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Title:

CKUT Time Capsule – Preserving 90s Counterculture: Historical Radio Archives from the Radical Margins of Montreal

Agreement Number:

2223-0092

Agreement Value:

$21,941.00

Agreement Date:

Apr 1, 2022 - Mar 31, 2023

Description:

The CKUT Time Capsule will digitally preserve and make accessible the archival fonds generated by a decade of documenting unheard perspectives: a live broadcast by lesbian program Dykes on Mykes taking calls during the 1989 Polytechnique massacre; CKUT’s Community News Department reporting from behind the military lines at the Oka Crisis; detailed coverage of the AIDS crisis from Black, Indigenous, people of color, and queer perspectives. The project will focus on digitizing hundreds of programming guides, photos, documents, and audio recordings from the years 1989 to 1999. The material will be digitized, restored, preserved, and catalogued. CKUT will develop an accessible finding aid for searching the collection, and key files will be published online.

Organization:

Library and Archives Canada

Expected Results:

Short-term goals include increasing internal capacity to manage archives, digitizing and preserving entire archival fonds from the years 1989 to 1999, and publishing 30 selected paper files and 30 selected audio files to the CKUT Time Capsule web page. Long-term goals include engaging with the historical value of the archive, sustaining the growth of the archive, and progressing to the preservation and digitization of 2000s archival fonds.

Location:

Montréal, Quebec, CA H3A 2B3

Reference Number:

129-2022-2023-Q1-00020

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

119390615

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

RADIO CKUT

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.