Tag Archives: AAO

Archives Awareness Week 2020

Social distancing and self-isolation mean that Archives Awareness Week celebrations will look a little different this year.  DRAAG thought this would be a great time to celebrate archives online and the many ways we can still access archival records and … Continue reading

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Call For Papers

The Archives Association of Ontario (AAO) is pleased to announce its Call for Papers for the 2017 AAO Conference to be held 26-28 April 2017 in Toronto, Ontario (please note the conference is earlier this year so preparation deadlines have … Continue reading

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AAO 2014 Conference

We are less than a month away from the AAO Conference at UOIT in Oshawa. Registration will remain open until Friday, May 16. You can still register online here: http://aao-archivists.ca/event-1693121 Please contact the AAO Office at aao@aao-archivists.ca  or 647-343-3334 if … Continue reading

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Meet the Archivist – Leah-Ann Logel, Port Hope Archives

Our next member is Leah-Ann Logel of the Port Hope Archives. Leah-Ann is new to this position as she just started in February 2014, replacing Erin Walsh while she is off on maternity leave. She completed her honours degreee in … Continue reading

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Meet the Archivist – Sarah Ferencz, Whitby Archives

Our next member profile is that of Sarah Ferencz of the Whitby Archives. Sarah began as the Digitization Technician in 2009, in 2011 she became the Archivist Librarian and took on the role of Archivist in 2013 after the retirement … Continue reading

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Enhancing Collective Memory

2014 will be a year of remembrance as Canada prepares to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War. Municipal, provincial, federal, corporate, community, and historical archives all contain records and important information that can be … Continue reading

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2014 Archives Association of Ontario Conference

May 2014 will see the annual conference of the Archives Association of Ontario (AAO) take place at UOIT in Oshawa.  The conference is being hosted by DRAAG and promises to be a wonderful opportunity to delve deeper into the roles that archives … Continue reading

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World War I

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. This war is a pivotal turning point in the history of warfare, as it saw the shift towards modern weapons and tactics. Many local archives contain … Continue reading

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