In today’s episode I talk about technology blips, technology fails, and recovering from these unexpected challenges. I draw on a couple of epic fail experiences recently and talk about getting through them. Download or Listen Now: See the transcript of episode 79.
In today's episode I'm discussing my experiences attending three different virtual conference in October. I talk about online conference formats, recording and giving presentations, and interaction in online conference spaces. Mentioned in this episode: -Canadian Research Knowledge Network 2020 Conference-TESS Online 2020: Humanizing Learning-Ontario Museum Association Annual Conference Download or Listen Now: Photo by Magnet.me … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents Podcast EP 74: Participating in Virtual Conferences
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
This week I presented a webinar on "Planning Digitization Projects for Community Archives" as part of the Maskwacis Cultural College Microlearning Series. The webinar focused on the basics of setting up, planning, and implementing digitization projects at community archives. It will include how-tos, potential workflows, and best practices for digitization initiatives. I spoke a lot … Continue reading Planning Digitization Projects for Community Archives
This week my colleague Jenna Lemay and I presented on "Community Archival Description and Community Access" as part of the Maskwacis Cultural College Microlearning Series. Our webinar focused on how the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre does archival description and archival access. We provided an overview of the Centre's approach to both and also discussed specific … Continue reading Community Archival Description and Community Access
The recording of the second Wikpedia focused webinar in the series I'm hosting with Jessica Knapp from Canada's History Society is now available. In this webinar Amy Marshall Furness, the Rosamond Ivey Special Collections Archivist and Head, Library & Archives at the E.P. Taylor Research Library & Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario discussed using Wikipedia as … Continue reading Introduction to Wikipedia as Outreach and Activism
Wikipedia, Outreach, and Activism, Oh My! As part of my role at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre (SRSC) I've recently been working with Canada's History Society to organize a summer webinar series focused on Wikipedia, Outreach, and Activism in relation to Canada's History. This four part webinar series will run in July/August and is focusing … Continue reading Wikipedia as Outreach and Activism for Canadian History Webinar Series