Digital Museums Canada awards over $2 million in funding to museums and Indigenous organizations
GATINEAU, QC, May 15, 2025 /CNW/ - Digital Museums Canada (DMC) is pleased to announce an investment of over $2 million in 18 new online projects developed by museums and heritage, cultural and Indigenous organizations across Canada. DMC is managed by the Canadian Museum of History, and these projects were selected by a national advisory committee from the 2024 Call for Proposals.
"This year we received over 150 proposals for inspiring online projects from every province in Canada," said Leah Resnick, Director, Digital Museums Canada. "We continue to see a record number of proposal submissions from museums, demonstrating their keen interest in digital storytelling and building their online capacity."
Awarded projects
This year, 18 organizations have been awarded funding across the Community Stories and Digital Projects streams. The innovative projects selected touch on a diverse range of topics, including Indigenous heritage and language revitalization, immigration, mental health and community health care, sports and the Olympics, visual art, geology, military history, and 2SLGBTQIA+ stories.
Community Stories
Black Loyalist Heritage Society (Shelburne, N.S.)Forged in Fire: The Black Loyalists, 1775–1800
Bobby Orr Hall of Fame (Parry Sound, Ont.)Sport and Anishinaabe Values: Seven Grandfather Gifts and the Seventh Generation Principle in Parry Sound
Bonne Bay Cottage Hospital (Norris Point, N.L.)The Bonne Bay Cottage Hospital: Community Health Care in Rural Newfoundland, 1938–2001
Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society (Vancouver, B.C.)The Untold Stories of Force 136 – From Canada to [Hong Kong, India, and Borneo]
Fredericton Region Museum (Fredericton, N.B.)Forgotten Loyalty: New Brunswick's Hidden Connection to the No. 2 Construction Battalion
Harambec (Montréal, Que.)We're Here, We've Always Been Here: Tracing the Struggles and Contributions of Black LGBTQ+ Women and Non-Binary People in Quebec
Kelowna Museums Society (Kelowna, B.C.)Kelowna's Forgotten Chinatown: A Digital Reclamation
McCord Stewart Museum (Montréal, Que.)The Olympic Games in Montréal
The Reach Gallery Museum (Abbotsford, B.C.)Honouring Semá:th X̱ó:tsa: Community Stories of Sumas Lake
Digital Projects
Art Windsor-Essex (Windsor, Ont.)IAIN BAXTER&: What's the Big Idea?
Capital Heritage Connexion (Ottawa, Ont.)Voices from the Past, Echoes of the Future: Black History Across Canada
Gwagwaltama Revitalization Society (Port Hardy, B.C.)Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala Revitalization, Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Resurgence: Bringing Their Voices and Dialects Forward
Hesquiaht Language Program (Port Alberni, B.C.)Voices of Hesquiaht: Stories Carried Through Time
Marieval IRS and Cowessess Gravesite Project, Cowessess First Nation (Cowessess, Sask.)Preserving the Legacy: The Marieval IRS and Cowessess First Nation Story
Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council (Mill Bay, B.C.)Branches of Her Wisdom: Stories of Traditional Practices of Food Sovereignty and Cultural Preservation
Pacific Museum of Earth (Vancouver, B.C.)Mineral Journeys: Pasts, Presents and Futures
Société des arts technologiques (Montréal, Que.)IN/VISIBLE: Reimagining the Worst Day of My Life
Toronto Ward Museum (Toronto, Ont.)Driving Canada: A Digital Exhibition
A full list of awarded projects, with descriptions provided by each organization, is also available here:
Community Stories Digital Projects
Digital Museums Canada is the largest investment program of its kind in the country, having provided over $22 million in funding to more than 275 projects to date. It offers Canadian museums and heritage organizations funding, expert guidance, and user-friendly tools to tell stories on a variety of online platforms, such as virtual exhibitions and tours, online games, web apps, and educational resources. DMC is committed to online accessibility as well as to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in the heritage sector.
Eligible organizations are invited to apply during the next Call for Proposals, which opens on June 15. For more information, please visit the DMC website.
Managed by the Canadian Museum of History, the Digital Museums Canada (DMC) investment program helps build digital capacity in museums and heritage, cultural and Indigenous organizations across Canada, offering unique access to diverse stories and experiences.
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