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<p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px 0px 10.6667px"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px">The Crossing Fonds research team would like to announce
 a </span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(70,120,134);line-height:20.925px"><a href="https://crossingfonds.com/symposium-2024/" id="m_3680702984060480642m_6068334202319259988OWA5c43e13b-e69c-0554-8bfd-20ac6cf027cb" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin:0px" target="_blank">critical
 digital archives symposium</a></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px"> in Metro Vancouver and online from April 25-28, 2024 and invite
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 student presentations</a></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px"> (proposals due February 29).  </span></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px 0px 10.6667px"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px">Pre-conference symposium workshops will include hands-on
 training in collaborative annotation, visualization, and cataloguing tools. Panels will explore topics such as archival ethics of care, data visualization, Indigenous data sovereignty, collaborative tools and methods, community-centred collections created
 for and with equity-deserving communities, and more. Panels feature archival projects from IBPOC, queer and trans, and disabled communities. Evening receptions, exhibitions, and film screenings will take place at
</span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(70,120,134);line-height:20.925px"><a href="https://www.vivomediaarts.com/" id="m_3680702984060480642m_6068334202319259988OWA3adbed84-130c-8c5f-2158-b1695fa28071" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin:0px" target="_blank">VIVO
 Media Arts</a></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px"> and the
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 Arts Centre</a></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px">. Explore the program here:
</span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(70,120,134);line-height:20.925px"><a href="https://crossingfonds.com/program/" id="m_3680702984060480642m_6068334202319259988OWAd8014704-03d9-ae60-e9b2-9f39ab9e63a5" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin:0px" target="_blank">https://crossingfonds.com/program/</a></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px">  </span></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px 0px 10.6667px"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px">Keynotes include: </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(70,120,134);line-height:20.925px"><a href="https://mariandoerk.de/" id="m_3680702984060480642m_6068334202319259988OWAba40387e-6136-e842-36e3-ac6127ec4037" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin:0px" target="_blank">Dr.
 Marian Dörk</a></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px"> (Fachhochschule Potsdam University of Applied Sciences) </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(70,120,134);line-height:20.925px"><a href="https://www.labourheritagecentre.ca/south-asian/" id="m_3680702984060480642m_6068334202319259988OWA5dc6b928-c792-a102-75e6-86d219445181" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin:0px" target="_blank">Donna
 Sacuta</a></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px"> (BC Labour Heritage Centre) </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(70,120,134);line-height:20.925px"><a href="https://irshdc.ubc.ca/2023/11/14/the-indian-residential-school-history-and-dialogue-centre-congratulates-kristin-kozar-as-our-executive-director/" id="m_3680702984060480642m_6068334202319259988OWAa1a76600-82f8-000a-af0e-e0742ca3b152" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin:0px" target="_blank">Dr.
 Kristin Kozar</a></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px"> (UBC Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre) </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(70,120,134);line-height:20.925px"><a href="https://seis.ucla.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-directory/michelle-caswell" id="m_3680702984060480642m_6068334202319259988OWA87b9042f-1654-9578-00c9-3ae376e261b0" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin:0px" target="_blank">Dr.
 Michelle Caswell</a></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px"> (UCLA School of Education and Information Studies) </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(70,120,134);line-height:20.925px"><a href="https://www.uvic.ca/news/topics/2022+libraries-podcast+media-release" id="m_3680702984060480642m_6068334202319259988OWAd8c8b3ff-ecf0-89d9-9391-9760d6e60483" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin:0px" target="_blank">Ry
 Moran</a></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px"> (U Vic Libraries Executive, Reconciliation) </span></p>
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<p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px 0px 10.6667px"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px">Check out our early bird (ends March 15), reduced, and
 virtual rates here: </span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(70,120,134);line-height:20.925px"><a href="https://crossingfonds.com/registration/" id="m_3680702984060480642m_6068334202319259988OWAc8c8d635-991f-59ce-ace1-2c6782c91e52" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin:0px" target="_blank">https://crossingfonds.com/registration/</a></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px">  </span></p>
<p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px 0px 10.6667px"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20.925px"><i>This symposium is generously
 supported by funds from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, Simon Fraser University, OCAD University, VIVO Media Arts Centre and the Internet Archive.</i> </span></p>
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