Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Digitizing Indigenous Language Learning Resources
Agreement Number:
LHOV-04-013
Agreement Value:
$39,000.00
Agreement Date:
Oct 30, 2023 - Aug 30, 2024
Description:
A donation was made to the Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre (MICEC) of more than 6,400 Indigenous education materials which included 38 teaching manuals varying in length from 50 pages to 200 pages. These teaching manuals were led by the Manitoba Native Education Department in partnership with First-language speakers and Indigenous community linguists from 1971 - 1985 to encourage Indigenous language learning. This project will digitize, catalogue and preserve digital copies of teaching manuals within the MICEC Heritage Collection, while still being made available to Indigenous Language learners and community members, including the Indigenous language learning community.
Organization:
Library and Archives Canada
Expected Results:
Hire Digital Asset Technician
Organize and gather project materials (documents). Evaluate and prioritize
Digitization & Cataloging Target: 38 digitized documents (estimated 4000 pages), with archival and working copies of both in the MICEC backup system. Fully indexed, cataloged and entered with metadata to the MICEC Collections Management software
Sharing – upload via e-pub viewers to the MICEC website.
Location:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA R2W 3C9
Reference Number:
129-2023-2024 Q1-LHOV-04-013
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Indigenous recipients
Recipient's Legal Name:
Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre
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.