EVENTS

Current Events

Curious about Pathways? Join one of our public events to experience the types of conversations that unfold within the program.

Event graphic contains circular photos of panelists and moderator, with a green dotted line connecting the photos. Text reads: The State of Musuems: Time, People, and Money. Wednesday, June 3rd, 10:00am-11:30am PT. Virtual Event.

The State of Museums: Time, People, Money

Moderator: Lorenda Calvert
Panelists: Chris Mathieson, Petra Höller, and Robin Folvik

ABOUT THIS PANEL
Museums are being asked to respond to urgent and expanding pressures, including climate change, AI, reconciliation, and repatriation, infrastructure needs, community engagement, and financial sustainability. Many small and rural museums are doing this work with limited staff, flat operating funding, and growing expectations from communities, funders, boards, and the public.

This panel brings together leaders from small museums across BC to reflect on the current state of the sector through three connected pressures: time, people, and money. Panelists will share practical examples from their own organizations, including revenue diversification, AI and working with a mixed priority board, and confronting denialism in community-facing work.

Together, this conversation will explore what it means to do meaningful, relational museum work when capacity is stretched, and what kinds of support, advocacy, and structural change are needed for museums to thrive.

Automated live transcription and ASL interpretation will be provided.

Note: This session will be recorded.

Wednesday, June 3rd | 10:00 am – 11:30 am PT | Online via Zoom

Free to attend

Getting Unstuck: A Conversation on Supporting Organizational Change

Moderator: Kenji Maeda
Panelists: Allison Girvan, Jenna Reid, and Kia Kadiri

ABOUT THIS PANEL

What does organizational change look like? From practices and policies, to people and power, the shifts can manifest in many ways. Over the past three years, the Pathways program has supported approximately 70 organizations annually through learning and deepening their equity practices.

Join us as the panel discusses what it’s like to be working directly to support organizations and leaders (within and outside Pathways) on their learning journey, unpack themes that have emerged, changes that have been witnessed, and share resources and practices that you can take back into your organization.

Automated live transcription and ASL interpretation will be provided.

Note: This session will be recorded.

Monday, June 15th | Noon – 1:30 pm PT | Online via Zoom

Free to attend

Pathways Info Session

Curious about Pathways and wondering if it might be the right fit for your organization?

Join us for a conversational info session about the Pathways program and application process.

This year’s session provides an open space to hear about the program’s shape, rhythm, and approach. We’ll share practical details about the application, reflect on the kinds of questions and conversations emerging through Pathways, and offer perspectives on what has supported organizations in different contexts.

This will be a space to ask questions, hear from the people holding the program, and get a clearer sense of how Pathways might meet your organization where it is.

This session is for folks who have explored the website and want a clearer, more human sense of the program before moving into the application process.

Automated live transcription and ASL interpretation will be provided.

Note: This session will be recorded.

Wednesday, June 17th | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm PT | Online via Zoom

Free to attend

Past Events

We regularly host live virtual events for current Pathways participants. These sessions are delivered by sector practitioners and are designed to complement the program’s learning opportunities. Here are some events we have offered to participants in the past.

Weaponized Narratives: Misinformation, Identity, and Harm in Our Communities

Moderator: Sadira Rodrigues

Panelists: bailey macabre, Yahlnaaw, and Daniel Heath Justice

Misinformation is not neutral; it shapes identities, fractures relationships, and fuels political conditions that endanger communities. From residential school denialism to race-shifting and Indigenous identity fraud, from anti-trans rhetoric to the targeted discrediting of queer, femme, and Two-Spirit voices, misinformation is increasingly used as a tool to weaponize community and intensify lateral violence.

This online panel brings together bailey macabre, Yahlnaaw (Tauujuu Consulting) and Daniel Heath Justice. Together, they will explore how misinformation circulates across digital and physical spaces, why certain stories take hold, how these narratives are mobilized to undermine sovereignty, erase lived experience, and destabilize community trust – and what to do about it.

Moderated by Sadira Rodrigues, this conversation invites participants to think critically about the social and political conditions that allow misinformation to thrive, and to consider what accountability, care, and truth-telling require of us in this moment. This session offers space for learning, reflection, and strengthening our collective capacity to resist harmful narratives.

Basis of Unity – Two-Part Workshop

Facilitated by Christine Quintana and Sidi Chen

A Basis of Unity is a shared set of values, principles, and agreements that help guide how people work together and make decisions within an organization. It shows how the organizational values are enacted through the programs, operations, and decision-making processes. In this two-part workshop, participants will arrive with their organizational values, reflect on the purpose and value of developing a Basis of Unity for their organizations, and explore what meaningful and practical implementation could look like within their unique context through guided exercises.

Part One: Participants are required to arrive with a set of values that their organizations hold/prioritize with a simple definition. And during the session, participants will further define what those values mean in their organizational and community realities and how those values are embodied through their program, operation, and community relationships (communication, outreach, etc.)

Part Two: Participants are required to come back with the mini take-home exercise of organizational reflections, and during the session, they will be guided to compose a draft Basis of Unity document and how to utilize it as a living public accountability.

Land Acknowledgments and Beyond

Facilitated by bailey macabre

This workshop explores how land acknowledgements became a common practice, their importance and history, as well as how to craft more meaningful, impactful land acknowledgements. Starting with a brief overview of commonly used words, then jumping into some history and discussion about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and looking at “the good, the bad, and the ugly” side of them, this presentation gives you the necessary tools, history, and understanding to thoughtfully engage with land acknowledgements in a deeper, more critical way.

Peer Exchange: Equity in Rural Contexts

This moderated peer discussion, facilitated by Allison Girvan and Carla Stephenson is an opportunity for Pathways participants working within rural contexts to discuss the unique conditions of their sector. How do we navigate conflict in small communities? What does representation look like in rural spaces? How do you approach this work when everyone knows everyone? This facilitated space invites participants to learn from one another and share wins, challenges, ideas, and dreams.

The Art of the Pivot: A Pathways Workshop for BIPOC Participants

Facilitated by Phoenix Sun Park

We are living in an era marked by uncertainty and precarity in our sector and society in ways that are unprecedented in recent decades. One that requires us to be grounded in our center and equipped to pivot the ways we steward, manage and lead change.

In the midst of change, things are always shifting, and a level of chaos and emerging unpredictable factors are to be expected. As such, as a leader it is important that you have the tools necessary to navigate nuances strategically, with the prowess, and agility required to pivot swiftly and intentionally with care.

Inspired by the spirit of “the talk”—those behind-the-scenes, heart-to-heart conversations we have with each other about how to survive and thrive in this field as artists and arts leaders of colour—we’ve created this workshop to serve as as way to supplement the formal and informal ways you grow and learn on your leadership journey.

This workshop is designed to provide you with some guidance and support to be a fearless and embodied leader grounded in purpose, tooled up with strategies and resources for stewarding change in a world that is increasingly becoming volatile.

In this workshop we will also give a sneak peak into a step-by-step process being developed by a table of arts leaders of the global majority across US and Canada. This resource exists to support BIPOC arts leaders and administrators to dynamically navigate pivots and steward change (both externally imposed, and internally devised).

Co-Leadership in Practice: A Pathways Complexity Conversation

What does co-leadership look like in practice? Too often, we only hear about the extremes—the success stories where everything is perfect or the nightmares where everything fell apart. But what about the day-to-day realities of making co-leadership work? Join the Pathways founding leadership for a grounded conversation about the practicalities of working amongst different personalities and working styles, while moving toward shared outcomes. Hear what it has looked like, what they’ve learned, and what continues to evolve along the way.

Moderator: Lorenda Calvert
Panel: Founding Members Carla Stephenson, Elliott Hearte, Kenji Maeda, Ryan Hunt

From Theory to Action: Implementing Shifts in Organizations

Program Design: A Pathways Complexity Conversation

Explore the many complex discussions and decisions that formed the program design of Pathways, including how and when individual conversations, group conversations, asynchronous learning resources, and space for self reflection intersect with each other at different points. Join us as we share the questions we asked ourselves (and others) as we developed the program, along with the sometimes imperfect solutions while navigating emerging themes.

Moderator: Allison Girvan
Panel – Founding Members: Elliott Hearte, Carla Stephenson, Ryan Hunt, Kenji Maeda

From Theory to Action: Implementing Shifts in Organizations

Panel Discussion:

Organizational change is easy to talk about – but much harder to put into practice. This panel hopes to aid participants in bridging the gap between strategic vision and on-the-ground execution. Participants will hear from sector peers as they share their experiences of implementing change, highlight practical insights, and offer a real-world example of progress in motion. This is an opportunity to learn from each other and build confidence in the messy, meaningful work of transformation.

Moderator: Carla Stephenson

Panel: Featured Pathways participants

Complexity Conversation Graphic, featuring a photo of Ryan Hunt, Elliott Hearte, Carla Stephenson, and Kenji Maeda. The photo of the leadership team is framed by a computer screen.

How We Got Here: A Pathways Complexity Conversation

Panel discussion
Join the founding leadership team of Pathways as they share some of the initial questions and quandaries they needed to navigate through to create this program. They will discuss the unique circumstances Pathways was developed under, the formation of the co-leadership network, and real challenges of bringing theory into practice.

Moderator: Allison Girvan
Panel – Founding Members: Elliott Hearte, Carla Stephenson, Ryan Hunt, Kenji Maeda

Championing Conflict Through Practice

Facilitator: Madison Tardif

This interactive workshop equips participants with practical tools and frameworks to navigate difficult conversations, surface meaningful differences, and foster transformative dialogue within their organizations and communities. Grounded in principles of trauma-informed practices, EDI principles, and systems change, this session introduces approaches such as Deep Democracy to help participants engage more effectively with conflict and to move toward more constructive, inclusive engagement.

Through content delivery, guided group exercises, and scenario-based practice, participants will not only deepen their understanding of conflict as a catalyst for change and opportunity but also leave with concrete strategies they can share and implement within their broader organizations.

Navigating Conflict through an Equity Lens

Facilitator: Heather Lamoureux, Kenji Maeda, and Vines Art Society

Join Heather Lamoureux and Kenji Maeda for this session as we learn about and model strategies to navigate organizational conflict, using Vines Art Society’s ecosystem framework.

Themes we will explore include:

What are ways we can identify conflicts and potential conflicts before they escalate?
How does white supremacy, lack of transparency, relationships, and hierarchy impact conflict and the healing process?
What methods can we use to be accountable and move toward repairing and healing relationships?

This session includes a presentation on the key themes, followed by an opportunity to workshop a conflict scenario and answer questions from attendees.

Gender-Affirming Strategies

Facilitator: Ambit Gender Diversity Consulting

Understanding of gender diversity is growing day by day. At the same time, transgender, non-binary, and other gender diverse people still experience many challenges, including barriers to safe workplaces, artistic spaces, educational experiences, and community spaces.

In this workshop, Ambit will introduce frameworks for understanding gender diversity beyond the binary, work through nuanced scenarios, offer examples of gender-affirming practices, and explore strategies for applying these learnings on a personal, relational, and systemic level.

Fundamentals of anti-oppression, disrupting unconscious bias, and anti-racism workshop

Facilitator: Carla Stephenson

This interactive workshop will build on the fundamentals section of your learning platform. This session will provide opportunities for self-reflection and group discussion as we dive deeper into learning about our own unconscious bias, anti-oppression, and anti-racism.

This workshop will provide us with a common language and understanding of concepts as we move forward through the year.