November 25, 2023

The Conversation: Queer archives preserve activist history and provide strategies to counter hate

The Conversation: Queer archives preserve activist history and provide strategies to counter hate . “Since 2020, I have been helping to build a 2SLGBTQ+ Community Archive in Hamilton, Ont. My students and I are often amazed at just how long 2SLGBTQ+ communities have been resisting very similar kinds of backlash, hate and violence to what we’re seeing today. Anyone concerned about 2SLGBTQ+ struggles today can learn from the history of resistance and activism preserved in these archives.”

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November 4, 2023

National Post: Vast digital trove of off-the-cuff remarks from Canadian literary lions nears completion

National Post: Vast digital trove of off-the-cuff remarks from Canadian literary lions nears completion. “After six years of work, SpokenWeb is in its final year. When it’s done in early 2024, students can study writers’ remarks, scholars can track changes in the performance of a particular piece and literature lovers can savour their favourite works in the voices of those who penned them — all from a single, searchable online portal.”

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October 8, 2023

Canadian Press: MuchMusic’s expansive physical videotape archive is finally going digital

Canadian Press: MuchMusic’s expansive physical videotape archive is finally going digital. “Decades of MuchMusic programming is being rescued from the sands of time. The music channel’s owner Bell Media says it’s on the final stretch of a years-long project to go through tens of thousands of videotapes and transfer pieces of pop culture history into a new digital archive.”

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August 21, 2023

North Shore News: One YouTuber is saving and sharing Vancouver TV from the 80s and 90s

North Shore News: One YouTuber is saving and sharing Vancouver TV from the 80s and 90s. “The nostalgia of 80s and 90s TV in Vancouver is being preserved on a YouTube channel. RetroVancouver, run by Dax Sorrenti, has become the home to commercials and clips from the pre-Internet decades that many remember but may not be able to find online. Sorrenti says he runs the account to give people a chance to relive memories and the feeling of being younger.”

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June 15, 2023

CBC: Black Loyalist museum was prepared to save artifacts by ‘any means’ during wildfire

CBC: Black Loyalist museum was prepared to save artifacts by ‘any means’ during wildfire. “When a massive wildfire started moving north toward the Town of Shelburne last week, Andrea Davis couldn’t help but think back to another fire that had traumatized the community. Davis, the executive director of the Black Loyalist Heritage Society, operates its museum in Birchtown, only a few kilometres southwest of Shelburne.”

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June 7, 2023

Globe and Mail: Volunteers aim to document all of Canada’s motorsport history

Globe and Mail: Volunteers aim to document all of Canada’s motorsport history. “Mike Nilson has an overwhelming task ahead of him, one that nobody has really attempted before. Taking up roughly 200 square feet of space in his warehouse are 100 boxes filled with old photos, magazines, trophies and motorsport memorabilia. More boxes are coming in all the time, from car clubs and fellow enthusiasts. Nilson’s task is to scan everything, meticulously catalogue it, and upload it to a new online archive.”

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March 19, 2023

Ekathimerini: Canada’s Greeks share their stories

New-to-me, from Ekathimerini: Canada’s Greeks share their stories. “These and many more stories form the core of the Virtual Museum of Greek Immigration to Canada, an initiative that is part of the Immigrec project, and an interdisciplinary educational partnership that comprises research teams from three Canadian universities with Greek studies programs (McGill, Simon Fraser and York) and the University of Patras, with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.”

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March 15, 2023

Government of Canada: 1931 Census of Canada to be released on June 1, 2023

Government of Canada: 1931 Census of Canada to be released on June 1, 2023. “On June 1, 2023, Canadians can expect to browse the digitized census images by geographic district and sub-district on the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) website. Following the initial release, LAC will work collaboratively with Ancestry® and FamilySearch International to create an advanced searchable database for Canadians and those with Canadian heritage who wish to look for their ancestors.”

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February 25, 2023

University of Winnipeg: The University of Winnipeg Archives digitize the Kern-Hill Furniture commercial collection

University of Winnipeg: The University of Winnipeg Archives digitize the Kern-Hill Furniture commercial collection. “After learning University Archivist Brett Lougheed had acquired a collection of television commercials produced by Kern-Hill Furniture in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s for the UWinnipeg Archives, [Professor Andrew] Burke applied for, and received, a Discretionary Grant to digitize the collection.”

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February 14, 2023

Canadian Coin News: Ferguson Foundation launches ‘long overdue’ digital repository

Canadian Coin News: Ferguson Foundation launches ‘long overdue’ digital repository. “Its creators hope the CNR [Canadian Numismatic Resources] will soon serve as the most complete resource of Canadian numismatic documents with at least 20,000 pages of digitized material added each year. As of mid-January, the website holds more than 10,000 pages of original sources, including numismatic periodicals, club journals, catalogues, price lists plus government and archival records.”

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February 9, 2023

Western University: Mapping the stories of formerly enslaved Black Londoners focus of new research

Western University: Mapping the stories of formerly enslaved Black Londoners focus of new research. This is London Ontario, not London England. “In 1856, Benjamin Drew, a U.S. abolitionist, travelled to Canada to transcribe the oral stories of formerly enslaved Black refugees…. But what of their lives afterwards? With Drew’s accounts as their starting point, Western researchers Miranda Green-Barteet and Alyssa MacLean are working to trace the paths these self-liberated individuals took after arriving in London.”

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February 2, 2023

Two Row Times: New grant for Indigenous filmmakers launched in honour of Jeff Barnaby

Two Row Times: New grant for Indigenous filmmakers launched in honour of Jeff Barnaby. “Netflix and imagineNATIVE on Thursday announced the Jeff Barnaby Grant in honour of his contributions to Indigenous narrative sovereignty, genre film, and Canadian cinema. Five Indigenous film and television creatives across Canada with productions at any stage in the horror, thriller and futurism genre will each receive $25,000 to support their projects.”

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February 2, 2023

Simcoe: Georgian Bay Métis Council working to record and preserve local Métis history

Simcoe: Georgian Bay Métis Council working to record and preserve local Métis history. “The Georgian Bay Métis Council is working to ensure the region’s Métis history is not forgotten. The Midland-based organization has received funding from Heritage Canada to digitize historical documents, photograph historical artifacts and collect stories from local elders to create an online museum.”

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November 3, 2022

Insauga: Canadian photo archive based in Mississauga at risk of closing without help from the public

Insauga: Canadian photo archive based in Mississauga at risk of closing without help from the public. “The Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation (CHPF) has more than 150,000 historic images in its archives but the organization is a risk of closing. Founded in 2001 in Mississauga by Canadian photographer George Hunter, the foundation has a large collection of his historic images with subjects ranging from early highway photos to anglers trying their luck along the Credit River.”

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