibits, programs and activities to further knowledge, critical understanding, appreciation and respect for human cultural achievements and human behaviour. Accommodation: Managing and maintaining all facilities and related security and hosting services. Corporate management: Governance, corporate management, audit and evaluation, fund raising, commercial activities, finance and administration, human resources and information systems. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 2

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

2. Significant accounting policies: The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Significant accounting policies follow. (a) Inventories: Inventories, which consist of materials for the boutiques and publications, are valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value. (b) Collection: The artifact collection forms the largest part of the assets of the Corporation and is presented in the balance sheet at a nominal value of $1,000, due to the practical difficulties of determining a meaningful value for these assets. Objects purchased for the collection of the Corporation are recorded as an expense in the year of acquisition. Objects donated to the Corporation are recorded, as assets, at a nominal value. (c) Property and equipment: Property and equipment owned by the Corporation are valued at cost, net of accumulated amortization. Assets acquired under capital leases are initially recorded at the present value of the minimum lease payments at the inception of the lease. Buildings owned by the Government of Canada, which are under the administrative control of the Corporation, are recorded at their estimated historical cost, less accumulated amortization. Lands owned by the Government of Canada, which are under the administrative control of the Corporation, are recorded at their estimated historical cost with a corresponding amount credited directly to the Contributed Surplus. Amortization is calculated using the straight-line method, over the estimated useful lives of assets as follows:

Asset Useful life

Buildings 40 years Building improvements 10 years Technical and informatics equipment 5 and 8 years Office furniture and equipment 8 years Motor vehicles 5 years CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 3

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

2. Significant accounting policies (continued): (d) Employee future benefits: (i) Pension benefits: All eligible employees participate in the Public Service Pension Plan administered by the Government of Canada. The Corporation’s contributions reflect the full cost as employer. This amount is currently based on a multiple of an employee’s required contributions and may change over time depending on the experience of the Plan. The Corporation’s contributions are expensed during the year in which the services are rendered and represent the total pension obligation of the Corporation. The Corporation is not currently required to make contributions with respect to any actuarial deficiencies of the Public Service Pension Plan. (ii) Severance benefits: Employees are entitled to severance benefits, as provided for under labour contracts and conditions of employment. The cost of these benefits is accrued as the employees render the services necessary to earn them. Management determined the accrued benefit obligation using a method based upon assumptions and its best estimates. These benefits represent an obligation of the Corporation that entails settlement by future payments. (iii) Other post retirement benefits: The Corporation provides unfunded defined benefit health and dental care plans for eligible retires and employees. The cost of the accrued benefit obligations earned by employees is actuarially determined using the projected benefit method prorated on service and management’s best estimate of discount rate, retirement ages and expected health care and dental costs. Past service costs from plan initiation or amendment are deferred and amortized on a straight-line basis over the average remaining service period of employees active at the date of the initiation or amendment. On July 1, 2006, the Corporation initiated these plans and, accordingly, is amortizing past service costs arising on plan initiation over 13.5 years, which is the average remaining service period of employees active at the date of the initiation. Actuarial gains (losses) on the accrued benefit obligation arises from differences between actual and expected experience and from changes in the actuarial assumptions used to determine the accrued benefit obligation. The excess of the net accumulated actuarial gains (losses) over 10% of the accrued benefit obligation is amortized over the average remaining service period of active employees. The average remaining service period of the active employees covered by these post retirement benefits is 16.5 years. The most recent extrapolated actuarial valuation was completed by an independent actuary as at March 31, 2008. The Corporation measures its accrued benefit obligation for accounting purposes as at March 31 of each year. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 4

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

2. Significant accounting policies (continued): (e) Revenue recognition: (i) Museum operations: Revenues from Museum operations include the sale of general admissions and programmes, IMAX, facility rentals, food concessions, parking, boutiques, publications and royalties from boutique product reproduction and film distribution. They are recognized in the year in which the sale of goods is completed or the services are provided. (ii) Memberships: Revenue from the sale of memberships is recognized over the length of the membership eligibility period. (iii) Travelling exhibits: Revenue from the rental of travelling exhibits is recognized over the length of the exhibition period for each venue. (iv) Interest on cash and cash equivalents and investments: Interest on cash and cash equivalents and investments is recognized in the year it is earned. (v) Grants and sponsorships: Unrestricted grants and sponsorships are recognized as revenue when received or receivable if the amount to be received can be reasonably estimated and collection is reasonably assured. Externally restricted grants and sponsorships are deferred and recognized as revenue in the year in which the related obligations are fulfilled. Revenues and offsetting expenses from goods and services received in-kind are recorded at fair market value upon receipt. CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 5

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

2. Significant accounting policies (continued): (e) Revenue recognition (continued): (vi) Contributions: In prior years, restricted donations were recorded following the deferral method of accounting. Unrestricted contributions are recognized as revenue when received or receivable if the amount to be received can be reasonably estimated and collection is reasonably assured. Contributions externally restricted, and related investment income, are now recorded in other comprehensive income and recognized as either revenue in the Statement of Earnings or deferred capital contributions on the Balance Sheet in the year in which the related expenses are incurred. Volunteers contribute a significant number of hours of service per year. Because of the difficulty of deter- mining their fair value, contributed services are not recognized in these financial statements. (vii) Parliamentary appropriation: The Government of Canada provides funding to the Corporation. The portion of the parliamentary appro- priation used or to be used to purchase depreciable property and equipment is recorded as deferred capital funding and amortized on the same basis and over the same periods as the related property and equipment acquired. Parliamentary appropriations for specific projects are deferred and recognized on the statement of operations in the year in which the related expenses are incurred. The remaining portion of the appropriation is recognized in the statement of operations in the year for which it is approved. (viii) Other revenues: Other revenues mainly consist of library and photographic reproduction services, conservation services, special event production coordination services and gain on disposal of assets. They are recognized in the year in which the sale of goods is completed or the services are provided. (f) Measurement uncertainty: The preparation of financial statements in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the year. Employee- related liabilities, contingent liabilities, Asset Backed Commercial Paper valuation, buildings, land and estimated useful lives of property and equipment are the most significant items where estimates are used. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimated. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 6

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

3. Changes in accounting policies: (a) Comprehensive Income, Equity and Financial Instruments: Effective April 1, 2007, the Corporation adopted, retroactively without restatement of prior period amounts, the following Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants’ (“CICA”) recommendations: (i) Section 1530, Comprehensive Income, introduces a new financial statement which shows the change in the Corporation’s net assets that results from transactions, events and circumstances from other than the Corporation’s shareholders. (ii) Section 3251, Equity, establishes standards for the presentation and changes in equity during the reporting period. On adoption of this standard, the Corporation will separately present each of the changes in equity during the period including accumulated other comprehensive income as well as components of equity at the end of the period. (iii) Section 3855, Financial Instruments – Recognition and Measurement, establishes standards for recognizing and measuring financial assets, financial liabilities and non-financial derivatives. This new standard lays out how financial instruments are to be recognized depending on their classification. Depending on the financial instruments’ classification, changes in subsequent measurements are recognized in net earnings or comprehensive income. (iv) Section 3861, Financial Instruments – Disclosure and Presentation, establishes standards for presentation of financial instruments and non-financial derivatives, and identifies the related information that should be disclosed. Upon adoption of these recommendations, the Corporation has implemented the following classification: • Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and investments are classified as “Financial Assets Held for Trading”. These financial assets are marked-to-market through the statement of earnings at each period end. Purchases of investments are recorded on the settlement date. • Trade accounts receivable are classified as “Loans and Receivables”. After the initial fair value measurement, they are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method through the statement of earnings. CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 7

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

3. Changes in accounting policies (continued): (a) Comprehensive Income, Equity and Financial Instruments (continued): • Accounts payable and long-term accounts payable are classified as “Other Financial Liabilities”. After their initial fair value measurement, they are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method through the statement of earnings. For the Corporation, the initial measured amount approximates the fair value for all short-term accounts payable. Adoption of these recommendations resulted in the addition of a new financial statement entitled Statement of Comprehensive Income which is combined with the Statement of Earnings. The adoption of these new standards did not result in any transitional adjustment recorded in opening retained earnings. The receipt of restricted donations from non-owners and related investment income earned on these donations are now recorded in other comprehensive income until the related expenses are incurred, at which point they are recognized as revenue in the year or deferred capital contributions on the Balance Sheet. The Corporation adopted a transition date for embedded derivatives of April 1, 2003 and, accordingly, only recognized those embedded derivatives requiring separation from host contracts issued, acquired or substantially modified subsequent to this transition date. One embedded derivative was identified for contracts issued, acquired or substantially modified from April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2008. Based on the immaterial nature of this embedded derivative the Corporation chose not to account for its impact on April 1, 2007. (b) Accounting changes: Effective April 1, 2007, the Corporation adopted the revised CICA Handbook Section 1506, Accounting Changes, relating to changes in accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors. Adoption of these recommendations had no effect on the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2008, except for the disclosure of accounting changes that have been issued by the CICA but have not yet been adopted by the Corporation because they are not effective until a future date (refer to Future accounting standards in note 3(c)). (c) Future accounting standards: Effective April 1, 2008, the Corporation will adopt the following accounting standards recently issued by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA): (i) Inventory: Section 3031, Inventories, harmonizes the Canadian standards related to inventories with International Financial Reporting Standards. Effective for annual financial statements relating to years beginning on or after January 1, 2008, this Section provides changes to the measurement and more extensive guidance on the determination of cost, narrows permitted cost formulas, requires impairment testing, and expands the disclosure requirements to increase transparency. The Corporation does not anticipate the adoption of this standard will significantly impact its financial results. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 8

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

3. Changes in accounting policies (continued): (c) Future accounting standards (continued): (ii) Financial instruments – disclosure and presentation: Section 3862, Financial Instruments – Disclosure, and Section 3863, Financial Instruments – Presentation, requires enhanced disclosure on the nature and extent of financial instruments risks and how an entity manages those risks. These standards carry forward the existing presentation requirements in Section 3861, Financial Instruments – Disclosure and Presentation, and provides additional guidance for the classification of financial instruments. These sections are effective for annual financial statements relating to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2007. This new requirement is for disclosure only and will not impact the financial results of the Corporation. (iii) Capital disclosures: Section 1535, Capital Disclosures, requires disclosure of information about the entity’s objectives, policies and processes for managing capital, as well as quantitative data about capital and whether the entity has complied with any externally restricted capital requirements. This Section is effective for annual financial statements relating to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2007. This new requirement is for disclosure only and will not impact the financial results of the Corporation. 4. Cash and cash equivalents: The Corporation invests in short-term money market investments. The overall portfolio yield to maturity as at March 31, 2008 was 3.7% (2007 – 4.4%). All instruments held in short-term investments are rated R1 or better by the Dominion Bond Rating Service. The average term to maturity is 20 days (25 days in 2007). Cash and cash equivalents are classified as held-for-trading and are recorded at fair value. Cash and cash equivalents are distributed as follows:

2008 2007

Cash $ 5,671 $ (1,096) Cash equivalents 24,432 44,231 $ 30,103 $ 43,135 CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 9

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

5. Accounts receivable:

2008 2007

Refundable taxes $ 544 $ 790 Parliamentary appropriation 33 453 Trade accounts 721 987 Other 72 158

$ 1,370 $ 2,388

6. Restricted cash and investments: Restricted cash and investments arise from contributions received from individuals and corporate entities for a specified purpose. Changes in the restricted cash and investments balance are as follows:

2008 2007

Balance, beginning of year $ 786 $ 812

Add donations received in the year 249 365 Add deferred investment income (note 15) 31 20 Less donations recognized as revenue (135) (411)

Balance, end of year $ 931 $ 786

The overall portfolio yield to maturity on restricted cash as at March 31, 2008 was 3.4% (2007 – 4.3%). All instruments held in short-term investments are rated R1 or better by the Dominion Bond Rating Service. The average term to maturity is 21 days (52 days in 2007). Restricted cash and investments are classified as held-for-trading and are recorded at fair value. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 10

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

7. Restricted cash and investments – National Collection Fund: Restricted cash and investments arise from contributions received from individuals and corporate entities for the National Collection Fund. Restricted cash and investments designated to the National Collection Fund represent funds for the acquisition of artifacts by the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum. Funds are removed from the National Collection Fund upon acquisition of selected artifacts. Changes in the restricted cash and investments – National Collection Fund balance are as follows:

2008 2007

Balance, beginning of year $ 125 $ -

Add donations received in the year 701 122 Add deferred investment income (note 15) - 3 Less amounts recognized as revenue (239) -

Balance, end of year $ 587 $ 125

The overall portfolio yield to maturity on restricted cash as at March 31, 2008 was 3.4% (2007 – 4.3%). All instruments held in short-term investments are rated R1 or better by the Dominion Bond Rating Service. The average term to maturity is 21 days (52 days in 2007). Restricted cash and investments are classified as held-for-trading and are recorded at fair value. CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 11

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

8. Investments: Asset backed commercial paper: At March 31, 2008, the Corporation held non-bank sponsored asset-backed commercial paper (“ABCP”) with an original cost including accrued interest of $13,200, comprising $5,000 in Rocket Trust Series E, $5,000 in Planet Trust Series E, $1,700 in Planet Trust Series A and $1,500 in Aurora Trust Series E. At the dates that the Corporation acquired these third party ABCP, they were rated R-1 (High) by the Dominion Bond Rating Service (DBRS), the highest credit rating issued for commercial paper. These investments were scheduled to mature in August 2007 but, as a result of liquidity issues in the ABCP market, did not settle. As a result, the Corporation has reclassified its ABCP from cash and cash equivalents to long-term investments. On August 16, 2007, an announcement was made by a group representing banks, asset providers and major investors that they had agreed in principle to a long-term proposal and interim agreement, the Montreal Accord (the “Accord”), to convert the ABCP into pooled long-term floating rate notes maturing no earlier than the scheduled maturity of the underlying assets. On September 6, 2007, the Pan-Canadian Investors Committee for Third-Party Structured Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (the “Committee”) consisting of major investors was created to propose a solution to the liquidity problem affecting the ABCP market, and retained legal and financial advisors to oversee the restructuring process. On March 20, 2008, an agreement in principle was reached regarding the restructuring of the ABCP. This agreement was approved by investors effective April 25, 2008, and forms the basis for the valuation estimates made. Since there is no active market for the valuation of ABCP, the fair value of the Corporation’s investment in ABCP was determined using valuation techniques. The principal amount of the investments was discounted for certain factors related to underlying assets of the original investments, and the terms and conditions which apply to the restructured investments, including assets deemed ineligible and the applicable credit ratings assigned to the underlying assets. The valuation techniques include a probability weighted approach based on a high probability of successful restructuring versus orderly disposal, weighted discounted future cash flows techniques (taking into account the lack of liquidity and uncertainty of the terms and conditions of underlying assets). Whenever available, observable market inputs for comparable securities were used to determine the expected coupon rate, discount rates, timing of cash flows and the maturities of the floating rate notes. Significant assumptions included in the valuation are as follows:

Criteria Assumptions

Expected term to maturity 6 years to 32 years Discount rates 6.60% to 67.52% Coupon rates 3.60% to 4.66% ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 12

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

8. Investments (continued): Asset backed commercial paper (continued): The total adjustment to the Corporation’s ABCP at March 31, 2008 reflecting the assumptions above is an impairment of $3,790, which is presented as loss on investments recorded in the statement of earnings. The assets have been designated as available-for-sale and are recorded at their estimated fair value of $9,410 on the balance sheet. Since the fair value of the Corporation’s ABCP is determined using a probability weighted approach employing the foregoing assumptions and is based on the Corporation’s assessment of market conditions as at March 31, 2008, the fair value reported may change materially in subsequent periods. In addition, the fair value estimates are dependent on the likelihood, nature and timing of implementation of the restructuring plan. The Corporation used a wide range of discount rates resulting in a weighted-average discount rate of 10.35%. A 1.0% increase/decrease in the discount rate will decrease/increase the fair value of the ABCP by approximately $573 and $625, respectively. Continuing uncertainties regarding the value of the assets that underlie the ABCP, the credit and liquidity risks associated with the restructured notes and the final outcome of the restructuring process, could give rise to further changes in the fair value of the Corporation’s investment in ABCP, although this is not expected to result in a significant impact on the Corporation’s future operations.

9. Collection: The Corporation maintains the material culture collections of artifacts, objects, specimens and their related information. These collections are developed by various research areas within the Corporation. The collections are divided into the following eight discipline-related groups: Ethnology - ethnographic and fine art collections principally related to North American First Peoples in post- European contact Folk Culture - folk culture and fine craft collections illustrating the diversity of cultural influences on Canadian culture History - collections which illustrate the experience of the common person as well as famous Canadians Canadian Postal Museum - collections of philatelic, artwork and material culture which serve to illustrate the role of postal communication in defining and shaping a nation Canadian Children’s Museum - collections which emphasize intercultural understanding and experience, as well as supporting a rich animation programme Living History - collection of properties, costumes and didactic resources which are used by animators, educators and other staff to promote and enliven the Museum’s programming Canadian War Museum - collections of weapons and technological artifacts illustrating the development of military technologies, dress and insignia collections of uniforms, medals, accoutrements and regalia of the and its allies, and war art collections of paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures from the Canadian programmes and modern art works illustrating Canadian Peacekeeping efforts Archaeology - archaeological collections of material culture, physical anthropology, flora and fauna recovered from dig sites and principally illustrating indigenous North American culture prior to European contact ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 13

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

10. Property and equipment:

2008 2007 Accumulated Net book Net book Cost amortization value value

Buildings $ 356,910 $ 122,131 $ 234,779 $ 243,700 Land 40,868 - 40,868 40,917 Building improvements 52,177 33,814 18,363 18,163 Technical equipment 11,716 9,515 2,201 2,566 Informatics equipment 10,422 9,523 899 1,040 Office furniture and equipment 8,515 6,757 1,758 1,990 Motor vehicles 130 69 61 55

$ 480,738 $ 181,809 $ 298,929 $ 308,431

The current year amortization amounts to $13,516 (2007 - $13,411).

11. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:

2008 2007

Trade accounts payable $ 5,842 $ 6,682 Accrued salaries and vacation pay 2,074 2,123 Government departments and agencies 6,836 4,983 Current portion of employee future benefits (note 14) 924 859

$ 15,676 $ 14,647 CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 14

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

12. Obligation under capital lease: The Corporation had an obligation under a capital lease which matured in 2008. The obligation represented the total present value of future minimum lease payments discounted at the blended rate implicit in the lease which is 10.099%. The future minimum lease payments, together with the balance of the obligation under capital lease as at March 31st, 2008 is $0 (2007 - $72).

13. Deferred funding related to property and equipment: (a) Deferred funding related to property and equipment is composed of:

2008 2007

Deferred capital contributions $ 2,891 $ 3,062 Deferred non-monetary sponsorships - 147 Deferred capital funding 254,902 264,129

$ 257,793 $ 267,338

(i) Deferred capital contributions represent the unamortized portion of donations used to purchase depreciable property and equipment. Deferred capital contributions are recognized as donation revenue on the same basis and over the same periods as the related property and equipment is depreciated. (ii) Deferred non-monetary sponsorships represent the estimated fair value of goods and services received by the Corporation from external parties in exchange for recognition as a Corporation sponsor. Deferred non-monetary sponsorships are recognized as sponsorship revenue on the same basis and over the same periods as the received goods and service are expensed. (iii) Deferred capital funding represents the unamortized portion of parliamentary appropriations used or to be used to purchase depreciable property and equipment. Deferred capital funding is recognized as parliamentary appropriation revenue on the same basis and over the same periods as the related property and equipment is depreciated. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 15

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

13. Deferred funding related to property and equipment (continued): (b) Changes in the deferred funding related to property and equipment is composed of:

2008 2007

Balance at beginning of year $ 267,338 $ 277,150

Add: Parliamentary appropriations received 4,069 3,697

Less amounts recognized as revenue: Deferred capital contributions (171) (171) Non-monetary sponsorships (147) (147) Parliamentary appropriations (13,296) (13,191)

$ 257,793 $ 267,338

14. Employee future benefits:

2008 2007

Severance liability (note 14(b)) $ 3,654 $ 3,621 Other non-pension post retirement liability (note 14(c)) 1,331 584 Employee future benefits 4,985 4,205

Less: current portion of employee future benefit (924) (859)

$ 4,061 $ 3,346

(a) Pension benefits: The Corporation and all eligible employees contribute to the Public Service Pension Plan. This pension plan provides benefits based on years of service and average earnings for the employee’s best five years up to retirement. The benefits are fully indexed to the increase in the Consumer Price Index. The Corporation’s and employees’ contributions to the Public Service Pension Plan for the year were as follows:

2008 2007

Corporation’s contributions $ 3,043 $ 2,742 Employees’ contributions 1,412 1,291 CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 16

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

14. Employee future benefits (continued): (b) Severance benefits: The Corporation provides severance benefits to its employees based on years of service and salary upon termination. This benefit plan is not pre-funded and thus has no assets, resulting in a plan deficit equal to the accrued benefit obligation. Benefits will be paid from future appropriations or other sources of revenue. Information about the plan, measured as at the balance sheet date, is as follows:

2008 2007

Accrued benefit obligation, beginning of year $ 3,621 $ 3,653

Cost for the year 666 414

Benefits paid during the year (633) (446)

Accrued benefit obligation, end of year $ 3,654 $ 3,621

Short-term portion 924 859 Long-term portion 2,730 2,762

$ 3,654 $ 3,621

(c) Other post retirement benefits: On July 1, 2006, the Corporation introduced defined benefit post retirement health care and dental benefit plans for eligible employees. The health care plans are contributory with employee contributions adjusted periodically. The cost of this plan is charged to income as benefits are earned by employees on the basis of service rendered. The plans are not pre-funded resulting in a plan deficit equal to the accrued benefit obligation. Information about the Corporation’s post non-pension benefits plans is as follows:

2008 2007

Accrued benefit obligation: Balance at beginning of year $ 5,233 $ 4,364 Current service cost 314 196 Interest costs 276 187 Actuarial (gain) loss (585) 528 Benefits paid (63) (42) Balance at end of year, and funded status $ 5,175 $ 5,233 ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 17

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

14. Employee future benefits (continued): (c) Other post retirement benefits (continued): A reconciliation of the funded status of the defined benefit plans to the amounts recorded on the financial statements is as follows:

2008 2007

Funded status: Plan deficit $ 5,175 $ 5,233 Unamortized net actuarial gain (loss) 58 (528) Unamortized transitional obligation (3,902) (4,121)

Other non-pension post retirement liability $ 1,331 $ 584

The significant actuarial assumptions used are as follows:

2008 2007

Discount rate used to determine accrued benefit obligation 5.5% 5.0% Discount rate used to determine benefit cost 5.0% 5.5% Rate of increase in dental benefit costs 4.0% 4.0% Assumed health cost trend rates as at March 31: Initial health care trend rate 10.0% 10.0% Trend rate declines to 5.0% 5.0% Year the ultimate rate is reached 2017 2017

Sensitivity analysis: Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for health care plans. A one-percentage-point change in assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects for 2007-08:

Increase Decrease

Total of service and interest cost 179 (131) Accrued benefit obligation 1,267 (967)

Total cash payments for these post retirement benefits, consisting of cash contributed by the Corporation, was $63 (2007 - $42). The benefit cost recognized in the income statement for the year was $810 (2007 - $626). CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 18

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

14. Employee future benefits (continued): (c) Other post retirement benefits (continued): The estimated future benefit payments for each of the next four years and the subsequent five year period are as follows:

2009 $ 70 2010 76 2011 87 2012 96 Years 2013 to 2017 664

The expected benefits are based on the same assumptions used to measure the Corporation’s benefit obligation as at March 31, and include the estimated future employee service.

15. Interest revenue: Interest revenue earned on cash and investments is reported as follows:

2008 2007

Interest revenue earned on unrestricted resources $ 1,683 $ 1,892

Interest revenue earned on restricted resources 52 61

Total interest revenue earned on cash and investments in the year 1,735 1,953

Less amounts deferred for restricted purposes (notes 6,7) (31) (23)

Total interest revenue $ 1,704 $ 1,930 ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 19

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

16. Related party transactions: The Corporation is related to all Government of Canada departments, agencies and Crown corporations. The Corporation enters into transactions with these entities in the normal course of business. These transactions are measured at the exchange amount, which is the amount of consideration established and agreed to by the related parties. During the year, the Corporation incurred expenses totaling $12,771 ($12,342 in 2007) and recorded Museum operations revenue of $751 ($661 in 2007) with related parties. In the year the Corporation transferred the old Canadian War Museum, located at 330 in Ottawa, Ontario, to Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC). This transfer of administration was conditional on PWGSC further transferring the former Canadian War Museum to the National Capital Commission (NCC). For the year ended March 31, 2008 both buildings and accumulated amortization buildings were decreased by the fully amortized original capital cost of $3,600. In addition, leasehold and building improvements decreased by $890, accumulated amortization leasehold and building improvements decreased $885 and amortization expense increased by $5. Both land and contributed surplus decreased by $49. As at March 31, 2008 the Corporation recorded the following amounts on the balance sheet for transactions with related parties:

2008 2007

Accounts receivable $ 167 $ 229 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 6,836 4,983 Property and equipment (54) - Deferred revenues 70 94 Contributed surplus (49) -

17. Contingencies: In the normal course of its operations, the Corporation becomes involved in various claims or legal actions. Some of these potential liabilities may become actual liabilities when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. To the extent that the future event is likely to occur or fail to occur, and a reasonable estimate of the loss can be made, a liability will be accrued and an expense recorded in the Corporation’s financial statements. No amount has been included in the balance sheet as at March 31, 2008. CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Notes to the Financial Statements, page 20

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

18. Pay equity In March 2000, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (Local 70396) launched a Pay Equity complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against the Corporation. The outcome of this complaint is not currently determinable and as a result no provision has been recorded in the financial statements of the Corporation.

19. Commitments: As at March 31, 2008, the Corporation has entered into long-term contracts for informatics, property leases, building operations and maintenance, security and point-of-sale outsource services with a remaining value of $20,354. The future minimum payments are as follows:

2008-09 $ 10,112 2009-10 8,705 2010-11 1,537 $ 20,354

20. Parliamentary appropriations:

2008 2007

Main Estimates amount provided for operating and capital expenditures $ 61,136 $ 59,946

Supplementary estimates and transfers 1,273 2,015 62,409 61,961

Portion of amount deferred for specific projects and acquisitions (1,470) (2,937)

Deferred Parliamentary appropriations used in current year 2,385 1,299

Amounts used to purchase property and equipment (4,069) (4,487)

Amortization of deferred capital funding (note 13) 13,296 13,191

Parliamentary appropriations $ 72,551 $ 69,027

21. Comparative figures: Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with the presentation adopted in the current year. ANNUAL REPORT 2007 2008

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION Schedule 1 - Operating Revenues

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

2008 2007

General admission and programmes $ 4,874 $ 5,007 Boutique sales 2,287 2,557 Facility rental and concessions 1,836 1,663 IMAX 1,503 2,202 Parking 1,371 1,302 Memberships 291 286 Publications 93 85 Royalties 40 36 Travelling exhibits 34 152 Other 622 586

$ 12,951 $ 13,876

Schedule 2 - Expenditures

Year ended March 31, 2008 (In thousands of dollars)

2008 2007

Personnel costs $ 34,648 $ 32,777 Professional and special services 14,065 13,496 Amortization of property and equipment 13,516 13,411 Property taxes 8,686 8,540 Loss on investments 3,790 - Repairs and maintenance 2,922 2,763 Collection acquisitions 2,885 330 Utilities 2,755 2,862 Communications 2,360 2,098 Exhibit fabrication and rental 2,309 3,082 Materials and supplies 1,962 2,319 Marketing and advertising 1,605 1,672 Cost of goods sold 1,333 1,525 Travel 1,207 1,099 Building leases 359 344 Royalties 296 425 Rentals 228 145 Other 98 120

$ 95,024 $ 87,008