The Technology + Communication in Markham exhibition explores changes in the City of Markham’s communication technologies over the last 150 years. Sub-themes include accessibility, environmental impact, and mental health. Visitors are also encouraged to reflect and consider parallels between past and present communication tools.

The exhibit was created to complement the permanent display in the Print Shop, and to support Markham Museum’s core programming as well as the grade 1-8 Ontario Science and Technology curriculum. Approximately 400 square feet, the exhibit space is primarily used for educational programming for young school groups, families, and camps. With that in mind, we designed the exhibit to include educational and engaging didactic elements, including graphic text labels, objects from the permanent collection, an audio table of oral histories, and a historical instructional video on how to use a rotary phone. Including objects from the teaching collection was also important, as we wanted children to have hands-on learning opportunities with rotary phones, early cellphones, and typewriters.

The project was initially proposed in September 2019 by Markham Museum’s Curator, Janet Reid. Ideation for our BIG IDEA was finalized in November, marking the beginning of archival and object research. In January of 2020, an object list was approved, and exhibition text and exhibition design became our focus. Final drafts of text panels and labels were approved and printed in late February. Installation began by refreshing the space with an exciting colour pallet in mid-February. Later that month, we assisted Janet with object cleaning to prep objects for display. Additionally, we began placing orders for acrylic cases and furniture. Installation began in late February and concluded in the beginning of March, just before the closing of Ontario due to COVID-19. The exhibition would have officially opened March 28th, 2020.

Support from the Markham Museum staff was phenomenal, from the ideation phase through didactic text editing and painting to installation. We would like to heartily thank the entire staff at the Markham Museum, especially Janet Reid, Curator, and Mark Sheibmayr, Assistant Curator/Archivist for their gentle guidance and shared wisdom throughout the project. We would also like to thank Matthew Wright for his help with audio/visual elements, and Georgina Pioneer Village for lending us a telegraph key and sounder for display.

This Education Plan was created as a student project in the MMSt program at the University of Toronto. It was created with the Gardiner Museum's Savour: Food Culture in the Age of Enlightenment exhibition in mind.

In this report, we overviewed the existing exhibition, outlined the education plan objectives, and programming philosophy. We included ideas for 3 educational programs geared toward school groups and 8 programs geared toward the general public. Additionally, we developed a full plan for a school tour and ice cream-making workshop, as well as a plan for the building of an interpretive space.

This display about the Sato family was created in the summer of 2018 while working as the Digital Archives Assistant at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. The display was created with research and materials from the summer's project of digitizing the Sato family collection in the archive at the JCCC.

This display of creative resumes was created during the spring of 2015 while working as the Marketing & Promotions Assistant for the Career Centre at the Humber College Lakeshore Campus. The display featured student-submitted resumes alongside inspiring creative resume examples, resume history and tips.