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The Importance of Religious Archives—Malachy McCarthy
May 13, 2022
Making Archive Spaces Accessible—Lisa Snider
May 20, 2022
Reaching Out—Carey Pallister
June 3, 2022
Social Justice and Catholic Nuns—Sara Ludewig
June 23, 2022
The Construction of an Archival Vault—Junia Papas
July 8, 2022
Outreach Lesson Planning—Scott Keefer
August 12, 2022
Reference Services—Nadia Nasr
September 2, 2022
Introduction to AtoM—Jody Robinson, Mary Grace Kosta
October 5, 2022
Archive-It—Catherine Falls, Raven Germaine
November 18, 2022
Tabernacles of Memory—Sr. Ginger Downey, Sr. Sue Durkin
December 14, 2022
Flicker The Commons—George Oates
February 16, 2023
Copyright (US)—Russell Gasero, Scott Keefer
April 14, 2023
NDSA Levels of Preservation—Jen Mitcham, Nathan Tallman
April 19, 2023
Old Germanic Script—ThomasMcCullough
May 4, 2023
Keeping Bits Together: Intro to Digital Preservation—Grant Hurley
May 18, 2023
SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context—Dina Herbert, Jerry Simmons
July 6, 2023
Access and Accessibility: Transcribing Handwriting with From the Page—Jeremy Heil
July 20, 2023
Copyright (Canada)—Lisa Maklem
August 17, 2023
Environment, Storage, and IPM—Holly Fiedler
September 18, 2023
Digitizing Images to FADGI Standards—Locrin Stewart
October 19, 2023
How to Write for American Archivist—Amy Cooper
November 16, 2023
Archival Arrangement for Beginners: What They Don’t Teach
You in School—Samantha Thompson
November 20, 2023
Moving the IHM Archives to USC—Nan Cano
November 30, 2023
Considerations for Starting An Archives—Ellen Scheinberg
December 13, 2023
The Importance of Religious Archives—May
13, 2022
Malachy R. McCarthy
This important webinar focuses on the value of religious sources for all historical research. Malachy’s well-illustrated presentation demonstrates how religious archives provide a snapshot of society and help provide a better understanding of the breadth of history. A focus on religious communities provides a diverse perspective of the social gospel work, charity efforts, and ethnic populations in local communities.
Adaptation is a strength of religious communities, and their archives illustrate the changing social structures and demographics in both local communities and the nation. Through minutes, diaries, journals, publications, etc., the archives indicate the life of the working class, the role of women in both religious and non-religious communities, the ethnic diversity and inclusion/exclusion in local areas, and the increasing diversity of these communities.
Publications found in archives reflect the period of their publication. Correspondence, photographs, and journals illustrate the work of religious communities toward social justice and inclusion and how communities adapted to changes in society. This is a worthwhile webinar to appreciate the value of the collections for broad research in history and more narrow research in particular religious traditions. Archivists will be encouraged to appreciate their holdings and find new ways to present and promote what they have.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSjMPUz660c
Social Justice and Catholic Nuns—January
31, 2023
Sara Ludewig
Sara Ludewig is an Archivist with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. She holds an MA in Library and Information Science and an MA in History from the University of Maryland at College Park. Her interests include oral history, social justice and archives, Catholic women’s history, and the history of peace movements during the Vietnam War. Her article, “In the Habit of Resistance: Radical Peace Activism and the Maryland Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, 1968 to Present,” can be found in the Spring 2022 edition of the Journal of American Catholic Studies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxBMIhFPadE
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Reaching Out
Carey Pallister
For over 35 years, Carey Pallister has worked as an archivist in military, municipal, religious and school archives. For the past 12 years, she served as the archivist for the Sisters of St. Ann, a group of Canadian women religious founded in 1850 in Quebec, who built schools and hospitals there and in British Columbia, Alaska, Washington State and Massachusetts. During her tenure with the Sisters, outreach was a priority, and she was able to develop several unique ways to reach a number of community groups as well as a wider audience though talks, tours, social media and two educational trunks nicknamed the Holy Rollers.
Carey recently left the Sisters of St. Ann and now runs her own archives consulting business, About Time Archives Services, from her home on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Since 2017, Carey has also been the school archivist at local private school, where she was able to create their archives from the
ground up. Carey believes that archives should places of learning as well as research, and she successfully garnered the support of the school to make the archives part of the curriculum.
In addition to her commitment to keeping history alive and sharing knowledge, Carey has co-authored a book on British Columbia architects and architecture as well as numerous articles on the history of Victoria. When she is not archiving, Carey creates art in several different media, assists others with historical and genealogical research, and runs a charming Airbnb in the Cowichan Valley’s thriving tourism scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxBMIhFPadE
Construction of an Archival Vault
Junia Papas is the Director of the Archives for the Province of St. Joseph of the Capuchin Order for the states of Montana, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan. She has worked at their headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, since October 1, 2018. During this time, she has transformed the archives from an unorganized storage unit into a professional vault. Before this, she worked for the state archives in Lansing, Michigan, for three years and volunteered at Michigan State University Archives.
Scott Keefer has been the Provincial Archivist for the Daughters of Charity, Province of St. Louise in Emmitsburg, Maryland since 2018. Prior to that he held positions with the government of Fairfax County, Virginia, Brooklyn College, the American Academy of Rome office in New York and the American Museum of Natural History.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVL18ld48nM
Archival Reference Services
During this Lunch and Learn session, Nadia will provide an overview of reference services, covering such topics as the importance of reference services to an institution, critical considerations when allowing access, and methods of providing such services. Nadia Nasr is Head of Archives and Special Collections at Santa Clara University where she oversees all administrative functions pertaining to the rare and unique materials held by the University Library. She is an experienced practitioner and manager of archives, special, and digital collections, with a demonstrated history of working in public and, primarily, academic libraries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXPic-caYjY
Introduction to AtoM
Join Jody Robinson, Eastern Townships Resource Centre, Bishop’s University, and Mary Grace Kosta, Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada, for an introduction to AtoM, an opensource archival description database. Since 2006, Jody Robinson has served as the archivist for the Eastern Townships Resource Centre, an organization committed to the preservation of the heritage of the Eastern Townships of Quebec, including the archives of a number of Protestant denominations in the region. In 2016, the ETRC launched its regional, multi-repository instance of AtoM, which continues to grow in membership. Mary Grace Kosta is the Congregational Archivist for the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada. In 2021, she received the Archives Association of Ontario James J. Tallman and the Society of American Archivists Sr. Claude Lane, O.P Memorial awards. Presently, she serves on the steering committee for the Society of American Archivists (SAA) – Archivists of Religious Collections Section (ARCS), the SAA
ARCS Models and Resources Committee, the Joint US-Canada AtoM Users Group, the NDSA Communications and Publications Working Group, and the Association of Canadian Archivists – Special Interest Section for Archivists of Religious Organizations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReEwlxz0jFE
Web Archiving with Archive-It
In our increasingly online world, web archiving - the process of capturing and preserving portions of the world wide web and making them available for research purposes - is becoming a critical aspect of archival practice. Archive-It, a web archiving service developed and maintained by the non-profit Internet Archive, enables organizations to build and share archived collections of websites, social media, and other web documents and materials. In this session, staff from the Internet Archive will provide a brief introduction to web archiving, as well as an overview of Archive-It, including a discussion of the service’s major features and strategies for use. The session will also introduce attendees to Community Webs, a web archiving initiative for community-based organizations and collecting.
Raven Germain (she/her) first joined the Internet Archive in 2019 and started as a Web Archivist with the Archive-It team in 2020. Previously, she worked as a Public Services Assistant at the University of Alberta Archives. She holds a Master of Library and Information
Studies from the University of Alberta and enjoys supporting web archiving efforts from her home in New Brunswick, the traditional unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik, Mi’kmaq, and Peskoto muhkati peoples.
Catherine Falls (she/her) has worked for Internet Archive Canada as a Program Officer in Community Programs since 2021. Prior to this, Catherine was an Archivist at the Archives of Ontario and held positions in archives and special collections libraries in the Toronto area. She holds Master’s degrees in Information and Art History and will be joining the session from her home on the unceded ancestral territory of the Tongva peoples, also known as Tovaangar or the Los Angeles Basin.
Congregational Archives: Rooting Us in the Past, Preparing Us For the Future The preservation of congregational archives is integral to Catholic history and to future generations as written in the circular issued by the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church titled “The Pastoral Formation of Church Archives.” This webinar will aid Leadership and Congregational Archivists in developing strategies to strengthen this relationship and to support the overall work in legacy planning and preservation. Sr. Susan Durkin has been an Ursuline Sister of Cleveland for 35 years. Her ministries include elementary school teacher, Children’s Program Director for an HIV/AIDS Ministry, Advancement Director, and most recently two terms as her congregational President. During her tenure in Advancement and Congregational Leadership, Sr. Susan helped her congregation conduct a successful Capital Campaign and oversaw the construction of a new motherhouse and relocation of
their corporate offices which included their congregation’s archives.
During this process, she developed a greater understanding of what is involved in archival assessment, best practices, and how a collection transitions to a new location. As a result of this experience and with concern for the long-term preservation of congregation collections, she is helping to establish a collaborative space to be located in Northeast Ohio. Sr. Ginger Downey is a member of the congregation of Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters, commonly known as Victory Noll Sisters. She has just finished 10 years in congregational leadership and currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Heritage and Research Center at Saint Mary’s or HARC. Sr. Ginger is a native of Wyoming and has a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Wyoming and a Master’s degree in Theology, with an emphasis in Liturgical Studies, from St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota. She has served in parishes as Director of Religious Education and Pastoral Associate in Catechetics and Liturgy and as the Diocesan Director of Worship for the Diocese
of Phoenix. Her last ministry before her election to leadership in 2012 was with Faith on Fire, an adult formation ministry, which she cofounded to provide faith formation for adults in theology and liturgy. During her time in Leadership Sr. Ginger was the liaison for archives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXw0SF0rak4
A Primer on Flickr Commons and our new 501(c) (3) foundation, flickr.org
Join George Oates for a presentation on Flickr Commons and the new Flickr Foundation. Learn what Flickr Commons is and how it provides a global platform for sharing photographs in the public domain, and about the revitalization taking place through the Flickr Foundation.
George Oates is a designer working at the intersection of software, cultural heritage, and philosophy. She is the founder of the Flickr Foundation, a 501c3 charity dedicated to preventing Flickr from being deleted. She also created the Flickr Commons program in 2008, launching with the Library of Congress as the first partner. George has worked online since 1996 and enjoyed a variety of interesting roles, like being part of the small team that created Flickr, project lead of Open Library at Internet Archive, and director of design at Stamen Design. George specializes in designing systems used by millions of people holding billions of things but also likes designing very specific interfaces for tiny audiences.
These videos are produced by the Society of American Archivists – Archivists of Religious Collections Section, Models, and Resources Committee.
Objectives
• To recommend standards and guidelines to archivists of religious collections so that they may improve the quality of their collections.
• To provide samples of policies, forms, publications, manuals, and finding aids for religious collections to section members.
• To identify and provide information on resources pertinent to religious archives.
Join Russell Gasero, Archivist Emeritus of the Reformed Church in America, and Scott Keefer, Archivist for the Daughters of Charity, for a presentation on US copyright. Russell L. Gasero was the archivist for the Reformed Church in America from 1978 until his retirement in 2020. Prior to that, he had worked in the Archives of the United Nations for five years. Russell has an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Hope College and a graduate degree in educational philosophy and history from Rutgers University. He is a member of the organizing class in the Academy of Certified Archivists. Russell helped establish the Archivists of Religious Institutions, was the co-founder of the Lone Arrangers Roundtable, and was a former moderator of the Archivists of Religious Collections. He has been a regular presenter on religious archives issues at the SAA and regional gatherings. In his retirement, he established Wit & Intellect Publishing LLC and wrote his reflections in A Historical Footprint: Reflections on a
Life in the Archives. When not reflecting on archival topics, he enjoys sci-fi and fantasy films and sitting back and just being mellow. Scott Keefer has been the Provincial Archivist for the Daughters of Charity, Province of St. Louise in Emmitsburg, Maryland since 2018. Prior to that he held positions with the government of Fairfax County, Virginia, Brooklyn College, the American Academy of Rome office in New York and the American Museum of Natural History. Contents
Join Jenny Mitcham, Head of Good Practice and Standards at the Digital Preservation Coalition, and Nathan Tallman, Digital Preservation Librarian at Penn State, for a presentation on the NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation. This session will discuss the benefits of assessment models and frameworks in the field of digital preservation and provide an introduction to the NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation (https://ndsa.org/publications/levels-of-digital-preservation/). In a practical session, attendees will be encouraged and supported to carry out a quick assessment of their own digital preservation capabilities using the NDSA levels and anonymous benchmarking will be facilitated using an online poll. A wrap-up presentation will suggest the next steps for moving forward with assessment using the NDSA Levels and include other useful information and tools relevant to making progress with digital preservation. As Digital Preservation Librarian at Penn State University, Nathan coordinates policies, workflows, and practices to ensure the long-term preservation and accessibility
of the Libraries’ born-digital and digitized collections. He advises on equipment, infrastructure, and vendors for Penn State digital content. Nathan is also the Product Owner for digital preservation and helps to coordinate community practices and support for digital collection infrastructure. Nathan is a past chair of the NDSA Coordinating Committee and has served on the NDSA Levels Steering Group since 2020. Jenny Mitcham is Head of Good Practice and Standards at the Digital Preservation Coalition. She works closely with the members of the Coalition on their digital preservation challenges, as well as organizing events and producing publications and resources to help move the community forward with digital preservation. She is currently serving on the NDSA leadership team and is one of the co-chairs of the NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZBg38yoUlw
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Reading Old German Script
Join Thomas McCullough, Archivist at Moravian Archives, to learn about Old Germanic script. Tom has served as assistant archivist of the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for the past ten years. He completed his history, anthropology, and European studies at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in May 2011. He received a master’s degree in applied history from the same university in May 2013, focusing his graduate fieldwork in archival studies. In December 2019, he received a master’s degree in library and information science, with an archives concentration, from the University of WisconsinMilwaukee. He previously worked or interned at the Shippensburg University Fashion Archives and Museum, the U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center, and the Cumberland County (PA) Archives.
Tom teaches German script to adult classes and local middle/high school German language classes. He is the editor of The Archival Spirit, a newsletter published three times per year by the Archivists of
Religious Collections Section of the Society of American Archivists.
Also, he serves as an editorial assistant for the Journal of Moravian History.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8uuB_-qA2g
Keeping Bits Together: An Introduction toDigital Preservation
The purpose of the Society of American Archivists – Archivists of Religious Collections Section, Models and Resources Committee (MRC) is to provide information to section members on all aspects of archival work relating to the administration of religious collections. Join us for an introduction to digital preservation. Grant Hurley works as the Canadiana Librarian at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto, where he is responsible for curating the library’s extensive Canadian print and manuscript collections. He gained digital archives and preservation expertise during his role as Digital Preservation Librarian at Scholars Portal from 20162022. Grant also serves as a Sessional Instructor for the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto for the class “Digital Archives Workflows.” In 2021, he was awarded the Archives Association of Ontario’s Alexander Fraser Award for exceptional service to the archival community and the MISC Outstanding Instructor Award for excellence in teaching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciup9fOt7Tc
Social Networks and Archival Context
Jerry Simmons is the lead National Archives and Records Administration Agency Liaison to the SNAC cooperative and serves as the SNACSchool lead and SNAC Operations Coordinator. Since 2000, Jerry led several authorities cataloging projects for the National Archives, including the start-up of NARA’s NACO and SACO contribution projects. He was an archivist and cataloger for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum from 1990 to 1999. His first archives job, 1986-1990, was in the Diocesan Archives of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah, Georgia, as an assistant to the late Sr. Mary Felicitas Powers, RSM. Jerry taught as adjunct faculty at the Catholic University of America’s Department of Library Science from 2011 to 2015 and now teaches as an adjunct professor in the Simmons University (Boston) School of Library and Information Science. Dina Herbert is the National Archives liaison to Social Networks and Archival Contexts (SNAC), where she is responsible for working with partner organizations, editing SNAC, training, and more. Previously she served as the Innovation Hub Coordinator at NARA as the
Librarian of the Iraqi Jewish Archive Preservation Project at NARA. She received degrees from Columbia University (BA), the Jewish Theological Seminary (BA, MA), and the University of Maryland (MLS).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phnnHm_pdHI
Access and Accessibility: Transcribing Handwriting with
From the Page
Jeremy Heil has been the Digital and Private Records Archivist at Queen’s University Archives since 2001. He holds a Master of Archival Studies degree from the University of British Columbia (2000). Prior to working at Queen’s, he was employed as an archivist with the Chung Collection in Vancouver and in the Private Records Section of the Provincial Archives of Alberta. He has served on numerous committees—locally, provincially, and nationally—including terms as President of the Archives Association of Ontario and as Managing Editor of Archivaria. He has taught workshops on digital records and metadata in archives and presented papers on various topics related to digital archives over the past 20 years. His publications include “The Procrustean Bed: A History of the Arrangement of the Al Purdy fonds” Archivaria 76 (Fall 2013) and “Stones: Using Mashups to Understand a City’s Social Tapestry,” The Interactive Archivist: Case Studies in Utilizing Web 2.0 to Improve the Archival Experience
(Society of American Archivists, 2009). He collaborates with the Vulnerable Media Lab at Queen’s University and the Queen’s Wicked Ideas-funded project “Will Digital Art Have a Digital Future?: The Challenges of Preserving and Restoring Digital Born Cultures.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5XaNo1hIr0
An Introduction to Canadian Copyright
Lisa Macklem is a PhD candidate in Law and a Lecturer at the University of Western Ontario whose research focuses on digital content delivery, IP, and the Entertainment Industry. She focuses on issues of access, copyright, and technology. “Fair Dealing, Online Teaching and Technological Neutrality: Lessons From the COVID-19 Crisis,” cowritten with Samuel Trosow is in the Intellectual Property Journal Vol. 32, Iss. 3 (Sept 2020) and was cited in the recent Supreme Canada of Canada case York University v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2021 SCC 32. Lisa is a frequent guest speaker in Asia and the US on Copyright and Entertainment law issues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-PU_zv2DrM
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Environment, storage, and integrated pest management
Join two conservators for an introduction to the basics of preserving archives: environment, storage furniture and materials, and integrated pest management.
Holly Fiedler is archivist for the Sisters of St. Francis, Sacred Heart Community in Denver, Colorado, and board member for the Franciscan Central Archive, whose vision is a sustainable archival repository for Franciscan congregations. She is also a board member of the Chicago Collaborative Archive Center, whose mission is to create a collaborative archive in Chicago. Holly has worked in archives for twelve years, two years in museum collection management, and fourteen years in conservation. She has a Master of Art in Conservation, three Bachelors of Science, and is certified with the Society of American Archivists as a Digital Archives Specialist. Her primary interests are preserving history and community legacy, collaborating to enable the sustainability of collections, and accessibility to carry knowledge into the future.
Upon completion of undergraduate studies in anthropology and art history at York University in Toronto, Iona McCraith completed a three-year program to train as a conservator at Algonquin College, Ottawa. This was followed by a one-year internship at the Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa. She also has a certificate from the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles in Care of Historic Photographs and a certificate in Preventive Conservation from ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) in Rome. Since 2000 Iona has maintained a private practice as a heritage consultant and archival materials conservator for governments, private sector corporations, non-profit organizations, heritage institutions and private collectors. During this time until 2022, she also worked for the Archives Association of Ontario, first as the Preservation Advisor, then as Archives Advisor.
Digitization to FADGI standards: Join us for an introduction to how to digitize images to archival standards.
Presenter: Locrin Stewart, City of Toronto Archives, Toronto, Ontario. Locrin is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University with a BFA in Photography and an MA in Film and Photographic Preservation and Collections Management. He has worked for archives and museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in Texas, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Image Centre in Toronto. Locrin works for the City of Toronto as a System Developer II, Archives Digitization, and is responsible for artifact digitization, Digital Asset Management System administration, and technology consultation.
Join Amy Cooper Cary for a presentation on how to write for the flagship periodical, American Archivist.
American Archivist Editor Amy Cooper Cary is Head of Special Collections and University Archives at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has served as Editor of Archival Issues, Reviews Editor for RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts and Cultural Heritage and American Archivist, and has been a member of the Editorial Board for Journal of Archival Organization. Outside of her editorial work and writing about archives, she has published various nonfiction articles, encyclopedia contributions, translation from French, and original poetry. She is a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists.
Archival arrangement for beginners: What they don’t teach you in school
Join us to learn about basic processing before description - how do you preserve and arrange records?
Samantha Thompson is presently a Senior Archivist for the Region of Peel in Ontario, Canada. The Region of Peel Archives is a local history and government archive serving a large and complex second-tier municipality slated for dissolution in early 2025. Samantha has worn all the archival hats there, from reference work to collections management to exhibit planning, in collaboration with the regional museum and art gallery. She also works closely with the region’s records management and privacy divisions. One of her primary interests is defending the archival mission in times of increasing disaffection and uncertainty. Samantha once did a PhD in philosophy, which means she thinks too much about the meaning of everything for her own good. Before training later in life to become an archivist, she occupied various roles in academia and the arts.
Moving the Immaculate Heart of Mary Archives to the University of Southern California
Join Nan Cano for a lively presentation on how she navigated the move of the Immaculate Heart of Mary community archives to the University of Southern California.
Nan Cano, IHM, MA, is a past vice president of the Immaculate Heart Community of California. She taught with the sisters as they began their metamorphosis from a vowed religious community to a lay Christian community in 1970. She has authored the history of the community, Take Heart: Growing as a Faith Community. Her contribution to the Encyclopedia of World Religions summarizes the evolution (Wrldrels.org). The research involved in the book and encyclopedia entry sparked her archival curiosity, and she became the driving force behind the IHC transfer of archives to the University of Southern California Special Collections. Nan was a research consultant for the documentary film Rebel Hearts, tracing the community’s decision to change its direction (Available on HBO Max). Nan and her husband
relish travel, especially river cruises and time with their grandchildren. Her devotion to prison ministry and immigration reform shaped her activism for social justice.
Join us for a presentation on the considerations of starting an archive. Presenter: Ellen Scheinberg, Heritage Professionals, Toronto, Ontario. Dr. Ellen Scheinberg is president of Heritage Professionals, a consulting firm specializing in archival, museum, and information management services. Her clients have included government entities, educational & health institutions, corporations, non-profits, clubs, private donors, and archives and libraries. The projects the firm is engaged in are fairly eclectic, ranging from setting up new archives to creating exhibitions, digitization strategies, and client space assessments. Ellen started her career as an archivist at the National Archives of Canada, working there from 1990 to 2000. She went on to serve as Director of the Ontario Jewish Archives for nine years, later taking on the role of Senior Manager in charge of outreach, digitization, and exhibitions at the Archives of Ontario before launching her consulting firm in 2012. She has published widely in various areas: archival studies, women’s history, labor history, Jewish
studies, and immigration history. She recently co-edited the book The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto’s First Immigrant Neighbourhood (2015) and contributed several articles to The Ward Uncovered: The Archaeology of Everyday Life (2018). The former was the winner of the Heritage Toronto Book Award, and both works were finalists for the Toronto Book Award and the Ontario Speakers’ Award.
