Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Announces Recipients of the 2019-20 Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP)
April 11, 2019
Dr. Guy Berthiaume, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, today announced the recipients of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP) for 2019-20 at event hosted by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto.
Created in 2015, the Documentary Heritage Communities Program provides financial assistance for activities that enhance the visibility of, and access to, materials held by Canada’s local documentary heritage institutions. The program also aims to increase the capacity of local institutions to sustainably preserve, promote and showcase the country’s documentary heritage.
In 2019-20, Library and Archives Canada will provide $1.5 million to support 52 projects by archives, libraries, and documentary heritage institutions throughout Canada.
| Organization | Project title | Funding | Province | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation for the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies | Scrapbooks: Preservation and Increased Access | $50,000 | Alberta | Banff |
| Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta (JHSSA) | JHSSA Archival Collections Accessibility Project – Phase 2 | $14,550 | Alberta | Calgary |
| La Corporation Épiscopale Catholique Romaine de Grouard (operating as Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan) | Safeguarding Our Heritage: Increasing Access to and Preserving Historical Images | $23,389 | Alberta | Grande Prairie |
| Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | At Risk: Preserving Our Most Vulnerable Fonds | $14,999 | British Columbia | Burnaby |
| Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre | Home Run at Powell Street | $47,906 | British Columbia | Burnaby |
| Lakes District Museum Society | Lakes District Museum Digitization Project | $24,977 | British Columbia | Burns Lake |
| Archives Association of British Columbia (AABC) | Indigenous and Community Capacity Building: Archives Regional Training and Development Clinic in North-West Coastal British Columbia | $9,102 | British Columbia | Port Coquitlam |
| Archives Association of British Columbia (AABC) | Indigenous and Community Capacity Building: Archives Regional Training and Development Clinics | $21,194 | British Columbia | Port Coquitlam |
| The Revelstoke Heritage Railway Society | Digital Preservation of Archive Collection | $21,692 | British Columbia | Revelstoke |
| Revelstoke Museum & Archives Association | Canadian Pacific Railway Revelstoke Division Accident Reports Digitization Project | $14,490 | British Columbia | Revelstoke |
| Rossland Historical Museum Association | Map Preservation/Digitization | $15,249 | British Columbia | Rossland |
| Western Front | Ready To Be Written: Western Front's Digital Preservation and Migration Project | $24,998 | British Columbia | Vancouver |
| British Columbia Soccer Association | BC Soccer Archives Digitization and Access Project | $24,075 | British Columbia | Vancouver |
| Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre | The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre's Increasing Access to Holocaust Symposia and Events Project | $8,102 | British Columbia | Vancouver |
| Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia | Canadian Jewish Congress – Pacific Region Fonds – Processing | $16,180 | British Columbia | Vancouver |
| Winnipeg Architecture Foundation | Winnipeg Architecture Foundation Archives | $24,750 | Manitoba | Winnipeg |
| Ogniwo Polish Museum Society Inc. | Processing of Archival Records of the Polish-Canadian Community | $30,903 | Manitoba | Winnipeg |
| La Société historique de Saint-Boniface | Digitization of Sound Recordings from the Société historique de Saint-Boniface Archives | $24,500 | Manitoba | Winnipeg |
| Council of Archives New Brunswick | Atlantic Canada Oral History Symposium | $15,567 | New Brunswick | Fredericton |
| Council of Archives New Brunswick | How Documentary Heritage Is Used Roundtable | $1,328 | New Brunswick | Fredericton |
| Them Days | #IDThemDays | $24,396 | Newfoundland and Labrador | Happy Valley–Goose Bay |
| Mahone Bay Founders Society | Processing, Digitizing, and Increasing Access to the Collection: Mahone Bay's Shipbuilding History, Local Families, and Town History Research | $18,547 | Nova Scotia | Mahone Bay |
| Kitikmeot Heritage Society | Preserving Inuinnait Oral Traditions: Interviewing for Documentation and Capacity Building | $28,877 | Nunavut | Cambridge Bay |
| Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) | IBC Archive Records Management and Training 2019–2020 | $26,822 | Nunavut | Iqaluit |
| Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives | Daniel McLachlin's Legacy: Exploring the Lumber Era of the Ottawa Valley | $49,568 | Ontario | Arnprior |
| Middlesex Centre Archives | Creating Community Access to Lobo Township Book Committee Fonds | $13,500 | Ontario | Delaware |
| Dundas Historical Society Museum | Digitization of the John Bertram & Sons Co. Fonds | $21,055 | Ontario | Dundas |
| Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation | Images of Ontario by George Hunter, RCA – Digitization and Preservation Project | $24,906 | Ontario | Mississauga |
| Société franco-ontarienne du patrimoine et de l'histoire d'Orléans (SFOPHO) | Directory of Heritage Sites in Orléans | $15,620 | Ontario | Ottawa (Orléans) |
| Federated Women Institute of Ontario | The WI Historical Documents: A Legacy to Canada | $100,000 | Ontario | Stoney Creek |
| Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA) | CLGA – Collection Processing Project Part 3 | $31,697 | Ontario | Toronto |
| Toronto International Film Festival Inc. (TIFF) | TIFF's Ontario Film Collection Assessment + Inspection | $48,085 | Ontario | Toronto |
| Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre | Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre's Digital Preservation Project | $49,920 | Ontario | Toronto |
| Connexions Archive & Library | Building Stronger Communities by Building on the Past: Sharing the Histories of Toronto's Grassroots Community Groups | $49,220 | Ontario | Toronto |
| Inuit Art Foundation | Increasing Community Access to Inuit Artistic Heritage | $49,723 | Ontario | Toronto |
| Multicultural History Society of Ontario | Digitizing and Providing Online Access to Testimonies of Canadian Immigrant and Ethnic Experiences | $47,839 | Ontario | Toronto |
| St. Peter's Cathedral Archives | St. Peter's Cathedral: Processing and Providing Access to 150 Years of Archives | $51,829 | Prince Edward Island | Charlottetown |
| Société d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean inc | Consolidation and Accessibility of the Archival Database of the Société d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean | $24,815 | Quebec | Alma |
| Centre régional d'archives de l'Outaouais | Project for the Archival Processing of Documents in the Marcel Sainte-Marie Collection | $17,048 | Quebec | Gatineau |
| Société d'histoire de la Haute-Yamaska | Development of an Internet Platform for Research and Dissemination of Graphics | $18,391 | Quebec | Granby |
| Les Amis des Jardins de Métis | Elsie as Seen by ... Her Husband, Robert Wilson Reford | $30,156 | Quebec | Grand-Métis |
| Brome County Historical Society | Preservation Project: Textual Records of Brome County (1790–1914) | $26,120 | Quebec | Knowlton |
| Centre d'archives régional des Îles | The Islands Connected to the Mainland: Processing for Access to and Preservation of Audiovisual Archives | $59,672 | Quebec | L'Étang-du-Nord |
| ARCMTL | Dial-A-Poem Montreal Audio Archives | $13,718 | Quebec | Montréal |
| Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute | Investing in Eeyou Istchee Archival Heritage | $60,000 | Quebec | Ouje-Bougoumou |
| Monastère des Augustines | From Magnetic Tapes to Digital Discs: Images and Sounds that Reveal the Daily Lives of Nursing Nuns in the City of Québec in the 20th Century | $16,424 | Quebec | Québec |
| Société historique du Saguenay | Importation of Digital Finding Aids, Centralization of Data in Archival Management Software, and Web Accessibility | $46,556 | Quebec | Saguenay |
| Canadian Railroad Historical Association | Identification, Preservation, Description and Digital Distribution of Nitrate and Acetate Negatives | $41,598 | Quebec | Saint-Constant |
| Conseil de la Nation huronne-wendat | Digitization and Accessibility of Historical Records of the Huron-Wendat Nation Council | $24,999 | Quebec | Wendake |
| Société historique de la Saskatchewan (SHS) | Establishment of Management Systems for the New Centre d'archives communautaires francophones de la Saskatchewan [Francophone community archives centre of Saskatchewan] | $22,500 | Saskatchewan | Regina |
| Champagne and Aishihik First Nations | Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Heritage Oral History Collection Inventory and Access Project | $24,999 | Yukon | Haines Junction |
| Northern Native Broadcasting | Northern Native Broadcasting, Yukon, Archival Audio Recordings Inventory Project | $26,250 | Yukon | Whitehorse |
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