BCMA Training Tools – Writing Effective Exhibit Labels
Barbara helped author a series of training tools for the British Columbia Museums Association. You can find her guide to writing effective exhibit labels here.
Interpre-Comics
Tom is the author of a page of Interpretation training tools called Interpre-Comics. Find them here.
Clio’s Armada
Clio’s Armada is a project from Tom based on his passion for heritage boatbuilding and examples he has seen of it around the world.
Steal This Idea
Tom and Barbara have been collecting pictures of amazing practices in heritage from around the globe for their “Steal This Idea” blog.
YEGTales
Tom participated in the creation of YEGTales, a heritage project marrying comics with stories of the history of Edmonton’s diverse communities, as told by them or endorsed by them. YEGTales is temporarily unavailable online.
“Dearest Mother” – Postcards from a Metis Trooper in the First World War
The “Dearest Mother” project from Tom is an online exhibition of a great-great Uncle’s postcards home from the First World War. The Scheer family and descendants, their Métis heritage, Fort Macleod, and Father Lacombe all feature.
MixedMedia – Mixed-descent Indigenous Representation in Visual Pop Culture
The MixedMedia project from Tom, a Métis citizen, about depictions of mixedness in movies, tv series, and comic books.
Podcast Appearances: “Let’s Find Out”
Barbara and Tom have both been featured separately in the podcast Let’s Find Out wherein Chris Chan-Yen Phillips helps guests track down the answers to their historical questions. We’re big fans of this podcast and Chris.
Barbara was in Episode 4: The Klan Query. talking about grappling with Edmonton’s history with the KKK and remembering it on the landscape.
Tom was in Episode 12: A Rather Queer Road Trip talking about his involvement in researching and relating Edmonton’s queer histories.
Explore Edmonton
Tom was featured in an Explore Edmonton video as part of his former position as Public Interpretation Coordinator at Fort Edmonton Park. Watch the video here.
ECAMPing Trip: Edmonton’s Identities
This is a recording of an online event that originally took place on October 1, 2020. Hosted by Edmonton City as Museum Project Curator, Christina Hardie, with special guest Tom Long, we take a trip through Edmonton’s identities past & present to inform a discussion on our future. What do these different monikers say about our city? And what connections do these names have to the history of this place?
North Wind Heritage Consulting 