Skills training and support for community heritage

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* 1. Are you aware that the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) offers member institutions free access to workshops through our Mentorship, Assistance and Training for Community Heritage (MATCH) program?

Yes

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* 2. If you answered yes to the above, please tell us how you first learned about this service?

Email from Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) staff

HeritageLine newsletter

Quebec Heritage News magazine

Community newspaper advertisement

Word of mouth

Other (please describe)

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* 3. To your knowledge, how many volunteers or staff members in your organization have received professional training, mentoring or consultation services through the MATCH program in the last two years?

1-3

4-6

7-10

10 or more

None

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* 4. How would you characterize the importance of providing such training and support services in the community-heritage sector?

Indispensable (without training support, our local history and heritage institution will not survive)

Transformative (new knowledge and skills are needed to revitalize our community-heritage organization)

Beneficial (learning new things helps motivate and inspire our volunteers and staff members)

Practical (training sessions add variety and interest to our regular programming)

Negligible (ours is a small volunteer group, and we don't seek outside help)

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* 5. If no one from your organization has yet received support through this program, please select one the following statements that best describes the reason:

The current workshop topics are not relevant or interesting to our staff and/or volunteers

We’re interested, but can’t commit extra time to skills training right now

Our organization is able to fulfil its mission without professional advice or support

Other (please elaborate)

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* 6. Which of the following workshop topics do you think your organization would be interested in learning about in the next 12 months? You can select more than one!

Historical archive conservation

Fundamentals of oral-history research

Small museum management strategies

Producing online and hybrid events with Zoom

Roles and responsibilities of volunteer board members

Succession planning for community-heritage groups

What other topics would be of interest to your group (please describe) ?

N/A

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* 7. Please describe the types of professional support service(s) your organization would most benefit from in the next 12 months?

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* 8. What form of assistance would best suit your organization's current needs and capacity? Please rate your preference among the following scenarios, where 1 is most and 4 is least preferable (click up-and-down arrows to indicate preference order).

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* 9. QAHN encourages member groups to learn from and engage respectfully with Indigenous communities and cultures. How likely are you and/or your colleagues to take part in at least one MATCH activity devoted to Indigenous history and heritage in 2025?

Very likely

Likely

Somewhat likely

Neither likely nor unlikely

Somewhat unlikely

Unlikely

Very unlikely

Any thoughts about the role of community-history education in helping to advance Canada's efforts at reconciling with Indigenous peoples?

Skills training and support for community heritage

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* 1. Are you aware that the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) offers member institutions free access to workshops through our Mentorship, Assistance and Training for Community Heritage (MATCH) program?

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* 2. If you answered yes to the above, please tell us how you first learned about this service?

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* 3. To your knowledge, how many volunteers or staff members in your organization have received professional training, mentoring or consultation services through the MATCH program in the last two years?

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* 4. How would you characterize the importance of providing such training and support services in the community-heritage sector?

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* 5. If no one from your organization has yet received support through this program, please select one the following statements that best describes the reason:

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* 6. Which of the following workshop topics do you think your organization would be interested in learning about in the next 12 months? You can select more than one!

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* 7. Please describe the types of professional support service(s) your organization would most benefit from in the next 12 months?

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* 8. What form of assistance would best suit your organization's current needs and capacity? Please rate your preference among the following scenarios, where 1 is most and 4 is least preferable (click up-and-down arrows to indicate preference order).

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* 9. QAHN encourages member groups to learn from and engage respectfully with Indigenous communities and cultures. How likely are you and/or your colleagues to take part in at least one MATCH activity devoted to Indigenous history and heritage in 2025?

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* 10. Would you like to offer any further thoughts regarding our MATCH program and how we can support the community-heritage sector?