News tagged: Indigenous Peoples

The Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA) today issued a statement calling for the release of all outstanding residential school records held by the Catholic Church and various levels of government.

The discussion paper from the First Nations Information Governance Centre explores the conflicts between the current Canadian information management regime and First Nations data sovereignty and offers suggestions for further exploration that may offer short‑term and long‑term improvements of the system.

The Library of Parliament has recently released a number of research publications on topics of interest to the library and information management community.

This framework provides a road map of sorts, setting out a vision, foundational principles, and a transformative path forward for the archives profession in Canada.

Special Issue: Indigenous Librarianship

Nineteen Indigenous organizations will receive funding from LAC’s Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative to digitize and make accessible their existing audio and video heritage.

An update on recent activities of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA).

“It’s my hope that with a national day of truth and reconciliation, learning and discussion will be amplified across Canada. In this, libraries are able to act as a key component to help ensure that we will not have another generation that will not know the truth and that we will acknowledge and honour the survivors and remember those who have died.”

Congratulation to Clayton Gauthier (The Bear’s Medicine) and Drew Hayden Taylor (Chasing Painted Horses) on being selected for the 2020-2021 PMC Indigenous Literature Award.

The Vision, 6 Principles, 7 Objectives and 33 Strategies presented herein are intended to form a practical framework supporting the Canadian archival community as it begins to redress its colonial legacy.