Exploring Stakeholder: "Library and Archives Canada"

An artists drawing of the new Ottawa Public Library and National Archives in Ottawa.  APTN News: Officials overseeing the development of Ādisōke, the new Ottawa Library and National Archives say 11 First Nation, Inuit and Métis artists are being commissioned to provide artwork for the building. At the moment the building, located on the western...

The national initiative through Library and Archives Canada has identified around 2,500 people since its inception in 2002. Note: This story contains racial slurs for Indigenous people. APTN News: When Deborah Kigjugalik Webster’s mother, Sally Webster, spotted a photo of an unidentified Inuit woman ice fishing in a newspaper, she knew immediately who it was....

NationTalk: Library and Archives Canada – This year, archives, libraries and documentary heritage institutions will share $1.5 million to carry out 38 projects, selected under Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP). View the projects funded by the DHCP in 2023–2024: List of 3 community projects in the Atlantic region List of 6 community project in...

$739,305 to support 19 projects by First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation organizations throughout Canada to digitize and make accessible their existing audio and video heritage for future generations as part of the initiative’s second call for applications, which closed in December 2020. An Indigenous review committee, external to LAC, and consisting of First Nations, Inuit...

Library and Archives Canada has a wide variety of archival documents pertaining to the Métis Nation, including textual records, photographs, artwork, maps, stamps and sound recordings. This exhibition explores the portrayal of Métis Citizens—some of whom are “hiding in plain sight”—in art and photographic collections and the accompanying descriptions, and aims to foster a better...

Second round of funding for up to $60,000 per project to support their efforts to identify, digitize and preserve Indigenous language recordings, and build digitization and preservation capacity in their communities. Indigenous organizations are encouraged to submit applications until noon on December 11, 2020 (Pacific Standard Time)...

In April 2019, Library and Archives Canada (LAC), guided by the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, launched a plan that comprises 28 actions by LAC to recognize Indigenous rights and increase access to its collection. This action plan was developed in consultation with the members of the Indigenous Advisory Circle, who provide LAC with...

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is providing $2.3 million to support 31 projects by First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation organizations. As part of the Government of Canada’s reconciliation efforts, LAC is supporting Indigenous communities as they seek to preserve and make accessible their existing audio and video heritage for future generations. “Listen, Hear Our...

Calling for applications to fund the digitization of culture and language recordings from cassette and VHS tapes. Eligible projects can focus on the digitization of records, training and equipment. However, funding cannot be used to create new recordings....

In order to pave the way for important changes within the institution, LAC is committed to playing an active role so that all employees have a better understanding of Indigenous peoples’ reconciliation process and participate in the reconciliation process. The 28 actions are delivered across 4 general themes: Institutional Change (1 – 9)In order to...

Pathways was developed under a collaborative agreement between the Toronto Public Library and Library and Archives Canada. The exhibit was displayed in TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library from August 18 to October 28, 2018. It featured works by contemporary Indigenous artists as well as historical materials from the collections of Toronto Public Library (some available on...