By Tara Deschamps The four institutions sharing Hudson’s Bay’s royal charter are launching a public consultation to help decide how access to and education around the 356-year-old document are handled in the future. The museums and archive that form the Hudson’s Bay Co. Royal Charter Consortium say the public consultation will be led by consulting firm First Peoples Group with support from Nanos Research and Lord Cultural Resources. The public consultation will have several phases, beginning with a focus on Indigenous relations. It will include virtual gatherings and in-person meetings starting this month to collect feedback from Indigenous people in Winnipeg, Timmins, Ont., Yellowknife, Vancouver and Iqaluit. The second phase will include a national survey with all Canadians invited to participate. The feedback generated will form a framework the Archives…
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