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1. Resonance. Photo: Carmelle Bégin 2. Show and Tell. Photo: CBC Still Photo Collection, Toronto 3. First Son. Photo: C. D. Hoy 4. Lifelines. Photo: Steve Darby 5. Vimy Sculptures. Photo: Harry Foster 6. CMCC Web Site. 7. Canadian Postal Museum. Photo: Steve Darby

1 Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation

2001–2002 Annual Report Canadian Museum of Civilization

Canadian Museum of Canadian War Civilization Museum Canadian Museum of Civilization Canadian War Museum

100 Laurier Street 330 P.O. Box 3100, Station B , , K1A 0M8 J8X 4H2

www.civilization.ca www.warmuseum.ca

Information: (819) 776-7000/ Vimy House 1-800-555-5621 221 Champagne Avenue North Teleprinter (TDD): (819) 776-7003 Ottawa, Ontario Group Reservations: (819) 776-7014 K1R 7R7 Facility Rentals: (819) 776-7018 Members of the Museum: (819) 776-7100 CWM Information and Other Volunteers: (819) 776-7011 Services: (819) 776-8600/ Financial Support to the CMCC — 1-800-555-5621 Development: (819) 776-7016 Fax: (819) 776-8623 Cyberboutique: www.civilization.ca Friends of the CWM: (819) 776-8618 Museum of New France Passing the Torch Campaign: (819) 776-8636 or Creator of the Virtual Museum of 1-800-256-6031 New FranceTM www.passingthetorch.ca www.vmnf.civilization.ca

Published by Corporate Communications (819) 776-8380 Public Relations and Publishing Branch, Canadian Museum of CIvilization Corporation 2 Table of Contents

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4 Board of Trustees 56 Canadian Children’s Museum 5 Corporate Governance 59 Canadian Postal Museum 7 Chairman’s Report 62 Public Relations and Publishing 9 President and CEO’s Report 62 • Calendars of Events 12 The Corporate Plan 63 • Promotional Brochure 12 • Canadian Identity 63 • Onsite Promotion 14 • The Safeguard and Promotion 63 • Internal Communications of ’s 63 • Media Relations 17 • Continuing Challenges to Financial 64 • Openings and Media Previews and Operational Viability 65 • The Lands within Me 19 Key Achievements 65 • Announcement of Major Exhibition 19 • Objectives, Targets and Achievements Broadcast Across Two Continents in 2001–2002 66 • Publishing Group 22 Upcoming Challenges for the Corporation 69 • List of Publications 22 • Construction of the Canadian War Museum 70 Canadian War Museum 22 • Human Resources Planning 70 • New CWM Facility 23 • Ensuring a Client-Focused Approach 71 • Exhibitions 23 • Completion of the First Peoples Hall and the 72 • Publications Canada Hall at the Canadian Museum 73 • Conferences and Lectures of Civilization 73 • Publications 23 • Streamlining Collections Management 73 • Educational Activities 24 Museum Services 74 • Special Events 24 • Marketing and Business Operations 74 • Public Events at Vimy House 24 • IMAX® Theatre 75 • Public Events at 330 Sussex Drive 26 • Boutiques 78 • Private Events at Vimy House 26 • Marketing, Publicity and Tourism 79 • Private Events at 330 Sussex Drive 29 • Web Site 80 • Media Activities/Support — Vimy House 30 • Property Management, Security and 80 • Media Activities/Support — 330 Sussex Drive Client Services 81 Canadian Museum of Civilization 32 • Human Resources Donors and Sponsors 32 • Volunteer Services 83 Canadian War Museum Donors 33 Research and Collections Branch 85 Canadian War Museum Donors for the 34 • History Division Passing the Torch and Sharing Our 35 • Archaeological Survey of Canada Military Heritage Campaigns 38 • Cultural Studies 89 Financial Overview 41 • Canadian Ethnology Service 43 • Collections Management and Planning Division 44 • Library, Archives and Documentation Services 47 Exhibitions and Programmes 47 • Permanent Exhibitions 48 • Temporary Exhibitions 50 • Travelling Exhibitions 51 • List of Exhibitions 54 • Programmes

3 Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees and Officers of the Corporation

From bottom left to right, seated: Thérèse Spénard-Pilon (Trustee), Victor Rabinovitch (President and Chief Executive Officer), John English (Chairman), Mark O’Neill (Corporate Secretary and Director, Strategic Planning). Standing: Robert Ojolick (Trustee), Robert Bothwell (Trustee), Paul Manson (Trustee), Patrick Polchies (Trustee), Claudette Roy (Vice-Chairwoman), Peter Allen (Trustee), Pierre Dufour (Trustee), Marianna Simeone (Trustee), Joe Geurts (Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice-President, and Director and CEO – CWM). Absent: Gloria Webster (Trustee), Claudia Simon (Trustee)

Photo: H. Foster

Today’s museums have developed a clear mandate both to increase human understanding, through research and the interpretation of collections, and to provide the public with access to this knowledge base. At the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, we have assumed the responsibility to offer this access to the widest public possible, and to make of the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum repositories of our heritage for all Canadians. — John English, Chairman, Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation

4 Corporate Governance

s stated in the Museums Act, the Corporation is governed by a Board of A Trustees appointed by the Governor-in- Council. The Board is responsible for the fulfilment of the policies and the overall financial management of the Corporation’s affairs. To help carry out its work, the Board of Trustees has seven committees which are subject to by-laws and the direction of the Board. In 2001–2002, these committees met The Canadian Museum of regularly before Board Meetings to prepare Civilization Corporation is a Crown their recommendations to the Board. Each Corporation established pursuant to the Board Member serves on at least one Board Museums Act (Statutes of Canada 1990, committee. During the year, the Board of Chapter 3), which came into force on July 1, Trustees held seven meetings and fourteen 1990. Under the Act, the Corporation has a teleconferences, and the Board committees held specific mandate “to increase, throughout nine meetings and ten teleconferences. Canada and internationally, interest in, knowledge and critical understanding of and appreciation and respect for human cultural The Board’s Executive Committee facilitates achievements and human behaviour by the Board’s decision-making process between establishing, maintaining and developing for Board meetings, as required. This committee research and posterity a collection of objects did not meet during the year. of historical or cultural interest, with special but not exclusive reference to Canada, and The Audit Committee fulfils the role required by demonstrating those achievements and by the Financial Administration Act. This behaviour, the knowledge derived from them Committee serves as the Board’s advisor on and the understanding they represent.” audit-related matters, and ensures maintenance of sound internal controls. During the past year, Dating from its first incarnation as the Geological Survey of Canada in 1842, the the Audit Committee held one meeting and one Canadian Museum of Civilization teleconference. Corporation (CMCC) now comprises the Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC) — The Finance and Compensation Committee Canada’s national repository of social and serves as the Board’s advisor on accountability cultural history, and its affiliate museums: and planning in relation to finance and the Canadian War Museum (CWM) — compensation. It does not involve itself in the Canada’s national museum of military Corporation’s day-to-day financial operations, history — and the entirely virtual Museum of but does maintain appropriate controls over New France. The Canadian Museum of significant financial transactions, by requiring Civilization complex is also home to the that all financial transactions exceeding a Canadian Postal Museum, the Canadian Children’s Museum and an IMAX® Theatre. quarter of a million dollars are reviewed by the Committee prior to final approval by the Board of Trustees. During the past year, this committee held one meeting and six teleconferences.

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The Development Committee advises and supports Corporate Officers management, and participates in the Corporation’s development and fundraising activities. During the Victor Rabinovitch, President and CEO past year, this committee held four meetings. Joe Geurts, Senior Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, and Director and CEO of the The Canadian War Museum Committee advises the Canadian War Museum Board on matters related to the Canadian War Louise Dubois, Corporate Secretary and Director, Museum. Its membership includes members of the Strategic Planning (until September 28, 2001) Board of Trustees and three representatives from Mark O’Neill, Corporate Secretary and Director, veterans groups. During the past year, this committee Strategic Planning (since September 27, 2001) held one meeting.

The Canadian War Museum Building Committee is Members of the Corporation’s responsible for directing the development and construction of the new Canadian War Museum. This Executive Committee committee has a mandate to review all contracts and major policy issues associated with the building Victor Rabinovitch, President and Chief Executive project, and to oversee its overall development. Officer During the past year, this committee held two Michel Cheff, Director, Operations, Office of the meetings and three teleconferences. President and CEO Louise Dubois, Corporate Secretary and Director, The Board’s Working Group on Governance is Strategic Planning (until September 28, 2001) mandated to examine matters related to the Mark O’Neill, Corporate Secretary and Director, governance of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Strategic Planning (since September 27, 2001) Corporation, including matters related to the Joe Geurts, Senior Vice-President and Chief application of its by-laws. This committee did not Operating Officer, and Director and CEO of the meet during the past year. Canadian War Museum Elizabeth Goger, Director, Human Resources Stephen Inglis, Director General, Collections and Board of Trustees Research David Loye, Chief Financial Officer Sylvie Morel, Director General, Exhibitions and John English, , Waterloo, Ontario Programmes Claudette Roy, Vice-Chair, Edmonton, Alberta Pierre Pontbriand, Vice-President, Public Relations Peter Allen, Trustee, Toronto, Ontario and Publishing Robert Bothwell, Trustee, Toronto, Ontario Michael Wolfe, Vice-President, Development (until Pierre Dufour, Trustee, Gatineau, Quebec April 27, 2001) Paul Manson, Trustee, Ottawa, Ontario Luc Girard, Vice-President, Development (since Robert J. Ojolick, Trustee, Sydney, August 28, 2001) Marianna Simeone, Trustee, , Quebec Claudia Simon, Trustee, Big Cove First Nation, (the term of Patrick M. Polchies, Kingsclear First Nation, New Brunswick, ended as of A printed version of this report is available on March 19, 2002) request. Please call (819) 776-8380. Thérèse Spénard-Pilon, Trustee, Laval, Quebec Gloria Webster, Trustee, Alert Bay, All publications mentioned in this report are available at the Canadian Museum of Civilization Boutique, as well as through our Cyberboutique (www.civilization.ca). A free printed catalogue is also available by calling 1-800-555-5621. 6 Chairman’s Report

he notion of the museum This is no small endeavour. The goes far back in human museum public and potential T history. Human beings have public represent all ages, many long had the impulse to make places of origin, various lan- collections of natural and human- guages, and a multitude of cultures made objects and to interpret this found within Canada. Some have material. Perhaps the earliest ancestors native to this continent, known example of a museum label while others are newly arrived is a tablet from the sixth century from Africa, Asia and other B.C., unearthed in the Babylonian regions of the world. On a given city of Ur, which described day at the Canadian Museum of inscriptions from the twenty-first Civilization, a visiting West Coast Photo: H. Foster century B.C. Elder might recognize a mask or rattle displayed in the Grand Hall But the development of the as having belonged to a relative or modern museum took a leap ancestor; while a young first- forward around the eighteenth generation Canadian may be able century, with the Enlightenment. to relate as easily to a work of If private collections had long Arabic calligraphy as to a replica served the spirit of inquiry and the Voyageur canoe — and may derive advancement of knowledge, it as much pride and interest in our began to be seen as important to country’s heritage from both. One instruct the public, and some of visitor to the Canadian War the first national museums began Museum may come to honour a to emerge. Museums were seen as great-uncle lost in the Great War, institutions that would help to while another learns about the spread knowledge among work of Canadian peacekeepers in humankind, while promoting a country where she or her parents advances in art and science for the or grandparents were born. betterment of all of society. With the CMCC’s national Today’s museums have developed mandate, its museums must have a clear mandate both to increase something to offer to Canadians human understanding, through whether or not they live in the research and the interpretation of National Capital Region (NCR). collections, and to provide the The CMC and the CWM had a public with access to this combined visitorship of over 1.4 knowledge base. At the Canadian million in the past year, and it is Museum of Civilization satisfying to note that 86 per cent, Corporation (CMCC), we have during the peak season, are assumed the responsibility to offer visitors from outside the NCR. this access to the widest public Over the past five years, of the possible, and to make of the 6,700,000 visitors to the CMC, we Canadian Museum of Civilization can estimate that over 5,000,000 (CMC) and the Canadian War came from outside the region — Museum (CWM) repositories of across Ontario, Quebec, our heritage for all Canadians.

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the rest of Canada and the world. One of our highest priorities in the From ancient Babylon to the Because of the large numbers of past year has been the building of interconnected world of the foreign visitors, the CMC now a new Canadian War Museum — twenty-first century, museums are offers some printed materials in a Museum that will be more the holders of society’s material German and Spanish, while all visible and accessible to the inheritance, from revered relics services, exhibitions and Canadian public than the current and works of art to humble tools publications are offered in our facility. Now planned for a prime and household objects that speak official languages, English and riverfront site in central Ottawa, to us of the lives that, through French, and some exhibits and the CWM has become an their labour, their preservation of activities incorporate Aboriginal important national project and is custom, and their inventions and languages. In the past year, generating considerable public innovation, created the world we improvements have been made to and media excitement. During the live in today. For this reason, signage inside the CMC, making past fiscal year, we have chosen museums of human history are a the Museum easier to access for the new Museum’s architectural comforting touchstone. They visitors of different ages, abilities and exhibition design teams. remind us of where we’ve been, and origins. Government funding has been who we are, and where we could secured for the project, and our go if we chose. In our role as a The CMCC’s rich collections, own Passing the Torch museum corporation in the service research and exhibitions belong to fundraising campaign — aimed at of all Canadians, we will continue all Canadians. As much as ensuring that the new Museum’s to share what we do with as wide possible, we offer access to them exhibitions and programmes a constituency as possible. And we with the click of a mouse, through properly reflect this country’s will do our best to ensure that our an extensive Web site covering all proud military tradition — has choices serve a public whose very three of the Corporation’s achieved more than $11 million of diversity is our most important museums. The Civilization.ca site its $15-million goal from a wide asset. was relaunched in September range of donors. This has become 2001, after a year of work to a project of national significance redesign the site and make it with supporters from sea to sea. easier and more pleasant to navigate. In the course of this past fiscal year, 20 million pages were consulted — 15 million on the CMC site, 2 million on the CWM Dr. John English site, and 3 million at the Virtual Chairman, Board of Trustees Museum of New France.

8 President and CEO’s Report

Photo: Dave Chan

n May 2001, the Canadian Awards are always gratifying One aspect of the CMC’s national Museum of Civilization because they represent the role can be measured from the I (CMC) was recognized as judgement of professional peers people who chose to visit us. In one of the country’s top cultural and the enthusiasm of the public. the summer of 2001, a statistical attractions. The Attractions But they tell only a small part of study of visitors showed that Canada award for best indoor site the story. Deeper appreciation for 86 per cent of respondents came placed the CMC in the company of our institutions can be gained by from outside the National Capital a select group of Canadian looking at the wide range of work Region (NCR). This total treasures, such as the Columbia carried out by top-notch consisted of 55 per cent who came Icefield in the Rockies, Montréal’s professionals in our museums, and from all over Canada beyond the Jardin botanique, and the historic the many ways in which the NCR, and 31 per cent of visitors Pier 21 Museum in Halifax. Later Corporation fulfills its important who came from outside the in 2001, the CMC was nominated national mandate. country. We intend to further study in a list of top Canadian the attendance profile of visitors attractions that placed it on a level The national scope of our work is during the winter period in order with Banff National Park, the expressed in part through our to gain a more complete picture on Fortress of Louisbourg National collaboration with other Canadian a year-round basis. Overall, Historic Site, the Montréal Jazz museums. An example is the however, we are already certain Festival and the Calgary innovative model that resulted in that the large majority of our Stampede. These were highlights Lifelines, jointly conceived and visitors come from beyond the in an exciting year for the produced by the CMC and four “borders” of the National Capital Corporation. For the second year Atlantic Canada institutions. Region. in a row, one of our premier Another example is the nationally exhibitions was recognized with significant coast-to-coast tour of an Outstanding Achievement Canvas of War: Masterpieces award from the Canadian from the Canadian War Museums Association (Canvas of Museum, an award-winning War in 2001 and Lifelines: exhibition which has brought Canada’s East Coast Fisheries in Canada’s war art into the public 2002). As well, the CMC was spotlight and into Canadians’ again the most visited museum in consciousness about our history. Canada, with over 1.3 million 9 visitors during the year. President and CEO’s Report

As part of the Corporation’s public programmes. Museum- national mandate, the CMC plays goers have the opportunity in the an important role as a showcase course of the year to hear and see for diverse materials from performing artists, writers and Canada’s regions, particularly craftspeople who link tradition, when we feature exhibitions from innovation and artistry. other Canadian institutions. This past year, CMC visitors could see The CMC’s national mandate the Newfoundland Museum’s Full means that the Museum frequently Circle: First Contact (a visual serves as the public stage for and auditory journey through the Canada’s leaders to welcome world of A.D. 1000 and the first international dignitaries and landings of Vikings on our honoured guests. The moving shores), First Son: Portraits by presentation of an honorary C. D. Hoy (a photo exploration of Canadian citizenship to former immigrant and Native life from South African President Nelson the Presentation House Gallery in Mandela, the visit of His Royal ), and the aptly-named Highness Prince Charles in Across Borders (an exploration of honour of the International Year Iroquois traditions and beadwork of Volunteers, and the state visits produced by Montréal’s McCord of the Presidents of Mexico, Museum and the Castellani Art Spain, and the European Museum, New York). Union, as well as the Prime Ministers of Lebanon and The CMC offers the public a Belgium, were all memorable window onto many aspects of occasions of the past year when Canada’s diversity, as we did this the Museum’s Grand Hall and year with the exhibitions The exhibition halls were the venues Lands within Me: Expressions for the expression of Canadian by Canadian Artists of Arab pride and welcome. Origin and Nuvisavik, “The Place Where We Weave”: The Corporation’s work to build a Tapestries from Arctic Canada. new Canadian War Museum is Three new exhibition modules and another project that counts for all installations opened in the Canada Canadians. A tribute to Hall: a Winnipeg book and music remembrance, courage and supply store, a print shop that survival, the new Museum will gives insight into the cultural life explore and explain the military of ethnic communities in Western dimensions of Canada’s history. Canada, and the Wildcat Cafe, a Its exhibitions will inform visitors tribute to the communications about Canada’s place in the world, challenges facing Northern while also showing the impact of Canadians. The Corporation’s war on our population. Such a broad scope is also reflected in our

10 President and CEO’s Report

challenge deserves the best artifacts in O Pelourinho! During 2001, the Corporation resources, and it was exciting to Popular Art from the Historic relaunched www.civilization.ca, learn last May that the new Heart of Brazil. The exhibitions with a modernized, easy-to- Museum would be given a central we produce also travel the world. navigate design, new features and location in the heart of Canada’s In addition to shows now touring more content — building on a Capital on . in North America, the War strong reputation among students Museum had the honour to and researchers who already The international dimensions of collaborate in presenting Battle consult our Web site. the Corporation’s work are also Lines: Canadian and Australian important. In 2001, the CMCC Artists in the Field, 1917–1919 at With more than 1.4 million visits was a partner in the vibrant the Australian War Memorial this to the CMCC’s physical museums cultural component of the IV year. The CMC’s Isumavut: The (the CMC and the CWM), with Games of La Francophonie and Artistic Expression of Nine Cape many millions of virtual visitors to was the performance venue for Dorset Women was shown at our Internet site, and with dance troupes and visual artists Portugal’s national ethnology travelling exhibitions in Canada from four continents. To museum. And the CMC’s Lost and many other countries, the complement the Games, the Visions, Forgotten Dreams: The Corporation carries out its Museum mounted an exhibition Life and Art of an Ancient mandate as a national public — Resonance: The Musical Arctic People concluded a world cultural institution. This way, we Heritage of La Francophonie — tour that had venues in Denmark, fulfill our goal to offer aspects of that showcases our collections, Russia and . world civilizations to Canadians, recordings and original research and Canada to the world. in francophone countries in These many activities — and the Africa, Asia, and the researchers, conservators, Americas. interpreters, designers, guards, guides and many other The Museum’s international professionals who contribute to connections were also evident in their success — all serve to bring July 2001, when the CMC’s the historical and social Theatre became the main site for a information in the CMCC’s Dr. Victor Rabinovitch media conference — with live collections to a vast public. Our President and CEO audio and video links across two reach is extended many-fold continents — to announce the through our presence on the Dutch-German-Canadian partner- Internet. The Corporation’s world- ship that will produce The class site — a pioneer among Mysterious Bog People. This museums when established eight major exhibition will open at the years ago — brings virtual CMC in December 2002. exhibitions, publications, images and data to the world public, Another way the Corporation drawing on collections from the fulfills its international mandate is Canadian Museum of Civilization, by presenting the public with the War Museum and the Virtual exhibitions from other countries, Museum of New France. such as the striking collection of art, folk craft and religious

11 The Corporate Plan

ur Corporate Plan for the ongoing investment in years 2001–2002 through ensuring that necessary staff O2005–2006 had three and planning resources are central strategic issues: Canadian available for this important Identity in the Global national project. By the end of Environment; the Safeguard and this fiscal year, the Passing Promotion of Canada’s Heritage; the Torch fundraising and Continuing Challenges to campaign, which supports Financial and Operational exhibitions and programming Viability. These issues, and their in the new CWM, will have corollary objectives, provided the reached approximately framework within which the $11 million in cash and Corporation operated during the pledges towards its goal of past fiscal year. They are outlined $15 million. The CWM has below. selected the new museum’s architectural and exhibition Canadian Identity design teams. Construction is due to begin in fall 2002, with the goal of opening in 2005 The stated objective in this area — the 60th anniversary of the was “to increase appreciation and end of the Second World War understanding of Canada’s in Europe, and the 125th heritage.” In its planning for anniversary of the CWM. The 2001–2002, the Corporation set CWM is also maintaining its out the following areas of activity long-term exhibition plan, to meet this objective: which will not only ensure steady levels of visitorship in • Replacing CWM facilities. its current facilities, but also In its planning for the current prepares for an expanded fiscal year, the Corporation audience at the new facility. reiterated the importance of the CWM building project. In • Completion of long-term March 2001, the federal exhibitions spaces at the government announced that CMC. In its planning for the the new Museum would be current fiscal year, the located on the prime LeBreton Corporation noted that, Flats site in central Ottawa, although the federal and announced additional government had provided financial support to sufficient original funding to accommodate the demands of complete only 50% of long- building on this former term exhibition spaces, the industrial site. The Corporate CMC has been able to Plan confirms the provision of continue its development of an additional $7 million these galleries due to savings towards the project from the in other areas. There has been Corporation’s internal significant progress, with resources, as well as an

12 The Corporate Plan

several new exhibits and programmes, outreach and introductory panels added to revenue-generating events. The First Peoples Hall the Canada Hall, and a target Many of these were developed opening date of October 2002 and presented in partnership The First Peoples Hall (FPH) presents for the First Peoples Hall. with cultural communities, the rich history, cultures, contributions local agencies, embassies, and and artistic expressions of Canada’s • Exhibitions. In its planning other museums and Aboriginal people, with an emphasis on for the current fiscal year, the institutions around the world placing contemporary realities in a Corporation noted that — another way in which the historical perspective. exhibitions remain a key way Corporation ensured that its to communicate information offerings were relevant, Approximately 90% of the project’s and knowledge about vibrant and cost-effective. work either was completed during the Canada’s history and heritage year or is in progress. This work includes conservation of artifacts, the at the local, national and • Client-Focused Approach. building of structures, the installation of international levels. Although The CMCC affirmed its artifacts and props, and the editing of they require a considerable intention to further its client- texts. investment of financial and focused approach, in order to staff resources, exhibitions make its subject matter as The continued collaboration of contribute significantly to the relevant as possible to its members of the FPH Advisory Group, creation and dissemination of clientele. Using visitor data several experts and other participants knowledge, the establishment from the past 11 years — as has been instrumental in enabling the project team to accomplish its task of partnerships with other well as in-house expertise in throughout the year. communities, revenue marketing, tourism trends and generation, and collection business-to-business research The public opening of the Hall is development and — the Corporation is planned for October 2002. conservation. A number of beginning to diversify its special and travelling audiences by defining and exhibitions were slated for targeting those who would presentation at both the CMC respond favourably to and CWM during the exhibitions and programmes planning period. currently in development. Both the CMC and the CWM • Public Programmes. Public were expected to undertake programmes assist the qualitative research on non- Corporation in visitors — research which The “Whalebone House” is a communicating its knowledge would be used to provide symbolical representation of how the of Canada’s history and offerings designed to attract early Inuit lived inside the skeleton of Canadian and world cultures. new audiences. One priority their most important prey species. This Designed around the interests was a CWM audience Thule Inuit winter house was framed of both general and specific research study, designed to with whalebone, clad in sod, providing audiences, the Corporation’s help staff understand public essential protection from the cold. public programmes include expectations for the new Sometimes a whale skull was also cultural celebrations, CWM. The Corporation also placed over the entrance. The house is performing arts events, live intends to participate, along part of the Spiritual Whalers exhibit in the First Peoples Hall at the Canadian animation, educational with other members of the Museum of Civilization. Photo: S. Darby

13 The Corporate Plan

Canadian Heritage Portfolio, In addition, the Corporation noted that there is a backlog in offering services to the maintains a Research of material to be catalogued. general public through Associates programme, which This task is tackled on an government-wide initiatives enables non-employee ongoing basis, with such as Government On-line. scholars, curators, occasional assistance provided museologists and others to by donors in order to facilitate The Safeguard and contribute, on a freelance their cataloguing. basis, to the CMCC’s Promotion of Canada’s knowledge base. In the past In addition, the CWM Heritage year, 27 research associates continues to work with its contributed approximately own collection development The stated objective in this area is 1,800 hours. plan, and has been reviewing “to conduct research and develop acquisitions from the 1970s the Corporation’s national • Developing and managing and 1980s. Significant collections and share the related the collections. In its duplication has been found, knowledge.” In its planning for planning for the current fiscal resulting in the deaccession of 2001–2002, the CMCC set out the year, the CMCC stated that surplus material. There is an following areas of activity in order the maintenance and increased focus on updating to meet this objective: development of its collections the CWM collection data and remain at the heart of its related information in • Carrying out developmental mandate. In the past year, the preparation for the move to research. In its planning for Corporation continued to the new CWM facility. the current fiscal year, the apply high standards of Corporation noted the value expertise to its collections • Collections Repatriation. of developmental research to functions. It also continued to The CMCC remains actively the institution and to use new technologies to involved in repatriation Canadians. Research of this record, catalogue and make negotiations with First type is usually carried out the collections accessible to a Nations, both in the context of through fieldwork and wider constituency, through comprehensive claims and research into the collections. such initiatives as the CMCC self-government negotiations, Although developmental digitization project, which and in bilateral discussions research does not always processes an average of outside these processes. In begin with a final end product 20,000 objects per year. November 2001, the in mind, exhibitions, Corporation concluded a publications and programmes A collections plan, approved Custodial Arrangements usually result from these in 2000–2001, identified Agreement with the Nisga’a scholarly endeavours. strengths and gaps in the of northwestern British During the past year, Corporation’s collections, as Columbia. A sub-agreement 39 developmental research well as areas requiring of the Nisga’a Final projects were underway. development. It was also Agreement, the Custodial

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Arrangements Agreement • Communicating its Canadians and others visiting provides for shared possession knowledge throughout the CMC and CWM via the of approximately 280 objects Canada and the world electronic highway now of Nisga’a origin in the through traditional and non- outnumber those physically CMCC collection. In traditional means. The visiting the two museums. In considering requests for Corporation communicates its order to remain responsive to repatriation, the CMCC is knowledge through a variety this trend, the Corporation guided by two policies, the of media, including print and revamped its Web site over Human Remains Policy, electronic publications, films the past fiscal year, established in 1992, and the and exhibitions. At its IMAX® reorganizing the site’s Repatriation Policy, Theatre, the CMC’s goal is to hierarchy and adding a established in 2001. These programme material related to wealth of new information. policies provide broadly for human achievement, cultural The CMCC site is also the repatriation of human heritage and other aspects of hyperlinked to other remains, associated burial civilization. Over the past institutions that have a objects and objects of spiritual year, this has resulted in the formal cooperative importance. In light of an presentation of more than relationship with the CMC increasing number of seven large-format films. Due and the CWM, as well as to repatriation requests, the to an ongoing shortage of such sites containing information CMCC is committed to the films, the CMC co-produces related to the Corporation’s continued development of and contributes its knowledge own content. The protocols that balance the to IMAX®-format films, in Corporation has stated its specific interests of First cooperation with institutions intention to continue Nations with the Museum’s with similar mandates, as part exploring the expansion of obligations to collections of a Civilization Series. The this approach to other in trust for all Canadians. The Corporation has recently networks. In recent years, this CMCC’s experiences and entered into a contract with has included partnerships in practices in regard to MacGillivray Freeman Films such educational initiatives as repatriation continue to be to participate in the co- The Learning Window™ and shared at national and production of an IMAX® film SchoolNet. international conferences, at project called Greek Odyssey. working meetings of curators and directors, and through publications.

The Corporation’s new home page on the Web.

15 The Corporate Plan

In addition, the CMCC Each year, the Corporation maintains an active publishing welcomes a large number of programme, producing interns and trainees, for stays traditional print publications, ranging from a few weeks to a as well as such products as full year. During 2001–2002, interactive CD-ROMs and the CMCC hosted over 30 other educational and trainees in museology, design, museological tools. Its audiovisual production and Corporate Plan states its the fine arts, as well as intention to maintain this students from secondary and programme with the post-secondary educational production of 10–15 print institutions. In addition, the publications at the CMC, and CMC continues its 3–5 at the CWM, as well as commitment to the Aboriginal 2–5 electronic publications Training Programme in (CD-ROMs and Web site Museum Practices (ATPMP), publications) at the CMC and which began its ninth year in 2 at the CWM. A measure of September 2001 with six the success of this programme interns. Since 1993, a total of is the strong interest of the 54 interns from all regions of many private and institutional Canada have been trained at publishers that have partnered the CMC. To help cultural with the Corporation to workers in distant produce and distribute its communities, the ATPMP is publications. developing a Web site course for 2002–2003 in • Sharing its expertise with collaboration with the others. In its planning for the Saskatchewan Indian current fiscal year, the Federated College (SIFC). Corporation stated its This will be a credit course intention to continue with the SIFC. maintaining and sharing its knowledge and expertise with The CMC and the CWM others through staff continue to be active in joint interactions with colleagues projects with other museums in museums, universities and and institutions. The other interest-based groups, as establishment of Memoranda well as onsite training and of Understanding and cooperative activities. The Cooperation encourages the Corporation also planned to sharing of knowledge and continue establishing expertise with other networks for sharing, organizations, and 184 exchanging expertise and co- institutions have current operating on projects that Memoranda with the CMC benefit the CMCC and and CWM. colleague institutions.

16 The Corporate Plan

Continuing Challenges • Increasing fundraising to Financial and efforts. In its planning for the current fiscal year, the CMCC Operational Viability reiterated the importance of finding ways to supplement The stated objective in this area is government funding. The “to continue to strengthen the Corporation’s Development financial and operational viability Branch is responsible for of the Corporation”. In its spearheading this effort, and planning for 2001–2002, the actively pursues organizations Corporation set out the following and individuals within the areas of activity in order to meet private sector, in order to this objective: provide funds for research and programmes. By the end of Financial Viability this fiscal year, nearly $11 (Funding) million had been raised towards the $15-million goal of the Passing the Torch • Maximizing net commercial campaign, and the campaign revenues. In its planning for is expected to be completed by the current fiscal year, the the end of the 2002–2003 Corporation stated that it fiscal year. Over the past year, would continue to enhance its sponsorship and philanthropic level of client services, while support was raised for major generating revenues from temporary exhibitions at both these services. Revenues the CMC and the CWM, include general admission, including major ongoing ® IMAX films, boutique sales, support from Canada Post facility rentals, food services, Corporation and the Pitney parking and membership. Bowes Corporation to the Canadian Postal Museum. Important sponsorships were under negotiation for two IMAXIMAX® Theatre Theatre Attendance Attendance major exhibitions at the CMC, with Norsk Hydro for 450,000 450,000 Vikings: The North Atlantic 400,000400,000 Saga (May 2002) and with

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• Financial self-sufficiency. qualified and competent • Maintenance of Building The Corporation reiterated its workforce through effective Infrastructure. The CMC intention to continue seeking hiring, training and facility is more than a dozen additional sources of non- development and evaluation. years old and has been government revenue in order To this end, the Division is showing signs of age. During to increase its level of revising the Corporation’s Job this fiscal year, major repair financial self-sufficiency. Evaluation System, its Core and maintenance projects Competencies Model and its were planned, as part of an Operational Viability Performance Appraisal ongoing programme of (Efficiency) System, updating certain restoration. These repairs will Policies and Procedures. It be made as funds are made has provided training and available either through • Corporate Management development courses for 131 internal reallocation, or Framework. In October employees and 7 members of through government 2000, and in November 2001, senior management, and has initiatives aimed at senior staff held two strategic hired a new Employee maintaining federal facilities. planning retreats in order to Assistance Programme Projects planned for 2001– review current operations and provider. 2002 included escalator develop broad goals that will replacement, repair of help meet the strategic • Improving labour stonework, replacement of directions set out by the Board productivity and cooling units to comply with of Trustees. These planning effectiveness. In its planning new environmental retreats are a new initiative in for the current fiscal year, the legislation, repairs to the museum management. They CMCC reaffirmed its outdoor plaza, replacement of contribute to the vigorous commitment to the windows and replacement of workplanning process already development and maintenance electrical panels to comply in place and provide a new of a highly trained workforce. with the new Building Code. opportunity for staff During the year, the participation. Corporation continued to offer a wide range of training • Human Resources opportunities to its employees, Management. In order to including courses in ensure the Corporation’s information technology, professional competence and language and leadership. leadership role, the mandate of the Human Resources Division is to help achieve the Corporation’s goals and objectives by fostering the management and development of human resources strategies and systems. Our intention is to retain expertise and proven practices, while ensuring a

18 Key Achievements

Objectives, Targets and Achievements in 2001–2002

Strategic Issue: Canadian Identity in the Global Environment

Objective Target Achievement

Replacing CWM facilitiesBuilding of a new $105-million facility for Building of a new CWM facility on LeBreton Flats the CWM on the LeBreton Flats site in is confirmed. A commitment has been received central Ottawa. Commitments of from the federal government for $83 million. $83 million from federal government; $11 million has been raised to date by Passing the $15 million from Passing the Torch Torch. $7 million remains committed by the campaign; $7 million from CMCC internal CMCC from internal resources. Architects have resources. been selected, as has the exhibition design team. Target opening date for new Museum: May 2005.

Completion of CMC Full completion of both Canada Hall and Canada Hall nearly complete, with the addition of long-term spaces First Peoples Hall. extensive new modules and new orientation texts; the First Peoples Hall is in full production, with an opening date confirmed for October 2002.

Exhibitions 15 special exhibitions at the CMC, and 15 special exhibitions at the CMC, and 2 at the 2 at the CWM. CWM.

18 CMC exhibitions travelling to 17 CMC exhibitions travelling to 49 venues, 39 venues, and 7 CWM exhibitions and 7 CWM exhibitions travelling to 10 venues. travelling to 10 venues.

Public Programmes CMC: 1,500 school programmes attracting 1,200 school programmes attracting 38,000; 31,121 participants; 150 group programmes 250 group programmes attracting 8,000; and attracting 2,500 people; and unstructured unstructured programmes attracting 200,000. programmes attracting 220,000 people.

CWM: 21 special events attracting 26 special events attracting 63,154 people 62,000 people (including re-enactments and (including re-enactments and commemorations); commemorations); 12 films attracting 12 films attracting 480 people; and 300 school 480 people; and 300 school programmes programmes attracting 10,000 students. attracting 10,000 students.

Client-focused approach Further development of this approach, A research project on non- and lapsed visitors was including a CWM audience survey and begun. Among other goals, this project will assist participation in such service initiatives as in identifying gaps in research and make Government On-line. recommendations on follow-up. In addition, a low- season survey is being undertaken to assess local visitors’ preferences.

With the assistance of the Department of Canadian Heritage, thousands of images from ethnology and photographs and objects from the Marius Barbeau collection are being digitized and made accessible on-line.

Also, the Canadian War Museum is digitizing World War II material from the Hamilton Spectator. 19 Key Achievements

Strategic Issue: The Safeguard and Promotion of Canada’s Heritage

Objective Target Achievement

Developmental 26 projects undertaken. 39 projects completed. Research

Collections Ongoing maintenance of the collections, Collections have been maintained, and Management including Collections Development Plans for Collections Development Plans for both the both the CMC and CWM. Ongoing CMC and CWM have been followed. cataloguing and deaccession of CWM artifact Cataloguing and deaccession of CWM backlog. artifact backlog has continued.

Collections Repatriation Ongoing participation in repatriation The Corporation adopted a Repatriation discussions with First Peoples, and Policy, which establishes a framework for repatriation of human remains and sacred the return of sacred items as well as human materials. Ongoing development of remains to Aboriginal communities. repatriation protocols and sharing of Experiences and practices continue to be experiences/knowledge with others. shared at national and international conferences, working meetings and through publications.

Communication of Attendance of 1.3 million visitors at the CMC Attendance of 1,307,363 visitors at the Knowledge and 125,000 visitors at the CWM; CMC and 133,074 visitors at the CWM; 18,470,000 Web site accesses; 1.9 million 20,686,227 Web site accesses; 1.9 million promotional pieces in circulation, and an promotional pieces in circulation, and an advertising reach of 50 million. advertising reach of 72,334,750.

10–15 CMC print publications and 4–6 7 CMC print publications and 6 CWM print CWM print publications; 2–5 CMC publications; 6 CMC electronic publica- electronic publications, and 2 CWM tions, and 3 CWM electronic publications. electronic publications.

Presentation of 3–5 new IMAX® films. Presentation of 7 new IMAX® films, including 3 in the March 2002 film festival.

Co-production of an IMAX® film on ancient On-going project and co-production of an Greece. IMAX® film on ancient Greece, tentatively titled Greek Odyssey.

Sharing Expertise Onsite placements of 30 interns and trainees; Onsite placements of over 30 interns and a cumulative total of 49 participants in the trainees; a cumulative total of 54 Aboriginal Training Programme in Museum participants in the Aboriginal Training Practices; development of a Web site ATPMP Programme in Museum Practices; ongoing course with the Saskatchewan Indian development of a Web site ATPMP course Federated College. with the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College.

20 Key Achievements Strategic Issue: Financial and Operational Viability

Objective Target Achievement Financial $7.521 million in onsite revenues for the $7.722 million in onsite revenues for the CMC and $339,000 for Viability — CMC and $290,000 for the CWM; $5.73 the CWM; $5.91 per CMC visitor, and $2.55 per CWM visitor. Maximizing per CMC visitor, and $2.32 per CWM Commercial visitor Revenues

Financial $1.5 million in funds raised for CMC A total of $11 million has been raised for Passing the Torch, Viability — exhibits, and an additional $1.5 million with achievement of the full $15 million in cash and pledges Fundraising from such initiatives as naming expected by the end of the 2002–2003 fiscal year. $346,000 opportunities; a total of $12 million raised received in support of Exhibitions and Programmes. towards the CWM’s Passing the Torch campaign.

Operational Review of CMC and CWM programmes, Still in progress; two major CMC divisions — Exhibitions/ Viability — in order to improve measurement of Programmes and Public Relations/Publishing have been Corporate results. restructured as a result of this process so far. Management Framework

Operational Ongoing development and refinement of Development of the Job Evaluation System is on schedule and Viability — human resources strategies, including progressing well with both unions full participation. Future Human the development of: plans include validating and testing system (2003). Resources • a Job Evaluation System; The Human Resources Plan includes a joint union/management Management • a Performance management system; process to develop a performance evaluation system for the • an ongoing corporate training and unionized staff (2002–2003). development, and Project Management training for 131 employees, language • negotiation and ratification of two training for 15, and other courses and information sessions for collective agreements (PIPSC and approximately 100 employees have been completed. Seven PSAC). members of the Executive have received Leadership Development Training. Collective bargaining process with PIPSC ongoing through conciliation. Received Notice to Bargain from PSAC. Tentative start date for collective bargaining is mid-May 2002.

Operational Replacement of escalators; repair and Implementation of escalator replacement; continuation of Viability — replacement of stonework; replacement stonework maintenance, with successful cleaning of 85% of the Maintenance of refrigerants to comply with new CMC’s total stonework surface; replacement of refrigerants will be of CMC environmental legislation; repairs to reviewed in conjunction with legislative requirements; completion Building outdoor plaza; upgrades and repairs to of the repair to roofing membranes inside CMC plaza planters and Infrastructure improve visitor flow and public access; installation of the Canada Garden, and completion of and replacement of electrical panels to modifications to the First Peoples Hall entrance, making this area comply with the new Building Code. larger for easier access.

$5.64/sq. ft. cost for the CMC; $5.86 at $5.50/sq. ft. cost for the CMC; $4.86 at CWM; $7.50 at Vimy CWM; $7.71 at Vimy House; and $8.71 House; and $9.37 at Billcliffe increased due to natural gas heating at Billcliffe. rates. In addition to maintaining cost-effective management of its four facilities, the Corporation has established a workplan for major maintenance and repair at the CMC.

21 Upcoming Challenges for the Corporation

he Corporation has identified Human Resources recruitment and retention five major challenges over strategies will be examined, T the next five years: Planning CMCC skills priorities will be identified to complement our well- Construction of the Key priorities for the Human developed skills and core Resources Division are the competencies model, along with Canadian War Museum revision of the CMCC’s Job strategies designed to build any Evaluation System, the missing or underrepresented The construction of the new Performance Appraisal System skills. Coaching and mentoring Canadian War Museum on and the Human Resources programmes will also be Ottawa’s LeBreton Flats will be the Information System (HRIS). developed, as will professional Corporation’s major priority over Demographic shifts, combined development and learning the next few years. In order to with an increasingly competitive opportunities for staff at all levels. ensure that the project remains on employment marketplace, are also The results of a recent Training time and on budget, the putting pressure on the Needs Analysis will help us Corporation has committed itself to Corporation’s existing human develop appropriate training to an ongoing programme of internal resources. In order to ensure that ensure that staff have the team-building, while also ensuring the Corporation is able to meet necessary skills to meet the that staff have the knowledge to future staff requirements, it will ongoing challenges and new plan and implement programming be developing a Human Resources demands of exhibition and in the new facility. In the short Succession Plan. The Plan will programme development, as well term, the Corporation will design assess an anticipated loss of skills as research and collections. and conduct an audience research as key staff near retirement age, study, and will develop a solid and will identify skills required in CWM concept and storyline. the future. In addition,

The new location for the Canadian War Museum, in the heart of on LeBreton Flats, will allow it to be a central part of the new vision for Canada’s Capital.

22 Upcoming Challenges for the Corporation

Ensuring a Client- Completion of the First Streamlining Focused Approach Peoples Hall and the Collections Canada Hall at the Management In response to an increasingly Canadian Museum of fragmented and competitive The cost-effective, accessible, and leisure marketplace, the Civilization safe management of the Corporation will adopt an even collections at both the CMC and greater client focus in all of its Completion of long-term the CWM is of paramount activities. Initiatives will include exhibitions at the Canadian importance to the Corporation. At the identification of current and Museum of Civilization has been a , there is a need for potential visitors, the corporate priority for a number of continued improvement of identification and development of years. The Canada Hall will be documentation, digitization and client-oriented products, and the completed within the upcoming storage, in order to ensure the implementation of strategies fiscal year, and the First Peoples ongoing preservation of all designed to attract and retain Hall will open in October 2002. collections. Key actions include audiences. In the short term, the Both will require a high level of the development of systems for Corporation will continue to commitment, communication and better coordination of collections analyze existing visitor data, while cooperation among all CMC resources and planning, and an also developing new data, divisions. As part of its effort to analysis of the roles, including year-round visitor ensure the early success of the responsibilities and methodologies surveys and research on non- First Peoples Hall, the required to create a more coherent, visitors. The resulting information Corporation has identified the integrated and automated will be applied to existing following short-term objectives: approach to collections programmes and services, as well development of an integrated plan management. In addition, the as to those in the planning and for marketing and promotion, and Corporation will continue to development stages. identification and allocation of the develop policies and necessary resources. A slate of methodologies related to activities and programming, repatriation issues, and to identify designed to animate the Hall and priorities for the general sustain its public profile, is also in development of national development. collections at both the CMC and CWM.

23 Museum Services

useum Services fall under • The CMC is in the early the direction of the Chief stages of a co-production M Operating Officer of the designed to bring ancient Corporation, and include client Greece to the large-format services and human resources. The screen in a film tentatively Branch’s Marketing and Business entitled Greek Odyssey. As Operations Division is responsible part of its ongoing for management of the CMC’s commitment to ensuring that IMAX® theatre, product the world’s great civilizations development and boutiques. Given are profiled in large-format their commercial and film, the Corporation has administrative importance, many previously co-produced of these services have implications IMAX® films on the Maya related to the financial and and ancient Egypt. operational viability of the Corporation, as outlined in the • Although conventional and CMCC Corporate Plan. IMAX® Theatre revenues have dropped at least 10% Marketing and across North America during the year, the CMC’s theatre Business Operations has increased its attendance to 368,320 patrons (7.5%). IMAX® Theatre • The Museum’s IMAX® CLUB The IMAX® Theatre at the — which offers members Canadian Museum of Civilization unlimited access to the theatre remains one of the Corporation’s for an entire year for a one- most popular attractions, and time fee — has been highly features a wide range of films successful, with over 4,000 showcasing the human experience cards sold this year (a total of and the world in which we live. It 9,059 cards sold since the fulfils the Corporation’s stated CLUB’s inception in intention to communicate its December 1999). knowledge nationally and internationally through traditional and non-traditional means, by introducing visitors to human achievement throughout the ages. Highlights of the past year include:

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• Four new features were launched: Dolphins in April 2001, Journey Into Amazing Caves in July 2001, Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure in October 2001 and Wild California in January 2002.

• In March 2002, a film festival sponsored by the CBC featured a total of eight films, including three new films: The Old Man and the Sea, Dolphins Legend of Loch Lomond and NSYNC Bigger than Live. The festival was well received by Journey Into the critics and given feature coverage in local newspapers. Amazing Caves

Shackelton’s Antarctic Adventure

Wild California

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Boutiques including the Toronto Star, The East Coast Fisheries were Globe and Mail, The Gazette and highlighted in the insert, which The Corporation’s four boutiques La Presse, as well as in Enfants appeared in the National Post, La generated $1.7 million in revenues Quebec, Today’s Parent, the CTC Presse, Le Soleil and all visitor during the past fiscal year. This newspaper insert (Ontario- centres between Windsor and represents a decrease over the Quebec), the Rediscover Canada Quebec City. previous year, in part as a result of Guide, the Summer Experience lower tourism following the events Ontario Guide and Going Places U.S. Market of September 11 and lower visitor magazine. numbers to the special exhibition The Corporation began promotion boutique. The ATO produced a package-tour of its new Learning Travel brochure (45,000 copies) for direct Programmes to U.S. tour operators Marketing, Publicity marketing of regional attractions. who specialize in adult education Seven thousand of these have programmes, as well as to elder and Tourism already been distributed in travel- hostels and alumni associations. leisure trade shows in Montreal, As part of an internal Quebec City and Trois-Rivières, In addition, the Museum placed its reorganization in early 2002, the and the CMC is a partner in ten of first advertisement in The New Corporation’s marketing, tourism the packages. The CMC is Yorker magazine in the special and promotional functions, mentioned in eight destination issue “Postmark: Canadian formerly under Public Affairs, are advertisements in magazines Cultural Experience”, which was now part of a new division within specializing in package travel, distributed to more than one the Museum Services Branch. including French- and English- million American households. language versions of This Summer Tourism in Quebec, Touring and the International Market / Group Tour Quebec Travel Booklet. Market The CMCC is a major partner in summer campaigns designed to For the first time, the CMC was The Corporation attended six key promote the National Capital featured on the TVA French- travel trade marketplaces, meeting Region, including promotion by language television network every with more than 300 key Canadian the Ottawa Tourism and Saturday at 3:30 p.m. as part of and American tour operators. Convention Authority (OTCA), the programme, Le Québec c’est Promotion targeting the group l’Association touristique de les vacances. A six-minute tour market continued with Fam l’Outaouais (ATO) and the segment on the National Capital tours (approximately 450 visits). National Capital Commission Region included a 30-second spot The CMCC hosted a variety of (NCC). on the CMC. industry events for key operators in the Japanese and U.S. markets. Regional Market (Ontario and National Market Quebec) The Corporation also enjoyed As part of its national marketing visibility among international The OTCA has based its campaign, the NCC produced a wholesalers in the magazine promotional efforts around major promotional insert (one million Quebec for Groups by daily newspapers in the Toronto– copies) which was placed in a Motorcoach, which was Quebec City corridor. The CMC number of major newspapers. The distributed to 4,600 international was mentioned as a major Canadian Children’s Museum and group tour operators. attraction in 31 destination the exhibition Lifelines: advertisements in daily papers, Canada’s

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Advertising The new branded ad campaign for A televised publicity campaign the Children’s Museum began with was put into place to promote the There were CMC advertisements visibility in daily newspapers in exhibition Show and Tell: in the Ottawa Citizen at least Spring 2001, followed by the Growing Up Canadian. The 30- every Thursday and Saturday, addition of bus shelter advertising second spots were broadcast on thanks to our partnership with this in Fall 2001, targeting parents the CBC and Radio-Canada major newspaper, as well as once a commuting to work. Winter 2001– television networks at the local week in Le Droit. In 2001–2002, 2002 promotion of the Children’s level. Approximately 300 spots major campaigns highlighted the Museum focused on the exhibition were broadcast during a one- exhibitions Lifelines, Resonance Show and Tell, produced in month period, for a total reach of and The Lands within Me, as partnership with the CBC 3,019,000. well as the Canadian Children’s Museum. The CMCC adopted a Museum, with an estimated reach community approach in its For the first time, the Children of 8.2 million during this period. promotions, adding community Museum’s four-page quarterly newspapers, local radio and colour publication Passport to Corporate Advertising television, in order to reach Adventure was distributed in the families in their homes and cars. newspapers Bonjour Dimanche In Summer 2001, both the CMC and Capital Parent, covering and the CWM were promoted as CCM activities from January to prime destinations for local March 2002, and reaching a total visitors and travellers staying with of 95,000 readers. friends and relatives. Targeted newspaper ads highlighting the Museums’ many assets ran on weekends. Local messages also capitalized on the CMC’s May 2001 award from Attractions Canada as one of Canada’s top cultural attractions. These ads aimed both at increasing awareness of the CMC and encouraging repeat visitation.

Canadian Children’s Museum

The Canadian Children’s Museum (CCM) was re-launched with an aggressive advertising campaign targeting the local market, and designed to introduce the CCM to a new generation of visitors.

Advertisement in Capital Parent.

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Canadian Postal Museum The Corporation partnered with eight festivals during the year, Canada Post Corporation’s including the Festival franco- generous sponsorship enabled the ontarien, Bluesfest, the Jeux de la CMCC to launch a branded Francophonie, the Ottawa Jazz community advertising campaign Festival, the Ottawa Chamber for the Canadian Postal Museum. Music Festival, the Gatineau Hot The campaign included Canada Air Balloon Festival, the Post Step Van signage in the International Writer’s Festival and National Capital Region from May . Promotions were to August 2001 and a householder linked to exhibition themes, and admail campaign in Eastern ranged from simple ticket Ontario and Western Quebec. exchanges and discounts, to sponsorship of performances on- Promotions and off-site. An estimated 400,000 festival-goers were reached during The CMC and five Loblaws food the summer of 2001 alone. stores in the National Capital Region held a Lifelines contest from August 1 to 15, 2001, offering a trip to Nova Scotia to one winning family from each store. Designed to promote the exhibition within the region, the contest distributed a total of 200,000 ballots to Loblaws customers. There were five winners, all of whom were residents of the National Capital Region.

As part of a promotional campaign for Visiting Friends and Relatives, a contest was organized in cooperation with the Canadian Postal Museum. The contest, which ended on October 8, 2001, was deemed a great success, with 300,000 postcards distributed in the National Capital Region.

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Web Site

As part of an internal reorganization undertaken in early 2002, the Corporation’s Web site functions, formerly under Public Affairs, have been transferred to the Finance Division. In September 2001, the site was relaunched, with its first major redesign since its inception in 1994, and a new name: Civilization.ca. The site’s improved look and enhanced navigational tools help the public plan visits to the Corporation’s museums and galleries, while making it easier to explore our vast online knowledge resources. Civilization.ca, the Corporation’s new redesigned Web site, includes several new The redesigned Web site has features, an improved look and enhanced several new features, with navigational tools. particular attention paid to special audiences, including children, educators, scholars and the media. Two educational games made their debut on the Web site: Mystery at No. 262, and Armoured Warrior, as did papers written by CMCC curators, and shorter articles designed to support school curricula. A virtual reality tour of a display of Inuit artifacts, a survey of the prehistory of Canada’s First Peoples, an electronic newsletter, and online exhibitions on themes as varied as nursing history, gold, the musical traditions of francophone countries, and the Vikings were among the many other new Web site features offered during the course of this fiscal year. Mystery at No. 262 is a new educational game that was developed for the Web site.

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Property Management, Highlights of the past year • implementation of a Security and Client include: replacement programme for all CMC escalators; Services • Cost-effective management of • continuation of a all four CMCC facilities stonework maintenance plan This Division carries out all (Canadian Museum of for the CMC, with functions related to facilities Civilization, Canadian War successful cleaning of 85% maintenance, property Museum, Vimy House, and of the CMC’s total management, hosting and security, Billcliffe) was maintained. stonework surface; and client/visitor services. These • completion of the repair of functions are carried out as part of • Operations and maintenance roofing membranes inside the Corporation’s commitment to costs were reduced as a result CMC plaza planters and such corporate strategies as of the transfer of custodial installation of the Canada maintaining a client-focused services to the company Garden, and approach and ensuring the responsible for plant • completion of operational viability of the operation. There also has been modifications to the First Corporation through cost-effective a reduction in electricity Peoples Hall entrance, property management, as outlined consumption, due to enlarging it to make it more in the CMCC Corporate Plan. efficiencies achieved with the attractive and accessible to new lighting controller and to visitors. Property Management more efficient use of central plant equipment — • The development process In its planning for the current particularly its chillers. continued for the new fiscal year, the Corporation noted Canadian War Museum. the considerable resources that • A workplan has been Functional requirements for must be directed to this function, established for major the new facility have been and stated its continued maintenance and repair of the defined and the new commitment to ensuring that all ageing Canadian Museum of Museum’s architectural and CMCC facilities are maintained in Civilization facility, and exhibition design teams have the most cost-effective way important maintenance been selected. possible. During the year, in projects were initiated. These addition to the ongoing included: maintenance of four facilities, the Corporation has set forth a plan for major maintenance and repair projects at the CMC.

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Client Services

The Corporation provides a variety of client services at both the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum. Easily identified by their red jackets, Client Services personnel are able to provide services in both official languages, and most are trained in visitor relations and basic CPR. Guides offer a wide range of guided tours of both permanent and temporary exhibitions, as well as specialty tours in a variety of other languages, and tours for the blind or the hearing-impaired. In addition, Client Services personnel assist visitors with wayfinding and provide amenities such as strollers and wheelchairs. Highlights of the past year include:

• Wayfinding — an ongoing challenge at the architecturally complex Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC) — has been considerably enhanced over the past fiscal year. The Museum’s new-and-improved signage has proven popular among visitors; and Spanish and German versions have been added to the CMC site map to accommodate the Museum’s many out-of-town visitors. • More than 1,200 guided tours were provided by Client Services staff. • A total of 93 programmes were delivered directly to classrooms by a Guide. Topics were “The Inuit” and “The Mysteries of Egypt”. • The Banquet and Special Events Unit managed more than 200 commercial events at different venues within the CMC and CWM. 31 Museum Services

Security Services • Project Management training Volunteer Services for 131 employees; language • Security practices have been training to 15 employees, and The Corporation maintains an reviewed and upgraded in information sessions to active volunteer organization, light of the events of approximately 100 employees which undertakes functions from September 11, and no on such topics as retirement interpretation and research to incidents have been reported. planning, balancing work and special-events planning and direct family, and communication mail campaigns. Volunteers also • CMCC Security Services between parents and teenagers continue to provide assistance in continues to participate and other such sessions. Seven the delivery of school actively in the ICRP (7) members of the Executive programmes. (International Committee on completed Leadership Risk Preparedness for the Development Training. The United Nations’ declaration of Protection of Cultural • Negotiations with the 2001 as the International Year of Heritage and Assets). Professional Institute of the Volunteers, provided the Canadian Public Service of Canada Museum of Civilization Human Resources (PIPSC) are underway. Corporation with a perfect • A collaborative review of the opportunity to formally recognize Job Evaluation System with A trained workforce is essential to and celebrate the work of the both unions and management the Corporation’s daily operations. institution’s many volunteers. has been initiated and is This is particularly true of an progressing well. organization that depends so • Collective bargaining with the heavily on remaining current in Public Service Alliance of new technologies and Canada (PSAC) will likely management practices. The begin sometime in Spring Corporation offers a wide range of 2002. training opportunities to its • All personnel, staffing, employees, from information classification and benefits files technology to language and other have been updated. training, all aimed at improving • Future training plans for the core competencies of the 2002–03–04 are being assessed. Corporation, and fulfilling its strategic objective of improving labour productiveness and efficiency. Highlights of the past year include:

During the year, more than 520 individuals from all cultural communities and all walks of life have given their time and support to the organization, contributing more than 40,000 hours to various projects. Pictured left to right: Indra Singh, Germain Mignault, Suzanne Mignault, Laurel Douma, Edouard Thérien, Eric Lavallée, Guillaume de Brouwer, John Robertson and Li Liu. Photo: S. Darby

32 Research and Collections Branch

he CMC’s Research and The Aboriginal Training Programme in Collections Branch includes T the four research and Museum Practices (ATPMP) curatorial divisions of History, Archaeology, Ethnology and In 2001–2002, the ATPMP successfully completed its ninth Cultural Studies. Its Collections year, bringing to 54 the number of interns participating in the Management and Planning eight-month programme since it began in 1993. In addition to Division is responsible for their placements within various divisions of the Corporation, management of the CMC’s artifact the interns have visited other museums and cultural centres collections, and its Library, with the support of the National Aboriginal Achievement Archives and Documentation Foundation. Services Division is responsible for manuscript, audiovisual, Over the past nine years, the ATPMP has offered a significant photograph and information learning environment for Aboriginal workers and students. holdings. The Branch also shares The Corporation has succeeded in demonstrating its capacity its considerable expertise and to produce effective practical learning opportunities through disseminates its research findings the diversity of its workforce, and this programme has become through exhibition development, a model for other museums interested in training Aboriginal conferences and lectures, museum workers, both nationally and internationally. publications and articles, and its maintenance of wide-ranging The ATPMP is further developing strong relationships with collections and archives, which Aboriginal communities across the country. The programme are made as accessible as possible supports their initiatives to open museums and cultural centres to scholars and the general public. within their regions — sometimes as a result of agreements During the 2001–2002 fiscal year, concerning the repatriation of artifacts from the collections of 38 CMC researchers made the Canadian Museum of Civilization. scholarly presentations at 23 conferences nationally, and Illustration: Samuel Warrior, intern in 1994. 10 conferences abroad.

The Branch’s activities support the Museum’s and the Corporation’s strategic objectives of: increasing appreciation and understanding of Canada’s heritage, researching and developing the Museum’s collections, and sharing the related knowledge, as outlined in its Corporate Plan.

Interns in the Aboriginal Training Programme in Museum Practices for 2001–2002. From left to right: Jessica Tomic- Bagshaw (Inuit), Kerri McDonnell (Cree Nation of Grand Rapids, Manitoba), Shirley Muldon (Gitskan Nation, Hazelton, British Columbia), Claudette Rocan (Metis, Manitoba) and Georgina J. Nicloux (Northern Tutchtone, Mayo, Yukon Territory). Photo: S. Darby 33 Research and Collections Branch

History Division

The History Division deals primarily with the social and political history of Canada and its people. This focus is particularly Photo: CMCC 1999.267.53 evident within the Canadian Museum of Civilization’s Canada Hall, which provides visitors with Toronto East General and an overview of more than 1,000 Orthopaedic Hospital School of years of Canadian history. History Nursing, Toronto, Ontario. Division staff also share their Gloria (Barwell) Kay, Graduated research and expertise through 1951. publications, lectures and other forms of outreach. Highlights of the past year include:

• The registration of the other articles and a Web site addition, History Division Canadian History of Nursing module, and will be used for staff delivered numerous Collection, numbering an upcoming exhibition on papers, addresses and other approximately 1,000 items, New France. A photographic presentations to conferences, was finished in September expedition to the area resulted exhibition openings, 2001, with images of most of in more than 200 photos being universities and other events the collection’s items deposited in the CMC’s across Canada. Highlights of available on the CMC Web photographic archives. the past year include: site. • A CMC historian worked with • Peter Rider, as part of an • In August 2001, the report Ms. Elizabeth Collard, a annual lecture series, “Exploration and specialist in nineteenth- spoke in Charlottetown, archaeological surveys of century ceramics in Canada, P.E.I. in spring 2001 on fishing of the eighteenth to create an inventory of her “Cutting a Garment century on Scatarie Island, important personal collection. According to Its Cloth: Nova Scotia” was completed. Sadly, her untimely death Charlottetown in precluded finishing the Economic Transition, • Research was undertaken on project, although Ms. Collard 1885–1910”. the hazards of navigating the was able to complete a third of • Christina Bates presented St. Lawrence River, and an the cataloguing. a paper entitled “The article was completed: “Le Canadian History of voyage à Québec de La Marie- • The Division continued to Nursing Collections at Anne de Saint-Malo en 1726 author both print and the CMC” at the June d’après le journal de bord du electronic publications, 2001 Canadian capitaine André Corneille” including a book in the Association for the (working title). This research Mercury Series, a number of History of Nursing will result in a number of articles and a Web page. In Conference in Winnipeg.

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Archaeology Survey of Canada • Dan Gallacher was a session Chairman and The Archaeology Survey of Canada (ASC) undertakes fieldwork, presenter at the October excavations and archaeological research in the national interest. 2001 “Giving the Future This includes studies initiated by the Corporation, as well as a Past” national history participation in international initiatives. Highlights of the past education conference in year include: Winnipeg. • Christina Bates chaired a • The ASC undertook research-directed archaeological panel on “Dressmaking fieldwork in a number of locations across the country. In the and Millinery: Influences eastern Arctic, as part of the Project, and Sources” at the April archaeological excavations were carried out at three sites on 2001 Costume Society of , with assistance from local communities. This America Conference, field research produced a wide range of data that will help Providence, R.I. in defining the timing and nature of contact between the Dorset Palaeo-Eskimos of Baffin Island and early • History Division staff Europeans. Work in Atlantic Canada included a short continued to share their survey of the Fourchu region of Cape Breton, which resulted expertise with colleague in the identification of six previously unrecorded sites — museums and researchers by several dating to about 4,000 years ago, and one to the serving on numerous eighteenth-century French occupation of the area. Larger- committees and boards, as scale excavation was also carried out at the 1,200-year-old well as teaching at Canadian Sutherland site on P.E.I., continuing work begun last year. universities on both an Both projects involved the assistance and cooperation of occasional and ongoing basis. local First Nations. In the Plains region, limited reconnaissance was undertaken in southern Saskatchewan, exploring lithic sources and historic river-crossings. Finally, in the local , the ASC assisted and provided project supervision in archaeological excavations at Leamy Lake, initiated by the Kitigàn Zibi First Nation.

As part of the Helluland Project, excavations at the site of Nunguvik, northern Baffin Island. Photo: Patricia Sutherland

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• The ASC also undertook (available electronically as fieldwork as part of exhibition PDFs on the Web site of the planning. In conjunction with the National Library of Canada). Trade Fair module of the First Last but not least, ASC Peoples Hall, a curator visited the curators published 14 articles Knife River Indian Villages in scholarly journals. National Historic Park in North Dakota, to gather additional information about the agricultural Mandan and Hidatsa, and photographed locations along the Missouri River and along the Souris River in southern Saskatchewan. He also attended the Ochapowace pow-wow where he took more photographs and collected modern trade items. Another curator travelled to the Mackenzie Delta to confer with local people for the upcoming exhibition Inuvialuit. Public presentations were made and elders groups consulted in Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk, and Aklavik.

• Publications include five books authored, co-authored or edited by ASC staff. Electronic publications include considerable expansion of the ASC Web page, and the publication of several articles in the renewed Oracle Series and on the Scholars Page, all on the CMC Web site. The Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database now includes the northern tier of the in its coverage, with over 16,000 records available online, and a searchable bibliography of over A Mandan dancer, Norman Benson, performing at the 2,500 entries. An ASC curator 2001 Northern Plains Indian Culture Fest, held at Knife also participated in editing and River Indian Villages National Historic Site. compiling A Collection of Papers Photo: Ian Dyck Presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association

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• Archaeology staff also • As well as the delivered numerous papers, accomplishments listed above, addresses and other important milestones for the presentations to conferences, year include the opening of exhibition openings, the Kichi Sibi exhibition; the universities and other events hiring of one term employee across Canada. Highlights of to assist in ongoing planning the past year include: for the Ancient Grasslands exhibit in the First Peoples • Curators David Morrison, Hall, and another to assist Ian Dyck, Richard Morlan with human-remains and Robert McGhee all repatriations; two successful presented papers at the human-remains repatriations May 2001 Annual (Roebuck 2 and Meeting of the Canadian Saskatchewan); forensic Archaeological consultation with local police Association in Banff, forces, and media attention on Alberta. several important issues • David Keenlyside was the (erosion of archaeological keynote speaker at the sites, forensic work, “our September 2001 North cannibal past”, etc.). The Atlantic Fisheries History ASC has been closely Association Conference in involved with collections and , making a repatriation-related presentation entitled negotiations with First “Aboriginal Fishing on Nations, including several the North Atlantic Coast: B.C. groups, the Labrador An Ancient Tradition”. Inuit, Manitoba Dene, the • Jerome Cybulski presented Saskatchewan Federation of a paper entitled Indian Nations, and Nunavut. “Bioarchaeology of Finally, ongoing work on Coastal Adaptation: Zones 2 and 3 of the First Northwest Coast” at the Peoples Hall has been the April 2002 Annual divisional priority throughout Meeting of the Society for the year. American Archaeology in New Orleans. • Ian Dyck participated in a workshop on ancient Plains pottery at the University of Winnipeg in February 2002.

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Cultural Studies

The Cultural Studies Division focuses on the study of Canada’s various cultural communities, including Canadians of French or British origin, as well as those defined by a variety of criteria, including ethnicity, religion, profession, artistic pursuit, etc. This work by Italian-Canadian artist, Ugo Chyurlia, titled Madonna and The Division also considers Child Over Ottawa was reclaimed various manifestations of from the old church of Saint Vincent Canadian popular culture as de Paul on Stanley Avenue in falling within its purview. It is Ottawa. The fresco, measuring part of the mandate of Cultural 120.5 x 58.5 cm, will be featured in Studies to collect, inventory, an upcoming exhibition on Italian- document and safeguard Canadians. Photo: Craig Johnson significant artifacts (material objects, audio artifacts, and still and moving images) relating to the cultural behaviour of Canadians other than Aboriginal peoples. These artifacts provide a means of defining the primary themes of Canadian culture, and a basis for studying this culture from a multidisciplinary point of view. Highlights of the past year include:

• Research continued for a number of exhibitions opening next year, including exhibitions tentatively entitled Italian-Canadians, opening June 13, 2003, and Beads of Life: African Adornments from Canadian Collections, opening April 3, 2003.

These two photos show items that will be featured in the upcoming exhibition, Beads of Life: African Adornments from Canadian Collections. The first is a comb from Tanzania; the second is a Zulu necklace from . Photo: Marie-Louise Labelle

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• Research continued for a • Staff of the Division also number of other upcoming continued to publish articles, exhibitions, including an and to present papers and exhibition on the history and lectures at conferences and ethnology of tobacco in symposia. Highlights of the Canada; the Korean past year include: communities of Western Canada, and Canadian • A documentary video popular music. entitled Music and Museology, profiling two • Banseng Hoe, one of the exhibitions of musical Division’s staff researchers, instruments at the CMC, authored a book entitled conceived and presented Semelai Communities at by Carmelle Bégin at the Tasek Bera, which was June 2001 ICOM printed in Kuala Lumpur, conference in Barcelona. Malaysia in 2001, and profiles an almost-forgotten • A number of articles people. published in scholarly journals, on topics that included the role of culture in heritage preservation and musical practices around the world.

• A presentation by Banseng Hoe at the November 2001 annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Washington, D.C., entitled “Boat People: An Ethnic Perspective in Visual Anthropology”.

CMCC President and CEO Victor Rabinovitch, with Carmelle Bégin, Curator in Charge, Cultural Studies, at the opening of Resonance: The Musical Heritage of La Francophonie on May 10, 2001. Mr. Rabinovitch is playing the sanza, an African musical instrument made of recycled materials, an example of which is on display in the exhibition. Photo: S. Darby

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On October 19, 2001, the CMC opened an exhibition featuring the work of Canadian artists of Arab origin, entitled The Lands within Me: Expressions by Canadian Artists of Arab Origin. In this photo, the artists are shown with exhibition curator Aïda Kaouk at the opening. From left to right, at back: C. Nebel, G. Sorge, B.L. Sorge, M.Eliany, N. Zeitouni, A. Hanafi, I. Sahar, A. Rashid, Shwan, L. Binbrek, S. Breton, S. Wassef, C. Baril, A. Kaouk, J. Moukhtar. In front, left to right: S. Zubi, J. Geoffroy, L. Marks, J. Salloum, R. Hage. Photo: Souheil Moukhtar

The Lands within Me curator Aïda Kaouk and the Honourable Sheila Copps, in front of the works of artist Ishrak Sahar. Photo: S. Darby

This year, the Cultural Studies Division welcomed two important acquisitions to the CMC’s collections: a Gibson Fender Stratocaster guitar belonging to Rush’s Alex Lifeson, and a Jack Canuk cigar box, from the collection of Tony Hyman.

Photo: Tony Hyman

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Canadian Ethnology • The new exhibition Service Nuvisavik: “The Place Where We Weave”, an exhibition of Inuit tapestries The Canadian Ethnology Service produced by weavers of (CANES) studies the history and Pangnirtung, was researched traditions of Canada’s First and curated by Maria von Peoples. The research generated by Finckenstein, working in CANES staff leads to publications collaboration with the Inuit and exhibitions, as well as to the weavers of Pangnirtung. The sharing of knowledge and exhibition opened at the CMC expertise with Native groups and on February 21, 2002. museum professionals across Canada and around the world. In • Research has been completed addition, the Canadian Ethnology for an exhibit of Iroquois Service is an active participant in beadwork, to be installed in a repatriation discussions with First case in the First Peoples’ Hall Peoples communities across the corridor. country. Highlights of the past year include:

• Ethnology Division curators conducted research on historical Northwest Coast basketry, contemporary Northwest crafts, Plains Cree concepts of the sacred, Blackfoot ceremonial protocol, Inuit historical ivories, Mik’maq basketry, Plateau historical hats and headgear, Eastern Woodlands quillwork, and Tahltan history, as well as specific collections, such as the Bernard collection of Inuit material, and the Baker collection of Ktunaxa Hunters, 1981 material. Jaco Ishulutaq did the drawing on which this • The curatorial staff of the tapestry is based. Igah Etoangat designed and Canadian Ethnology Service wove the first tapestry. completed the storyline, Leesee Kakee wove this artifact selection and detailed tapestry, which is the sixth interpretation for the First copy of a total edition of Peoples Hall: Zone 4 — The ten. Materials: Wool, Last 500 Years. cotton, embroidery yarn. Private collection, Halifax, Nova Scotia. L2990 Photo: H. Foster

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• In collaboration with members • Repatriation discussions are • Numerous published articles, of the Tahltan communities of conducted with First Nations and countless presentations at Iskut and Telegraph Creek, in the context of conferences, universities, Judy Thompson developed a comprehensive claims and seminars and more. proposal and content package self-government negotiations, Highlights include: for an exhibition on the as well as in response to CMCC collection of Tahltan specific requests by First • Lectures and papers by artifacts and historical Nations. In 2001–2002, the Stephen Augustine on photographs. CMCC had discussions with topics ranging from oral the Labrador Inuit history among the • The CMCC continued to Association, the Algonquins Mi’kmaq to the sponsor visits by of , the relationship of representatives of the Six Hamatla Treaty Society, the indigenous knowledge to Nations who perform Sununeymuxw, Winalagalis, education. ceremonial care each spring Gitanyow, Haisla, and Haida, • Guest lecture by Judy and fall for false face masks and in response to requests by Thompson at the June and other sacred items from some individuals. 2001 opening of the Six Nations communities. Teslin Tlingit Cultural Discussion also continued • Repatriation discussions Centre in Vancouver. with Plains communities continue to be guided by the • Papers by Andrea Laforet regarding the care and CMCC Repatriation Policy, on topics ranging from handling of sacred items from which was approved in May Nuu-Chah-Nulth twine Plains communities. Two 2001. basketry to repatriation at curators attended the annual the CMC. meeting of curators of Plains • A presentation on CMCC • A paper by Nicholette collections to discuss the care policies and practices related Prince on fishing and repatriation of sacred to repatriation was made to technology and activity items from this region. the American Association of in the Plateau Region of Museums at the annual British Columbia, at the • In November, 2001 the meeting in St. Louis in May August 2001 conference CMCC concluded a Custodial 2001. on “Putting Fishers’ Arrangements Agreement Knowledge to Work” in with the Nisga’a Lisims Vancouver. Government. A sub-agreement of the Nisga’a Final Agreement, the Custodial Arrangements Agreement, provides for shared possession by the CMCC and the Nisga’a of objects of Nisga’a origin in the CMCC collection.

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Collections Highlights of the past year • Conservation of the Management and include: sculpture, Mythic Messengers, which is Planning Division • Installation of major artifacts mounted on the exterior of and dioramas for permanent the CMC’s Curatorial The Collections Management and exhibitions in the First Building. Planning Division is responsible Peoples Hall. for providing conservation and • Preparation of a detailed care of the CMC’s artifact scenario for major artifact • Coordination of the packing, collections, as well as providing collection movements and travelling and installation for access to the collections and advising staff of the five travelling exhibitions — coordinating loans for all objects Canadian War Museum and Lost Visions, Forgotten either lent to, or borrowed from, the Musée des civilisations Dreams, Isumavut, the Canadian Museum of (Québec) on their respective Iqqaippa, World Circus, and Civilization. The Division also moves to new storage This Other Eden — in provides technical services for the facilities. fabrication and installation of all venues which included Portugal, Indiana, Calgary, CMC exhibitions. The Division • Hosting of over forty group Montréal, and Lebanon. has three sections: Collections and individual tours of the Management, Conservation, and collections storage facilities, • Production of a “peat bog” Exhibit Display Preparation. conservation laboratories and environment for the technical production international exhibition The The activities of the Collections facilities. Management and Planning Mysterious Bog People, coming to the CMC in Fall Division support the ongoing • Initiation of a future 2002. operations of the CMC, serving as exhibition based on an important liaison with external “Conservation at the partners and other interested Canadian Museum of organizations as it shares Civilization”. collections and museological methodologies developed within the CMC.

Mythic Messengers being removed for conservation treatment. Photo: H. Foster

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Library, Archives and • The database upgrade Documentation coincided with an influx of funding for the digitization of Services collections images and data from the Canadian Memory The CMC’s Library, Archives and Fund — part of the Canadian Documentation Services maintains Culture Online Program document and rare book (CCOP) at the Department of collections, a reference library, a Canadian Heritage. Two new photographic library and other projects were begun late in the archival resources as well as fiscal year; one focused on artifact documentation. Highlights Aboriginal collections and the of the past year include: other on the legacy of one of our most significant • The Corporation’s collection researchers and collectors, management software — KE Marius Barbeau. EMu (for Electronic Museum) — underwent a • Working closely with their major upgrade this year, with counterparts at the Canadian particular emphasis on War Museum, a Corporate bringing together artifact Collections Standardization records and their Committee created “help files/ corresponding photographs. entry rules” for a catalogue for The latest version achieves a both collections. This 200- new level of sophistication in page document sets definitive the CMCC’s collections guidelines for naming, information, providing describing, classifying and improved information access cross-referencing any category at greatly increased speeds. of artifact the Corporation This upgrade also permits has, or might collect. Since faster access to the this single catalogue must Corporation’s on-line serve approximately 14 collections through the different types of collections Internet. At the moment, — from artillery and war art there are over 162,000 artifact to cultural studies and records available to the public ethnology — this document on-line, 33,000 of which have has become the authority for one or more images attached. registration and cataloguing decisions.

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• The requirement for new GIS • Based on operational Copyright Guidelines manual (Geographic Information requirements, a new section was developed for both System) mapping technology was created combining all institutions by the legal firm for the registration of photo-related activities and Borden, Ladner, Gervais. The archaeological sites entailed copyright licensing functions. manual is on the CMCC the acquisition of Arcview This will support a client- Intranet for staff use and will software. This new mapping focused approach to the soon be publicly available tool replaces outdated service, and will add through the Canadian technology and re-establishes efficiency to the workflow Heritage Information Network functions such as the processes. (CHIN) Web site. Copyright automatic designation of information sessions were Borden codes (unique • There were a number of also offered to all CMCC and identifiers required for the activities regarding copyright CMST staff. The sessions cataloguing of archaeological issues. In partnership with the were well attended and collections, and cited in Canada Museum of Science provided insight into the scientific documents, and Technology (CMST), a changing world of cultural publications and exhibits). institutions. The Archeological Sites Office uses this programme to manage the official inventories of archaeological sites on behalf of the governments of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Prince Edward Island.

• The Canadian Museum of Civilization’s archives now enjoy ideal conditions for the preservation and development of archival collections on paper, with the installation of new electromobile shelving in the principal reserves. The area now has also doubled its storage capacity.

• Nearly 700 researchers and members of Aboriginal communities undertook onsite consultations of thousands of audiovisual documents and archives manuscripts dealing The first Arcview map showing the distribution of archaeological sites in the Northwest Territories, as generated by the Prince of with research, exhibitions and Wales Northern Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the Canadian the history of the CMC. Museum of Civilization, using Sites Office numeric data.

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• The Division dealt with • During 2001, library • In conjunction with the numerous copyright requests cataloguing backlogs were exhibition Lifelines: again this year — primarily greatly reduced, with almost Canada’s East Coast for photographs. Two requests 1,000 books from 11 special Fisheries, the Archives and with noteworthy results were collections catalogued and the Library sections jointly L’art du Grand Nord, a new integrated into the collection. prepared a display on the book by Citadelles and Atlantic fisheries theme, Mazenod Publishers (Paris), • The Corporation’s Library which was presented in the which used 39 CMCC and Archives system (GEAC) public area of the CMC images, and a documentary successfully migrated to a Library. It included books, film to be aired on the new server, resulting in bibliography, videos, French-German Arte Network enhanced performance, speed manuscripts and a photo about two related Tsimshian and disk space for future exhibit that attracted many masks which — although expansion of the database. visitors. A book display to usually kept at two different There are currently almost support the exhibition Kichi institutions — were reunited 270,000 catalogued Sibi also was presented in the for a special event in Paris. documents available through Library. the Internet. A growing • An initiative designed to number of digitized rescue over 65,000 water- documents have been added damaged slides was to the catalogue, thus undertaken by a team of allowing clients to see volunteers, taking two years images, full-text documents, to complete. In this process, etc. each slide was transferred from a glass mount to a plastic mount, in order to ensure adequate ventilation. The slides will now be kept under optimal conservation conditions.

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he Exhibitions and • Several upgrades were made Programmes Branch to exhibits in the Grand Hall, T supports the strategic including the addition of new objectives of increasing information booklets in the appreciation and understanding of Tsimshian house and the Dig Canada’s heritage, and area, and the installation of a researching and developing the new computer station next to CMC’s collections and sharing the the Spirit of related knowledge — as outlined sculpture, allowing visitors to in its Corporate Plan. It produces a navigate on pages of the wide range of temporary, CMC’s Web site for travelling and permanent information on the sculpture, exhibitions, as well as artist Bill Reid and his work. programming which ranges from presentations of dance, music and theatre to lectures, demonstrations, workshops and educational programmes. Highlights of the past year include:

Permanent Exhibitions

• Progress has been made in the further development of the Canada Hall, with the addition of modules on West The exhibition Northern Visions is centered around a full-scale replica of Yellowknife’s Wildcat Cafe. Coast Communities, Northern Visions, The Photo: H. Foster Winnipeg Book and Music Supply Store and The North Star Press.

• New introductory text panels “Maps and Chaps” were developed and installed in the Canada Hall, helping to provide visitors with an overview of the themes within the Hall and add a political history dimension.

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Temporary Exhibitions

• Lifelines: Canada’s East Coast Fisheries, April 6, 2001 to February 24, 2002. This exhibition explored the history of the fisheries, the region’s culture, and the stakes involved in protecting our marine resources. Lifelines attracted over 197,000 visitors.

• Vimy Memorial Sculptures, May 4, 2001 to February 29, 2004. This exhibition features five large allegorical sculptures from the series designed by Walter Allward Fishermen (1971). Detail from triptych. Siegfried Haase (1916–1996) for the Vimy Memorial in On loan from the collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. France. They are on display to Gift of the artist and Ingrid Haase. promote the future Canadian War Museum. This painting was on display in the exhibition Lifelines: Canada’s East Coast Fisheries. • Resonance: The Musical Heritage of La Francophonie, May 10, 2001 to March 23, 2003. This exhibition was open during the Jeux de la Francophonie, held in Ottawa-Hull in the summer of 2001. The exhibition featured more than 100 musical instruments from francophone-speaking countries around the world, including a large number of African nations.

One of the five sculptures on display at the Canadian Museum of Civilization to promote the future Canadian War Museum.

The Defenders: Breaking the Sword

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• Across Borders: Beadwork • First Son: Portraits by in Iroquois Life, June 8 to C. D. Hoy, February 1 to November 12, 2001. An September 2, 2002. This exhibition that provided a exhibition of 81 black-and- multi-perspective view of white photographs taken by a Iroquois beadwork from the Chinese photographer in the 14th century to the present, early twentieth century with an emphasis on the early portrays Chinese, Native and 1800s. Across Borders other residents of the B.C. attracted over 73,000 visitors. Interior. Developed by Faith Moosang and produced by • Kichi Sibi: Tracing Our Presentation House Gallery, Region’s Ancient History, Vancouver. June 22, 2001 to August 17, 2003. This exhibition • Nuvisavik, “The Place explores the ancient history of Where We Weave”: Inuit the Valley Tapestries from Arctic during the 8,000 years prior Canada, February 22, 2002 to to the arrival of Europeans. September 8, 2003. Inuit culture is celebrated in this • The Lands within Me: series of 49 tapestries evoking Expressions by Canadian the traditional way of life of Artists of Arab Origin, the Pangnirtung community October 19, 2001 to March 9, on Baffin Island. 2003. This exhibition explores the immigrant experience through the works and narrative of 26 Canadian artists of Arab origin.

• Excellence: Saidye Bronfman Award Recipients, 1997–2001, November 21, 2001 to March 24, 2002. This exhibition featured works by the five most recent recipients of the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts, and included a range of artistic forms from guitar-making to ceramics.

Calligraphy in Thuluth style by the artist Aldin Rashid. “If you can’t say a good word, keep silent.” 1990. Ink and gold leaf on paper. This calligraphy is featured in the exhibition The Lands within Me: Expressions by Canadian Artists of Arab Origin. 49 Exhibitions and Programmes

Travelling Exhibitions • Iqqaipaa: Celebrating Discovery House Museum in Inuit Art, 1948-1970, an Sarnia, Ontario. It is currently Over the past year, exhibitions exhibition that pays tribute at the New Brunswick produced by the CMC have been to and explores the origins Museum in Saint John, New seen around the world. During of Inuit art, was shown at Brunswick. 2001–2002, thirteen exhibitions the Eiteljorg Museum of ranging in size from less than American Indians and • Presented by Investors Group, 45 m2 (500 sq. ft.) to 700 m2 Western Art in Indianapolis, This Other Eden: Canadian (7,500 sq. ft.) were actively Indiana from June 9 to Folk Art Outdoors continued touring in Canada, the U.S.A. and September 30, 2001. its national tour and was other venues around the world. shown at the Glenbow Highlights of the past year • Places of Power, Objects of Museum in Calgary, Alberta include: Veneration, an exhibition from March 31 to June 10, that features photos of 2001. • The exhibition Isumavut: Arctic landscapes, sacred The Artistic Expression of sites and inuksuit, has § Reservation X: The Power Nine Cape Dorset Women toured Argentina since May of Place in Aboriginal was shown at the National 2001 when it opened at the Contemporary Art, an Museum of Ethnology in Centro Cultural Recoleta in exhibition embodying the Lisbon, Portugal from Buenos Aires to coincide inspirational powers that September 13 to with the visit to Argentina Aboriginal contemporary December 16, 2001 as part of of Governor General artists draw form their the celebration of Portuguese Adrienne Clarkson. Since community environments, navigators reaching the then, it has toured seven was on display at the Hood Americas in the 15th and other centres in Argentina. Museum of Art in Hanover, 16th centuries. New Hampshire from • From the Hands of a October 6 to December 16, • The colourful, hands-on Master: Traditions 2001. Canadian Children’s Museum Revealed by exhibition World Circus was Contemporary Artisans is § Lost Visions, Forgotten presented in Beirut, Lebanon an exhibition produced by Dreams: Life and Art of an from October to December the Société internationale Ancient Arctic People 2001. It was originally to be des entreprises opened at the Public Museum shown in conjunction with the ÉCONOMUSÉE® in of Grand Rapids, in Grand Francophonie Summit in cooperation with the Rapids, Michigan, on Lebanon, but as the summit Canadian Postal Museum of February 2, 2002. was postponed and the the CMC and with the exhibition was already en financial assistance of the route, it was shown at the Department of Canadian Waterfront Exhibition Centre Heritage. Travelling with in Beirut under the auspices the generous support of of APPEL (Association pour Canada Post Corporation, it le progrès de l’enfant started its national tour at libanais). The exhibition the St. Catharines Museum, attracted approximately Ontario and has since toured 10,000 visitors and evoked the Victoria County considerable interest. Historical Society Museum in Lindsay, Ontario, the

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EXHIBITIONS Special Exhibitions Gallery C

Permanent exhibitions Lifelines: Canada’s East Coast Fisheries (CMC in cooperation with the Newfoundland Museum, New in the Canada Hall the New Brunswick Museum, the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Many Voices: Language and Foundation, and the Art Gallery of Culture in Manitoba (CMC), Nova Scotia), April 6, 2001 to since June 28, 2001 February 24, 2002 Northern Visions (CMC), since November 30, 2001 Special Exhibitions Gallery D

Temporary Exhibitions O Pelourinho! Popular Art from the Historic Heart of Brazil Corridor, First Peoples Hall (Marion Jackson, Wayne State University and Barbara Cervenka, Excellence: Saidye Bronfman Siena Heights University), Award Recipients, 1997–2001 February 15, 2000 to (CMC), November 21, 2001 to September 3, 2001 March 24, 2002 Full Circle: First Contact — Vikings and Skraelings in Special Exhibitions Gallery A Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland Museum, Emergence from the Shadow: Government of Newfoundland and First Peoples’ Photographic Labrador, in partnership with the Perspectives (CMC), October 23, Canada Millennium Partnership This drum is featured in the 1999 to January 6, 2002 Program and the Nordic Council exhibition Resonance – Nuvisavik, “The Place Where of Ministers), April 6 to We Weave”: Inuit Tapestries Musical Heritage of La September 3, 2001 Francophonie. from Arctic Canada, (CMC), The Lands Within Me: February 22, 2002 to September 8, Expressions by Canadian Artists 2003 of Arab Origin (CMC), October 19, 2001 to March 9, Special Exhibitions Gallery B 2003

Across Borders: Beadwork in Special Exhibitions Gallery E Iroquois Life (McCord Museum of Canadian History, Montréal and Open storage display: Musical the Castellani Art Museum of Geography — Musical Niagara University, N.Y.), June 8 Instruments from Around the to November 4, 2001 World (CMC), May 10, 2001 to First Son: Portraits by C. D. Hoy March 30, 2003 (Presentation House Gallery, Rada drum. CMC 2000.64.3 and Resonance — Musical Heritage 2000.64.5. Photo: H. Foster Vancouver), February 1 to of La Francophonie (CMC), September 2, 2002 May 10, 2001 to March 23, 2003

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Special Exhibitions Mezzanine Travelling Exhibitions (Canada Hall) (In alphabetical order) Souvenirs of Canada (CMC), July 1, 1994 to October 26, 2003 Canadian UNESCO World Glass Works: The Story of Glass Heritage Sites and Glass-making in Canada • December 18, 2000 to (CMC), April 16, 1998 to October 28, 2001, Centre September 16, 2002 Parc d’Oka, Oka, Que. Timeless Treasures: The Story of • November 28, 2001 to Dolls in Canada (CMC), April 28, 2002, February 3, 2000 to March 30, Restigouche Regional 2003 Museum, Dalhousie, N.B. The Arctic Voyages of Martin From the Hands of a Frobisher (CMC), March 13, Master: Tradition 2000 to October 26, 2003 Revealed by Contemporary Artisans W. E. Taylor Salon • February 18 to May 6, 2001, St. Catharines Kichi Sibi: Tracing Our Region’s Museum, St. Catharines, Ancient History (CMC), June 22, Ont. 2001 to August 17, 2003 • June 11 to September 2, 2001, Victoria County Others Historical Society Museum, Lindsay, Ont. Hudson Bay Canoe (in • October 15, 2001 to cooperation with the Hudson’s Bay January 6, 2002, Discovery Company), November 19, 1997, House Museum, Sarnia, indefinitely Ont. Symbol of a Profession: One • February 11 to May 5, Hundred Years of Nurses’ Caps 2002, New Brunswick (CMC), February 13, 2001 to Museum, Saint John, N.B. September 29, 2002 Iqqaipaa: Celebrating Inuit Art, Vimy Memorial Sculptures 1948–1970, June 9 to September 30, (CWM), May 4, 2001 to 2001, Eiteljorg Museum of February 29, 2004 American Indians and Western Art, Newfoundland: Land of Cod Indianapolis, Indiana (Commission for the Isumavut: The Artistic Expression Commemoration of the Portuguese of Nine Cape Dorset Women, Discoveries), May 27, 2001 to September 13 to December 16, January 6, 2002 2001, National Museum of Ethnology, Lisbon, Portugal

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Legends of Our Times: Native Places of Power, Objects of Reservation X: The Power of Ranching and Rodeo Life on the Veneration Place in Aboriginal Plains and Plateau, October 9, • May 3 to May 20, 2001, Contemporary Art, October 6 to 2000 to May 13, 2001, National Centro Cultural Recoleta, December 16, 2001, Hood Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Buenos Aires, Argentina, Museum of Art, Hanover, New Heritage Center, Oklahoma City, in cooperation with the Hampshire Oklahoma Canadian Embassy in The Tunit, a Palaeo-Eskimo Lost Visions, Forgotten Dreams: Argentina People Life and Art of an Ancient • August 16 to 20, 2001, • May 1 to September 2, Arctic People Museo de la ciudad 2001, Wellington County • November 29, 2000 to Neuquén, Argentina Museum, Fergus, Ont. May 6, 2001, McCord • August 22 to • November 12, 2001 to Museum of Canadian September 6, 2001, February 3, 2002, History, Montréal, Que. Concejo Deliberante San DesBrisay Museum and • February 2 to May 27, Martin de los Andes, Exhibition Centre, 2002, Public Museum of Argentina Bridgewater, N.S. Grand Rapids, Grand • September 21 to 30, • March 4 to May 26, Rapids, Michigan 2001, Casa de la Cultura 2002, London Museum of Native Cowboy Life Enrique Nuñez, Archaeology, London, • January 18 to June 17, Argentina Ont. 2001, The Fort Museum • October 15, 2001, Galeria • December 18, 2000 to of the North West de exposiciones FADU, October 28, 2001, Centre Mounted Police, Fort Ciudad Universaria, Parc d’Oka, Oka, Que. Macleod, Alta. Argentina • November 28, 2001 to • July 15 to September 7, • December 6, 2001, April 28, 2002, 2001, Heritage Museum, Museo de Motivos Restigouche Regional St. Albert, Alta. Argentinos José Museum, Dalhousie, N.B. • October 10, 2001 to Hernandez, Buenos This Other Eden: Canadian April 2, 2002, La Maison Aires, Argentina Folk Art Outdoors, March 31 to des cultures • December 7, 2001 to June 10, 2001, Glenbow Museum, amérindiennes, Mont- May 31, 2002, various Calgary, Alta. Saint-Hilaire, Que. locations in Argentina, in Under the Sign of the Cross — cooperation with the exhibition components, March 3 Canadian Embassy to September 15, 2002, Musée des religions, Nicolet, Que.

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Programmes

The CMC provides a wide range of public programming for its visitors, ranging from educational outreach to performances, lectures, films and more. Highlights of the past year include:

• A series of large-scale special events and festival weekends were held in conjunction with the openings of major exhibitions, including Lifelines: Canada’s East Coast Fisheries, Resonance: The Musical Heritage of La Francophonie, The Lands within Me: Expressions by Canadian Artists of Arab Origin, and Nuvisavik: “The Place Where We Weave”. Programming included concerts, craft demonstrations, theatrical performances, workshops, children’s activities, exhibition tours, theme foods Visitors enjoy a demonstration in the exhibition Resonance: The Musical Heritage of La and other special events. Francophonie. Photo: S. Darby

The St. Lucia Winter Solstice event was held for a third successful year in partnership with the Embassy of Sweden and IKEA Canada. Photo: S. Darby 54 Exhibitions and Programmes

• Two new series were launched • For the third year in a row, • Interpretive planners for adult audiences. The Capital Quiz, staged in developed formal guided Conversations and Coffee partnership with the National tours for two exhibitions, to series presented several Capital Commission, be implemented by hosting informal afternoon lectures. attracted about 5,000 young staff. Training was also The Evening at the Museum people during May and June. provided to guides for five series featured thematic events exhibitions, and to animation such as historical wine- • Several key partnerships staff and volunteers for tasting, a cabaret evening of helped the CMC deliver educational and family wartime songs and readings in cultural programmes to over programmes. the Canadian Postal Museum, 10,000 visitors in 2001–2002, and an evening of songs and including a full day of • Two training sessions were poems in the Canada Hall’s cultural events for Japan Day organized for museum staff in reconstructed Yellowknife 2001, in collaboration with specialized subjects related to landmark, the Wildcat Cafe. the Embassy of Japan and the interpretive planning; eight Canada-Japan Society of papers were delivered at • Designed to appeal to active Ottawa. The St. Lucia Winter conferences, and staff hosted seniors on tour, a new series Solstice event was held for a museologists from Europe. called Learning Travel was third successful year in launched at tourism trade partnership with the Embassy • Exhibition ideas, programmes shows, and included themes of Sweden and IKEA Canada. and other topics were tested on the Vikings and Postal and evaluated with visitors in Communications. • The CMC’s resident theatre eight separate evaluation company, Dramamuse, studies by interpretive • Programming was expanded continued to offer theatrical planning staff. in the Canadian Postal performances throughout the Museum to attract families, exhibitions, reaching more • A brochure entitled Two-Hour adults, seniors and than 152,000 visitors. Self-Guided Tour was professional and amateur produced for first-time philatelists, and included • Orientations and customized visitors, and guidelines were sessions with visual artists, visits were provided to over developed for the production curators, philatelic specialists 150 Bachelor of Education of printed interpretive and actors from Dramamuse. students and teachers; and the materials and touch-carts CMC participated in the jury featuring hands-on artifacts. • School programming and ceremony for the annual continued at the CMC, and Prime Minister’s Teaching onsite in regional schools. Award. Staff also trained a Programmes were modified in number of interns from order to improve links to secondary and post-secondary Ontario and Quebec curricula, schools. and new school programmes were launched, some of which highlight and support upcoming exhibitions. Over 15,000 students participated in the Corporation’s educational programmes, including those subsidized by the Chawkers Foundation. 55 Canadian Children’s Museum

he Canadian Children’s • A partnership was struck with Museum takes young Festival 4-15: Ottawa Festival T visitors on a wide-ranging of the Arts for Young intercultural odyssey through Audiences to present a fall workshops, animation and winter series of programmes, day camps, performing arts events for sleepovers, and various other young audiences. learning experiences. The CCM continues to be one of the most • In partnership with the popular venues in the Canadian International Writers’ Museum of Civilization, with Festival, the Canadian attendance of 520,246 in Children’s Museum held a 2001–2002. weekend of children’s literacy events in September 2001. The Canadian Children’s Canadian authors read Museum’s activities support the excerpts from their books and Corporate mandate in meeting the gave demonstrations and strategic objectives of: increasing workshops to children ages appreciation and understanding of 2 to 14. Canada’s heritage, and researching and developing collections and sharing the related knowledge, as outlined in its Corporate Plan.

Highlights of the past year include:

• Delivery of a diverse line-up of programmes and activities, including a Canada Day Ceilidh in support of the exhibition Lifelines: Canada’s East Coast Fisheries, which attracted 11,000 visitors. Annual special events such as Lunch with the Witches, Festival of Lights, Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Kids’ Day in the Park and Breakfast with Santa’s Elves were sold out. Six weeks of summer day camps Crossroads is the first stop on The Great Adventure at the were sold out, as were the two Canadian Children’s Museum. It is a meeting place for children to gather and explore cultural diversity through the weeks of spring-break day familiar notion of travel and communication. “What do you do camps. Theme parties and after school?” is one of several questions that visitors can ask sleepovers were booked to five children from different countries at the Kids Connect video capacity. kiosk. Photo: H. Foster

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Show and Tell: Growing Up Canadian brought to life over 200 puppets, costumes, props and memorabilia, celebrating the best in English and French television and radio programming for children. Children could build their own television characters, join the cast of a television production, or try radio broadcasting. This temporary exhibition, created by the CBC Museum in Toronto, captivated an overwhelming number of families and school groups. Photo: H. Foster

• As part of its early-learning programme, the Canadian Children’s Museum, in partnership with Performers for Literacy, presented weekly storytelling sessions for children ages 2 to 5.

• Two temporary exhibitions were presented in the CCM’s Kaleidoscope Gallery, including Imaginarium, a CCM production, and Show and Tell: Growing Up Canadian, produced in partnership with the CBC Museum. The latter exhibition included special guests from Radio-Canada and CBC children’s programming. The CCM also participated in the Canada Day Poster Challenge, Mr. Dressup (1967–1996) developed by the Department Mr. Dressup, Casey and Finnegan entertained children of Canadian Heritage, and with stories, simple crafts, songs, drawings and dress- hosted the artwork of the up adventures. winning entries from across Photo: Paul Smith Canada. 57 Canadian Children’s Museum

• The CCM’s outdoor their animation staff. Other Travelling Exhibitions Adventure World opened for a Youth Museum exhibits also (In alphabetical order) busy summer season that travelled to numerous included daily and special museums throughout the Adventures Into Books: events such as S.O.S.: Sailing United States. Gumby’s World Over Summer and Run Away March 23 to June 22, 2001, and Join the Circus. • Three exhibition activities Brooklyn Children’s Museum, were developed for the Kids Brooklyn, New York • There were four meetings of Zone component of the Face to Face the CCM Youth Advisory travelling versions of the February to May 2001, Bay Area Committee — 14 young Canadian Pavilion, developed Discovery Museum, Sausalito, people who advise the CCM by the Canada Information California on the development and Office. Global Shoes evaluation of programmes and March 7 to June 15, 2001, exhibitions, and act as • In the region, the CCM Chicago Children’s Museum, ambassadors in their schools. provided workshops for Chicago, Illinois Over 80 youth volunteers ages Family Day at the Ottawa LEGO® Ocean Adventure 12 to 17 continued to work International Jazz Festival April 20 to July 20, 2001, The with CCM staff in the and the Garden Children’s Museum of Memphis, exhibition areas. Party, and the Gatineau Hot Memphis, Tennessee Air Balloon Festival. Siqiniq: Under the Same Sun, • The CCM continued to reach May 9 to August 26, 2001, Musée out to children in the region, d’art de Saint-Laurent, Ville across Canada, and around EXHIBITIONS Saint-Laurent, Que. the world. This year the World Circus, October 13 to CCM, in collaboration with Temporary Exhibitions December 9, 2001, APPEL – the CMC Web site group, Association pour le progrès de developed Mystery at 262, an Imaginarium (CCM), April 13 to l’enfant libanais, Beirut, Lebanon interactive on-line programme September 30, 2001 for children ages 9 and up. Adventure World (CCM), The programme uses the May 19 to September 30, 2001 Forster Dollhouse from the Canada Day Poster Challenge CCM collection as the (CCM), June 1 to September 6, backdrop for solving a 2001 mystery. Show and Tell: Growing up Canadian (Canadian • The exhibition World Circus Broadcasting Corporation), completed the YMEC (Youth November 3, 2001 to May 6, 2002 Museum Exhibit Collaborative) tour, then travelled to Beirut, Lebanon, where it was presented by the Children’s Museum of Beirut. A programme planner travelled to Beirut to train

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hrough its exhibitions, programming and special T events, the Canadian Postal Museum presents the postal heritage of Canada, including philately, the history of mail delivery and postal communications, mail art and other forms of written interaction.

The activities of the Canadian Postal Museum support the Corporate strategic objectives of increasing appreciation and understanding of Canada’s heritage, and researching and developing collections and sharing the related knowledge, as outlined in the Corporate Plan.

Highlights of the past year include:

• During 2001–2002, the Canadian Postal Museum welcomed 281,605 visitors, for a total of 1,582,979 visitors since its opening within the Canadian Museum of Civilization in 1997.

• The Canadian Postal Museum presented three new exhibitions: Stampin’ the Future, Windows TM on the World: Wings to Fly!, StampQuest is an interactive exhibition and Philatelic Stars: Canada’s introducing young visitors to the world of postage stamps and philately. Most Beautiful Stamps. In Photo: S. Darby addition, the exhibit entitled What’s New in Philately enabled the CPM to present more than 20 new stamp issues/ philatelic releases over the course of the year.

• The CPM continued to present popular activities and exhibitions such as StampQuest, Write Like an Egyptian, Communications Studio and Signed, Sealed and Delivered.

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• The CPM enjoys the support • The annual St. Valentine’s • The Canadian Postal Museum of several partners, including Day Ball, a benefit organized continued to present the an important ongoing by the Friends of the travelling exhibition, From commitment from Canada Canadian Postal Museum, the Hands of a Master, Post Corporation for all of its was held again on developed in association with activities. Thanks to its February 14, 2002. This event the Société internationale des sponsorship agreement with attracted more than entreprises ÉCONOMUSÉE®. Canada Post, the Canadian 360 guests, raising over This exhibition received Postal Museum has also been $55,000 on behalf of the financial support from the active in programming. A CPM. During the event, the Department of Canadian new school programme Honorary Chairman, the Heritage and Canada Post accompanying the Signed, Honourable André Ouellet, Corporation. Sealed, Delivered exhibition presented the CMCC with a was developed and has been cheque in this amount towards offered to students since the Canadian Postal Museum. November 2001. The school programme StampQuest: The Collecting Adventure continued throughout the year, with several hundred students participating. Six other programmes with a postal twist were also offered during the year: Dear Mom, Philatelic Day, the Stamp Road Show, St.Valentine’s Day Mail Art, The Birth of Valentines, and Write Me a Story.

• The CPM enjoys the continuing support of the Pitney Bowes Corporation, sponsor of the Pitney Bowes Art Gallery, and benefited from the cooperation of the National Archives of Canada in the updating of the philatelic section of the exhibition Signed, Sealed, Delivered.

Letters from “Your Tin Soldier”, Herman to Joan, addressed during the Second World War. Joan Lemons (née Corrigan), from Manitoulin Island near Georgian Bay, Ontario, enlisted in the Canadian Postal Corps in the Summer of 1944. Her friend, Herman Leishman, joined the army early in 1942. He trained at Camp Borden, and was sent overseas in the spring. By 1943, Herman was fighting in Sicily, where he disappeared. Herman has no grave, as his body was never found. CPM Collection. Photo: Claire Dufour 60 Canadian Postal Museum

• During the past fiscal year, of an exhibition of the CPM’s • The CPM is in the planning historical research on postal international stamps, entitled: stages for four upcoming communication has Windows on the World: exhibitions: Satisfaction progressed on such themes as Wings to Fly. Guaranteed: The Mail colonial postal history (the Order Catalogue in Canada Québec-Montréal road), the • The CPM has an active (opening on June 14, 2002); mail order catalogue, and the lending programme. In 2001– Reflections of Canada, French-Canadian diaspora. 2002, it loaned items to a which presents all Canadian number of organizations, stamp issues (July 1, 2002); • A key historical research including the Western Canada Rail, Mail, Retail, developed project was the Web module Service Centre, Parks Canada in association with the “A Chronology of Canadian Agency in Winnipeg, which Hudson’s Bay Company, Postal History”. The module borrowed a franking machine; Canadian Pacific and Canada consists of brief entries, the Provincial Museum of Post (Fall 2002), and The organized chronologically into Alberta in Edmonton, which Post Goes Pop! which will seven different time periods, borrowed two boxes of letters; open in spring 2004. covering the years 1506 to and a Montréal film 1999. Hyperlinks lead visitors production company, the Brockville Museum in to longer texts, providing EXHIBITIONS additional background on Brockville, Ontario, and the such subjectsas the reform of Blandford and Area Historical the postal system (1851), the Society in Blandford, Nova Temporary Exhibitions establishment of the Canadian Scotia, all of which borrowed Postal Corps (1911) and the CPM loan kits to assist in What’s New in Philately (CPM), advent of the postal code various projects. These loan June 11, 1997, indefinitely (1971). The site attracted kits are proving an Write like an Egyptian! (CPM), about 1,200 visitors per month indispensable tool when small May 8, 1998, indefinitely in its first months of museums and historical Stamp Quest™ (CPM), operation. societies want to borrow February 25, 1999, indefinitely objects representing Canada’s Stampin’ the Future (CPM), • The Canadian Postal postal heritage. July 1, 2000 to April 8, 2001 Museum’s nine-member Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The volunteer team continues to • The CPM held seven Postal Heritage in Evolution inventory and place in albums collections sub-committee (CPM), June 15, 2000 to the CPM’s international meetings during 2001–2002 December 6, 2005 philatelic collection, which and has acquired 183 objects. Windows on the World: Wings includes new stamp issues and Among the most important to Fly! (CPM), December 11, first-day covers from the 188 acquisitions is a rain ensemble 2000 to March 31, 2002 member countries of the — raincoat and hat — worn Philatelic Stars: Canada’s Most Universal/International Postal by a postmaster during the Beautiful Stamps (CPM), Union. This team also looks 1920s. Also of note is the April 23, 2001 to March 31, 2002 after the inventory and acquisition of a hundred classification of all Canadian letters written by a teenager. stamps in the collection. In 2001–2002, the CPM volunteers also participated in the planning and development

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he Public Relations and Calendar of Events Publishing Branch T (formerly Public Affairs) Public Relations and Publishing orchestrates the diverse activities produced four issues of the central that influence the public image of communications tool for the Corporation, and disseminates promoting the Museums’ the results of professional research activities, a Calendar of Events through high-quality publications. for each of the CMC and the The Branch manages the CWM. Between 240,000 and Museums’ reputation and 370,000 copies were printed each maintains a high level of visibility quarter and widely distributed in at the local, regional, national and the region and to subscribers. international levels. The Branch carries out this mandate by:

• producing documents with specific purposes for targeted audiences; • developing and maintaining direct and dynamic relationships with media outlets through a range of strategic media relations activities; • organizing special events (openings, screenings, speaking engagements) that reinforce the Museum’s public image or its link to a particular community; • developing publications for various readership markets that disseminate and promote Museum research and expertise, and through • other means which ensure the communication of this public institution’s activities to Canadians and others.

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Promotional Brochure

A CWM promotional brochure (200,000 copies) was produced to attract tourists and other potential visitors to this destination.

Onsite Promotion

The Branch produces and regularly updates printed products that provide orientation for visitors to the physical site, and the multitude of features offered in the Museums. These include the CMC and CWM printed Visitor’s Map and This Week at the Museum, as well as an electronic video display on current CMC attractions.

Internal Communications

An electronic newsletter for all staff is produced weekly.

Media Relations

Media Relations conducts a range of activities, including the production and distribution of documents and other materials for the media, designed to communicate the Museum’s messages via the media, and to reinforce its public image. Continual and significant coverage was achieved in all media over the past year in the region as well as across Canada. In the year ending March 31, 2002, one hundred and Children from Léo D. Côté Catholic School in Ottawa take part in the Radio thirty-three media releases were Enfants 2002 programme. Held from March 18 to June 21 at the Canadian produced and distributed — an Museum of Civilization, the programme was an initiative of Atelier Radio average year in terms of volume Enfant, in cooperation with the Museum’s media relations department. This — as well as supportive well-received programme involved over 20,000 students from 95 Canadian photographic and audiovisual schools in 96 days of live radio broadcasts. Photo: Radio Enfant material. Fruitful relations with key media contacts were sustained via regular communications. 63 Public Relations and Publishing

Openings and Media • Excellence: Saidye Previews Bronfman Award Recipients, 1997–2001 on Exhibition openings remained a November 20. This event, major element in generating held in conjunction with the awareness of the CMC and presentation of the 2001 building media interest and good Saidye Bronfman Award, community relations. Major attracted approximately 400 exhibition openings included: guests and was held in the presence of Her Excellency • Lifelines: Canada’s East Adrienne Clarkson, Governor Coast Fisheries on April 5, General of Canada. 2001, held in the Grand Hall with over 1,200 people. This • Many Voices: Language and followed a well-attended Culture in Manitoba and media preview in the Northern Visions, both in morning. Visibility was also 2001, in the Canada Hall. ensured in hotels and tourism These combined media/public destinations throughout the events drew several hundred region. attendees, representing both the media and the • Resonance: Musical communities portrayed in the Heritage of La new exhibits. Francophonie on May 9, 2001. The media preview was • The Branch also ensured the followed by an opening, also planning and coordination of held in the Grand Hall, which major events such as the attracted some 500 people, celebration of National with representatives in Aboriginal Day on June 21, attendance from the Jeux de la the launch of the Jeux de la Francophonie, as well as francophonie, state dinners ambassadors from a number of for the Presidents of Mexico, the Francophone countries. Portugal, Spain, Belgium and the European Economic • Kichi Sibi: Tracing Our Community, the visit of His Region’s Ancient History on Royal Highness Prince June 21, 2001. The opening of Charles, and the presentation this first exhibition on of honorary Canadian archaeological finds in the citizenship to former South region was held in the African President Nelson William E. Taylor Gallery on Mandela. National Aboriginal Day. It attracted well over 100 local guests, including Native elders, local dignitaries and members of the Aboriginal community.

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The Lands within Me Announcement of Major first in Hanover on May 10, 2002. Exhibition Broadcast It then comes to Canada, opening Following the dramatic events of Across Two Continents at the CMC on December 6, 2002, September 11, 2001, the Museum and the Glenbow Museum in Calgary on October 18, 2003. It announced its decision on In July 2001, four major European will open in Assen, September 25 to delay the opening and Canadian museums on September 6, 2004. of this exhibition until early 2002. announced the first-ever In light of the public reaction and international exhibition tour of the significant media coverage this significant archaeological finds decision generated, the Museum discovered in European bogs. The announced on September 28 that it Mysterious Bog People press would open the exhibition in its conference, which took place on entirety on the date originally July 5 at the Canadian Museum of planned. This announcement was Civilization, one of the partner made at a well-attended media museums, was broadcast conference where the Museum’s simultaneously by video and audio key messages were effectively conference to the other three conveyed. The Museum opened major partners — the Glenbow the exhibition as planned on Museum in Calgary, Canada, the October 19, 2002, attracting close Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum to 1,000 guests from various in Hanover, Germany and the communities and generating more Drents Museum in Assen, balanced coverage and public Netherlands. The exhibition opens reaction.

Representatives from the partner museums in Calgary and Europe were at the press conference held for The Mysterious Bog People. From left to right: Dr. Stephan Veil, vice-head of the department of prehistoric archaeology of the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum in Hanover, Germany, Mr. Heinz Reese, Vice President of Program and Exhibit Development at the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, and Mr. Jaap J. Brakke, Chief Curator at the Drents Museum, Assen, Netherlands. Photo: S. Darby

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In spring 2002, the exhibition Lifelines: Canada’s East Coast Fisheries received the Canadian Museums Association award for Outstanding Achievement in the Exhibitions category. The award recognized Lifelines as a nationally significant project that exceeded the current standard of practice and demonstrated creativity, leadership and effective use of resources. Lifelines was composed of six complementary exhibitions produced jointly by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Newfoundland Museum, the New Brunswick Museum and the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation. The six exhibitions will be presented at the CMC’s partner museums and other Atlantic Canada museums over the next three years. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia also collaborated in the presentation at the CMC. Lifelines ran at the CMC from April 6, 2001 to February 24, 2002.

Publishing Group

An early twentieth-century Newfoundland outport kitchen from The Publishing Group underwent the exhibition Lifelines: Canada’s East Coast Fisheries (detail some important changes at the of diorama), Newfoundland Museum. Photo: S. Darby end of this year, and is now part of the newly created Public Relations and Publishing Branch. Over the past year, the Publishing Group continued to produce all of the Corporation’s print publications, as well as all Web site modules for the Virtual Museum of New France™ (now under the Web site team), including the continued expansion of its e-commerce site. During the year, the Virtual Museum of New France attracted 750,000 visitors to its site,

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confirming the Museum’s The latter received glowing popularity with an expanding reviews in both The Montreal audience. Gazette, and The Globe and Mail. In addition to supporting exhibitions and programmes, the • International organizations activities of the Publishing Group and institutions such as the make use of the Corporation’s Comissão Nacional para as body of research and help to meet Comemorações dos its responsibility to disseminate Descobrimentos Portugueses, knowledge. with the Museu Nacional de Etnologia in Portugal obtained Highlights of the past year include: a license to produce a Portuguese version of the Print Publications 1994 CMCC publication Inuit Women Artists to accompany • This year’s unexpected success the Museum’s travelling was the publication of a exhibition Isumavut: The doctoral dissertation by CMC Artistic Expression of Nine historian Jean-Pierre Hardy by Cape Dorset Women. Les Éditions du Septentrion. Entitled La vie quotidienne • The CMCC, in partnership dans la vallée du Saint- with Les Éditions Libre Laurent: 1790-1835, the Expression and the Musée initial print run of 1,000 Pointe-à-Callière, bought the copies sold out quickly, and exclusive international rights another 1,200 copies were to the English-language printed only three months version of The Great Peace: later. The book was also Chronicle of a Diplomatic chosen by mega-bookstore Saga. Renaud-Bray as one of their “Coups de Coeur.” • The Corporation also published three more titles in • On the strength of its co- its prestigious Mercury Series, publishing partnerships with including two for the Canadian and American Archaeological Survey of publishers (McGill-Queen’s Canada, and one for the University Press and Canadian Ethnology Service. University of Washington Press), the Corporation produced three books based on past or upcoming exhibitions: Nuvisavik: The Place Where We Weave/Nuvisavik: Là où nous tissons, and The Arctic Voyages of Martin Frobisher: An Elizabethan Adventure were both published this fiscal year. 67 Public Relations and Publishing

Electronic Publications • The Publishing Group • The Publishing Group created (Multimedia) and participated in Summer 2001 nine articles for the electronic Activities in the Fêtes de la Nouvelle- Oracle module, written by France, organized by the CMC researchers and their Corporation des fêtes collaborators. The Oracle • A new module for the Virtual historiques de Québec. series is part of the Learning Museum of New France was Representatives of the Virtual WindowTM project, a product added, profiling education in Museum of New France were of Ingenuity Works Inc. of the seventeenth and welcomed by the Association Vancouver. eighteenth centuries. France-Québec in Fornel House in Place Royale. This • The Virtual Museum module excellent visibility furthered entitled Nos ancêtres the promotion of the Virtual d’origine européenne : Museum and the module Nos généalogie et histoire de ancêtres d’origine famille (“Our European européenne : généalogie et Ancestors: Genealogy and histoire de famille (“Our Family History”) added 254 European Ancestors: new family histories, written Genealogy and Family by Robert Prévost of Éditions History”). Libre Expression. This module was recognized by the Programme de recherche en démographie historique (Research Programme in Demographic History) of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) as one of the most important sites for those wanting to trace the history of their French- Canadian ancestors. The module was also promoted in February 2002 in a campaign announcing this new content (twice the number of family histories and nearly 2,000 illustrations).

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LIST OF Mercury Series Electronic Oracle Series PUBLICATIONS Archaeological Survey of Produced in partnership with The Learning Window™ project by General Works Canada • Patrick J. Julig, ed. The Ingenuity Works Inc. • Beaulieu, Alain and Roland Sheguiandah Site: • Bégin, Carmelle. Music of the Viau. The Great Peace: Archaeological, geological, World Chronicle of a Diplomatic and paleobotanical studies at • Gourdeau, Claire. Jean Talon, Saga. Co-published with a Paleoindian site on First Intendant of New Éditions Libre Expression and Manitoulin Island, Ontario. France: The Man and His the Pointe-à-Callière Mercury Series Paper 161. Achievements Museum. • Marie-Rousselière, Guy. • Hardy, Jean-Pierre. Personal • Hardy, Jean-Pierre. La vie Nunguvik et Saatut. Sites Hygiene in Canada, quotidienne dans la vallée du paléoeskimaux de Navy Board 1660-1835 Saint-Laurent, 1790-1835. Inlet, Île de Baffin. Mercury • Keenlyside, David L. Co-published with Éditions Series Paper 162. Aboriginal Fishing in Atlantic du Septentrion. Canada: An Ancient Tradition • Leroux, Odette, Marion Canadian Ethnology • Kitzan, Chris. Immigration to Jackson and Minnie Aodla Western Canada: The Early Freeman, ed. Isumavut: A Service 20th Century expressão artistica de nova • Jessup, Lynda, ed. with • McGhee, Robert. Vinland mulheres de Cape Dorset. Co- Shannon Bagg. Aboriginal • Murchison, Karen Albright. published with Comissão Representation in the Gallery. What’s a Whatzit? Nacional para as Mercury Series Paper 135. • Nebel, Constance. The Art of Comemorações dos Puppetry Descobrimentos Portugueses, Virtual Museum of New • Willis, John. Postal Reform in Instituto Português de France™ Modules Early 19th-Century British Museus, Museu Nacional de • Education. Text by Claire North America Etnologia. Gourdeau. • McGhee, Robert. The Arctic • 254 Family Histories in Our Voyages of Martin Frobisher: Ancestors of European An Elizabethan Adventure. Origin: Genealogy and Co-published with McGill- Family History. Text by Queen’s University Press. Robert Prévost, Éditions Libre • von Finckenstein, Maria, ed. Expression. Produced in Nuvisavik: The Place Where collaboration with Archiv- We Weave/Nuvisavik – Là où Histo. nous tissons. Co-published with McGill-Queen’s University Press and the University of Washington Press.

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he Canadian War Museum New CWM Facility is Canada’s national T museum of military history. • At the beginning of this fiscal Currently housed at two separate year, the Canadian War sites in Ottawa — a public Museum learned that it would museum on Sussex Drive and a be located on the prime storage facility on the other side of riverfront site of LeBreton the downtown core — the Flats in central Ottawa — a Canadian War Museum is site provided by the National building a new facility on a Capital Commission — along riverfront site in central Ottawa. with funds to support clean- The new site will allow all CWM up of the site’s industrial functions to be assembled under legacy, and funds for the one roof, and provides for building of the facility itself. considerable upgrading of The new Museum has the exhibitions, educational goal of opening in 2005, to programmes, special events, coincide with the 60th conservation facilities, research anniversary of the end of the facilities and visitor amenities. Second World War in Europe, and the 125th anniversary of The Canadian War Museum and the Canadian War Museum. its programmes support Corporation’s strategic objectives, • By February 2002, the CWM from increasing appreciation and had selected the architectural understanding of Canada’s team that will design the new heritage, to researching and facility: Moriyama & Teshima developing collections and sharing of Toronto and Griffiths the related knowledge, to Rankin Cook of Ottawa, as maintaining financial and well as the team that will operational viability — design the new Museum’s particularly as relates to the new exhibitry; Haley Sharpe of CWM project. London, , in partner- ship with Origin Studios of Ottawa.

• The Passing the Torch fundraising campaign, with a goal of $15 million towards funding new exhibitions and programmes within the new CWM, has raised $11 million to date, and expects to achieve its fundraising goal by the end of next fiscal year.

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