Workshops
Each year in conjunction with the Annual Conference, ACA Professional Learning Committee coordinates one or more workshops which will be of interest both to archivists located in the region hosting the conference as well as to many individuals planning to attend the conference. These workshops offer intermediate to advanced information on a variety of topics, set with 1/2 day, full day and 2-day time periods, immediately prior or following the conference sessions.
ACA Institute
The ACA Institute offers advanced level information, over a 2 or 3-day time period. An Institute on Personal Archives is being offered, October 29 & 30, 2010 in the Toronto at the City of Toronto Archives; click on this link for a PDF with details, or click for the Registration form. For questions, contact ACA Office for the latest news. Accommodations are available for out-of-town participants at the Delta Chelsea at a rate of $139 per night, single or double. Call the Reservations Department at 1-800- CHELSEA (1-800-243-5732) within North America. Callers must identify themselves as being with Association of Canadian Archivists and call prior to September 28, 2010 in order to qualify for your group rate.
The following table identifies the themes, leaders and locations of previous ACA Institutes.
| Theme | Leaders | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Institute was not offered | ||
| 2008 | Institute was not offered | ||
| 2007 | Why do they do that?: Understanding Our users | Wendy Duff
Jackie Spence Ian Anderson Andrea Johnson |
Kingston, ON |
| 2006 | Archives in the Wake of Hugh Taylor: Shaping Archival Programmes for the 21st Century | Terry Cook
Tom Nesmith |
St. John’s, NL |
| 2005 | Institute was not offered | ||
| 2004 | Monetary Appraisal of Archival Records | Marcel Caya
Ellwood Jones, Carman Carroll |
Montreal, QC |
| 2003 | Archives in Society and Society in Archives | Richard Cox,
Michael Eamon, Miriam McTiernan Terry Cook |
Toronto, ON |
| 2002 | Approaches to the Preservation of Electronic Records | Wendy Duff
Anne Van Camp Hans Hofman |
Vancouver, BC |
| 2002 | Calling the Shot: Archival Appraisal in Theory and Practice | Barbara Craig
Terry Cook |
Toronto, ON |
| 2001 | Modern Archives and the Australian Experience | Chris Hurley
Sue McKemmish |
Winnipeg, MB |
| 2000 | Calling the Shot: Archival Appraisal in Theory and Practice | Barbara Craig
Terry Cook |
Edmonton, AB |
| 1999 | Calling the Shot: Archival Appraisal in Theory and Practice | Barbara Craig
Terry Cook |
London, ON |
Documents from previous Institutes are available on the ACA Members web site. Non-members interested in a previous event are encouraged to contact the Chair, Professional Learning Committee.
Forthcoming institutes are planned and scheduled by the ACA Professional Learning Committee. Any suggestions or requests for a specific topic or proposals for delivery on a specific theme should be forwarded to the Chair, Professional Learning Committee.
