Ottawa, May 3, 2024
Celebrate 2024’s CMA Award Winners
On Wednesday, May 1, we had the honour of celebrating the winners and honourable mentions of the 2024 CMA Awards. This year's nominees and recipients' unwavering commitment and passion showcased the incredible achievements of our sector and its profound impact on the communities we serve.
Thank you to our awards partner, the Canadian Federation of Friends of Museums, and to this year’s nominees and recipients, whose hard work and dedication have shown us what out sector can achieve.
Here are this year’s winners:
Museum Volunteer Awards – Individual Category
Winner: Doug Berrigan – Lahave Islands Marine Museum
Museum Volunteer Awards – Group Category
Winner: Aging Artfully Advisory Group, Art Gallery of Alberta
CMA Awards of Outstanding Achievement
Outstanding Achievement – Audience Outreach
Winner: Standing In the Doorway: Lived Histories and Experiences of the Chinese Community, Markham Museum and York Region District School Board Museum & Archives
Winner: Wampum : perles de diplomatie, Musée McCord Stewart
Honourable Mention : Chinese Canadian Museum
Outstanding Achievement – Stewardship of Collections
Winner: Kinngait Archive, McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Outstanding Achievement – Research
Winner: Making Her Mark, Art Gallery of Ontario
Winner: Early Days: Indigenous Art from the McMichael, McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Winner: Points of View: A Guide on Saskatchewan Projectile Points with Indigenous Perspectives, Saskatchewan Archaeological Society
Outstanding Achievement – Exhibitions
Winner: Misko-Aki: Confluences of Cultures Exhibition, Muskoka Discovery Centre
Winner: To Honour and Respect, Peterborough Museum and Archives
Winner: Radical Stitch, MacKenzie Art Gallery
Honourable Mention: Second Skin, Art Gallery of Alberta
Honourable Mention: Aquaculture: Farming the Waters, Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
Honourable Mention: Swallowing Mountains, Musée McCord Stewart
Honourable Mention: Ados : Cerveaux inventifs, Musée de l’ingéniosité J. Armand Bombardier
Award of Distinguished Service
Winner: Jisgang Nika Collison
Winner: Stephane Le Tirant
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