Library and Archives Canada announced the recent acquisition of one of the earliest sources about the Holocaust to reach the Allies during the Second World War. The 16-page English-language report entitled The Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland was published by the Polish government-in-exile in early 1943. The acquisition of this book highlights LAC’s mandate … Read more
Library and Archives Canada announced the launch of the 2021–2022 funding cycle for its Documentary Heritage Communities Program. Eligible archival centres and other memory institutions can now apply for a portion of the $1.5 million that will be allocated in 2021–2022. The full release is available online. Call 819-994-4589.
Through its Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative, Library and Archives Canada is providing up to $60,000 per project to eligible First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation organizations to support their efforts to identify, digitize and preserve Indigenous language recordings, and build digitization and preservation capacity in their communities. Indigenous organizations are encouraged to submit applications until noon on December 11, … Read more
The Library and Archives Canada Scholar Awards recognize the outstanding contribution of Canadians who have dedicated their lives to the creation and promotion of our country’s cultural, literary and historical heritage. The recipients of the 2020 LAC Scholar Awards are: Margaret Atwood, poet, novelist, literary critic and essayist; Roch Carrier, novelist and author; Charlotte Gray, historian, author … Read more
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.), Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.), Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Tim Tierney revealed the proposed architectural design for the Ottawa Public Library – Library and Archives Canada Joint Facility. The design is the direct result of an unprecedented public co-design process that asked Ottawa residents, Indigenous communities, and … Read more
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is providing $2.3 million to support 31 projects by First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation organizations. Through the Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative, LAC is providing contribution funding to help Indigenous organizations to digitize their existing culture and language recordings, and build the skills, knowledge and resources they need to … Read more
Library and Archives Canada welcomes the news that Air Canada will be the Founding Partner of the LAC Scholars Awards. The LAC Scholars Awards were created in 2019 by LAC and the LAC Foundation to recognize the outstanding contribution of individuals who have dedicated their lives to the creation and promotion of the country’s literary and historical heritage. … Read more
Library and Archives Canada and the Plenary Properties Gatineau consortium announced the design plans for a second preservation centre that will be located directly behind the current one. The new preservation centre will be the first “net-zero carbon” facility dedicated to archival preservation in the Americas, and will also be the world’s largest preservation facility equipped with a … Read more
Library and Archives Canada will provide $1.5 million to support 52 projects (including 47 new projects) by archives, libraries and documentary heritage institutions throughout Canada. The recipients of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program for 2019–2020 were announced at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. Twelve projects submitted by organizations from Ontario will receive funding. Call 819-994-4589.
Library and Archives Canada announced the launch of its Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative, which offers funding and digitization services to preserve Indigenous culture and language recordings. This initiative provides funding of up to $100,000 per project to eligible Indigenous organizations to digitize existing culture and language recordings, and to help them build the skills, knowledge and … Read more
