Reference number : 129-2022-2023-Q1-LHOV-03-004, amendment number : , agreement type : C, recipient legal name : Acimowin Opaspiw Society, recipient country : CA, recipient province : AB, recipient city : Saddle Lake, recipient postal code : T0A 3T0, program name english : Listen, Hear Our Voices, program name french : Écoutez pour entendre nos voix, program purpose english : Listen, Hear Our Voices supports First Nations, Inuit, and Métis governments and non-profit organizations in: digitizing existing documentary heritage related to Indigenous languages and cultures; and building the skills, knowledge and resources to do this work in their communities., program purpose french : Le programme Écoutez pour entendre nos voix épaule les gouvernements et organismes sans but lucratif des Premières Nations, inuits et métis souhaitant : numériser le patrimoine documentaire relatif aux langues et aux cultures autochtones; acquérir les compétences, les connaissances et les ressources nécessaires pour accomplir ce travail dans leurs communautés., agreement title english : Digitizing Our History, agreement title french : Numérisation de notre histoire, agreement number : LHOV-03-004, agreement value : 83564.0, agreement start date : 2022-08-15, agreement end date : 2023-07-31, description english : This project will create mobile digitization units staffed by post-secondary students to assist local Elders in transferring their media from cassettes, VHS tapes, film negatives, and historical documents into digital form. Intellectual property protections will be sought, and the owners of the material will be requested to participate in providing their material to a digital museum of our local history.

The key activity of the Alkw Media Society is to administer Nuxalk Radio with the mandate of promoting Indigenous language use and fluency, contributing positively to physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well-being, and providing information regarding Indigenous identity, history and culture. This project involves creating a digital library system to catalogue and store digitized items for Nuxalk community access, digitizing an estimated 100 hours of audio materials and texts and transcribing and broadcasting the materials over Nuxalk Radio., description french : Ce projet permettra de créer des unités mobiles de numérisation composées d’étudiants de l’enseignement supérieur, qui aideront les Aînés locaux à transférer le contenu de divers supports (cassettes, bandes VHS, négatifs de films et documents historiques) sous forme numérique. La protection de la propriété intellectuelle sera assurée, et les propriétaires du matériel seront invités à fournir le matériel à un musée numérique de notre histoire locale., expected results english : Creation of digital archives and transition of media collections held by local Elders

To assist as many Elders as possible with preserving their historical collections, expected results french : Création d’archives numériques et transition des collections sur différents supports détenues par des Aînés locaux

Aider le plus grand nombre possible d’Aînés à préserver leurs collections historiques, additional information english : nan, additional information french : nan, owner organization : lac-bac, owner organization title : Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada