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Title:

Caring for the Digital Collection at MICEC

Agreement Number:

2223-0123

Agreement Value:

$48,600.00

Agreement Date:

Apr 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023

Description:

Sharing the Digital Collection at Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre Inc. is a project aimed at organizing, cataloguing, and increasing access to, the hundreds of hours of recordings housed at the Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre (MICEC), in Winnipeg. Over the last year, MICEC has digitized more than 700 hours of recordings dating to the 1960s. These recordings provide valuable insights and educational opportunities for all Manitobans and all Canadians. With holdings that range from materials documenting pivotal moments in Canadian history, such as Canada's centennial celebrations in 1967 and the 1982 constitutional negotiations, to priceless recordings of Indigenous knowledge keepers speaking and sharing lessons and songs in their original languages, to educational materials produced by and for Indigenous communities dating to the 1970s, the digital archive at MICEC can become a rich and varied source of learning for researchers, archivists, Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, and all Canadians.

Organization:

Library and Archives Canada

Expected Results:

Caring for the digital collection is not just a multi-year project: it is the beginning of our long-term commitment to these recordings. The goal for this project is to have 15% of the significant digital recordings collection fully catalogued, for a total of around 100 hours, with all of the collection having at least minimal data entered into our Collections Management software system. The total collection size is estimated to be around 700 hours of recordings from about 550 media.

Location:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA R2W 3C9

Reference Number:

129-2022-2023-Q1-00026

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

107660292

Recipient Type:

Indigenous recipients

Recipient's Legal Name:

Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre Inc.

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.