Monday March 31
10am-3pm
ONLINE
Join museum education peers to focus on accessibility in our institutions.
Agenda
Welcome
Sahra Soudi
Corey Timpson and Sina Bahram
Lunch from 12:30 - 1
Sarah Beam-Borg
Sean Lee
Wrap up at 3!
you will be contacted with a Zoom link after registering
HME is pleased to welcome Corey Timpson and Sina Bahram along with other presenters engaged in work to make our spaces more accessible.
Bios
Corey Timpson
Corey Timpson is an active collaborator and thought leader in inclusive and multimodal experience design within the cultural and themed entertainment industries.
As Vice President, Exhibition, Research, and Design, at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) Corey was responsible for the direction and oversight of all exhibition programs, research and curation, design and production across all media, digital platforms, and all collections-based initiatives (library, archives, museum collections, and art commissioning).
As the project director for the design-build of the CMHR, his focus was on interpreting difficult knowledge and presenting it through a multi-sensory, transmedia storytelling approach. Corey also championed the creation of, and directed the museum’s internationally recognized inclusive design and accessibility practices.
Prior to his role at the Human Rights Museum, Corey led the design and architecture teams, as well as the Virtual Museum Labs Program, at the Canadian Heritage Information Network, working on projects of digital innovation with a large number of cultural institutions nationally and internationally.
As one of the two principals of Prime Access Consulting, Inc. Corey's primary focus is to facilitate inclusively interactive and dialogic experiences between and among audiences (on-site and online) through multimodal interaction design, digital technology, and immersive environmental design.
Whether working for museums and culture, sports and entertainment, healthcare, or commercial clients, Corey places a strict attention on rich and inclusive experience design, built upon sustainable interaction and data models. His design leadership has accounted for over 30 international awards in the fields of environmental, exhibition, and graphic design, digital and interactive media, digital systems, film and linear media, and universal design. Corey is an active lecturer and presenter, contributing to several publications, university programs, and events every year. Corey serves as an Advisory Council Member for The Best in Heritage (BiH), and is a Board Trustee of the Portrait Gallery of Canada.
Sina Bahram
Sina is a blind computer scientist, consultant, researcher, speaker, mentor, and entrepreneur. He works with executive management, policy makers, engineering teams, content creators, designers, and others to promulgate accessibility and inclusive design throughout an organization. In 2012, President Obama recognized Sina as a White House Champion of Change. Sina and his PAC colleagues collaborate on creating digital experiences (web, app, imbedded, projected, and more), immersive media, themed entertainment, capital builds, and any/all aspects of experiential design in order to welcome the widest possible audience. Sina serves on and chairs various corporate, research, and non-profit boards. Sina is a Mission Astro Access ambassador and recipient of a Thea Award.
Sarah Beam-Borg
Sarah Beam-Borg is the Director of Business and Project Development at the award-winning, Ottawa/Montreal/Toronto-based, museum services and design firm Origin Studios. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Anthropology, a Bachelor of Education and is a certified Project Management Professional with a post-graduate diploma in Museum Management and Curatorship. Her professional experience at the Bata Shoe Museum (1997 – 2013) and Aga Khan Museum (2013 – 2020) has included roles as Collection Manager, Assistant Curator, Project Manager, Senior Exhibitions Manager, and Head of Exhibitions & Collections.
Sarah Beam-Borg is a lifelong learner and museum professional with a deep fascination for human history and the stories that can be told through belongings, objects, and. Having managed dozens of exhibition projects with collections and curators from around the world, Sarah brings innovative problem-solving and international museum best practices to her work developing expansive and intimate cultural spaces. She is skilled at ensuring that projects and teams thrive in all phases while ensuring the voices of diverse communities and stakeholders are valued and foregrounded. As a leader in the field, she has been working to expose and redress cultural myths and stereotypes in exhibition galleries for over two decades.
Sarah Beam-Borg's presentation: Inclusive by Design
Sarah Beam-Borg of Origin Studios will explore how museum project teams can foster deep relationships and a genuine understanding of community needs in gallery spaces by inviting communities and audiences into conversations before planning and design begin. Through a discussion of three different gallery projects, she will illustrate how various layers of community-led or community-driven inclusivity can be planned into projects.
Sahra Soudi
Sahra Soudi is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and community organizer based in Hamilton, Ontario. They combine their activism and artistic practice to envision better and more just futures for all. Soudi advocates for the inclusion and participation of Black, Indigenous, disabled, and racialized communities in a range of settings, from artist-run centres, and DIY venues, to national galleries. Soudi is an emerging artist and curator, passionate about cross-movement solidarity and disability justice. They honour this framework by empowering and mobilizing their communities to push for radical change. They are participating in this virtual conference on behalf of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario.
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