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The Ontario Museum Association's governing body is its Council,
whose 11 members are elected by the membership at the Annual General
Meeting. Council gives strategic policy direction to the Secretariat.
It also works to strengthen the Ontario museum community by representing
the interests of members to government, the public and private sectors,
the media, to public and other related institutions, and to citizens
all across the province.
OMA Council 2007/2008
President: Tammy Adkin
Vice President: Kathleen Powell
Treasurer: Gilles Séguin
Councillors: David Adames, Michèle
Alderton, Clark Bernat, Karen
Bongard, John Dalrymple, Katherine
McCracken, Yves Theoret
TAMMY ADKIN, PRESIDENT
(FIRST YEAR OF A TWO-YEAR TERM)
Tammy is the Executive Director at the London Regional Children's
Museum where she has worked for 12 years. Prior to joining the Children's
Museum team, Tammy worked as a journalist and in senior communications
roles within the non-profit and corporate sectors. Tammy co-chaired
the 2000 OMA Conference Committee, served on the 2002 Conference
Committee, and is currently the chair of the Membership Involvement
Task Force. She also serves on the board of the Canadian Association
of Science Centres.
"The Ontario Museum Association is such a valuable resource
to the Children's Museum and to me personally. I feel very fortunate
to work as part of this great community of museums in Ontario, and
I hope to be able to contribute back to the Association and to the
museum community through my involvement on the OMA Council."
KATHLEEN POWELL, COUNCILLOR
(FIRST YEAR OF A TWO-YEAR TERM)
Kathleen Powell has been the Manager, City of Niagara Falls Museums,
managing the three City owned museums and the Niagara Falls Armoury
building for the past three-and-a-half years. Prior to this she
was with the Niagara Parks Commission for more than 10 years as
Manager of three of their historic sites. Kathleen is a strong advocate
of the value of heritage in building strong communities as well
as the value of community partnerships in creating a stronger heritage
community. Kathleen has a BA in History from Brock University as
well as a Certificate in Museums Studies with the Ontario Museum
Association.
The Ontario Museum Association provides a wealth of resources for
all levels of heritage professionals and I have personally taken
advantage of these for many years. I would like to be able to lend
what I've learned to assist in moving the Ontario Museum Association
forward in exciting and dynamic ways."
GILLES SEGUIN, TREASURER
(FIRST YEAR OF A TWO-YEAR TERM)
Gilles Séguin is with the Cultural Services Division, Community
and Protective Services, City of Ottawa. His responsibilities as
Manager, Heritage Development, include strategic planning, heritage
community support and development, city-wide heritage events, the
City museums and the City Archives program. Over the past 25 years,
Gilles has worked in the archival, information management, and information
technology fields.
"The City of Ottawa and its museums benefited from the great
success of the City Council approved 2003 Heritage Plan and the
2005 Museum Sustainability Plan. As a heritage planner within a
municipal structure, I look forward to bringing my experience to
the work of the Association."
DAVID ADAMES, COUNCILLOR
(FIRST YEAR OF A SECOND TWO-YEAR TERM)
David Adames is the Executive Director of Tourism Hamilton, the
tourism marketing agency for Hamilton, a position he has held for
the past five years. He has also worked for the Ontario Ministry
of Municipal Affairs and Housing. For twelve years, from 1988 to
2000, David worked for the City of Hamilton's Culture and Recreation
Department, including the positions of Head Historical Interpreter
at Dundurn Castle and Cultural Marketing Coordinator for the civic
museums. He brings a passion for museums and an appreciation of
the link between museums and tourism markets, which presents tremendous
opportunities.
"The Ontario Museum Association is an important cultural organization
in this province and has provided key leadership in cultural tourism
by creating initiatives such as 'May is Museum Month'. I look forward
to the opportunity of working with the OMA and its members to grow
this initiative and look for additional ways for museums to benefit
even more from the tourism industry."
MICHELE ALDERTON, COUNCILLOR
(FIRST YEAR OF A TWO-YEAR TERM)
.Michèle Alderton is Director/Curator Red Lake Heritage
Centre (formerly known as the Red Lake Museum). Prior to joining
the Museum, Michèle was a municipal councillor, served on
the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and
sat on the Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant Review Team for Northwestern
Ontario. Michèle also served on the planning committee for
the 2006 OMA conference. Michèle is a well-respected museum
professional, who has received awards honouring her important work
with the Red Lake community and her contribution to the museum profession.
"I am thrilled to join the OMA Council."I think it’s
an excellent organization and I’m honoured to be part of it.
I am most impressed with the fact that the OMA reaches out to museums
throughout the province, including isolated communities such as
Red Lake. They recognize and promote the work we do, and make us
feel connected to Ontario’s museum community."
CLARK BERNAT, COUNCILLOR
(FIRST YEAR OF A TWO-YEAR TERM)
Born in St. Catharines, Clark developed a great appreciation for Museums
due to his many visits to cultural institutions with his grandfather
and parents. Clark has a degree in History from Brock University and
a Master's Degree in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester.
His work at Leicester focused on cultural diversity in Museums. Clark
has worked in various capacities at the St. Catharines Museum, Battlefield
House Museum, Backus Heritage Village and has been the Managing Director
at the Niagara Historical Society Museum in Niagara-on-the-Lake for
6 years. He has sat on the Steering Committee of the Children's Discovery
Centre of Niagara and chaired Doors Open Niagara. Currently Clark
is the Chair of the Museums of Niagara Association (MONA).
“I look forward to serving the Museums community of Ontario on the
OMA council. As a director of a small museum I understand the diversity
of needs our sector requires. I would like to provide my experience
and expertise in community building, partnerships, advocacy and public
relations to Council and our community.”
KAREN BONGARD, COUNCILLOR
(FIRST YEAR OF A TWO-YEAR TERM)
Karen is Program Coordinator of the Halton Region Museum. She has
a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Western
Ontario, and a Bachelors of English from the University of New Brunswick.
In addition to her employment in the public sector, Karen has worked
in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors in public relations and
communications. She has now set her sights on sharpening her rusty
French and completing her Ontario Museum Association Certificate in
Museum Studies. “After spending the past few years with my head in
my books, I look forward to reaching out and sharing experiences with
others in the museum community. I think the exchange of information
and ideas is particularly important to those of us at mid-career and
for the development of smaller museums which may operate in relative
isolation. I hope that my insights may be of value to others in the
museum community and I look forward to participating on the OMA Council
in a meaningful way.”
JOHN DALRYMPLE, COUNCILLOR
(SECOND YEAR OF A TWO-YEAR TERM)
John Dalrymple is the Director of Development for the Textile
Museum of Canada. He earned a Specialized Honours B.A. in Anthropology
from York University in 1998 and a Masters of Museum Studies degree
from the University of Toronto in 2001. He has conducted anthropological
and archaeological fieldwork in Belize, Peru and Canada and has
published works on museology in a number of academic and arts based
publications. For the Ontario Museum Association, John has been
actively involved in May is Museum Month. He is well-regarded for
his communication, development and information technology skills.
KATHERINE MCCRACKEN, COUNCILLOR
(FIRST YEAR OF A SECOND TWO-YEAR TERM)
Katherine McCracken has been working in museums since 1986. She has
an Honours BA in History from Huron College, University of Western
Ontario and was in the first MA Public History program at University
of Waterloo. She first discovered that museum work could be a careerwhile
working four summers as a student at the Historic Naval and Military
Establishments in Penetanguishene. Since then she has worked at Historic
Sites Service in Alberta, the Michigan Bureau of History, the R.E.
Olds Transportation Museum in Lansing, Michigan, the National Heisey
Glass Museum in Newark, Ohio and Joseph Schneider Haus Museum in Kitchener.
Since May 2004 she has been Director of Guelph Museums.
"I have enjoyed my first year on OMA Council and the experience
of acquiring some new perspectives on the Ontario museum community.
I look forward to continuing in this capacity and hope that I can
make a contribution to this profession which I still find to be incredibly
challenging and rewarding on a daily basis."
YVES THEORET, COUNCILLOR
(FIRST YEAR OF A TWO-YEAR TERM)Yves Théoret is Director of Exhibitions and Interpretation with the Portrait Gallery of Canada, a programme of Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa. His responsibilities include the establishment and launch of a new national travelling exhibitions programme to share the institution’s vast portrait collection. Over the last ten years, Yves has held several positions in museums in Canada and the United States, including a recent assignment as Chief of Marketing and Communications at the National Gallery of Canada where he was involved in the coordination of the OMA’s May is Museum Month initiative. A recent participant to the Museum Leadership Institute (2007) organized by the J. Paul Getty Foundation in Los Angeles, his areas of expertise include exhibitions development, strategic planning, as well as marketing and communications. He is looking forward to the opportunity of serving on the Council of the Ontario Museum Association and advancing the interests of its members, and most notably the interests of the next generation of museum workers. Yves Théoret is married and has two children.
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