Thank you for your past and continued support of the ACA.  We are looking forward to an exciting year in 2020 and to continue our work to highlight activities and initiatives in our communities. We will be meeting at the University of British Columbia for our Annual Conference and the Program Team has a Draft of the At-a-Glance program ready.You can also book your accommodation for UBC. The Communications Committee has also launched our online newsletter, Scope and Content and the next issue will appear on January 7th, 2020.  Our new Blog, In the Field was also launched this week and the next blog will appear on the 21st of January. We are continuing our membership campaign and hope that if you have not had a chance to renew, you will do so for the New Year. As announced earlier this month, members will no longer have to pay for a print copy of Archivaria, effective the Spring 2020 edition. Members are asked to update their profile so that we can ensure that you will receive a print copy of the Spring 2020 edition of Archivaria. Members who do not wish to receive a print copy can choose to opt-out. Students, who currently benefit from a modestly priced three-year membership will continue to exclusively access Archivaria online. The office will be closed from December 23rd and reopen the 6th of January. On behalf of the ACA Secretariat, the ACA Board of Directors and the Archivaria Editorial Board - Happy Holidays and Happy New Year. \ Dear {Contact_First_Name

What do humpback whales and archivists have in common? They will both be migrating to Canada’s West Coast in June 2020! The humpbacks will join us for the cool waters and tasty fish, while the archivists will venture to the coast for thought-provoking plenaries, inspiring conversations, and perhaps a few cool beverages with colleagues and friends.   

The Program Team is pleased to announce the Conference At-a-Glance for ACA 2020. We hope you will be as excited as we are about the program. We  encourage you to join us next year where the mountains meet the sea, to envision the future of the archival profession. 

Emily Lonie,

Program Team Chair, ACA 2020 @UBC

Program.Team@archivists.ca

Are you an archival or information studies student with an idea that you want to share with the community? Are you researching a paper and would like to take it to the next stage? Are you honing your public speaking skills or looking for ways to enhance your CV?

The ACA 2020 Program Team invites *STUDENT* proposals that offer perspectives from the lenses of archival theory and practice, as well as related disciplines.

Three student proposals will be selected for a dedicated Student Session that will take place on Saturday June 13th.

Please review the Call for Student Submissions *INFOGRAPHIC* for more details.

See attached or visit
https://create.piktochart.com/output/40594267-aca-2020-call-for-student-submissions

To apply, visit:
https://archivists_ca.formstack.com/forms/studentpapersubmissions
Deadline: *JANUARY 31st, 2020*

Looking forward to seeing everyone next year at the University of British Columbia!

Emily Lonie
Chair, ACA 2020 Conference Program Team
Program.Team@archivists.ca

https://archivists.ca/Annual-Conferences

Dear ACA Members,

We are very pleased to announce that members will no longer have to pay for a print copy of Archivaria, effective the Spring 2020 edition.

During the Strategic Planning Process, members made clear that a print copy of Archivaria is an important benefit of membership that online access does not provide.

Members are asked to update their profile so that we can ensure that you will receive a print copy of the Spring 2020 edition of Archivaria. Members who do not wish to receive a print copy can choose to opt-out.

Students, who currently benefit from a modestly priced three-year membership will continue to exclusively access Archivaria online.

The ACA Board of Directors is grateful for the outstanding work that the Archivaria Editorial Board has done under the leadership of former General Editor, Jennifer Douglas and current General Editor, Fiorella Foscarini.

On behalf of the ACA Board of Directors.

On behalf of the ACA Membership Committee:

Dear Archivists and Students,

The Association of Canadian Archivists is happy to announce that registration is open for members to participate in the ACA Mentorship Program.

The Mentorship program has become one of the ACA’s most popular programs since its inception in 2003. The goal of the ACA mentoring program is to facilitate the integration of new archivists into the Canadian archival community by matching them with mentors who may advise and guide them on work and career management issues.

Any ACA member who is a student of archival studies, recent graduate of archival studies, or has recently entered the archival profession, is invited to sign up for a mentor from the Canadian archival community.

Archivists, who are members of the ACA, and who have been active in the profession for at least five years, are encouraged to apply to mentor a student or new archivist.

Please consider becoming a mentor or a mentee in 2019-2020. The online forms and more information about the program are available at https://archivists.ca/Mentorship.

Please note that the deadline for applications is December 6, 2019.

Leslie Thomas-Smith

Mentorship Coordinator,

ACA Membership Committee

mentorship.program@archivists.ca

To have vision is to have the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom. What does the future have in store for the archival profession?

Join us next year in Vancouver, where the mountains meet the sea, to
envision the future of the archival profession.

The ACA 2020 Program Team invites *POSTER* proposals that offer
perspectives from the lenses of archival theory and practice, as well as
related disciplines.

Please review the Call for Posters *INFOGRAPHIC* for more details. See
attached or visit
https://create.piktochart.com/output/42465681-call-for-posters

To apply, visit: https://archivists_ca.formstack.com/forms/call_for_posters


Deadline: *FEBRUARY 15, 2020*

Looking forward to seeing everyone next year at the University of British
Columbia!

Emily Lonie

Chair, ACA 2020 Conference Program Team

Program.Team@archivists.ca

At its November meeting, the ACA Board has struck a D+I Task Force with a mandate to develop and recommend a D+I Action Plan that aligns with the ACA’s strategic priorities and is:

• Staged over four years with the intention of regular review and revision (rolling 4-year);
  
• Established benchmarks that take into account available resources;
  
• Implementable across all ACA committees and governance structures; and
  
• Provides working definition for D+I concepts and strategies relevant to the archives and recordkeeping profession.

How Can You Participate?

The ACA Board has appointed Rebecka Sheffield as the interim chair of the D+I Task Force. Rebecka is looking for volunteers to serve on this Task Force and invites expressions of interest until December 20, 2019. The intention is to build a Task Force that will begin its work in the new year. 

The ACA Board is fully supportive of D+I initiatives and principles. We also recognize that this is important and critical work that will require thoughtful strategic considerations and tremendous persistence. While we encourage all ACA members to consider joining this Task Force, the Board is particularly interested in members who have experience working in equity, diversity and inclusion programming or initiatives. We are also seeking members with experience working in conflict resolution and non-profit management. We will consider expressions of interest from non-members who have demonstrated a desire to work with the ACA to improve its programming and to better serve archives and recordkeeping professionals at any stage of their careers and from all backgrounds. 

Please submit expressions of interest here: https://archivists_ca.formstack.com/forms/aca_task_force_volunteer

For more information about the ACA and its programs and services, please visit: https://archivists.ca

Questions and comments can be sent directly to Rebecka at: vicepresident@archivists.ca

- Rebecka, VP (2018-2021)

The Canadian Council of Archives is pleased to announce that the 2020-2021 campaign for the program Young Canada Works (YCW) for heritage organizations has launched. This program is funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage (PCH), supporting the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment and Skills Strategy.

All archival institutions, as well as libraries operating in English, are now able to apply online through the Canadian Council of Archives for both summer projects and internships via the YCW official web site.  Please note, the YCW website has not yet been updated by Canadian Heritage but it will be soon.

Please visit CCA’s web site (http://www.archivescanada.ca/YCW) for more information as well as the link to the program's application forms found on the YCW website (https://young-canada-works.canada.ca/).

The Canadian Council of Archives is pleased to announce that the 2020-2021 campaign for the program Young Canada Works (YCW) for heritage organizations has launched. This program is funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage (PCH), supporting the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment and Skills Strategy.

All archival institutions, as well as libraries operating in English, are now able to apply online through the Canadian Council of Archives for both summer projects and internships via the YCW official web site.  Please note, the YCW website has not yet been updated by Canadian Heritage but it will be soon.

Please visit CCA’s web site (http://www.archivescanada.ca/YCW) for more information as well as the link to the program's application forms found on the YCW website (https://young-canada-works.canada.ca/).

IMPORTANT:

·         The application deadline for the summer projects is January 15th, 2020.

·         The application deadline to submit applications for internships to CCA is March 1st, 2020.

If you have any questions concerning your application in the archival field, do not hesitate to contact Louise Charlebois at ycw_jct@archivescanada.ca

If you have any questions concerning your application as a library operating in English, do not hesitate to contact Jameyn Arboleda at ycw-cla@archivescanada.ca

Beginning this month, ACA will now host regular Indigenizing Archives and Recordkeeping posts (previously posted to Arcan-L). These posts are full of links to news articles, blog posts, videos, and podcasts pertaining to Indigenous people and colonization issues of relevance to archives and cultural heritage. As you can see, there is a lot going on! These links have been collected and are graciously provided by ACA member Richard McKibbon. If you have resources to add, please let us know!

In the Ojibwe calendar, this is the month of Mnidoons Giizisoonhg – Little Spirit Moon. The twelfth moon of Creation is the Little Spirit Moon, a time of healing. By receiving both vision of the spirits and good health, we may walk the Red Road with purest intentions, and we can share this most positive energy with our families and friends for the good of all.

If you’d like to learn more about Indigenous languages and the moon cycle, you can check out this resource from the Ontario Native Literacy Coalition: https://onlc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/13-Moon-curriculum2.pdf

The list is provided for reference only and the ACA does not guarantee the accuracy or comprehensiveness of each resource, nor endorse a particular perspective. Our aim is only to provide opportunities for our members to learn more about Indigenous peoples and colonial issues. 

Archive photo exhibit captures Indigenous strength, connections in difficult times [Click Here]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/turning-the-lens-indigenous-archive-project-1.5319055

Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation seeks to repatriate more than 100 cultural objects from Smithsonian Institute [Click Here]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/alexis-nakota-repatriation-smithsonian-1.5344488

Yukon First Nations aim to preserve, revitalize their languages through video [Click Here]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-first-nations-language-revitalization-preservation-videos-1.5316423

Nuxalk delegation travels to Royal B.C. Museum to talk about bringing history home [Click Here]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/nuxalk-royal-b-c-museum-meeting-1.5318376

Land Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper [Click Here]

https://redpaper.yellowheadinstitute.org/

First Nations paranormal hunters scour Six Nations for spirits [Click Here]

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5342341

MEDIA INDIGENA: Ep. 180: Is the Green Movement Still Too White? [Click Here]

https://mediaindigena.libsyn.com/ep-180-is-the-green-movement-still-too-white

A Year of Inaction: Ontario Education and the TRC [Click Here]

http://activehistory.ca/2019/11/ontario-education-and-the-trc/

First Nation, environmental groups seek leave to appeal pipeline ruling [Click Here]

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/11/06/news/first-nation-environmental-groups-seek-leave-appeal-pipeline-ruling

Turtle Island News publisher says newsroom intentionally set on fire [Click Here]

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/11/02/news/publisher-says-newsroom-intentionally-set-fire

Time for Justin Trudeau to embrace a radical agenda [Click Here]

https://nowtoronto.com/news/justin-trudeau-election-climate-change-/

Robinson-Huron Treaty annuities case enters phase two [Click Here]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/robinson-huron-treaty-annuities-phase-two-1.5323002

MEDIA INDIGENA: Ep. 182: An Indigenous Post-Election Post-Mortem (Pt. 1) [Click Here]

https://radiopublic.com/media-indigena-indigenous-curren-G7o97a/s1!31957

Reconciliation Book Club: Unsettling Canada [Click Here]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3tv9AOdXWE

New generation of Indigenous elders 'coming out of the dream of colonization' [Click Here]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/new-generation-of-indigenous-elders-1.5339853

BC's Declaration Act explained [Click Here]

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/11/08/opinion/bcs-declaration-act-explained

Indigenous people pin hopes on Jagmeet Singh in minority government [Click Here]

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/10/21/news/indigenous-people-pin-hopes-jagmeet-singh-minority-government

Why one N.W.T. teen is suing the Canadian government over climate change inaction [Click Here]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-teen-suing-canadian-government-climate-change-1.5336582

Meet Activist Autumn Peltier: The Young “Water Warrior” Making A Splash [Click Here]

https://therising.co/2019/10/04/meet-activist-autumn-peltier-the-young-water-warrior-making-a-splash/

'How do you not see your people in these Indigenous youth?': Couple working to decolonize classrooms [Click Here]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/indigenous-couple-decolonize-classrooms-regina-1.5100973

Concern and confusion as police approach people who testified at MMIWG inquiry [Click Here]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/mmiwg-inquiry-police-followup-1.5335784

The literal – and literary – futures we build [Click Here]

https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/the-literal-and-literary-futures-we-build

They Hid Him from Residential School, He Grew to Be Chief [Click Here]

https://thetyee.ca/News/2019/10/30/Residential-School-To-Chief

Western separatism would have to face treaty nations, say First Nations leaders [Click Here]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/wexit-treaty-first-nations-1.5340070

Windsor Indigenous artist's hand-made jewelry to be featured in Vanity Fair UK [Click Here]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/indigenous-artist-jewelry-vanity-fair-1.5341646

The Association of Canadian Archivists is happy to announce that registration is open for members to participate in the ACA Mentorship Program.

The Mentorship program has become one of the ACA’s most popular programs since its inception in 2003. The goal of the ACA mentoring program is to facilitate the integration of new archivists into the Canadian archival community by matching them with mentors who may advise and guide them on work and career management issues.

Any ACA member who is a student of archival studies, recent graduate of archival studies, or has recently entered the archival profession, is invited to sign up for a mentor from the Canadian archival community.

Archivists, who are members of the ACA, and who have been active in the profession for at least five years, are encouraged to apply to mentor a student or new archivist.

Please consider becoming a mentor or a mentee in 2019-2020. The online forms and more information about the program are available at https://archivists.ca/Mentorship.

Please note that the deadline for applications is December 6, 2019.

Leslie Thomas-Smith

Mentorship Coordinator,

ACA Membership Committee

mentorship.program@archivists.ca