What role do museums and governments play in acknowledging and addressing historical injustices? That was the question that was asked in my latest BCFP project “Beyond the Exhibit”.
We started off just by learning about the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, which is the law-making body of the province. We wanted to learn about them because they’re the ones who make the laws and the larger decisions for Indigenous people, and we wanted to know what their thoughts and ideals for those communities are. Then strangely enough, we started learning about museums and their connection and role to Indigenous communities and peoples, as well as the overall link to the government / Legislative Assembly. I started off thinking that there’s tons of different connections between the two, which made it hard to figure out what to focus on for the final project: a video about a connection we made to reconciliation and the reason it is important to know about.