{"id":37223501589,"date":"2011-03-22T21:48:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T01:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcmichael1.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=37223501589"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:55:13","slug":"mcmichael-canadian-art-collection-announces-appointment-of-new-executive-director-and-ceo-dr-victoria-dickenson","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/mcmichael.com\/fr\/communique-de-presse\/mcmichael-canadian-art-collection-announces-appointment-of-new-executive-director-and-ceo-dr-victoria-dickenson\/","title":{"rendered":"McMichael Canadian Art Collection Announces Appointment of New Executive Director and CEO, Dr. Victoria Dickenson"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 22, 2011 Kleinburg, ON <\/strong>\u2014The McMichael Canadian Art Collection announced today that Victoria Dickenson, PhD, FCMA, has been appointed as its new Executive Director and CEO as well as President of the McMichael Canadian Art Foundation effective April 18, 2011.<\/p>\n

Dr. Dickenson\u2019s appointment was the culmination of an exhaustive search conducted in Canada, the U.S. and abroad to find candidates in the arts, culture, business or government arenas who had outstanding leadership skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Dickenson is among Canada\u2019s best known and most respected museum professionals,\u201d said Upkar Arora, Chair of the McMichael Board of Trustees, and head of the Search Committee of eight. \u201cOur search process identified her as the best candidate who had the requisite experience, passion and capabilities to build on the outstanding assets of the McMichael. Her previous work in gallery management, exhibition development and programming, fundraising, as well as her innovative thinking speaks for itself, and we are thrilled to have her take on this leadership role at the McMichael. She was our unanimous choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dickenson, a Canadian citizen and fluent in both French and English, is leaving her position as Chief Knowledge Officer at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to assume her new role at the McMichael. Dickenson has a distinguished curatorial and gallery-management career including serving as Executive Director at the prestigious McCord Museum of Canadian History in Montreal (1998-2009).<\/p>\n

At the McCord she managed to increase the Museum\u2019s operating revenues through a combination of grants, fundraising and self-generated revenues, working with all levels of government as well as the private sector. Under Dickenson\u2019s leadership, the McCord was nominated and received numerous awards from the museum and information sectors in Canada and the U.S. Dickenson is an acknowledged leader in the application of information technology to museology and championed a multi-party project which became the foundation for the McCord\u2019s global web presence that continues to attract over two million visits per year.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal in coming to the McMichael,\u201d said Dickenson, \u201cis to make the institution stronger \u2013 locally, provincially, nationally and internationally \u2013 to reach our local communities, the tourists that come to the GTA and the visitors that we reach virtually, so that more people can experience for themselves what an outstanding institution the McMichael is and what an important part it plays in our Canadian history and heritage, today, tomorrow and for decades to come. The McMichael is blessed with such wonderful assets \u2013 the gift by Robert and Signe McMichael of the works of art and the stunning grounds, the dedicated and passionate employees and volunteers, an engaged Board of Trustees and the Foundation, and a committed and supportive Ministry of Tourism and Culture. I am confident we can channel these rich assets into a bold new vision for the gallery, and we can create an outstanding institution that not only speaks to Canadians, but also speaks to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For further information contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michelle Kortinen, Communications Coordinator<\/p>\n

905.893.1121 ext. 2210<\/p>\n

mkortinen@mcmichael.com<\/p>\n

Connie Febbraro<\/p>\n

Associate Director, Marketing and Communications<\/p>\n

Gallery: 905.893.1121 ext. 2528<\/p>\n

connie@mcmichael.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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