Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Digitization of 1/4" Reel to Reel—Cree Culture & Traditional Heritage
Agreement Number:
LHOV-04-015
Agreement Value:
$89,780.00
Agreement Date:
Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
Description:
Since 1984, the Waskaganish Sibi Ayimuweyabi (WSA) have been conducting interviews with community members, leaders, youth and elders. For this project, it is our mission to go through all the tapes we have in storage and to digitize cultural and traditional content to broadcast to our community. We will also give access to this content whether stored on hard drive (computer) at our office or even access on our website (which is now being built) to our community members and abroad. The content will be 100% Cree language. The main goal is to digitize, edit, and archive 684 Hours of reel-to-reel tape that we have in storage since the early 80's.
Organization:
Library and Archives Canada
Expected Results:
Digitization of all 684 total hours of reel-to-reel tapes
Editing and archive all 684 hours of reel-to-reel tapes
All 6 employees at our organization will receive training to digitize/edit and archive
Editing - trimming, EQ's, Compression, Levels of digitized audio - Ready for Radio
Location:
Waskaganish, Quebec, CA J0M 1R0
Reference Number:
129-2023-2024 Q1-LHOV-04-015
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Indigenous recipients
Recipient's Legal Name:
Waskaganish Sibi Ayimuweyabi
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.