February 8, 2024 *The AAO’s Professional Development Committee presents* *Safe Spaces for Diversity* The safe space virtual sessions are safe spaces set aside and reserved for archives workers and records managers from historically excluded groups in our profession to connect with one another in an informal, participant-driven environment. These sessions are open to students, emerging, and established professionals, as well as those working in volunteer and activist roles. *Please note that these safe spaces are exclusively for records professionals from historically excluded groups.* *BIPOC Records Professionals <https://www.aao-archivists.ca/event-5603773>* moderated by Dez Nacario Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 at 12:00 pm-1:00 pm EDT *Records Professionals with Disabilities, Chronic Illnesses, and the Neurodivergent <https://www.aao-archivists.ca/event-5603779>* moderated by Sarah McDougall Wednesday, March 27th, 2024 at 12:00 pm-1:00 pm EDT *LGBTQ2S+ Records Professionals* <https://www.aao-archivists.ca/event-5603765> moderated by Rachel E. Beattie Thursday, March 28th, 2024 at 12:00 pm-1:00 pm EDT *Location:* Zoom (Link will be sent when registered) *Recording: *These sessions will not be recorded. *Registration:* $0 (AAO members, student members, and non-members) Meetings are governed by the AAO’s Code of Conduct <https://www.aao-archivists.ca/Code-of-Conduct> as well as a guideline of confidentiality. It is essential that all participants agree to keep confidential the identities of individual participants and any names that may be mentioned during their time together, as well as any attributed specific comments. Agreement about this point is required. *About the moderators: * *Sarah McDougall *has been a stutterer since early childhood and has experienced discrimination, accessibility barriers, and mental health challenges related to her disability. She is the Archives Assistant at the Anglican Diocese of Toronto Archives and the 2023-2024 President of the AAO. Sarah holds a Master of Information and a Master of Museum Studies from the University of Toronto's iSchool. *Dez Nacario *(she/her) is the Archivist for the Anglican Diocese of Huron, situated on the ancestral beaver hunting grounds of the Algonquin, Haudenosaunee and Attawandaran peoples; the traditional and unceded lands of the Anishinaabe Peoples, of Walpole Island, Kettle Point and the Thames, the settled people’s Haudenosaunee Confederacy, at the Grand River and the Thames and the Lenni Lenape Delaware people’s of Moraviantown and Muncey. She holds a Master of Libraries and Information Science from Western University and is an active member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and Professional Development Committee for the AAO, as well as the current Chair-Elect of SISARO for the ACA. Dez is passionate about diversifying the GLAM world and creating professional opportunities for individuals from underrepresented communities. *Rachel E. Beattie* is an Media Archivist at the Media Commons Archives, part of the University of Toronto Libraries. A graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Information, she is passionate about both sound and moving image archives and community – specifically LGBTQ2+ – archives. She is the past president of the AAO and a former co-chair of the LGBT Committee of the Association of Moving Image Archives (AMIA). She is also a member of the Community Engagement Committee of the ArQuives: Canada’s LGTBQ2+ Archives where she hosts their monthly LGBTQ2+ trivia hour. Please contact [log in to unmask] with your questions and any requests for accommodation. [image: AAO Instagram] <https://www.instagram.com/archives.assoc.ontario> [image: AAO Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/ArchivesAssociationOfOntario> [image: AAO Twitter] <https://twitter.com/AAO_tweet> __________________________________________________ Copyright © 2024 Archives Association of Ontario. All rights reserved. Contact email: [log in to unmask] You are receiving this message because you opted in at http://aao-archivists.ca <https://www.aao-archivists.ca/%C2%A0> Unsubscribe <https://www.aao-archivists.ca/Sys/Unsubscribe?et=I3jQ2iTAHaJLlVckMZJgQedZApqNf4TFW1LPwCbumHN4vxm5oron3PskjdeB6diEVdCGXaZoIl5F8JicVowrswBfE%2fBW3nkkpriZhXrY7%2fB1pFdjSp6TpZpHIg98bv00ddSTgzih7rhtZ%2fGMLupad%2fIcFTWFsYDkfx%2buLBV2eUgQ8NxC> ====================================