For reasons unknown at the present, the membership system adjusted all retirees' memberships to not retired. 

If you are retired and your were billed incorrectly, please contact Maureen at Membership services (aca@archivists.ca ) to have your invoice adjusted.

We are so sorry for the inconvenience!

The Library Institutional Excellence Award honours an Indigenous library that profoundly demonstrates outstanding service to its community. X̱wi7x̱wa Library is the only Indigenous branch of an academic library in Canada, often looked to as a leader in Indigenous Academic Librarianship in British Columbia, Canada and internationally. X̱wi7x̱wa is known for its use of the Brian Deer Classification System and its unique approach to decolonizing subject headings. X̱wi7x̱wa strives to incorporate Indigenous community perspectives and voices into its unique collections, programs, and services. X̱wi7x̱wa Library is also known as a space for raising up Indigenous librarians and has been the starting place of many well-known Indigenous librarians who are making significant changes in the world of librarianship.

Submission made on behalf of the Canadian Council of Archives (CCA) in response to the Government of Canada’s Public Consultations on Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement. The submission has been fully endorsed by l’Association des archivistes du Québec, and the Association of Canadian Archivists.

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The ACA mourns the passing of the Honourable Mr. Justice Murray Sinclair, former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). Also known by his traditional Anishinaabe name, Mizhana Gheezhik (the One Who Speaks of Pictures in the Sky), Sinclair was a national leader in Indigenous justice and advocacy. In 1988, Sinclair became Manitoba’s first Indigenous judge – a position he held for 28 years. He then went on to lead the TRC, which shone a light on the cultural genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada. The TRC’s 94 Calls to Action were a watershed moment in our nation’s history and had a profound impact on the Canadian Archival community.  Call to Action 70, which called for a national review of archival policies, gave rise to the Response to the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Taskforce (TRCTF) of the Steering Committee on Canada’s Archives (SCCA); a report that highlights the need for systemic change in archives and provides a road map to start making that change.
 
Sinclair was later appointed to the Senate in 2016 and became the 15th Chancellor of Queen’s University in 2021.
 
The ACA joins the rest of the nation in mourning the loss of this great man and extends our heartfelt condolences to the Honourable Murray Sinclair’s family. 

The deadline for design submissions has passed and it is now time to choose the logo for the 50th Anniversary of the ACA.  Ballots are here, and the deadline for submitting your choice is the 15th of November 2024. The webpage has full sized versions of the candidates.

The University of Winnipeg Archives invites you to attend an opening reception for the launch of our latest exhibition titled To Go Forward with a Man Like Lovatt: Remembering a Student's Sacrifice.  The exhibit is centred on Private Charles Wesley Lovatt, a student at Wesley College who interrupted his studies to enlist in the Canadian Army Medical Corps and served in the First World War as a stretcher-bearer with the 12th Canadian Field Ambulance.  Lovatt's story of service and sacrifice is told through a diary he started the day he enlisted and ceased entries two days before he died in the Battle of Passchendaele on October 29, 1917.  The diary and other records documenting his life were lovingly retained by family members over the years and have recently been donated to the University of Winnipeg Archives as the Lovatt Family fonds<https://main.lib.umanitoba.ca/lovatt-family-fonds> in an act of enduring remembrance.

The diary and other records illustrating the life of Private Lovatt, as well as those documenting the wartime experience at Wesley College (one of the founding colleges of the University of Winnipeg), will be on display in the Archives reading room from November 7 to December 20, 2024.  The opening reception will be held November 7 at 12:30 PM also in the Archives reading room where a short film about Private Lovatt, produced by his family, will be shown.  Information about the location of the Archives and where to park can be found on our website.<https://archives.uwinnipeg.ca/using-the-archives/index.html>  We hope to see you there.

The Special Interest Section on Indigenous Archives meeting today has been moved from 1pm to 1:30 pm ET.

To register link here: https://archivists.ca/event-5892576

The University and College Special Interest Group will be meeting October 30, 2024 at 11 am.  Please register now for your zoom link here: https://archivists.ca/event-5921428

All are welcome!

U.C.A.S.I.S will hold meetings every month (except December). The schedule and registration links are below:

Wednesday, November 27 at 11am
https://archivists.ca/event-5921499

Wednesday, January 29 at 11am
https://archivists.ca/event-5921507  

Wednesday, February 26 at 11am
https://archivists.ca/event-5921519

Wednesday, March 26, at 11am
https://archivists.ca/event-5921527

Wednesday, April 30, at 11am
https://archivists.ca/event-5921533 

You are cordially invited to a free online lecture (7 November 2024 at 12 p.m. EST): “Shot Down and Hiding Out with the Resistance: The Keith Patrick Archive at McMaster University Library.”

Join McMaster archivist Bridget Whittle and librarian Saman Goudarzi for an exploration of the Second World War-era service of Keith Patrick, a Canadian wireless operator/air gunner whose Halifax Bomber was shot down in France in June 1944. Seriously injured, Keith Patrick and his pilot, Don Fulton, were sheltered by members of the French resistance before being liberated by allied forces in September 1944.

Keith Patrick’s archive, housed in McMaster University Library’s department of Archives and Research Collections, reveals how Royal Canadian Air Force crews prepared for adverse outcomes through escape kits and evasion maps. The archive also provides insight into the tremendous efforts of the French resistance to shelter and care for allied troops, including the assignment of false French identity cards and the housing of soldiers with French families.

This lecture is hosted by McMaster University Library’s Archives Alive program in partnership with McMaster University Alumni.

Register using this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/5817195943387/WN_lI-qbqy6SR2ulYLQ64Hpeg#/registration

Please feel free to share this invitation with other interested parties.

The Indigenous Matters Working Group Assessment and Recommendations Final Report, and the Caretaking Memory: A Resource Guide for Archival Practitioners Working in Indigenous-centred Archives has been released!

You can find both documents here.

Thanks to all of the members of the Indigenous Matters Working Group for their hard work!