<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">please excuse cross-postings</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Workshop: "Towards Community-Centered Reference", October 17, 2024</b></font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Date: Thurs, Oct 17, 2024</font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Time: 9:30am – 12:00pm PST</font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Location: Online via Zoom</span><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Registration deadline: Wed, Oct 16, 5:00pm</font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><strong>Workshop description:</strong></font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">This workshop, "Toward Community-Centered Reference" considers the challenges Black researchers face when consulting with reference services in archives. Participants will learn to think critically about their positionality and their current approaches to providing access. Practical suggestions will be offered to reference archivists to help them provide services that are community-centered.</font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">This workshop includes a small group activity and discussion with time for reflection. In this workshop participants will:</font></p><ul style="margin:1em 0px 1em 18px;padding:0px;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Learn how to unpack how white supremacy shows up in archives</font></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Learn how to identify and address oppressive practices in access and reference</font></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Learn how to minimize harm when providing reference services</font></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-bottom:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">The workshop is 2.5 hours (including a 10-minute break) and is limited to a maximum of 30 spaces. </font><font color="#000000">Participants will receive a takeaway package of relevant resources.</font></font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:0px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><strong>Workshop Instructor: <a href="https://melissajnelson.com/about/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(32,102,153)">Melissa J. Nelson</a></strong></font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">I am a Toronto-based archivist and educator working in the field of Black archival practice. In 2023, I was honoured with the New Professional Award and Ancestry Award from the Association of Canadian Archivists. My work and research interests are grounded in an ethics of care for the preservation of Black cultural heritage and anti-Black archival materials. My work centers Black being and belonging in the archives to support collective healing and liberation movements. </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">I am currently an Archivist at the Archives of Ontario, leading outreach activities with Black communities in the province. In my practice, I reimagine the archives as sites of Black joy, rather than Black pain. I am the Founder and Creative Director of the </span><a href="https://melissajnelson.com/collective/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(32,102,153);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Black Memory Collective</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">. I also produce and host the podcast, </span><a href="https://melissajnelson.com/podcast/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(32,102,153);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Archives & Things</a><em style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">. </em><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">I hold a Master of Information Studies from McGill University. I received a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in History, with a minor in Sociology, from Carleton University.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><strong>Registration Cost:</strong></font></p><ul style="margin:1em 0px 1em 18px;padding:0px;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">AABC member: $60.00 CAD</font></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Non-member: $115.00 CAD</font></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks to a generous donation towards this workshop from an AABC supporter, we are pleased to offer reduced registration rates for this event for members and non-members as listed above. </font></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>To register for this workshop, please visit:</b> </font><a href="https://aaobc.wildapricot.org/event-5841692" target="_blank">https://aaobc.wildapricot.org/event-5841692</a></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Regards,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Lisa<br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Lisa Glandt, MAS</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Education and Advisory Services (EAS) Coordinator</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Archives Association of British Columbia</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">email: <font size="2" color="#0000ff"><a href="mailto:aabc.advisor@aabc.ca" target="_blank">aabc.advisor@aabc.ca</a></font><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">website: <a href="http://aabc.ca" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">aabc.ca</font></a></font></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I respectfully acknowledge that I work on the unceded, traditional and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.</span><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span></span><span></span><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:wf_segoe-ui_normal,"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="2"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>