Acting Head, X̱wi7x̱wa Library
University of British Columbia
Author Archives: hannah kruse
Indigitization Website Redesign
Indigitization is excited to announce its newly redesigned website! After several months of hard work and dedicated focus, the site will be officially launched on July 27th, 2020. The new website is easier to navigate, more user-friendly, and is a space that more easily facilitates digital storytelling to showcase what the Indigitization team and community …
Panel with Gerry Lawson: how COVID-19 impacts Indigenous language revitalization
Rising Voices will hold a series of virtual events discussing how “Indigenous communities in Mexico and Canada have been adopting technology and the internet as tools to promote and revitalize their native languages.” Tune into the first online exchange to hear Indigitization Program Technology Lead, Gerry Lawson, in conversation with other Indigenous language activists. The …
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Ann Stevenson
Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives
Museum of Anthropology
Amy Perreault
Senior Strategist of Indigenous Initiatives, Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology (CTLT)
University of British Columbia
Ramona Rose
Retired Head of Archives, Northern BC Archives
University of Northern British Columbia
Lunchtime Keynote Address – Digital Futures: Indigenous Language Revitalization in the 21st Century
Dr. Candace Kaleimamwoowahinekapu Galla, PhD Language & Literacy Education, UBC; Dr. Mark Turin, PhD First Nations & Endangered Languages, UBC
Panel #4: Connecting and revitalizing: making media work for the community
Marianne Ignace, Simon Fraser University; Aaron Leon, Splatsin Tsm7aksaltn; Marvin Williams, Indigenous Planning Facilitator, Lake Babine Nation Treaty Office; Ramona Rose, Northern BC Archives, UNBC
Panel #3: Keeping it all together: Information systems and content management
Alissa Cherry, Research Manager, Audrey & Harry Hawthorn Library & Archives, Museum of Anthropology, UBC; Elizabeth Shaffer, Director of Collections, Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre; Amber Ridington, Folk & Heritage Consultant and Doctoral Candidate, Department of Folklore, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Michael Wynne, Digital Applications Librarian, Washington State University
Panel #2: Rights, Policy, and Governance
Sherry Strump, Tsilhqot’in National Government; Bella Alphonse, Tsilhqot’in National Government; David Schaepe, Director, Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre; Kate Hennessy, Simon Fraser University
A Conversation with Sarah Dupont, Program Manager
Check out this great interview with Indigitization Program Manager Sarah Dupont, created by iSchool students Monique DuPlessis, Eleri Staiger and Nick Ubels as part of Dr. Richard Arias-Hernandez’s LIBR 581 Digital Libraries class. The video was submitted for a Digital Libraries and Archives News Report assignment.