Scope and Content Monthly ACA Newsletter
September 2020, Volume 1, Issue 9
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Dear Archival Colleagues,
I hope that you and your family are staying healthy and safe. The dog days of summer are behind us and now it's time for September. To me, it has always been a month of new beginnings and celebration.
Along that theme, the ACA will also host its first ever virtual Awards Ceremony. Please join us as we honour recipients of the New Professional, Membership Recognition, and Honorary Archivist awards. We will also welcome new Fellows. Finally, there will be a very exciting announcement about the Outreach & Advocacy Award. The Awards Ceremony will be on Tuesday September 22 at 7:00 pm EST.
Also coming soon to a computer screen near you is the 2021 Conference Program Team’s call for papers. I am confident that the Program Team’s theme resonates with these times. Stay tuned for more!
As always, please feel free to call or e-mail if you have any concerns about the ACA or any suggestions on how to make your association better. We always appreciate your feedback!
Wishing you a happy and healthy fall.
Best Regards,
Loryl MacDonald, President
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Governance Update Following this year's Annual General Meeting, the ACA membership voted on new By-Laws. A significant change for the ACA and the Board of Directors is the start date for new Board members. At the July 28th Board meeting, Andrea McCutcheon (Treasurer), Gillian Dunks (Director) and Andrew Chernevych (Director) were formally transitioned to the ACA Board and will serve until following the 2022 Annual General Meeting. Gillian is the Board liaison for Student Chapters, Special Interest Sections and New Professionals. Andrew is the Board liaison for the Communications Committee.
Erica Hernandez-Read (President Elect) will be part of all Board meetings and will shadow Loryl MacDonald until December 31, 2020. For more details about the ACA Board, please see here.
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ACA Awards Ceremony Date: September 22, 2020 Time: 7:00 to 8:30 pm EDT/ 4:00 to 5:30 pm PDT
For the first time ever, the ACA will host this year's awards ceremony online. The ACA Awards recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the Canadian archival community and the Association of Canadian Archivists.
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2019 Winners
From left to right: Steve Marks (Honorary Archivist), Emily Sommers (New Professional), Anna St. Onge (Outreach and Advocacy), Suher Zaher-Mazawi (Member Recognition), Suzanne Dubeau (Member Recognition), Robin Keirstead (Member Recognition). |
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Upcoming Workshops
The
Education Committee is currently coordinating additional workshops for this
fall. Another session dedicated to Online Exhibition Planning using
Omeka is planned for September and priority will be given to those on the
wait list. An advanced session on
using Omeka is planned for November.
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Register here for Resume Building
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Resume Building for New Information Professionals
September 28, 2020 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm EDT on Zoom
Facilitated by Alexandra Wieland and Anna Jubilo, this workshop will equip participants with strategies and skills for writing resumes as part of successful career searches. It will also cover hiring practices in different sectors.
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WikiProject Archival Description Initiative Monday, October 5, 2020 from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm EDT on Zoom
This workshop will provide a brief overview of Wikidata in the archival context and its possible uses. Instructors Yoo Young Lee and Mairelys Lemus-Rojas will also share their experiences using wikidata for the Canadian Archive of Women in STEM initiative. |
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If you would like to give a workshop for ACA members and the wider community, please reach out to the ACA Education Committee. |
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If there is a workshop that you would like the ACA provide for members, please submit your suggestion to the ACA Education Committee.
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Mentorship Program Update
Jamie Sanford is the new Mentorship Program Coordinator and we sincerely thank Leslie Thomas-Smith for three years of leadership. Thank you to the 34 mentors and mentees who submitted feedback in our recent Mentorship Program survey. The Mentorship Program working group—consisting of Kira Baker, Sean Hayes, Jamie Sandford, Leslie Thomas-Smith, and Kelly Turner—will review the survey responses and implement changes to the Mentorship Program.
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Young Canada Works Funding
The Canadian Council of Archives (CCA) is pleased to confirm that an additional $3.3M is available to fund archives and library Young Canada Works (YCW) positions on our current wait lists for 2020-2021. Due to this year’s extraordinary circumstances, the Department of Canadian Heritage (PCH) has also authorized CCA to increase the Young Canada Works funding contributions to a maximum of 85% of the total salary commitment, including total gross salary and the employer mandatory costs per youth employed through a YCW project.
CCA is in the process of contacting all project managers for approved and wait list projects, to revise budgets and assist with any necessary adjustments to their YCW hiring plans. While there will not be an official call for new applications, CCA will be creating a new waitlist for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, and will be accepting additional applications for internship job applications for graduates (minimum of sixteen weeks and ending by March 31, 2021) and short-term job applications for students – full-time or part-time positions (lasting six to sixteen weeks and ending by March 31, 2021). Potential YCW employers who would like to submit an archives (operating in FR or EN) or library (operating in EN) job application to this wait list should visit https://young-canada-works.canada.ca/Account/Login to create an account and complete an application.
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CCPERB Survey
A reminder that the National Archives Appraisal Board (NAAB) and Canadian Council of Archives (CCA) are conducting a survey regarding the new guidelines published by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board (CCPERB). The deadline to complete the survey is September 18, 2020.
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Call for articles for the ACA blog |
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In the Field: The ACA Blog is always looking for new entries and we want to hear
from you. Do you want to share
a particular initiative that will enlighten the archival world, highlight new
strategies and collaboration that facilitated access to a particular fonds or
collection, or raise issues regarding archival practices and theoretical paradigms?
We especially encourage submissions from students and those new to the
profession. Read more about how to submit a post to In The Field: The ACA
blog here.
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Members in the News
Listen to The Polygon Gallery Podcast “The Archivists” a conversation between Jessica Bushey and Howard Besser on archives, activism and the changing role of archivists.
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Job Postings
Submit your job opportunity here and it will be posted to the ACA website. We will also share this opportunity on our social media channels.
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Archives Assistant, Internships Halifax Municipal Archives, Deadline to apply September 8, 2020. For more details, see here.
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