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Upcoming Workshop

The Yukon Council of Archives will be holding a workshop titled Archival Science and Aboriginal Identity in Whitehorse on November 3 and 4th, 2011.

The instructor is Raymond Frogner who holds a Masters of Archival Studies degree from UBC and who taught a longer version of this course last March to student librarians at the graduate School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta. 

This workshop will concentrate on the meaning of the archival record of Aboriginal identity as it emerged from narratives of the Canadian colonial and post-colonial settlement process.

Workshop Objectives:

  • Understand the pillars of traditional archival science and how they apply to traditional methods of Aboriginal memory;
  • Discuss the key developments and cases of Canadian Aboriginal jurisprudence and how they used archival resources;
  • Know how to research the principal archival resources of Aboriginal history with a focus on Western Canada;
  • Provide archival commentary on contemporary issues of Aboriginal rights such as the BC Treaty Commission and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada;
  • Comment on new paradigms in the relationship between traditional archival method and Aboriginal memory.

We think this course will be of interest to those in the heritage and culture fields, legal professionals, students, and anyone with an interest in aboriginal history in Canada.

Attached is the workshop registration form and the registration fee is $50.00.  There will be several articles to read in advance of the workshop and they will be distributed to registered participants.

Please contact Lesley Buchan if you would like more information about the workshop at 667-5321 or by e-mail at yukoncnclarch@gmail.com .


UPDATE ON THE NATIONAL ARCHIVAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (NADP)

Please note that funding application forms for the 2012–2013 National Archival Development Program (NADP) are now available at http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca/NADP_12-13.HTML


Upcoming Events

Association of Canadian Archivists presents
ACA 2012: In Search of Archival Gold

Date: June 7 - 9, 2012

Place: Whitehorse, Yukon

For more information visit the ACA website at: www.archivists.ca/

Yukon Council of Archives Box 31089 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5P7 Fax: (867) 393-6253 E-mail to: yukoncnclarch@gmail.com