Grants and Contributions

Our project will see the development of a new cloud based storage solution for roughly 8 TB of cultural records to address risks of aging servers, insecure data warehousing, data security gaps, and PI/KHS not benefiting from emerging technology. Working with Ampere (formerly known as Pinnguaq Association), the team will review the current data scope, and technology options; develop project workflows, design elements, and user Experience; execute the migration of data and the Web Application, with demonstrations & testing; and create easy-use portals for content upload and curation.

The SHD has a unique, original, and representative archival fonds that reflects the evolution of residences and the built environment of Centre-du-Québec: the collection of annotated architectural projects and plans by architect André Camirand (1940-2022). In order to make this archival fonds accessible, the SHD wants to process it, digitize it (notably large format plans and those showing signs of mould), and disseminate it (exhibition, 3D modelling, multimedia content, etc.)

The materials to be digitized are from two collections: Metro Media Society (est. 1971), and Vancouver Status of Women: Woman Alive (1975-1979).

This project seeks to procure two-year funding to continue offering the AABC workshop “Archives 101: Archival Practice for Indigenous Organizations” through three online and one in-person event. Funding will allow the workshop to be offered at a minimal registration fee. This expanded workshop will be delivered by the Education and Advisory Services Coordinator and an Indigenous Co-trainer, along with Indigenous guest speakers currently working in an archive who will share their knowledge.

The project sees two Montreal community archive centres, ARCMTL and the CIDIHICA, collaborate on the implementation and launch of new bilingual catalogue management systems (CMS) and digital asset management systems (DAM). Using current best practices for DAM and a state-of-the-art web design of the public user interface, the project will provide each organization with a portal that dramatically improves public access to and discoverability of their collections.

Main activities of the project would include 1. establishment of a public facing platform housing finding aids and selected archival materials, 2. preservation of a collection of Haida language recordings, and 3. transcription and translation of collections of digital oral history and textual document files.

i. The Grenville County Historical Society is digitizing newspapers from Grenville County (St. Lawrence River to Rideau Canal from Maitland to Cardinal and Merrickville to Kemptville) in order to document its history in a sustainable way. The newspapers date from 1901. Our goal is to make that history accessible to current and future generations.

The objective of the 2025/26 CYFN DHCP Project is to continue processing the massive CYFN archival collections to complete finding aids and permit access to this foundational archival heritage for Yukon First Nations.

The objective of the project is to digitize records of the Vancouver, Chinatown based Wongs Benevolent Association for preservation and access. Project scope includes creation of item-level metadata and a thesaurus able to be shared with researchers and community members.

The project involves conducting 40 filmed oral history interviews with key figures from the Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese communities in Quebec, as well as with those responsible for the selection, reception, and settlement of refugees from these communities between 1975 and 1990. This project, which is part of the 50th anniversary of their arrival in Quebec, is urgent, considering the advanced age of the participants.