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Archives Awareness Week 2018

The first week of April is celebrated as Archives Awareness Week in Ontario. For Archives Awareness Week 2018, DRAAG is hosting an Open House of the beautiful Campus Library and Archives at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) … Continue reading

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Whitby Archives – 1867 and 1967

1867 In 1867, the Town of Whitby threw a big party to celebrate Canada’s first birthday on July 1. The plan for Dominion Day was printed in local newspapers and 8000 people came from the surrounding area to take part … Continue reading

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Oshawa Museum – 1867 and 1967

This year marks the 150th Anniversary of Confederation. The year will be filled with celebrations, retrospection and imagining where this country will be in another 150 years. To begin the celebration, member institutions of DRAAG have looked through their holdings … 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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Meet the Curator – Sonya Jones, The RMG

As we welcome the first full week of April with a spring in our step, we also celebrate Archives Awareness Week!  Once again this year, we begin our celebrations by introducing you to some of the amazing people, and their … Continue reading

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Archives Awareness Week

Once again this year, DRAAG is celebrating Archives Awareness Week.  Throughout the week of April 4th until the 8th we will be putting the spotlight on those who care for our documentary history throughout the Region and beyond!  Visit here … 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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Christmas Potluck

DRAAG will once again be hosting a Christmas Pot Luck on Friday, December 13 beginning at 5:30. The social will be held at the beautiful Guy House, part of the Oshawa Community Museum. We will also tour through Henry House, … Continue reading

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Northumberland County Archives Celebrates First Year

On Saturday, April 6 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m., the Northumberland County Archives will host an Open House to celebrate its first anniversary and the Province-wide Archives Awareness Week.  The event will be held in the Archives rooms of the … Continue reading

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Archives Awareness Week

The first week of April is Archives Awareness Week.  This year we thought we would put on a little show and tell.  Archivists from throughout the Durham Region will bring with them some of the weirdest, most interesting or just … Continue reading

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