Over the past decade, tribal leaders, archivists, and librarians in the United States and Canada have expressed an interest in improving existing relationships and developing new relationships with non-tribal institutions which hold American Indian archival material. Numerous professional groups support this goal, such as the Society of American Archivists, the Council for the Preservation of Anthropological Records, the American Indian Library Association, the International Indigenous Librarians Forum, and the American Association for State and Local History. These Protocols outline many opportunities for collecting organizations to cooperate with Native communities.
ACARM Newsletter
https://www.yukoncouncilofarchives.ca/archive-blog/2020/7/6/acarm-newsletter-issue-62-june-2020
Association of Commonwealth Archivist & Records Managers
ISSUE 62, JUNE 2020
ACARM Newsletter, Issue 62, June 2020
Association of Commonwealth Archivist & Records Managers
June 2020
Issue 62
Excerpted with permission from:
ACARM (Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers) Newsletter, vol. 62, June 2020.
Annual General Meeting 2020
YCA AGM JUNE 25, 2020
President’s Report 2020
Annual General Meeting 2019
YCA AGM JUNE 17, 2019
Indigenous Research Methods
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What a Mountainous Success!
Last week we engaged a great number of archivists and records managers from First Nation Communities and Organizations in Yukon as well as on an international scale to our first YCA Summit on Archives in the Yukon!
We speakers even had the opportunity to be interviewed and broadcasted on the Radio!
We want to thank everyone who participated and helped to make this first conference a success!
What happened after the Summit?
After the Summit we took Guest Speakers Marnie Burnham (LAC Vancouver Regional Manager), Melissa Adams (UBCIC Archivist) and Erica Hernandez-Read (UNBC Researcher/Archivist) for a tour of some of Yukon’s Community Archives.
Our first stop dropped us off to see the Yukon Native Language Centre with their new Archivist Angela Code, then we headed over to the Yukon Archives where Territorial Archivist David Schlosser and Yukon Archives Staff took the speakers on a 30-minute quick tour of the facilities.
Afterwards, the group went downtown for a short tour at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre with Carolyn Harris before visiting the Old Fire Hall Market for some souvenir. A quick fuel up at Antoinette’s for lunch got us ready to travel out to Carcross for a tour of the Carcross Tagish First Nation Learning Centre, unfortunately at this point we had to bid farewell to Marnie as she had to catch her plane later that evening. But we promised to take lovely photos to show her! in Carcross, Derek Grose took the ladies on an extensive tour of the learning centre and the new archives storage room where we then set off for a quick chat with Master carver Keith-Wolfe-Smarch in his studio.
CTFN Archives with Derek Grose
CTFN: Outside of Keith Wolfe-Smarch’s Studio
The next day, we all headed out with a Starbucks coffee in one hand to Haines Junction to visit the Champagne & Aishihik Archives Facility and join in on the mountain festival as well.
Sheila Greer, Erica Hernandez-Read & Melissa Adams viewing the large Atlas at the Da Ku Cultural Centre.
All in all, it was a great trip out and we had tons of fun travelling together! YCA looks forward in having Marnie, Erica, and Melissa back up to see more of Yukon!
Community Archivist Travels Aug-Sept 2018
Follow me (Jenny Lu) as I travel to different communities as an Itinerant Community Archives Advisor.
Let's Welcome New Archivists to the Land of the Midnight Sun!
Joining our team of archivists here in the North are….
Carrey Isaak:
Bio: Carey Isaak, graduate of the University of Manitoba Archival Studies program has worked in various archival/heritage institutes across Western Canada for the last twenty years. He is currently working for the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) on a one year project to describe and re-house its vast and unique collection of archival material.
Carrey is working on the CYFN fonds with Peggy D’Orsay, Donna Darbyshire and Kaylin Horassi.
Nancy Vanden-Eykel:
Bio: When people ask me where I’m from, I usually respond by asking originally or most recently? For the first time in almost 20 years, the answer to those two questions is the same. I grew up in New Westminster, BC and have worked all over Canada, including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Alberta, Ontario and then I headed back to BC for four months before being hired as the Archivist at CAFN. I am thrilled to add the Yukon Territory to my list of places I’ve lived and being able to put my skills and training to work for the Heritage, Lands and Resources department at CAFN delights me. One of the things my strange and twisty life has provided me is a wide variety of skills and experiences. In addition to holding a Masters in Library and Information Sciences from Western University, I also hold a Bachelors in English Literature from Ambrose University and a Diploma in Broadcast Communications – Radio from British Columbia Institute of Technology. I’m very grateful for the opportunity to live and work in Haines Junction, serving CAFN as Archivist and providing information management support.
Nancy will be working at the Da Ku Cultural Centre on CAFN Archives and Records Management for 9 months.
Angela Code: Yukon Native Language Centre
Bio: I am a member of the Sayisi Dene First Nation. I am originally from Tadoule Lake, MB but have lived in Yukon for many years. I am passionate about Indigenous language and culture revitalization. I am excited about starting this new job and am excited for all the amazing, creative projects that will come out of this work.
Resource of the Month: RIM Issues by ARMA
Check out this awesome resource by Alexandra (Sandie) Bradley on record-keeping issues in First Nations governments!
YCA Resource Highlight of the Month: Setting up a Digitization Workstation
Minimum Viable Workstation
You can find this resource on YCA's Resource page as well as many more other interesting resources related to digitzation projects. As a bonus XFR Collective also provides a list of digitization links for you to peruse.
Annual General Meeting 2018
YCA AGM June 12, 2018
AABC & UBC's Youtube talk on Digital Preservation
BrainFood TIme
Have some time to spare? Get your Monday started with some brain food!
Check out this 3-minute talk on Digital Preservation courtesy of AABC and UBC.
AABC's Distance Education Workshop on Oral History NOW OPEN!!
Register for AABC’s Distance education courses
Oral history is undergoing a resurgence, thanks to the digital environment and the Internet. What are the components of an oral history program? How should an oral history interview be conducted? What documentation is required to ensure that an archive has acquired the rights to ownership and use of the interviews?
Using two recently revised publications: Curating Oral Histories and The Oral History Reader, students will be introduced to the theory and practice of conducting a successful oral history program in seven modules.
Welcome to the New YCA Website!
Welcome to the Yukon Council of Archive's (YCA) new website!
We are excited to officially roll out the new site. We hope this will become the go to online resource platform for Archives and Records Management in the Yukon. The YCA encourages all visitors to explore the Resource pages at their own leisure, keep updated with current archival events through the Archives Bulletin or by signing up for our Monthly Email Updates and Join the YIRM Working Group if you are working in the Records Information Management sector for your community/organization in the Yukon.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us through our Contacts page. In the meantime, feel free to browse through our latest blog updates!