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Black Sound and the Archives

Archives play an integral role in shaping public perceptions of Black life. Accessing the archives allows us to expand our understanding of the past and create new ways of seeing and connecting to Black people. However, archives are deeply rooted in settler colonialism. Archivists have privileged the voices and perspectives of white society in their…

Resources for Reparative Description

For more information about reparative description, watch my presentation “Reparative Description: Confronting Anti-Blackness in Archives.” I also offer the workshop, “Description and Access for Anti-Black Archival Materials.” For inquiries, please contact me. As Meaghan Alston explains, the process to remediate description is known by many names, including, “reparative description, inclusive description, inclusive metadata, conscientious description,…

Nice To (virtually) Meet You: Mentorship Advice for LIS Students and Recent Graduates

Completing a degree is daunting. Which classes are the most useful? Which skills are your profession looking for? How can you ensure you are employable? While I was completing my Master of Information Studies degree at McGill University, the Mentorship Program from the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) was the only mentorship opportunity I was…

Archiving Hate: Racist Materials in Archives

This post inspired the creation of the workshop: “Description and Access for Anti-Black Archival Materials” which was delivered at the Association of Canadian Archivists Annual Conference virtually on June 8, 2021. This workshop is available to cultural heritage institutions. If you are interested in working with me, please contact me.  There are many issues that…

Audio Digitization Project: The Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives

Project Overview The Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives has a collection of recorded interviews on audio cassettes that date from 1977 to 2010. The Church’s Committee on History has encouraged church congregations to conduct interviews with ministers, missionaries, and church workers to understand their experiences working for the Church. These interviews also serve as an…

Audio Digitization Workflow: The Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives

The Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives has a collection of recorded interviews that have been conducted with ministers, missionaries, and church workers to understand their experiences working for the church. These oral history interviews are recorded on audio cassettes and date from 1977 to 2010. The Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives has agreed to work…

Playing The Past: Gaming As Public History

When I first came across the above quote, it made me think back to several successful video games that have been marketed as “historical games,” and really question the accuracy of their historical narratives. As Whitaker explained, many games that are marketed as historical games, even as historical fiction, are disconnected from historical scholarship. As I am…

Processing the Archives: The Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives

This summer, I worked as a Project Archivist for The Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives. As part of my employment, I was responsible for processing the Mark Young Stark family fonds. Rev. Mark Young Stark served as the Presbyterian Minister in Ancaster, Ontario from 1833-1854 and in Dundas, Ontario from 1833 until his retirement in…

Internet Archive Collection: George Brown College Archives

Last summer, I worked as an Archives Assistant – Digital Content for George Brown College Archives. In this position, I developed a collection on the Internet Archive to allow the archives to provide online access to recently digitized college newsletters, student newspapers, annual reports, yearbooks, and images. At first, I was asked to create a…

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