During one of my recent writing projects I started thinking about the implications of disciplinary silos and the value to reading across disciplines. A lot of my work is grounded in archival theory and public history practice, however it often intersects with the Canadian academic history profession. From an outsider differentiating these three disciplines may … Continue reading Building Bridges and Reading Across Disciplines
I've recently been working with a batch of annual reports from the Shingwauk and Wawanosh Homes from 1877-1915. The first part of these reports have been digitized, OCR'd and are now available to download as PDFs. We're still working with the reports from 1899-1915, but hope to have those available to the public by the … Continue reading Annual Reports of the Shingwauk and Wawanosh Homes
New podcast episode! In part three of the mini-series on “Demystifying Archival Labour” I tackle the work of archival description and talk about the intellectual work goes into descriptive practices. I also discuss my favourite strategies for teaching about description and the inherent challenges of describing records using RAD. Missed part one of this series? … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 07: Demystifying Archival Labour – Description
Last week I attended the inaugural Digital POWRR Institute in Naperville, IL. Since 2012, the Preserving digital Objects With Restricted Resources (Digital POWRR) project has been trying to breakdown digital preservation barriers to a wider range of information professionals. Building on their past workshop model, the POWRR Institutes are designed to provide hands-on learning experiences, … Continue reading Digital POWRR Institute Reflections
New podcast episode! In part two of the mini-series on "Demystifying Archival Labour" I tackle the work of archival arrangement and talk about how archives are organized, archival arrangement principles and how to teach about arrangement in the classroom. I also discuss the idea of alternative arrangements as a means of shifting away from colonial … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 06: Demystifying Archival Labour – Arrangement
If you know me chances are you also know I have serious feels about podcasts. I like them. A lot. For over a year I've been tossing around the idea of starting my own podcast. I went back and forth numerous times on what to create a podcast about - public history, fandom, or craft … Continue reading Announcing the Historical Reminiscents Podcast
Archival boxes are expensive. Specialty archival boxes that aren't standard sizes are even more expensive. Acid free enclosures are similarly costly and often simply don't fit all of the unusually sized items in a collection. So, what is an archivist with a limited budget to do? Build all the things! Hand making enclosures and boxes … Continue reading Building Archival Boxes and Custom Enclosures
If you follow me on Twitter you know I've been thinking a lot about the implications of paywalls on community engaged research. My recent article, “Archival photographs in perspective: Indian residential school images of health” that is now out in the British Journal of Canadian Studies (volume 30, issue 2) is currently behind a paywall. … Continue reading Open Access and Community Engaged Research
My latest article, "Archival photographs in perspective: Indian residential school images of health" is now out in the British Journal of Canadian Studies (volume 30, issue 2). This article is part of a special issue edited by Evan J. Habkirk and Janice Forsyth focusing on health and the body at Canadian residential schools. Many thanks … Continue reading Archival photographs in perspective: Indian residential school images of health
The recording of the final webinar of the "Wikipedia as Outreach and Activism for Canadian History" series I hosted with Jessica Knapp from Canada’s History Society is now available. I was the main presenter in this webinar which focused on "Diving Into Wikipedia Editing Basics" and included an introduction and technical walk through of basic editing skills. … Continue reading Webinar: Editing Wikipedia Part Two
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