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• Special Interest Section for Indigenous Archives

  • When
    12 Sep 2025
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    2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    via Zoom

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  Dear SISIA Members,
  
  Welcome to the 2025 September start of SISIA. My name is Natasha. I am a member of ACA and SISIA. It is an honour and pleasure to return to the SISIA. My role will be to continue to provide support by setting up the meetings and holding space for conversations that are hopefully meaningful and generative for your professional and personal archival selves. I am looking forward to meeting each of you and seeing some you again. 
  
  Similar to previous years, the goal of the SISIA is to establish an informal meeting space for members interested or working with Indigenous collections. The meetings are often open dialogue for members to discuss any topic related to Indigenous perspectives, experience, and interests generally but also regarding archive. We are very open to discuss whatever is of interest to you in the present moment on these topics and hope that we can be of support to each other on our varying paths of learning and unlearning both within and external to the archive. Below is a meeting schedule. Similar to last year, the group will meet bi-monthly, the generally on last Friday of the month from 2 pm-3 pm EST. 
  
  Last year, some of the topics we covered in conversation include:
  •    ACA Reconciliation Framework, the work and goals of the Indigenous Matters Committee (IMC)
  •    challenges, priorities, and resources for Indigenous community-based archival practice 
  •    content management systems for Indigenous-based archives
  •    pre and post ACA conference topics and discussions
  •    HBC bankruptcy and ACA open letter
  •    an ACA Indigenous-only SISIA group
  
  Throughout all of this discussion, a number of resources and links were provided in the chat and documented in the meeting minutes. Currently, we are in the process establishing a list of those shared resources to be posted on the SISIA webpage of ACA.
  
  2025 Meeting Schedule
  Friday September 12th, 2-3 pm EST
  Friday November 28 , 2-3 pm EST
  
  2026 Meeting Schedule 
  Friday January 30, 2-3 pm EST
  Friday March 27, 2-3 pm EST
  Friday May 29, 2-3 pm EST
  Friday July 31, 2-3 pm EST
  
  
  
  I will be working on the agenda for the first meeting over in the coming weeks. If you have any questions or there is an item you would like to discuss in the next meeting or subsequent meetings, please contact me and I would be happy to include. Please know, we are always happy revisit previous discussed topics.
  
  Thank you! Have a lovely day and I look forward to meeting you on September 12th.
  Natasha
  
  

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• Professional Development Committee Meeting - Open House

  • When
    15 Sep 2025
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    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    via zoom

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  Join the Professional Development Committee's open house meeting on Sept 15th at 3pm.

  Are you interested in learning what volunteering with the ACA is like? Do you have an interest in workshops and education? Come and see if volunteering with the ACA's Professional Development Committee is a great fit for you!

  Join the PDC on September 15^th at 2pm ET, where we will open up our monthly meeting to all ACA members. Come in and see what we talk about, what volunteering is like, and get a chance to meet and chat with our committee members.

  
  

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• National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  • When
    30 Sep 2025

  The ACA Office will be closed to allow for reconciliation and reflection. The office will reopen the 1 October, 2025.
  

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• Thanksgiving

  • When
    13 Oct 2025

  The ACA Office will be closed for Thanksgiving, and reopen the 14th of October 2025.

  Wishing everyone a peaceful Thanksgiving.
  

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• Remembrance Day

  • When
    11 Nov 2025

  The ACA office will be closed for Remembrance Day. It will reopen on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
  

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• ACA Winter Holidays closure

  • Start
    22 Dec 2025
  • End
    2 Jan 2026

  The ACA Office will be closed from the 22nd of December 2025 to the 2nd of January 2026. 

  
  

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• Christmas Day

  • When
    25 Dec 2025

  Wishing all who celebrate, a Merry Christmas.
  

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• Boxing Day

  • When
    26 Dec 2025

  
  

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