Pathways Program
We imagine a vibrant arts and culture sector in which people can bring their whole selves to their work.
The Pathways program is a year-long process that supports arts, culture, and heritage practitioners to learn, reflect, and integrate equity and access more deeply into their work. Participants are supported with individualized learning plans, peer networks, and one-on-one guidance.
Full details on the program and how to apply can be found at manypathways.ca.
Upcoming Events
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Moderator: Lorenda Calvert
Panelists: Chris Mathieson, Petra Höller, and Robin Folvik
ABOUT THIS PANEL
Museums are being asked to respond to urgent and expanding pressures, including climate change, AI, reconciliation, and repatriation, infrastructure needs, community engagement, and financial sustainability. Many small and rural museums are doing this work with limited staff, flat operating funding, and growing expectations from communities, funders, boards, and the public.
This panel brings together leaders from small museums across BC to reflect on the current state of the sector through three connected pressures: time, people, and money. Panelists will share practical examples from their own organizations, including revenue diversification, AI and working with a mixed priority board, and confronting denialism in community-facing work.
Together, this conversation will explore what it means to do meaningful, relational museum work when capacity is stretched, and what kinds of support, advocacy, and structural change are needed for museums to thrive.
Automated live transcription and ASL interpretation will be provided.
Note: This session will be recorded.
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Moderator: Kenji Maeda
Panelists: Allison Girvan, Jenna Reid, and Kia Kadiri
ABOUT THIS PANEL
What does organizational change look like? From practices and policies, to people and power, the shifts can manifest in many ways. Over the past three years, the Pathways program has supported approximately 70 organizations annually through learning and deepening their equity practices.
Join us as the panel discusses what it’s like to be working directly to support organizations and leaders (within and outside Pathways) on their learning journey, unpack themes that have emerged, changes that have been witnessed, and share resources and practices that you can take back into your organization.
Automated live transcription and ASL interpretation will be provided.
Note: This session will be recorded.
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Curious about Pathways and wondering if it might be the right fit for your organization?
Join us for a conversational info session about the Pathways program and application process.
This year’s session provides an open space to hear about the program’s shape, rhythm, and approach. We’ll share practical details about the application, reflect on the kinds of questions and conversations emerging through Pathways, and offer perspectives on what has supported organizations in different contexts.
This will be a space to ask questions, hear from the people holding the program, and get a clearer sense of how Pathways might meet your organization where it is.
This session is for folks who have explored the website and want a clearer, more human sense of the program before moving into the application process.
Automated live transcription and ASL interpretation will be provided.
Note: This session will be recorded.
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The Pathways program has a provincial scope, our work is conducted across many ceded, unceded and sovereign territories of Nations across what is referred to as British Columbia. Pathways partners’ offices are located on the unceded and stolen land of the Sinixt (sńʕaýckstx) the traditional, unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh nations; and on the traditional, unceded territories of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations).