Good day ACA Members!

Please consider accepting the invitation issued from the Department of Canadian Heritage for a virtual event & announcement on June 30th at 11am Eastern / 8am Pacific re: Canada’s post-pandemic recovery and Budget 2021 funding for museums and heritage organizations. The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage will be in attendance.

There will also be a live, moderated Q&A but questions are encouraged in advance. Please send questions by Friday, June 25, 2021, 5 p.m. EDT / 2pm PST to: PCH.map-pam.PCH@canada.ca

Event/Announcement registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6i8c3KrSQbuMMioUTxsTig

We need as many members in attendance and thoughtful questions submitted as possible in order to fulsomely represent Canada’s many archival communities. We need to rally to let Minister Guilbeault know WE require financial support to care for our nation’s documentary heritage just as much as our library and museum colleagues.

Time to represent folks!

Warmest regards,

Erica Hernandez-Read

President

Association of Canadian Archivists

 

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Join the Department of Canadian Heritage, and Isha Khan, CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, for An announcement from the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage:

Canada’s post-pandemic recovery and Budget 2021 funding for museums and heritage organizations

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT

There will also be a moderated live Q&A session

To register, please visit: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6i8c3KrSQbuMMioUTxsTig

[While there will be a live Q&A, you are encouraged to submit your questions for Minister Guilbeault in advance by Friday, June 25, 2021, 5 p.m. EDT to:   PCH.map-pam.PCH@canada.ca]

Simultaneous interpretation and live captioning will be available in both official languages throughout the meeting.

If you are having technical difficulties, please contact:

Sébastien Ranger, 819-271-9373, sebastien.ranger@canada.ca<mailto:sebastien.ranger@canada.ca>

or

Simon Daoust, 819-431-2748, simon.daoust@canada.ca<mailto:simon.daoust@canada.ca>

See you then!