Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Inuit Broadcasting Corporation Iqqaumavavut: "We Remember Them" Archival Project
Agreement Number:
LHOV-02-004
Agreement Value:
$60,000.00
Agreement Date:
Jun 3, 2021 - Feb 28, 2022
Description:
The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) undertakes the annual cataloguing and digitization of as many analog tapes as possible, storing them on hard drives for viewing, describing and presenting on publicly accessible web platforms. Historically, this effort has processed between 400 and 1 000 tapes per year. Since the project’s inception in 2014, IBC has digitized approximately 2 000 tapes. For the 2021–2022 fiscal year, the project’s main goal is to catalogue, digitize, view in real time, describe and edit 500 U-Matic tapes. The uploading of digitized videos to publicly accessible web platforms will proceed as funding, staffing and web platform capacities allow.
Organization:
Library and Archives Canada
Expected Results:
Cataloguing tapes and shipping to digitizing facility for creation of 500 digitized copies
Digitized tapes viewed in real time, described in detail and edited
Update archive database
Location:
Iqaluit, Nunavut, CA X0A 0H0
Reference Number:
129-2021-2022-Q1-LHOV-02-004
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Indigenous recipients
Recipient's Legal Name:
Inuit Broadcasting Corp.
Program:
Listen, Hear Our Voices
Program Purpose:
Listen, Hear Our Voices supports First Nations, Inuit, and Métis governments and non-profit organizations in: 1) digitizing existing documentary heritage related to Indigenous languages and cultures, and 2) building the skills, knowledge and resources to do this work in their communities.