There's not much time left to register! Please keep reading for details of two exciting archives-related events happening soon!

The Toronto Area Archivists' Group is pleased to present the following two events:

Law and Original Order: Legal Issues in Archives Workshop

The law has a huge impact on archivists, their institutions, and their records. There are legal aspects to almost every function an archivist performs. The workshop will very broadly cover laws that archivists encounter in acquiring, preserving, and making available archival documents. Topics will include: 
     Legal issues in acquisition and ownership
     Cultural property and tax laws
     Freedom of information and protection of privacy laws
     Copyright law
     Evidence law
The goal of the workshop is to introduce participants to the general legal framework that applies archives.

Workshop Instructor:
Loryl MacDonald has been the Records Archivist at the University of Toronto Archives since 2000. She is currently the President of the Association of Canadian Archivists and has served as president of the Archives Association of Ontario and of the Toronto Area Archivists’ Group. Loryl has also taught the courses, Managing Organizational Records as well as Legal Issues in Archives, at the U. of T. Faculty of Information. She most recently guest co-edited the law and archives special issue of Archivaria. Loryl holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Archival Studies from the University of British Columbia.

This workshop is taking place in the Combination Room of Trinity College, 6 Hoskin Avenue, Toronto, on Friday, May 13th from 10am until 4pm. Lunch may be purchased on site. 

Registration is $70 for the general public, $60 for AAO members and $40 for students with valid ID. Please mail registration fee, by cheque payable to the Toronto Area Archivists' Group, or cash to:

Archives Association of Ontario
TAAG
10 Morrow Avenue, Suite 202
Toronto, Ontario
M6R 2J1 Canada

Please confirm registration with Jonathan Lofft, President, TAAG
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Planning to be in Toronto for ACA 2011?

The TAAG Executive cordially invites you to register for the annual general meeting, dinner and lecture happening Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 at the Upper Dining Room of the Faculty Club located at 41 Willcocks Street, beginning with cocktails at 5:15pm. This event is generously sponsored by Ancestry.ca. 

Our guest speaker this year is Robert Steiner, contributor to 'Better Off Forgetting: Essays on Archives, Public Policy, and Collective Memory'. A former Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent, Steiner is currently Director of the Journalism Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. After serving as communications adviser in the campaigns of two Canadian prime ministers, Robert recently completed a term as assistant vice-president of the University of Toronto, in charge of strategic communications. His exciting topic will be journalism and archives. 

Tickets for this event are $45. A cash bar will be open for the enjoyment of attendees.

Menu:

Salad Panache

Roasted Supreme of Chicken

Italian Tartuffo  

Vegetarian meal option available.   Please report special dietary needs with your confirmation and send payment, by cheque- payable to the Toronto Area Archivists' Group- or cash to:

Archives Association of Ontario
TAAG
10 Morrow Avenue, Suite 202
Toronto, Ontario
M6R 2J1 Canada

*registration closes May 27th, 2011
*please direct correspondence regarding this event, including confirmation and sponsorship requests to:
Jonathan Lofft, President, TAAG
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