Lyn Elliot Sherwood: Director, CHIN, 1993-2003

Our first guest from the Canadian Heritage Information Network, otherwise known as CHIN, is Lyn Elliott Sherwood. She was the Director General of CHIN from 1993 to 2003. She then went on to become the Executive Director of the Heritage Group at the Department of Canadian Heritage. During her time at CHIN, she was responsible for the creation of the organization’s most well-known program, the Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC). The VMC is a collection of online exhibits contributed by Canadian museums and heritage institutions. The program is still ongoing but is now managed by the Canadian Museum of History. Lyn Elliott Sherwood spoke to hosts Nathalie Nadeau Mijal and Kelly Johnson about her favourite heart-stirring moments while working at CHIN.

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Lyn Elliot Sherwood: Director, CHIN, 1993-2003 is an episode from CCI and CHIN: In Our Words by Canadian Conservation Institute.

This episode is 00:44:13 long.

This episode was published on Dec 9, 2020.

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