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A critical digital archives symposium in Vancouver & Surrey, BC from Apr 25-28, 2024.

Metro Vancouver & Online
Joined November 2023
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Can't make it to the #CrossingFonds symposium but want to join us for the Fri. Apr 26 screening of Dana Claxton's new work _Fonds Crossing_ inspired by research from Case Study 2? Get tix from @VIVOMediaArts: showpass.com/vivomediaarts-c…
[1/4] #CrossingFonds features 3 case studies that "cross fonds." Case Study 2 is "#IndigenousLabour History" focusing on work in #IndigenousMedia arts and #IndigenousFilm presented by @karrmencrey, Dana Claxton @UBC and @cleowoodbuffalo. Register here: crossingfonds.com/symposium-…
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[1/4] #CrossingFonds features 3 case studies that "cross fonds." Case Study 2 is "#IndigenousLabour History" focusing on work in #IndigenousMedia arts and #IndigenousFilm presented by @karrmencrey, Dana Claxton @UBC and @cleowoodbuffalo. Register here: crossingfonds.com/symposium-…
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[3/4] Dana Claxton is a #UBCAHVA Prof. and critically acclaimed artist working in film, video, photography, single/multi-channel video installation and performance art. Her practice investigates #Indigenous beauty, the body, the socio-political and the spiritual.
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[4/4] @cleowoodbuffalo is a northern Cree member of the Fort McMurray First Nation. In the mid 1990s, with Dana Claxton, she formed an Indigenous media arts group and organized the first #Indigenous film festival in Vancouver, ImageNation.
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Can't make it to the #CrossingFonds symposium, but you'd like to join us for the Thurs. Apr 25 opening reception, exhibition & presentation on Women's Labour History in #YVR? Get tix from @VIVOMediaArts: showpass.com/vivomediaarts-c… #YVRLabourHistory #WomensLabourHistory
[1/5] #CrossingFonds features 3 case studies that "cross fonds." Case Study 1 is "Women’s Labour History: Restaurant Work in the Greater Vancouver Area" presented by Sara Diamond @CodeZebra, Karen Knights @VIVOMediaArts, and Mia Chi Vu @sfuCMNS. crossingfonds.com/symposium-…
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[1/6] Introducing the #CrossingFonds panel on "Technologies Towards a Culture of Sharing: Part 2" w/ Jessica Bushey, Richard Dancy, Emily Guerrero, Miriam Sturdee & Mark S. Fox on #AiArchives, archival software & cultural datasets. Register here (hybrid): crossingfonds.com/registrati…
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[5/6] Miriam Sturdee is lecturer at @StAndrewsCS & @chalmersuniv. Her interests lie at the intersection of computing & the arts. She is interested in how arts based approaches inform technical fields w/in STEM with a focus on novel technologies such as shape-changing interfaces.
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[6/6] Mark S. Fox is Dir. of the Urban Data Research Centre at @UofTCities & Founding Dir. of the Centre for Social Services Engineering at @UofTEngineering. His research investigates the semantic representation (aka Ontologies) and standardization of #urbandata and knowledge.
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[1/4] Featuring #CrossingFonds presenters Dana Claxton (#UBCAHVA), @SheilaDianeL (@usasklibrary) & @AuntyLibrarian (@Xwi7xwaLibrary) on "Reclaiming Histories: #Indigenous Perspectives." Register here (hybrid): crossingfonds.com/registrati… #IndigenousArchives #IndigenousLibrarianship
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[3/4] @SheilaDianeL is Liaison librarian for Indigenous studies and government information at @usasklibrary and one third of the Métis co-hosts of the @book_women podcast. #IndigenousLibrarians
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[4/4] @AuntyLibrarian is Acting Head of @Xwi7xwaLibrary, formerly Program Manager for @Indigitization and one third of the Métis co-hosts of the @book_women podcast. #IndigenousLibrarianship
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Introducing #CrossingFonds keynote Donna Sacuta from @BC_LHC on "Finding Working People in Archives," where she will consider the “archival silences” of #BCLabourHistory and whose/what stories are missing. Register here (hybrid): crossingfonds.com/registrati… #BCArchives
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Donna Sacuta is Executive Director of @BC_LHC. A lifelong resident of BC, she has been guiding the work of the Centre and supporting its projects since 2017. Her career has included periods in broadcasting, administrative support, political organizing, research & small business.
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We are aware that the Crossing Fonds registration system is currently malfunctioning. Please hold ☎️ while we work to fix it! 🛠️
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And we're back online! Registration is fully functioning again. Apologies for the inconvenience!
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