I've been doing a lot of outreach work recently. For example, this week I'm running education sessions for over 180 high school students. In most cases the students are visiting in groups of 40-50 to learn about residential schools and the Shingwauk Indian Residential School site. In instances I'm co-teaching these sessions with a residential … Continue reading Outreach, Performance, and Introversion
Rivers Speak Community Play
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Gigidoowag Ziibiik (Rivers Speak) Community Play. This fantastic project was the culminating event of Thinking Rock Community Arts' efforts to engage community members in story telling and art making. Since 2013 Thinking Rock has involved over 1500 individuals in hands-on making and storytelling with an emphasis on reflecting … Continue reading Rivers Speak Community Play
Webinar: Editing Wikipedia Part One
The recording of the third Wikpedia focused webinar in the series I’m hosting with Jessica Knapp from Canada’s History Society is now available. I was the main presenter in this webinar and my presentation focused on the basics of editing Wikipedia. During my talk I tried to answer some of the following questions: Why should we … Continue reading Webinar: Editing Wikipedia Part One
Sesqui and the Horizon Film
Last week Sesqui and the film Horizon were in Sault Ste. Marie. If you haven't heard of Sesqui (short for Sesquisentinial) it is is a 360° cinematic experience marking Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation. It's traveling across Ontario using a giant canvas dome to show the film Horizon. The 20 minute film features landscapes from across … Continue reading Sesqui and the Horizon Film
Wikithon Roundtable Recording
As I mentioned earlier, I am very happy to be co-hosting the "Weikipedia As Outreach And Activism For Canadian History" with Jessica Knapp of Canada's History Society. Last week we ran our first webinar which featured Jade Pichette, Skylee-Storm Hogan, and Ezra Winton discussing their experiences editing Wikipedia, hosting edit-a-thons, and sharing advice for those … Continue reading Wikithon Roundtable Recording
Women, Wikipedia, and Intentional Editing
I've written previously about my use of Wikipedia as an outreach tool for the GLAM sector and the possibilities of connecting archives to users through Wikipedia. I've also been thinking a lot about using Wikipedia as a form of awareness raising about Indigenous history, marginalized communities, and women. Many people have written about the systemic … Continue reading Women, Wikipedia, and Intentional Editing
Reflection: 2016 Accomplishments
For the past few years I've reflected on my professional practice and accomplishments at the end of the year. I'm going to continue that tradition with this blog post albeit in a slightly more list based format than the reflective posts I've done in the past. In 2016 I did a lot of things including: … Continue reading Reflection: 2016 Accomplishments
Eight Years of Blogging
I started blogging back in September 2008 as part of a course requirement for a digital history class I took as part of my MA in Public History. Looking back I have a hard time believing I've kept up with the practice for eight years. There have been the occasional lulls in my writing but … Continue reading Eight Years of Blogging
Teaching and Learning in the Archives
The Hack Library School (HLS) blog recently included a post titled "How to Librarians Learn to Teach?" The post looked at the challenges of being thrown into the librarian instruction fire and the lack of formal training many librarians (and archivists) have in teaching, despite the fact that many will probably run instruction sessions at … Continue reading Teaching and Learning in the Archives
Organization Social Media Accounts
For the past number of years I've been managing the Activehistory.ca social media accounts, namely Twitter and Facebook. Since the fall I've also been managing Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr accounts for my work. The accounts are somewhat different in nature. The Active History accounts are primarily used to promote new website content, so I don't … Continue reading Organization Social Media Accounts
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