The Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, in partnership with Memorial University, is pleased to offer Introduction to Reconciliation in Heritage as a pre-conference workshop for our 2025 Heritage Conference!

Date: October 16, 2025
Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: ED 3005, G. A. Hickman Building, 323 Prince Philip Drive, St. John’s, NL
Instructors: Michaela Doucette, M.A.S. (FNCC), B.A.; Jared T. Hogan, A.B.D., M.A., B.A. (Hons.)
Fee: $75; $120 for both when combined with Introduction to Universal Design for Learning in Heritage

Workshop Description: 

This workshop invites participants to explore how heritage professionals and their institutions can support reconciliation. Participants will be introduced to the concepts of reconciliation, decolonization, and Indigenization—all grounded in recent national and international movements towards repairing the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and settlers. Rather than placing blame, this workshop invites participants—particularly settlers—to engage in honest reflection and collaborative learning. The goal of this workshop is to build understanding, relationships, and confidence to support reconciliation in NL heritage institutions.

Please see the full workshop description here.

This workshop is a credit course for MANL’s Museum Studies Certificate Program, but you do not need to be enrolled in the program to participate in the workshop.

Participants who choose to take both this workshop and Introduction to Universal Design for Learning in Heritage as credit courses will have two options:

Option 1: Two Electives 

• Participants would select to use one or both courses as electives for the program.
• Participants would receive a small assignment. 

Option 2: One Core

• Participants would take both courses as one core course, called Inclusion & Reconciliation in Heritage.
• Participants would receive a larger assignment.

To register, please fill out this form by 4:30 PM on Thursday, October 9. A payment is required to finalize your registration. You will be sent your confirmation of registration once your payment has been processed.

Light refreshments will be provided.

If you experience technical difficulties filling out the registration form, please email us at programs@museumsnl.ca. Please make sure to include all of the required information in your email. If you have any questions, please email us at programs@museumsnl.ca.