I'm currently sitting on the Board of Directors of two organizations I care about - the National Council on Public History and the Sault Ste. Marie City Museum. I am still relatively new to both boards and I'm continuing to learn about board governance structures and procedures. In this episode I discuss the financial and … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents Podcast EP 47: Board Diversity and Participation Cost
Conference season is quickly approaching for many Canadian academics and with all of this travel comes conversations about professional development. In this episode, I discuss the differences between professional development and professional learning. I also tackle questions of ongoing career development, active learning, and the funding of professional growth opportunities. I would love to hear … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents Podcast EP 46: Professional Development Vs. Professional Learning
Who else hates writing bios for things? In this episode, I talk about best practices for crafting effective bio statements and the challenges associated with describing your professional life succinctly. I would love to hear your tricks for creating compelling bios. Leave a comment or send me a message on Twitter. Mentioned in this episode: … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents Podcast EP 45: The Biography Struggle
Welcome back to season two of the Historical Reminiscents podcast. In this episode, I talk about safe spaces, braver spaces, and building welcoming physical and digital spaces for dialogue. I also introduce the new Rapid Reads segment to the podcast. I would love to hear your thoughts on the terms brave space and safe space. … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents Podcast EP 44: Safe and Brave Spaces
The Historical Reminiscents podcast is celebrating its one year anniversary! Given the occasion I thought it would be fitting to talk about celebrating milestones in your work. In this episode, I talk about honouring milestones of all sizes and making space for celebration. I also talk about what I've learned during the first year of … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 43: Celebrating Milestones
Your team has completed a fantastic project and you're considering submitting it for an award but are unsure of how to do so. In this episode I talk about award nominations, building a project portfolio to support a nomination, and how to build compelling award narratives. I would love to hear your suggestions for writing … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 42: Award Nominations
Meetings and committees are part of professional life, more so if you happen to be spending your time inside academia. Despite the role meetings play in professional settings very few public history programs or history graduate training contains information on how to run an effective meeting, building agendas, and facilitating interdepartmental discussion. In this episode … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 41: Managing Meeting Madness
Last week I spent time with undergraduate students from Huron University College's history program. As part of the "Documenting early residential schools" a SSHRC Partnership Engage project between Huron University College, the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, and the Woodland Cultural Centre students were able to visit the Shingwauk site to learn about the early history … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 40: Place Based Learning
This week, month, year has been hella hard for a lot of folks, with the news cycle making it extremely difficult to function 'normally.' What do you do when you are facing creative blocks, an inability to write, or feelings that whatever you are creating doesn't matter? In this episode I talk about finding positive … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 39: Pushing Past Creative Barriers
With the start of the new school year I've been thinking a lot about the intersection of language, gender, and creating braver education spaces. How post-secondary educators and public history facilitators work to be more inclusive in their language, programming, and practices. In this episode I talk about the #nbdcampaign, pronouns, and small ways you … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 38: Gender, Language, and Professional Life