“That’s my Auntie”: Community-Guided Residential School History

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My latest piece ""That's my Auntie": Community-Guided Residential School History" co-authored with the fantastic Skylee-Storm Hogan can be seen in the KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation studies journal. Here's the abstract of our piece: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada called for increased access to archival material documenting the history of Residential Schools. … Continue reading “That’s my Auntie”: Community-Guided Residential School History

That’s My Auntie: Making Accessible Residential School History

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This week my colleague Jenna Lemay and I presented "That's My Auntie: Making Accessible Residential School History” as part of the Maskwacis Cultural College Microlearning Series. Our webinar focused on specific community digitization and access projects including the Remember the Children project and our recent work with the Shingwauk burial register. You can view our slides … Continue reading That’s My Auntie: Making Accessible Residential School History

Historical Reminiscents Podcast EP 56: Archives and the TRC Calls to Action

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In honour of Orange Shirt Day today's episode is dedicated to Residential School Survivors all across the land and to those who didn't return home from their time at Residential School. In today's episode I discuss the TRC's Calls to Action and their relationship to archival practice. Note - I made a numerical error when … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents Podcast EP 56: Archives and the TRC Calls to Action

Unexpected Archival Finds: Shingwauk Student Register

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My latest post, "Unexpected Archival Finds: Shingwauk Student Register" can be found over at Activehistory.ca.   This piece explores the recent discoveru a "Clerk's Fee Book" that had been re-purposed as a Shingwauk Residential School student register from 1930-1941.  This find by the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre staff provides new information about the students who attended … Continue reading Unexpected Archival Finds: Shingwauk Student Register