Danielle Megaffin
@megamuseums
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🎓 PhD Candidate @ University of Leicester 🏛 Museum Studies 🔬 Research: settler colonialism, trauma-informed pedagogy & ethical exhibition development🤎
London, England
Joined March 2015
Incredible session on reimagine a different museum understanding the impact of objects and the trauma they may hold #museums2023
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What are your favourite Indigenous reads (by Indigenous authors, of course).
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overheard a girl step outside where it’s a little chilly and say “it’s giving jacket”
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Thrilled to accept the Dr John C Carter Award in Museum Studies from @LeicsMusStud, which is awarded to the student who will “one day lead change and innovation” in the museum sector. This was very nice and allows me to undertake phase 2 of field work in October 🩵 Thank you!
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This is my hometown. Where I was raised. Where my parents live now. Where I went to school. It’s all in flames. I’m heartbroken. 💔 #NSstrong
It's a bad day for HRM, no other way to put it. Look out for your neighbours, and thank your firefighters, many of whom put themselves seriously in harm's way today. Unfortunately, it is far from over but hopefully some improvement tomorrow.
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Tantallon: reports are indicating the fire has jumped Hammonds Plains Rd at this time.
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Ugh. 💔#Relegation
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Sadly, I'm seeing lots of residential school denialism this week - coinciding with the 2nd anniversary of the Kamloops announcement today. Just a quick reminder not to share it and give them the clicks and shares they desperately want and directly profit from - it's a grift.
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Unsurprising, but still disappointing, that the Manitoba PC's would appoint someone associated with residential school denialism to pick judges in the province. That shows a concerning lack of judgment that all Manitobans should decry: https://t.co/c85a8KcYwL
#mbpoli
winnipegfreepress.com
The Tory government is under fire for giving a patronage appointment to a former Manitoba attorney general who doesn’t believe the residential school system was a form of genocide. Indigenous...
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More Ruth Cuthand artwork to grace your feed. Her glass beadwork @RoyalAlberta is commentary on colonialism and contact and the diseases that infected Indigenous peoples thanks to Europeans and reserves
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We visited the Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives to check out their current exhibition Generations Lost: Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools from the Legacy of Hope Foundation. Check out the Generations Lost exhibition, running until Oct 1! #Indigenous #IndigenousArt
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can we get some a.i. to pick plastic out of the ocean or do all the robots need to be screenwriters?
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10 years apart!! From little intern @ROMtoronto to soon-to-be Dr. in Museum Studies 💕🏛️ what a wild ride!
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