Repairing Canadian art museum collections with equity, diversity and inclusion

Abstract

In Canada, museums play an important role in recognizing cultural pluralism through the implementation of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) principles. How does the recent development and impact of EDI on museum approaches contribute to redressing inequality and exclusion? Issues of identity and social representation challenge collection development policies, acquisition, documentation, discourse, and exhibition practices. The study reveals shifts and ruptures in museum perspectives on diversity, as well as new practices related to collections. This article highlights policies over the past decade and museum practices of EDI in the context of crisis and the reparative turn.