November 13–19 is Archives Awareness Week! #BCAAW2022
Come join the AABC in a series of events to celebrate, connect, and learn with the BC archival community! For more information about the week’s events, visit: https://t.co/tcD0LNWeom
Call for xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (@musqueam) Artists:
Orange Shirt Day 2022 T-shirt Design
Submission deadline: July 4, 9 AM
For more information:
https://t.co/tK1W61gq2O
#orangeshirtday#orangeshirtday2022
📣 Registration is now open for our online workshop “The Theory and Craft of Describing Electronic Records”!
Join @shirapeltzman and Annalise Berdini for this hands-on workshop exploring strategies for digital archival material. Seats are limited!
https://t.co/fHbshEZVSx
Registration is now OPEN for our upcoming course “Managing Archival Photographs”.
Registration deadline: August 31, 2022. Course duration: September 12 – November 21, 2022. For more information and to register online, visit https://t.co/r4LnicYuvY.
Journalist @Connie_Walker tells her family’s residential school story in new podcast, Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's https://t.co/JA0XbtZVmw story by Sadaf Ahsan via @torontostar.
Episode 4 of the Love, Land, & Spirit Podcast is now live! This episode explores the topic of food and how culture is a medicine for healing with: Inez Cook and Jess H̓áust̓i.
@SnBVancouver @JessHausti @qqsprojects
Listen here: https://t.co/FORN7iOjlA
I just received this: Orange Shirt Day creator Phyllis Webstad denounces proposed co-optation of the symbol by convoy occupiers in Ottawa.
“The Orange Shirt Society does not endorse the recent announcement of Orange Shirt Day occurring on February 11 by protest organizers.”
Episode 2: Repatriation "Coming Home" of the Love, Land, & Spirit Podcast is now live!
It explores the topic of Repatriation with: Irene Mills; Sdaahl Ḵ’awaas (Lucy Bell); Jisgang Nika Collison; and Dr. Jill Baird.
Listen here: https://t.co/MjP12i5B2O
@HaidaMuseum@MOA_UBC
It is my honour to announce that University of British Columbia has acquired, through donation, a complete first edition of William Shakespeare’s First Folio. Only the 2nd edition available in Canada, It will be available for all of Vancouver and British Columbia to experience.
The Centre is proud to announce the appointment of its Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, to the Order of Canada on December 29, 2021 for her outstanding dedication advocating for children and youth.
A new online resource is being launched to help residential school survivors find information about compensation, unmarked gravesites and other issues.
https://t.co/EgE04tN0Zl
New online resources from @irshdc clarify outstanding obligations of the Catholic Church to Indian Residential School Survivors. https://t.co/m3yGq8uCF7 via @WarickCBC
As we wrap up this year's BC Archives Awareness Week, we're thinking about what archives mean to us. We'll be sharing reflections from the AABC team and invite you to join the conversation. Tag us or use #BCAAW2021
Our next Archives Awareness Week post is all about Working with the Public! Never miss an opportunity to educate your community and share your excitement about what they can discover in your holdings. #BCAAW2021