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!

Cet automne le CRIalt vous invite à participer au cycle de projections – débats intitulé « Du politique dans l’usage des archives filmiques. Lectures et pratiques décoloniales ». Cette série d’événements, organisé par Marion Froger et Claudia Polledri, en collaboration avec Karine Bertrand, Monika Diaz, André Habib et Zaira Zarza, se déroulera du 24 septembre au 10 décembre 2024. Elle constitue le dernier volet du cycle de projections « Politiques du film d’archives. Face à la violence de l’histoire » débuté l’année dernière (2023-2024) à l’initiative de Rémy Besson et Philippe Despoix et pensé comme un espace de discussion sur la dimension politique des gestes posés par les documentaristes travaillant à partir d’archives. Les quatre séances de l’automne visent à aborder cette réflexion d’un point de vue décolonial. Chacune explore un contexte géographique et historique différent pour situer les pratiques des cinéastes dans des cadres politiques divers et proposer des lectures qui tiennent compte des effets escomptés du (re)montage d’archives de sources variées.

https://crialt-intermedialite.org/le-futur-de-larchive-dans-le-cinema-autochtone/ 

I am pleased to announce that Andrew Sandock has been awarded the 2024 Dodds Prize for his paper "In Search of a Liberatory Appraisal for Palestinian Archives.”

Andrew graduated from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information this past spring. He also holds a Joint Honours Bachelor of Arts from McGill University, focusing on World Islamic and Middle East Studies & International Development. While completing his degree, Andrew worked at OISE Library where he provides reference services and research consultations for students and researchers using historical and special collections. His paper was submitted by Fiorella Foscarini.

Instituted in 2011, the Dodds Prize recognizes superior research and writing on an archival topic by a student enrolled in a Master's level archival studies program at a Canadian university. The award honours Gordon Dodds (1941–2010), first President of the ACA, and Archivaria's longest-serving general editor. Submissions received for the 2023-24 academic year were reviewed by adjudication committee members Amy Marshall Furness, Shyla Seller, Anna Gibson Hollow, and Heather Home. I thank the committee for their service.

Andrew’s paper will be published in the Spring 2025 issue of Archivaria. The citation reads:

In the examination of past (and present) colonial actions, decolonization efforts and liberatory futures, the author brings the complexities of the archival endeavour to the fore through the lens and application of contemporary theoretical propositions. Weaving together contemporary news, official reports, classic and contemporary archival theory, and heavyweight cultural theory this paper pulls the reader headlong into the abyss of genocide and epistemicide and guides us towards a way of thinking about how to constitute archives in apocalyptic times.

Congratulations, Andrew, on your excellent work.

Rebecka Taves Sheffield

Managing Editor

Archivaria

The Geraldine Grace and Maurice Alvin McWatters Visiting Fellowship

Queen’s University Archives is issuing a final call to invite interested individuals to submit applications for the Geraldine Grace and Maurice Alvin McWatters Visiting Fellowship for 2024-2025. The Fellowship allows the successful candidate to spend a month on-site in Kingston, Ontario, Canada undertaking research using the rich and varied holdings of Queen’s University Archives. The Fellowship Honorarium ($5000 CDN) will assist in defraying costs such as accommodation, travel, and research expenses. The deadline for submission of this year’s application is 27 September 2024. For further information  visit our website. 

The NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA
invites you to

A RETURN TO MEMORY

Directed by Donald McWilliams

Special launch event
at the NFB Space

Thursday, October 17
Alanis Obomsawin Theatre
1500 Balmoral Street, Montreal
(Place-des-Arts Metro)

The screening will be in English and will be followed by a reception.

Film screening
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Reception
7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Tickets are free but must be claimed in advance.
Limit of two tickets per person.

claim tickets

In honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre invites and encourages all to watch their short documentary film titled “A Cup of Cold Water.”

This moving documentary, produced by the amazing folks at the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (MFNERC), looks at the years of advocacy work undertaken by Alfred J. Kirkness in the 1960s and 70s when he lobbied various levels of Manitoba government to take responsibility for the care of the multiple unmarked graves at the Brandon Residential School. His persistent letter writing campaign was rediscovered through the detailed archival research efforts of Archivists Anne Lindsay and David Cuthbert and has more recently been used by the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation to locate and identify the children who lost their lives while in the care of the Brandon Residential School.

Video link:  https://vimeo.com/863594400?share=copy

Password: alfred

Bridging the Gap – The Current State of Historical Societies in Canada

In the context of the 100^th anniversary of the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) in 2022, and in the wake of the research project Agents mémoriels, un engagement d’hier à aujourd’hui, the CHA and the Fédération Histoire Québec (FHQ) took the opportunity to launch exchanges on the shared contribution to historical knowledge of the various historical societies in Canada.

A first webinar, bringing together seven organizations, took place in February 2023. At a follow-up meeting in May 2023, it was agreed to produce a current state of historical societies in Canada.  A steering committee made up of the CHA, the FHQ, the Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française (IHAF) and the British Columbia Historical Federation (BCFHS) was then set up to coordinate its production.

Published digitally in June 2024, the report presents data from a survey of 14 Canadian historical societies, both professional and citizen-based, pan-Canadian as well as provincial and territorial. In addition to overall observations, the report presents responses according to five themes:

1. Mission, objectives and organizational history
2. Organizational life
3. Achievements
4. Collaborations
5. Challenges and outlook

The report was the subject of a presentation at the Canadian Historical Association’s annual meeting in Montreal in June 2024, a recording of which can be found on the CHA’s YouTube channel.

We encourage you to read the report and share it as widely as possible. We also invite you to share this press release as widely as possible.

The report is available online:

• Full version: Bridging the Gap – The current state of historical societies in Canada
• Abridged version: Bridging the Gap – The current state of historical societies in Canada

To find out more about this initiative, visit Bridging the Gap – The State of Canada’s Historical Societies.

The Steering Committee
Rosa Flinton-Brown, President                                  Jean-Louis Vallée, President
British Columbia Historical Federation                    Fédération Histoire Québec

Thomas Wien, President                                            Donald Wright, President
Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française             Canadian Historical Association

Contact – cha-shc@cha-shc.ca

Join Dr. Wilton Littlechild, PEB '67, MA '75 LLB '76, LLD (Hon.) '07, as he outlines the development history and current activities related to the preservation and revitalization of Indigenous languages within the framework of the United Nations' Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032). It highlights global efforts, including conferences, policy developments, educational programs, and community projects. 

The proposal advocates for an Indigenous-led resolution at the United Nations to establish an International Convention on Indigenous Languages. This legally binding convention would aim to ensure legal protection, mobilize resources, integrate Indigenous languages into educational systems, and preserve cultural heritage.

September 24, 2024, 12-1pm MT

Free

https://www.ualberta.ca/en/events/augustana/indigenous-speaker-series/wilton-littlechild.html