Archives Association of British Columbia

Join us THIS THURSDAY December 17th for a group watch of the Australian Society of Archivists webinar Supporting and Activating the Adelaide Tandanya Declaration on Indigenous Archives! More info below

Interesting post from Greater Vernon Museum & Archives!

We’re halfway through #AAW2020 and we love seeing your work! Check out the website (AAW2020.wordpress.com) for today’s activity packet on Language-Based Activism, and keep sharing your responses, projects, and ideas on Facebook & Twitter.

JOB ALERT: Applications for the Indigenous Law and Indigenous Outreach Librarian at the University of Victoria Libraries are due on December 3, 2020! Get your application in today and check out the full posting here: https://www.uvic.ca//faculty-and-/current/libr_400_039.php

JOB ALERT: Applications for the Data Management and Systems Librarian at Simon Fraser University are due on November 29, 2020! Get your application in today and check out the full posting here: https://www.lib.sfu.ca/a/overview/employment/librarian-jobs

Interior view of Casper's Pharmacy, at 3139 Edgemont Blvd, at night. Any ideas what magazine she's flipping through? : October 1948, Duff Papin. NVMA 11341. #NorthVanStories

People having a meal on the deck of a boat, ~1924. http://ow.ly/KQHV50BloCl #Picnic #Boating #TBT

JOB ALERT: Applications for the Archives Clerk position at the City of Burnaby are due on December 2, 2020! Get your application in today and check out the full posting here: https://tre.tbe.taleo.net/tre01/ats/careers/requisition.jsp

Interesting post from Whistler Museum!

Enjoying #AAW2020? Please consider supporting our work and student bursary program through Canada Help! https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/3515

Figure skating is a classic sport and club for Rossland youth to enjoy. Here are some very sparkly members of the Rossland Skating Club. Left to Right: Magaret... Wood, Debbie Wood, and Karen Andrews (nee Howes) in the 1960s. Photo No. 2286.0040 https://basininstitute.org/search/details.html?id=79790 From the Rossland Museum & Discovery Centre collection digitized courtesy of the @Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History Do you have original photos capturing Rossland’s storied history? Consider donating them to the Rossland Archives - we can also scan them and you retain the original. #tbt #throwbackthursday #rosslandmuseum #metalsmountainsmemories Lost Kootenays Rossland News

It’s the end of Archives Awareness Week 2020 and we are sad to see it go! Thank you to our event volunteers & participants, and the AABC members that made this week possible. We are so thankful for your continued engagement, support, and dedication to archiving #AAW2020

Do you have any presentations, lightning talks, or activities you want to contribute to our upcoming presenter-led event, "Archiving Activism: An UnConference"? All submissions and participants are welcome! #archivingactivism2020 On Monday, November 16, 2020 we are going to explore the relationship between archival practice and activism in BC, including: social justice, equity work, and systematic change initiatives. Everyone is welcome to attend. You do not need to be an AABC member to participate. To register for this event: Please add your name under the list of Participants below and consider signing up for a task. A link to the registration form is included in the document: https://docs.google.com//1-fSPYgYuyA4x_cZ3WapXuBrKCo/edit

Want to see more events like this? Consider sending us a donation through our Canada Helps page! https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/3515 Your support allows us to provide bursaries to UBC students, put on events, and help develop archival projects across the province.

After some in-depth historical analysis, we have determined that "the cats" in this photograph are the ones who really called the shots around the homestead. Happy Hallo-week everyone!

Anyone driving the newly paved Mabel Lake Road should appreciate a look back at what the road used to look like... Marion Dale donated a photo of a four-horse g...rader on Mabel Lake Road in 1920. Yep, that is a grader. She also gave us one of a horse team on Mabel Lake Road near Prevost rock during the same era. (edms photos 1232 & 1234) See more

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Looking for some Hallowe'en costume inspiration this year? Why not take a cue from these jellyfish from the 1968 Coquitlam Skating Club? This photo is part of a scrapbook donated by the Coquitlam Skating Club to the City of Coquitlam Archives.

Northern view through causeway to Lions Gate Bridge, October 1946. http://ow.ly/nrIy50BhhY0 #LionsGateBridge #Entrance #TBT

BCIT Archives presents #tbt: #halloween2020 will look a little different this year! Financial Serv. ca. 1988 BCIT Archives no.C23-a007475 #bekindbecalmbesafe

In 1958 McTavish Road Elementary students made a tapestry showing the approximate locations of European settlers on the Saanich Peninsula c.1858-74, and here it's on display at a BC School Trustees convention. Today, this very same tapestry hangs in our museum! #SidneyMuseum #TBT

1940s -- Union Steamship Company employees, Sechelt, including Harry Billingsley, butcher, and Edric Clayton, store manager. Photo courtesy the Helen Dawe collection.