[BCMA] Registration open! AABC distance education course: Introduction to Archival Preservation (Jan 12 - March 23, 2026) & Anti-Racism Bursary

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Colleagues,

Registration is now OPEN for the AABC Distance education course,
"Introduction to Archival Preservation" (January 12 - March 23, 2026).

Students will be introduced to the concepts and terminology in archival
preservation and the best practices for the preservation of paper records,
photographs, machine readable records, and electronic media. Students will
also learn about design requirements for archives buildings and storage
environments, the exhibition of archival records, and emergency planning.

*Registration fee:*
- AABC members $350.00 CAD
- Non-members $500.00 CAD
Plus the cost of the course textbook

*Course registration deadline: *December 29, 2025.

More information about the course and links to register can be found here:
https://aaobc.wildapricot.org/Intro-to-Archival-Preservation


*AABC Anti-Racism Bursary*

The AABC Anti-Racism Bursary is now accepting applications for the distance
education course "Introduction to Archival Preservation" (January 12 -
March 23, 2026). The Bursary covers registration and textbook costs for one
Indigenous, Black and/or Person of Colour (IBPOC) per distance education
course. Priority will be given to BC residents, but applications from
elsewhere in Canada are also welcome. Both members and non-members of the
AABC are invited to apply.

Further information about the Bursary and a link to apply can be found at:
https://aaobc.wildapricot.org/AABC-Anti-Racism-Bursary.

Please note that the *Bursary application deadline for this course is
December 1, 2025*.


Regards,

Lisa

Lisa Glandt, MAS
Education and Advisory Services (EAS) Coordinator
Archives Association of British Columbia
email: aabc.advisor at aabc.ca
website: aabc.ca

I respectfully acknowledge that I work on the unceded, traditional and
ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh
(Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
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