Experience

Manitoba Museum

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Research, Collections and Exhibitions

  • Apr 2017 - Present



Alliance of Natural History Museums of Canada Board

• Canada

• Vice President; Past Nomination Chair

  • Apr 2017 - Present



WAG-Qaumajuq

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Curatorial

  • Mar 2015 - Feb 2017



National Gallery of Canada

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Exhibitions Manager

  • 2011 - 2015

  Manage all aspects of exhibition projects from early development phase through to final production. Manage stakeholder relations. Ensures adherence to approved parameters; coordinates output of many departments; provides budget and timeline structure for project, manages service contracts, and all aspects of incoming art loans for exhibition including documentation, lender liaison and administration. Provides internal leadership, coordination, and relationship building for NGC@Partners and outreach projects. Builds reviews and provides executive summaries of prospective case files for approval, coordinates review of standard facilities reports and prepares summary recommendations, liaises with client museums, maintains schedules and production deadlines, tracks and manages exhibition budgets. Ensures adherence to approved parameters, negotiates scheduling, contractual terms and conditions of security and environment, and troubleshoots daily production and installation issues off-site. Show less



Royal Ontario Museum

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • 2000 - 2011

  Lead Project Manager for multi-disciplinary teams developing and executing permanent galleries, and special, temporary and travelling exhibitions, featuring art and sculpture, contemporary art, archaeology and natural history collections. Partnered and nurtured relations with national and international stakeholders including some of the world's leading museological institutions, and cultural and arts communities. Incorporating progressive project management principles, worked with teams to develop and execute exhibitions and cultural products on time and on budget. These principles include team leadership, time and risk management incorporating responsiveness and flexibility; budget planning, execution and accountability; fair procurement practice of outside contractors and subsequent supervision; maintaining critical path and quality control; team supervision, motivation and engagement; and maintaining the vision and mandate of the museum. Exhibitions included Dead Sea Scrolls: Words That Changed the World; Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum; Images of Salvation: Masterpieces from the Vatican; Ancient Peru Unearthed: Ancient Treasures of a Lost Civilization; ROM's Permanent Galleries of Byzantium, Rome, Etruscan and Nubia; ROM's Discovery Gallery; Institute of Contemporary Culture's (ICC) El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa; Housepaint Two: Shelter; Carlos Garaicoa. Show less

• Curator, South Asia

  • 1999 - 2000

  Curator of South Asia at the ROM for the development of the Christopher Ondaadje Gallery of South Asia (2000) and ROM's presentation of the Victoria and Albert Museum's "Art of the Sikh Kingdoms". Collaborated with the Sikh and South Asian community to curate a community collection to augment the larger exhibition, resulting in the book "Art of the Sikh Kingdoms: The Canadian Collections".



Glenbow Museum

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator, Ethnology

  • 1994 - 1999

  Curator of the existing Bumper Corporation Asian gallery "Many Faces, Many Paths: The Art of Asia". Developed and launched the first Asian Advisory Committee for the Gallery. Readdressed label copy for clearer understanding of the complexities of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism and Asian Art. Co-curated the Gallery's interactive/hands-on programming. Researched and produced the Gallery's associated film series and guest lectures, and hosted religious and cultural representatives related to these programmes.Co-curator and participant in building relations with the Blackfoot-speaking indigenous communities of Southern Alberta. One of four curators working directly with First Nations communities, building relations towards developing a repatriation programme.Co-curator and collections management of the Indigenous collections. Oversaw the workings of a large collections project to assess the collection for permanent and interactive use and potential deaccession. Oversaw the installation of new storage system. Project coordinator for the first Behind the Scenes programme inviting the general public to view and learn about the extensive collections in storage. Show less

• Curatorial Assistant

  • 1990 - 1999

  Care of predominantly Indigenous collections. Included artifact care and handling, cataloging and data entry for all artifacts, administration of gift vs purchase paperwork and related registration issues, support for all curatorial and conservation needs.



Afrikadey! Calgary

• Board of Directors

  • 1994 - 1999

  Worked with the Board to launch the annual week-long Afrikadey! Festival celebrating the diversity and richness of African music, arts and culture. Volunteer Coordinator of over 150 volunteers. Programme Coordinator for Lectures and Silent Auction Assist with Artists' needs etc. Worked with the Board to launch the annual week-long Afrikadey! Festival celebrating the diversity and richness of African music, arts and culture. Volunteer Coordinator of over 150 volunteers. Programme Coordinator for Lectures and Silent Auction Assist with Artists' needs etc.