Changing Realities, Changing Practices: Museums, Training and Professional Development in Quebec

Jennifer Carter is Director of the graduate museology programme at the Universite du Quebec a Montreal, where she is also Professor of New Museologies, Intangible Heritage and Cultural Objects in the Department of Art History. She has published her research widely in English and French journals. In 2013, Jennifer Carter was appointed Associate Editor of the international journal Museum Management and Curatorship, published by Taylor and Francis/Routledge in the UK.Katia Macias-Valadez is Director of the Training and Professional Development Department at the Societe des musees du Quebec (SMQ) since 2011. From 2004 to 2010, she was, among other responsibilities, editor of the Musees magazine at the SMQ Communications Department.