Orange Shirt Day 2022

September 30th is recognized as Orange Shirt Day, also called the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Beginning here in British Columbia, Orange Shirt Day aims for us to “honour and uphold Survivors and intergenerational Survivors of the Indian residential school system, and to commemorate those who didn’t return home” (UBC, n.d., para. 1). The …

Info-Maintainers Panel: Perspectives on the Maintenance of Indigenous Information, Data, and Cultural Knowledge

On October 15th, our program manager Kayla Lar-Son will be presenting on a panel along with Maui Hudson (University of Waikato), and Dr. Siobhan Wescott (University of North Dakota). The panel will be a discussion on information maintenance frameworks for Indigenous data sovereignty, and the preservation of Indigenous cultural Knowledges. More information about the event …

Orange Shirt Day

On September 30th of each year, we wear orange shirts to honour Residential School Survivors and recognize the harm intentionally perpetuated by the Residential School system. Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity to acknowledge the historical and ongoing violences of settler colonialism and helps us come together to imagine better ways forward. Orange Shirt Day …

Archival Appraisal and Deaccessioning

On June 15th, 2020, the Archives Association of British Columbia (AABC), along with LUCIDEA, hosted a webinar on The ABC’s of Archival Appraisal & Deaccessioning. Geared towards information professionals,this informative session outlined best practices for appraising archival records and the steps to deaccession records that do not meet an archive, museum, or libraries institutional mandate. …