Grants and Contributions:
Short-term results:
A1) Three Frog Lake Library staff will attend training and apply their skills for the purpose of building the institution’s capacity with respect to assessing and ingesting historical Frog Lake documents and making them and the related context available digitally. Evaluated through workshop attendance.
B1) Elders’ inputs are honoured and provide clear guidance about respectful and impactful ways to conduct this project. This will improve the project impact. Evaluated through Elders’ participation in connecting archival and digitization work with the community.
Long-term results:
A2) Library staff will gain capacity to develop and implement a collaborative digitization and archives strategy with community and regional partners. Evaluated through participants' achievement of learning objectives and comments from learners.
C1) Community members from Frog Lake, Cree peoples, and additional Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups will gain access to up to 100 sets of digitized priority historical documents and contexts important for public, cultural, scholarly, and additional purposes, which support Truth and Reconciliation through improved understanding of Frog Lake history. Evaluated through the number of sets of historical materials digitized per month.
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.