Aligned events
Archives in Action Workshop: Toward a National Policy Action Plan for Marginalized and Vulnerable Audiovisual Archives
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Date: May 26th, 2025
Time: 2:30-4:30 pm
Location: Room 3001, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, Dalhousie University
Break: 4:30-6:30 pm (Food and beverages provided)
Description
This workshop brings together Indigenous filmmakers, archives practitioners, and academic researchers for a roundtable discussion on the urgent need to develop national frameworks for the preservation, access, and distribution of audiovisual materials in Mi’kma’ki and across Canada.
Film is an important medium for conveying First Nations culture, language, teaching, and history. Yet, audiovisual materials remain among the most vulnerable cultural materials due to a range of systemic challenges—insufficient preservation methods, under-resourced technical infrastructure, limited and unstable funding, and intellectual property regimes that do not support artists or communities.
Participants will explore these critical issues and actionable steps to be taken by key stakeholders, including government bodies, cultural institutions, and funding agencies. This conversation aims to shape a “manifesto for action,” setting the groundwork for a national policy agenda that recognizes, protects, and sustains Indigenous audiovisual heritage.
Register for the workshop here. Registration will be capped at 25 participants. There is no fee to participate.
Beyond the Reel: Sustaining Indigenous Culture Through Film: Film screening and panel discussion
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Registration for this event is free. Register here
Date: May 26th, 2025
Time: 7:00-9:30 pm (Doors will open at 6:30 pm)
Location: Potter Auditorium, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building, Dalhousie University
Description
Film is an important medium for conveying First Nations culture, language, teaching, and history. Yet, audiovisual materials remain among the most vulnerable cultural materials due to a range of systemic challenges—insufficient preservation methods, under-resourced technical infrastructure, limited and unstable funding, and intellectual property regimes that do not support artists or communities.
Hosted by the Archives in Action project, films by filmmakers Catherine Martin and shalan joudry will be screened, providing a rich basis of discussion.
Catherine Martin is a Mi’kmaw film maker and the Director of Indigenous Community Engagement at Dalhousie University. Basket Maker is a documentary film which shares the stories of Mi’kmaw women basket makers.
shalan joudry is a Mi’kmaw multidisciplinary storyteller and ecologist. Her film Welima’q explores the profound meaning of sweetgrass picking as a celebration of nature’s gifts and Indigenous traditions.
Follwing the films, a panel discussion featuring Catherine Martin in discussion with Dr. Mary Elizabeth Luka will be moderated by Dr. Stacy Allisson-Cassin.
Doors for the event will open at 6:30 pm.
