Director, Content
Canadian Museum of Nature
Stacy Wakeford is Director of Content for Canada’s national museum for natural history and the natural sciences. She has been working for 20 years in museum exhibitions and programming, peppered with some intense assignments in collections management, museum operations and events, and museum outreach. She is an alumnus of the Noyce Leadership Institute and a member of Canada’s Association of Registered Graphic Designers. She holds a Masters degree in Comparative Literary Studies and two Bachelors degrees (Industrial Design and Interdisciplinary Studies in Art and Culture). She developed and taught a college course on informal learning in museums and is frequently invited to lead seminars and workshops on museum engagement. Stacy began her professional career as a designer and web developer, has led several award-winning exhibition projects, and continues to promote innovation and excellence by serving on the NAME leadership team as link to a network of interesting projects and people around the world, and as a champion for risk-taking and design thinking.
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM