Select and recent work that engages with the archives through conversation and teaching.
Webinars and Workshops
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR. “Description and Access for Anti-Black Archival Materials.” [Invited Speaker]. ARMA International. Virtual. March 28, 2024.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR. “Toward Community-Centered Reference.” [Invited Speaker]. Library and Archives Canada. Virtual. March 8, 2024.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR. “Toward Community-Centered Reference.” Association of Canadian Archivists. Virtual. November 2, 2023.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR. “Description and Access for Anti-Black Archival Materials.“ [Invited Speaker]. Library and Archives Canada. Virtual. February 17, 2023.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR. “Description and Access for Anti-Black Archival Materials.“ [Invited Speaker]. Library and Archives Canada. Virtual. February 10, 2023.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR. “Description and Access for Anti-Black Archival Materials.” Association of Canadian Archivists Annual Conference. Virtual. June 8, 2021.
Talks and Q+A Discussions
SPEAKER. “Healing with Archives: A Conversation with Melissa J. Nelson.” [Invited Speaker]. Colloquium Series. The University of British Columbia School of Information. In-Person. Forthcoming.
SPEAKER. “Rethinking Archival Tools: Catalogs, Finding Aids and Descriptions.” [Invited Speaker]. Black Community Archives and Libraries Summer Seminar. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. Virtual. June 14, 2024.
SPEAKER with Ehiko Odeh. “Archiving Culture Through Hair and Beauty in Black Canadian Community. In Conversation: Ehiko Odeh & Melissa J. Nelson.” [Invited Speaker]. DesignTO. In-Person. February 2, 2024.
Conference Presentations and Panels
SPEAKER with Désirée Rochat, Elizabeth Shaffer, and Aaron T. Francis. “Roundtable: Black Dreams & The Archives.” Association of Canadian Archivists Annual Conference. Virtual. June 12, 2024.
SPEAKER with Zakiya Collier. “Crosstalk: Memory Work, Mediated Technologies & Make Believe.” [Invited Speaker]. Calling the Conjurers: An Otherwise Symposium for Technologies of Black Life and Study. Collaboratory for Black Poiēsis. Virtual. May 24, 2024.
PANELIST with Laura Estill, Meghan Landry, Gretchen Rudham, Victoria Moten, and Cortnie Belser. “Expert Panel: Engagement and Teaching with Data.” [Invited Speaker]. Library and Archives Canada. May 9, 2024.
PANELIST with Cait McKinney and Gracen Brilmyer. “Digital Archives and Ethics of Care.” [Invited Speaker]. Crossing Fonds. OCAD University, Simon Fraser University & Centre for the Study of Black Canadian Diaspora. In-person. April 27, 2024.
PANELIST with Dr. Rico Chapman, Dr. Kathy Moscou, and Dr. Cheryl Thompson. “Roundtable: Changing Landscapes, New Directions.” [Invited Speaker]. Black Digital Humanities Symposium. Black Digital Humanities Lab (Jackson State University Department of Art and Theatre & the Diversity Working Group at the University of Toronto). Virtual. April 12, 2024.
PANELIST with Tonya Sutherland-Stewart. Moderator: Dr. Natasha Henry-Dixon. “Kick-Off Panel: Black Histories Wikipedia & Wikidata Edit-a-thon.” [Invited Speaker]. Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries, Toronto Public Library, University of Toronto Libraries & York University Libraries. Virtual. February 6, 2024.
Recording available here.
MODERATOR & PANELIST with Matthew Fells, Katrina Cohen-Palacios, Aaron T. Francis, Anthony Gebrehiwot, and Andrea Fatona. “’Why didn’t you think of us?’ A conversation between Archivists and Black Researchers.” Mapping Ontario’s Black Archives (MOBA): Artists and Archivists in Dialogue. Black Creative Lab at Toronto Metropolitan (TMU) University. In-person. September 21, 2023.
PANELIST with Lopez Matthews and Sean Smith. Moderator: Irene Moore Davis. “Roundtable: Activating Archives and Anniversaries.” [Invited Speaker]. Mary Ann Shadd Cary in the Here and Now Symposium. Penn State’s Center for Black Digital Research. Penn State University Centre for Black Digital Research. Virtual. October 2, 2021.
Recording available here.
MODERATOR. “Plenary Panel: Black Archives Matter.” [Invited Speaker]. Panelists Dr. Cheryl Thompson, Dr. Mark V. Campbell, and Karina Vernon. Association of Canadian Archivists Annual Conference. Virtual. June 10, 2021.
PANELIST with Carmen Miedema, Karen Ng, Tomoko Shida, Danielle Allard, Greg Bak, Gracen Brilmyer, Jennifer Douglas, and Karen Suurtamm. “Roundtable: Reflecting and Imagining Visions for Archival Education.” [Invited Speaker]. Association of Canadian Archivists Annual Conference. Virtual. June 9, 2021.
Guest Lectures
GUEST LECTURER. “Reparative Description: Confronting Anti-Blackness in Archives.” [Invited Speaker]. University of Toronto Faculty of Information. INF1331H Archival Arrangement and Description. In-person. March 27, 2024. Instructor: Jennifer Grant.
GUEST LECTURER. “Reparative Description: Confronting Anti-Blackness in Archives.” [Invited Speaker]. McGill University School of Information Studies. INFS 607 Organization of Information. Virtual. October 16, 2023. Instructor: Gracen Brilmyer.
GUEST LECTURER. “Ethics of Care: Inclusive Description in Archives.” [Invited Speaker]. York University Department of Communications & Media Studies. CMDS 2210 Race, Racism & the Image. In-person. September 27, 2023. Instructor: Desirée de Jesus.
GUEST LECTURER. “Reparative Description in Archives.” [Invited Speaker]. University of Toronto Faculty of Information. MSL2230H Nature & Culture: Histories of Heritage Interpretation in North America. In-person. March 16, 2023. Instructor: Alexandra Kim.
GUEST LECTURER. “Reparative Description in Archives.” [Invited Speaker]. McGill University School of Information Studies. INFS 607 Organization of Information. Virtual. October 7, 2022. Instructor: Gracen Brilmyer.
