Reference number : 129-2022-2023-Q1-LHOV-03-018, amendment number : , agreement type : C, recipient legal name : Mizinatik Digital Centre, recipient country : CA, recipient province : ON, recipient city : Fort William First Nation, recipient postal code : P7J 1B6, 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: 1) digitizing existing documentary heritage related to Indigenous languages and cultures, and 2) 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 : 1)numériser le patrimoine documentaire relatif aux langues et aux cultures autochtones, et 2) acquérir les compétences, les connaissances et les ressources nécessaires pour accomplir ce travail dans leurs communautés., agreement title english : "Chi Mamow waban ji kateg emishiinonaniwang mashkawisiinaniwang" Looking at it together. In numbers there is strength, agreement title french : Chi Mamow waban ji kateg emishiinonaniwang mashkawisiinaniwang (Examinons-le ensemble. La force est dans le nombre.), agreement number : LHOV-03-018, agreement value : 95190.0, agreement start date : 2022-08-08, agreement end date : 2023-07-28, description english : This project includes the history of Anishinaabe communities in remote northern Ontario, located approximately 600 kilometres north of Thunder Bay and accessible only by plane or seasonal winter roads. The project aims to create a digital pathway to our history by offering online training in digital preservation skills and prioritizing the digitization of our most fragile and high-priority records, supporting our Nations’ return toward self-governance.

The materials identified for digitization include approximately 800 photographs, 150 cassettes (equivalent to roughly 75 hours), 100 film clips in mixed media formats (Super 8, 16 mm, totalling about 50 hours), 1 500 loose pages featuring text, hand-drawn maps, diagrams, and notes in ink and pencil, as well as 40 notebooks and journals containing an estimated 1 200 pages.
These records in particular capture an exceptionally dynamic time-frame in the area's history, including locations of traditional trap-lines, historical movements, cultural and archival value.  Some of the stories within the audio recordings are also of particular cultural importance, containing knowledge from Elders who have passed, making these materials previously inaccessible, digitizing will provide for a deeper understanding of our history and traditional territory.  These materials will also provide valuable context and commentary towards decision making as in areas where we otherwise have no documentation at all to support negotiations.

Training program consists of two deliveries of a set of four Courses.
How it works: Our courses use an on-line course management system.  Courses are taught asynchronously along with scheduled virtual class meetings.  Activities involve on-line and off-line participation.  Our strong emphasis is on interaction between the participants and the instructors.  Each course involves 3.75 hours per week (fifteen hours of work) with tutorial/coaching support to assist participants as needed to keep class actively engaged in the learning process.
Training program consists of a set of four courses which are as follows:
(1) Planning for digitization: foundations of context for cultural record
(2) Introduction for digital preservation: structure and deterioration of paper-based and multimedia materials
(3) Preservation reformatting: Creating digital collections
(4) Digital repository fundamentals, ethics and long-term sustainability
Culminating celebration of training activity; participant certificates, description french : Ce projet s’intéresse à l’histoire des communautés anishinaabe de régions éloignées du Nord de l’Ontario, situées à environ 600 kilomètres au nord de Thunder Bay et accessibles uniquement par avion ou par routes d’hiver saisonnières. Le projet vise à créer une voie numérique vers notre histoire en offrant une formation en ligne sur les techniques de préservation numérique et en donnant la priorité à la numérisation de nos documents les plus fragiles et les plus importants, afin de soutenir le retour de nos Nations à l’autonomie gouvernementale.

Les documents qui seront numérisés comprennent environ 800 documents photographiques, 150 cassettes (équivalant à environ 75 heures), 100 extraits de films dans des formats multimédias (Super 8, 16 mm, totalisant environ 50 heures), 1 500 feuilles volantes contenant du texte, des cartes dessinées à la main, des diagrammes et des notes à l’encre et au crayon, ainsi que 40 cahiers et journaux contenant environ 1 200 pages., expected results english : Create training materials to build digitization skills

Deliver of online training programs

Digitization of identified high-priority records, expected results french : Création de matériel didactique pour améliorer les compétences en numérisation

Mise en place de programmes de formation en ligne

Numérisation des documents désignés comme étant hautement prioritaires, additional information english : nan, additional information french : nan, owner organization : lac-bac, owner organization title : Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada