Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Preserving 1970s Community Cable Activism And Programming
Agreement Number:
2526-0068
Agreement Value:
$16,391.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 1, 2025 - Mar 31, 2026
Description:
The organization aims to digitize original documents and video productions related to the advocacy for, and early experiments in, Vancouver's community cable system in the 1970s. The materials to be digitized are from two collections: Metro Media Society (est. 1971), and Vancouver Status of Women: Woman Alive (1975-1979).
Organization:
Library and Archives Canada
Expected Results:
This project will result in two Vancouver media collections of unique, 1970s community cable productions being made freely accessible online to the general public and researchers. They will be accompanied by important manifestos and documents created by Vancouver’s community cable advocates just as there is growing interest in television history broadly, and early Canadian broadcast experiments specifically.
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V5M 3G9
Reference Number:
129-2025-2026-Q1-00010
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
119141497RR001
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Satellite Video Exchange Society
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.