The Call for Proposals for the Archives Association of Ontario (AAO) 2021 conference is out. This year's theme is "Doing the Work: From Colonial Pasts to Inclusive Futures" and the CFP is open to submissions of both in-person and virtual presentations. A huge thank you to the wonderful folks who have agreed to sit on … Continue reading Doing The Work: From Colonial Pasts to Inclusive Futures
This year seems to be the year for virtual conferences, online professional development, and webinars. In October I'll be participating and presenting at a number of virtual conferences including: I will be presenting as part of the Canadian Research and Knowledge Network (CRKN) virtual conference. My presentation, " Community Based Access: Preserving and Sharing Indigenous … Continue reading Where I’ll Virtually Be This Fall
For the second year in a row I will be working with Nicole Belolan and Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan to edit an archives month series for the History@Work blog. It was wonderful working with Nicole and Kristin on the 2019 archives series and I'm looking forward to seeing how the series develops this year. This year's series will … Continue reading Archives Month Series
Over the past couple of months I have been working with History@Work affiliate editor Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan, and NCPH The Public Historian co-editor/Digital Media Editor Nicole Belolan to help pull together a month long series of posts about of archives and public history. This series will be published throughout October (Archives Month in the United States). I'm super … Continue reading Archives Month Series on History@Work
I had the opportunity to be part of the "Access & Digital Indigenous Archives" session at the Archives Association of Ontario Conference on May 9, 2019. I had the pleasure of presenting alongside Karyne Homes (Anishinaabe/Metis) of Library and Archives Canada. My talk focused on the digital access work of the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre. … Continue reading Archives Association of Ontario – Access & Digital Indigenous Archives
I have a bunch of travel coming up in the next few months and as always I would love to connect with public history and archival colleagues while travelling. In the coming months I'm looking forward to the following events: Kishay Pisim Mamawihitowin - The Great Moon Gathering 2018, Timmins, Ontario, February 14-16th. I'll be attending KPM with … Continue reading Upcoming Travel
My latest piece, "Breaking down NCPH's First Twitter Mini-Con" was written in collaboration with Christine Crosby. Head over to History@Work to our reflections on #NCPHactive. We take a behind the scenes look at the Twitter mini-con organizing, provide reflections on successes, and consider changes we might make to a similar event in the future. Personally, … Continue reading Breaking down NCPH’s First Twitter Mini-Con
As part of the "(re)Active Public History" Twitter mini-con hosted by the National Council on Public History I presented a presentation on the role of the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre as a place of community building and activism. The complete Twitter presentation is below. Archives As Activism: Community Narrative Building
The NCPH (Re)Active Public History mini-con schedule is now live! There are some fantastic presentations planned including two great keynotes. The Thursday October 18th keynote by LaTanya Autry is titled "Beyond Conversations: Transforming Museums through Social Justice Action" and the Friday October 19th keynote "Memory to Action" is by Allison Tucker from the International Coalition … Continue reading (Re)Active Public History Twitter Mini-Con
NCPH is having it’s first virtual mini-con! Modeled after last year's Beyond 150 Twitter Conference organized by Andrea Eidinger and I, the “(Re) Active Public History" Twitter mini-con will take place October 18-19, 2018. The CFP for this mini-con is now live and is open to submissions until September 7, 2018. Like #Beyond150 the #NCPHActive mini-con … Continue reading (Re) Active Public History Twitter Mini-Con