Corrine Rogers 

What motivated you to join the 2024 ACA Virtual Conference Program Team? 

With Jessica as the Chair, I knew everything would be run efficiently and creatively, and I was/am happy to work with her. 

This year's conference theme: "Future Proofing: Centring Care Now for Archives Tomorrow" explores several topic areas. Which one are you most interested or excited about and why? 

AI and its potential/challenge for archives. 

Which emoji is your current favourite? 

 

If you could have lunch with any archivist (past or present), who would it be and why? 

Do I have to choose just one? Hugh Taylor, Arthur Dougherty

Emma Moros 

What motivated you to join the 2024 ACA Virtual Conference Program Team? 

I learned a ton from the one ACA conference I attended in-person (Vancouver, 2021), and I wanted to learn about what goes into organizing a national conference like this and build some experience in that area. I was also excited to connect with others with more experience in archives and learn from them. 

This year's conference theme: "Future Proofing: Centring Care Now for Archives Tomorrow" explores several topic areas. Which one are you most interested or excited about and why? 

I'm interested in many of the topics but particularly excited to learn from presenters about their perspectives on the climate crisis. I'm passionate about both immediate responses to weather-related disasters and emergencies (my hometown flooded badly in 2023, so I have been thinking a lot about this), as well as bigger picture/longer-term thinking about how archives can work to minimize harms to the environment. 

Which emoji is your current favourite? 

(grad school in a nutshell)

If you could have lunch with any archivist (past or present), who would it be and why? 

I'm taking liberties with this question and going way into the past and also into fiction. I'd want to have lunch with Jocasta Nu, the Jedi Archivist from Star Wars. I think we could learn a lot about resilience and longevity in archiving (not to mention technology) from a Jedi Archivist. Plus, archives in space -- it just sounds like a great lunch conversation! 

Jessica Bushey 

What motivated you to join the 2024 ACA Virtual Conference Program Team? 

I have attended the ACA Annual Conferences for nearly twodecades, and it felt like the right time to contribute in a more meaningful way. Being the Chair of the Program Team is an opportunity to work with a diverse team of archival professionals and provide an exciting conference experience on a national scale.  

I would like to add to my motivation for being the Program Chair the fact that the conference format is VIRTUAL. I believe the virtual format presents an opportunity for more people to participate in presenting and attending the conference. 

This year's conference theme: "Future Proofing: Centring Care Now for Archives Tomorrow" explores several topic areas. Which one are you most interested or excited about and why? 

AI and Archives from an Indigenous point of view. 
 

Which emoji is your current favourite? 

If you could have lunch with any archivist (past or present), who would it be and why? 

Yvonne Ng - the Archives Program Manager at WITNESS. 

Jonathan Bowie 

What motivated you to join the 2024 ACA Virtual Conference Program Team? 

When I volunteered to be on the Host Team for the 2023 conference, I was added to both the Host and Program teams by accident. Having now performed duties on the Host team last year, and with the advent of a virtual conference this year, I thought it a great opportunity to try on a different hat! 

This year's conference theme: "Future Proofing: Centring Care Now for Archives Tomorrow" explores several topic areas. Which one are you most interested or excited about and why? 

Social and Political Conflict. As a government records archivist, I face on a daily basis the emotional reaction that records can spark in archivists, and users of archives, including trauma. 

Which emoji is your current favourite? 

If you could have lunch with any archivist (past or present), who would it be and why? 

Ian Mackaye – Citizen Archivist and Punkrocker. 

Karen Ng 

What motivated you to join the 2024 ACA Virtual Conference Program Team? 

Jessica invited me to participate, and I was happy to. 

This year's conference theme: "Future Proofing: Centring Care Now for Archives Tomorrow" explores several topic areas. Which one are you most or excited about and why? 

I'm looking forward to discussions about how we can care for the future. 

Which emoji is your current favourite? 

If you could have lunch with any archivist (past or present), who would it be and why? 

Recently I've been thinking a lot about the elders in the community that I work for and the knowledge, histories, and stories they have. 

Lelland Reed 

What motivated you to join the 2024 ACA Virtual Conference Program Team? 

I am a fairly new to ACA, and when I saw the call for Program Team members, I figured this would be a great way to meet others working in Canadian archives, in addition to learning more about ACA and current archives scholarship happening across the country more broadly. 

This year's conference theme: "Future Proofing: Centring Care Now for Archives Tomorrow" explores several topic areas. Which one are you most interested or excited about and why? 

All of the topic areas are of interest to me in one way or another. However, I am most interested in #5 Future Directions and Collaborations. I am really interested in how AI can be applied in archives to improve how we do our work, with the ultimate goal of transforming and improving the experience for archives users. 

Which emoji is your current favourite? 
 

If you could have lunch with any archivist (past or present), who would it be and why? 
Sheilagh Jameson, but it’s hard to name just one!  

Olivia White 

What motivated you to join the 2024 ACA Virtual Conference Program Team? 

I was excited by the opportunity to venture behind the scenes and learn how a conference is developed. I was also interested in the virtual format to work with other archival professionals across Canada. 

This year's conference theme: "Future Proofing: Centring Care Now for Archives Tomorrow" explores several topic areas. Which one are you most or excited about and why? 

Trustworthiness of AI-generated records. As a Digital Preservation Archivist, I am concerned with maintaining the integrity of digital records and wish to explore the impact of AI within archival spaces. 

Which emoji is your current favourite? 

 

If you could have lunch with any archivist (past or present), who would it be and why? 

Krista McCracken and Skylee-Storm Hogan-Stacey for their meaningful research regarding the legacy of Residential Schools, and decolonial archival practices. 

Sam Frederick 

What motivated you to join the 2024 ACA Virtual Conference Program Team? 

I've been involved in the ACA in different areas, and I'm excited to work on developing this year's virtual conference after being able to attend an ACA conference for the first time as a virtual attendee.

This year's conference theme: "Future Proofing: Centring Care Now for Archives Tomorrow" explores several topic areas. Which one are you most interested or excited about and why? 

I think accessibility continues to be an important focus for archivists, so I'm looking forward to hearing how archivists are responding to changes in their users' needs and improving access in all areas.

Which emoji is your current favourite? 

 

If you could have lunch with any archivist (past or present), who would it be and why? 

I would say Raymond Frogner and Jesse Boiteau from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation as the NCTR inspired me to enter the archival field.