I am delighted to share that I was the keynote at the Tri-University Annual History Conference on March 9, 2019 in Guelph. The theme for this year's conference was "In Small and Large Things Remembered’: Material Culture and History.” My talk, "Remaking Narratives: Community Archives and Residential School Photographs" focused on the the development of a … Continue reading Tri-University Annual History Conference Keynote
As part of my Introduction to Archival Studies course I introduced the fantastic Identifying & Dismantling White Supremacy in Archives poster created by Michelle Caswell's Archives, Records, and Memory Class in 2016. Full details about Caswell's practices for teaching about white supremacy in archives can be seen in her 2017 Library Quarterly article. Likewise, the … Continue reading Teaching: Dismantling White Supremacy in Archives
Today I'm reflecting on a range of readings that have inspired me or changed by thinking in 2018. These works are all ones that I have read in the past year - they may be newly published or just new to me. Some are book length and some are short blog posts but they all … Continue reading Reading That Inspired Me In 2018
Earlier this month I was thrilled to find out that the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre at Algoma University was successful in our Digitization Canadian Collection application to the National Heritage Digitization Strategy. Details about all 21 projects which were funded through this program can be found here. The Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre's project is titled … Continue reading Healing and Education Through Digital Access
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
Earlier this term I adapted Rozanne Panchasi's "Xtreme Endnotes" activity for my introduction to archival studies class. I used this activity as part of a discussion about the intersection of historical work, archival research, and the ways in which archives influence historical production. This activity was also paired with readings and a lecture about how … Continue reading Xtreme Endnotes With An Archival Twist
My latest piece, "Doing the work: Editing Wikipedia as an act of reconciliation", written in collaboration with Danielle Robichaud is now up on On Archivy. This piece developed out of an Archives Association of Ontario talk Danielle and I presented back in 2017 on "Collaborative archival practice: Rethinking outreach, access, and reconciliation using Wikipedia." The post looks … Continue reading Doing the work: Editing Wikipedia as an act of reconciliation
I recently starting working with Pressbooks as a way to develop an Open Educational Resource (OER) about residential schools and the history of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. For folks not familiar will Pressbooks, it is a publishing platform that you easily create ebook and print-ready files for printing physical … Continue reading OER and Exploring Pressbooks
I've been fortunate to be part of a number of projects that have recently received funding news. I am very excited about all of this work, much of which involves community, engagement, and cross-cultural learning methods. The TRC-TF was recently awarded at SSHRC Insight Grant for "Establishing a framework for reconciliation action and awareness within … Continue reading Project Funding News
The Newberry Library recently released a digitized collection of early 20th Century drawings by the Lakota community. These drawings are part of the Edward E. Ayer Collection which contains artworks, books, and other material relating to Indigenous culture. These drawings were created in 1913-1914 and are now in the public domain. Any press content I've … Continue reading Indigenous Archival Material, Open Access, and Decolonization
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