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ACA Pre-Conference workshop ZOOM

  • Yukon Council of Archives PO# 31089 Whitehorse Canada (map)

C3. Workshop: Incorporating Indigenous Ways in Archival Policy and Procedure Development - Panel Discussion with Yukon Presenters

Wed Jun 9, 2021 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT

Virtual Workshop Livestream

REGISTER NOW: https://archivists.ca/event-4223923

Workshop Schedule: https://archivists.ca/2021/schedule

Join our Yukon presenters at the ACA conference this summer!

  • Angela Code - Moderator

  • Gùdia, Mary Jane Johnson - Yukon First Nation Elder

  • Sheila Greer, Roberta Nakoochee and Nancy Vanden-Eykel - Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN)

  • Susan Parsons - Trondëk Hwëch'in First Nation (THFN)

  • Karly Leonard and Tahyah Van Bibber - Yukon Native Language Centre (YNLC)

This panel will explore the policies and procedures developed by the Yukon Council of Archives' Yukon Self-Governing First Nations members. With the increasing awareness of Indigenous records through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) Calls to Action and other Indigenous activities across the world, YCA would like to take this opportunity to create a safe space to share some of our members' archival policies and procedures. This workshop will invite discussion on current practice in Indgenizing Canadian archives and how we can move Reconciliation efforts forward. YCA hopes by sharing our members' experiences in policy-making, it will encourage others to share similar efforts. Together, we can create policies that honour Indigenous perspectives relating to the care of their Nations' records. 

An opening statement acknowledging the workshop's location in the Traditional Territories of the Kwalin Dün First Nation and the Ta'an Kwä'chän Council will be given.

By the end of the workshop, participants will:

  1. Be better informed on the obstacles and parameters of creating archival policies and procedures relating to Indigenous archival heritage institutions and holdings.

  2. Have a better understanding of what it means to "Indigenize" archives and how that can be reflected in archival policies and procedures, using Yukon Self-Governing First Nations as case studies.

  3. Have an increased awareness of the developing critical discourse on Indigenization in the Canadian archival discipline.

For more information on the conference and to register go to link -> https://archivists.ca/2021