March 6, 2023

*You are invited...*

*to suggest resources for addition to the Archives Advisory Services
Working Group’s Reconciliation Toolkit for Non-Indigenous Archives in
Canada. If interested, you can suggest a resource through this form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8UPee0AYVAHxraGoQekJcU5aD1KkzAKAR2Hmo_Np3EtZGvA/viewform?usp=sf_link>.*

*Who is the Archives Advisory Services Working Group?* The Archives
Advisory Services Working Group (AAWG) is made up of provincial and
territorial Archives Advisors from across Canada and representatives from
other councils with committees instead of Archives Advisors
<https://archivescanada.ca/our-partners>. The group meets 6-8 times a year
to share expertise, assist in planning, and advocate for archival
institutions regionally and nationally. The AAO Institutional Development
Committee Chair and Archeion Coordinator attend these meetings on behalf of
the AAO.

*What is the Non-Indigenous Archives in Canada Reconciliation Toolkit?* The
AAWG is developing an online Toolkit containing links and resources for
non-Indigenous archival institutions in Canada that are working with First
Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities and documentary heritage. The AAWG’s
idea for this project emerged from questions and concerns raised to
Archives Advisors by non-Indigenous archivists about where and how to begin
on the path toward Reconciliation. The AAWG believes this Toolkit could be
a starting point and may help non-Indigenous archivists and archives
develop respectful and reciprocal relationships with their local Indigenous
community/communities. The AAWG’s Toolkit is meant to complement the work
of the Steering Committee for the TRC Taskforce, which is compiling
resources to assist Indigenous communities and organizations that are
developing archives.


The AAWG’s Toolkit will include a guide outlining the first steps
non-Indigenous archives and archivists might take when working with their
local First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities.

*How to suggest a resource for the Reconciliation Toolkit: *Provincial and
territorial association members are invited to suggest links to resources
that you have found helpful in your reconciliation work. If you would like
to contribute a suggested resource or resources for inclusion in the
Reconciliation Toolkit, please fill in this form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8UPee0AYVAHxraGoQekJcU5aD1KkzAKAR2Hmo_Np3EtZGvA/viewform?usp=sf_link>
*by
Monday, April 3rd, 2023.*
Link to Form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8UPee0AYVAHxraGoQekJcU5aD1KkzAKAR2Hmo_Np3EtZGvA/viewform?usp=sf_link>

The AAWG will consider suggestions for inclusion in the Toolkit and, while
work on the Toolkit is just getting underway, plan to present a version of
the Toolkit at the 2023 Association of Canadian Archivists Conference. If
you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email
[log in to unmask] Thank you in advance for any of your
contributions!

Best,

Kelli Babcock
*Archeion Coordinator*

Jessica Barr
*Institutional Development Committee Chair*


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