Title:
Building Stronger Communities by Building on the Past: Sharing the Histories of Toronto’s Grassroots Community Groups
Agreement Number:
1920-0937
Agreement Value:
$49,220.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 8, 2019 - Mar 31, 2020
Description:
The Connexions Archive & Library will expand upon on an existing virtual exhibit funded by DHCP in 2016. In the current project, the organization will digitize and catalogue a large number of documents that broaden the scope of the project to include the geographical areas beyond Toronto’s “Ward 7”, such as Kensington, Parkdale and the Junction. In addition, the project will extend the time period (initially 1970 – 1985) to look further back and forward to the 1990s. This virtual exhibit highlights connections between the materials and images digitized, and the stories they tell about gentrification, urban development, homelessness, access to health care, local organizing and activism.
Organization:
Library and Archives Canada
Expected Results:
Results for this project include cataloguing and digitizing a specified collection, comprised of leaflets, vertical files, and issue-based periodicals. In addition, Connexions Archives & Library will develop internal capacity by training volunteers to scan documents, use the organization’s cataloguing and indexing software, and develop skills related to exhibit research, conceptualization and implementation. And lastly, the organization will increase the number of visitors to their website in search of materials related to housing, redevelopment, gentrification, poverty, municipal reform and urban development.
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, CA M6G 1L9
Reference Number:
129-2019-2020-Q1-00013
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Connexions Archive & Library
Program:
Documentary Heritage Communities Program
Program Purpose:
The Documentary Heritage Communities Program supports the development of Canada's local archival and library communities by increasing their capacity to preserve, provide access to and promote local documentary heritage.