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Towards transdisciplinary archival strategies: Canadian cartographic materials in a digital context
(2020)
Through an examination of the complex history of cartographic records in their archival contexts, this thesis explores the inherent subjectivity of maps, the archives that acquire them, and the digital technologies routinely ...
The role of archives in Indigenous language maintenance and resurgence
(2020)
For centuries, Indigenous peoples have been advocating for their rights to their land, cultures and languages in the context of (settler) colonial institutions that have repressed and removed these rights and knowledges, ...
Flora and fonds: activating herbaria as archives
(2021)
An herbarium (pl. herbaria) is a collection of botanical specimens, primarily used for identification and classification of species. While herbaria may not be structured as archives traditionally are, I will argue that the ...
Archival harm reduction: utilizing public health harm reduction concepts for reconciliatory power shifts in archives
(2021-07-21)
Canadian archives are both generated from and help to maintain white supremacist and settler- colonial frameworks. The 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action specifically tasked Canadian archival ...
Oral history and human rights: the archive and disability at Winnipeg's Oral History Centre
(2021-06-08)
Carlos Sosa, a member of the Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities (MLPD) and the principal investigator in the MLPD Oral History Project, stated in a 2021 oral history interview that “it’s absolutely critical that ...
Permission to feel: Refocusing provenance on emotions using the photographs of the Dave White family fonds
(2020-08)
The study of emotions has attracted the interest of archivists in the last decade. It has involved discussion of the influence of the emotions of archivists on all aspects of their work. This thesis suggests that archivists ...
At the intersection of archives, human rights and museums: the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and its archives
(2020)
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) and its archives occupy a distinct position at the intersection of two developments within the archival and museum professions: increasingly collaborative relationships among ...
I have become all things to all people: Spirituality in Church archives & digital preservation
(2020-08-28)
The records held by church archives have a spiritual value for church communities, in addition to their administrative, legal, and historical value. While spiritual value is by no means absent from other religious archives ...
Scribbles in the archives: records of childhood in Canadian archives
(2020)
Researching the history of childhood in Canadian archives is a complex endeavor because the nature of childhood is historically and culturally contingent. Often researchers have to access a variety of sources to gain an ...
To (pre)serve the nation
(2020)
This thesis examines the history and strategic importance of maintaining a regional presence for Canada’s national archives (Library and Archives Canada/LAC). If the national archives of a large federation, such as Canada, ...