Community Stories | Digital Museums Canada

Community Stories

Apply for an investment of $25,000. Using DMC’s website building platform, focus on content development and digital storytelling. Typically, Community Stories are produced in about 18-24 months.


Call closes: December 1, 2024

Status

closed

Investment


$25,000
Projects featuring a third language are eligible for additional funds

Limit

One project at a time per applicant

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Overview

The Digital Museums Canada (DMC) investment program helps build digital capacity in Canadian museums and heritage, cultural and Indigenous organizations, and gives people living in Canada unique access to diverse stories and experiences.

DMC is managed by the Canadian Museum of History.

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2025

" The visual format and user-friendly software allow people with limited website development experience to easily produce a high-quality product. "

Lindsay Foreman

Agassiz-Harrison Museum and Visitor Information Centre

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Knee High by the First of July: Celebrating the Legacy of Corn in the District of Kent, British Columbia

The Agassiz-Harrison Historical Society 2019

"Our exhibit project took some surprising turns and we are more than grateful for all the flexibility that DMC showed. Thanks to their support, we can share this little piece of our history with people everywhere. [Translation]"

Laurie Pagé

Culture C

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The Contrecoeur Shoe: A Family Story

Culture C 2021

"[We are] proud of the high quality of the final results and of having a virtual showcase to reach Canadians and enable them to meet OUR MAUDE, a unique woman with an exceptional destiny. [Translation]"

Lyne St-Jacques

Musée régional d'Argenteuil

Black and white photograph of Maude Abbott as a young adult, from the waist up. She is wearing a graduation gown. Her dark hair is tied behind her head and she is looking slightly to her left.
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In the footsteps of Maude Abbott

Musée régional d’Argenteuil 2021

"This exhibit features classic, as well as untold, stories of the women of the region. We have given our all to produce a bilingual exhibit that is accessible to everyone and that shares the lives of Sooke women, past and present, with the world."

MONTANA STANLEY

Sooke Region Museum and Visitor Centre

A black and white photograph of women skipping with a jump rope in a field.
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Women of the Sooke Region: From Pioneers to the Modern Wonder Woman

Sooke Region Museum and Visitor Centre 2021

"This investment from the DMC has enabled our archives to share the inspiring stories of early Canadian women in STEM using a wide variety of engaging historical material from our collection."

HEATHER GARDINER

The Miss Margaret Robins Archives of Women's College Hospital

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Women in Medical Research – A History of Innovation

The Miss Margaret Robins Archives of Women’s College Hospital 2022