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Pre-ConferenCe workshoPsArchives for Social Justice: Implications for Archival Functions (Cook/Harris):Before March 30   $125After March 30   $150

ConferenCeearly Bird before March 30, 2012 member non-memberAll Inclusive (excluding accommodation)  $295   $350One-Day  $175   $200

After April 2, 2012All Inclusive (excluding accommodation)  $345   $400One-Day  $200   $225For One Day Registration please indicate   Friday   Saturday

extrA Guest tiCkets for eventsNote: Please check only if you need extra guest tickets

Opening Reception at the Archives, Hotel Alma (University of Calgary)   $25 each #_________Conference Banquet   $75 each #_________

ACCoMModAtionThe conference hotel is the Hotel Alma on the campus of the University of Calgary. Please contact them at www.hotelalma.ca or 403-220-3203 (local) / 1.877.498.3203 (toll free) for accommodation with the ASA conference block booking.

Method of Payment  Cheque (payable to the Archives Society of Alberta)  Credit Card   Visa  Mastercard

Name of Cardholder: ______________________________________________________________________________

Credit Card Number: ______________________________________________________________________________

Expiry Date: _______ / _______

Signature of Cardholder: ________________________________________________________________________

Amount Paid: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Cancellation PolicyRefund requests will be accepted until April 30, 2012 at 4:30 pm. A $50 cancellation fee will be applied.Conference Travel Grants will be available to current (2012/2013) individual members who register with full conference registrations and attend the AGM. Travel grant amounts will be pro-rated subject to the number of applications received and the budget available for travel grants.

ConferenCe fees

Archives Society of Alberta PO Box 4067 S. Edmonton Post Office Edmonton, AB T6E 4S8FAX: 780-425-1679www.archivesalberta.org

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Photo credits:Glenbow Archives – P-404-4 and NA-2864-24305University of Calgary – Library and Cultural Resources

Photo credits:Glenbow Archives – P-404-4 and NA-2864-24305University of Calgary – Library and Cultural Resources

Photo credits:Glenbow Archives – P-404-4 and NA-2864-24305University of Calgary – Library and Cultural Resources

Photo credits:Glenbow Archives – P-404-4 and NA-2864-24305University of Calgary – Library and Cultural Resources

special thanks to the Program Committee: Timothy AthertonBraden CannonSusan KooymanRene GeorgopalisDebby ShoctorBonnie Woelk

special thanks to the Program Committee: Timothy AthertonBraden CannonSusan KooymanRene GeorgopalisDebby ShoctorBonnie Woelk

special thanks to the Program Committee: Timothy AthertonBraden CannonSusan KooymanRene GeorgopalisDebby ShoctorBonnie Woelk

special thanks to the Program Committee: Timothy AthertonBraden CannonSusan KooymanRene GeorgopalisDebby ShoctorBonnie Woelk

session 1: keynote — verne harrisVerne Harris, Director of the Memory Program at the Nelson Mandela Institute, will deliver the keynote address, “Archive of Memory, Memory in Archive.”

session 2A: Memory and suppressed ArchivesSpeakers will examine the challenges to and persistence of memory through archival records and architecture in repressive regimes including Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and Guatemala.

session 2B: Memory obscuredPresenters will consider how pivotal events in Alberta’s history, specifically the eugenics movement and labour disputes, have been “forgotten” or left inaccessible by traditional archival activities, with illustrations of the methods that have been used to recover and preserve memory of these events.

session 3A: Archives and social Justice roundtableThis roundtable will discuss the recovery, recollection, and/or reappraisal of records within existing archival holdings that, although previously neglected, are now viewed in a new context pertaining to social justice issues.

session 3B: Archives in AlbertaThis session will highlight the work of Alberta’s archival community, including the appraisal of a large, complex photographic studio; the challenge of developing an online exhibit in a large municipal bureaucracy; and navigating Alberta’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to fill gaps in the historical record.

session 4A: Memory of ArchiveSpeakers will address the memory created by archival institutions themselves, including memory transfer from retiring archivists to their successors; the use of archives in a deliberate search for institutional memory; and the need to nurture community memory of a damaged archives throughout its reconstruction.

session 4B: intentional recollectionsUsing women’s memoirs and holocaust survivor testimony as examples, speakers will examine how memory is fixed in time and place, the selective nature of what is remembered and forgotten, and how these sources are used and valued by succeeding generations.

session 5: Calgary 1912A panel will examine topics pertinent to Calgary in 1912, including community arts and culture, well-known chatelaine Belle Lougheed, and the Calgary Stampede, in order to determine how the memory of these people and events has resonated (or not) in the community one hundred years later.

session 6A: Personal MemoryPresenters will examine personal memories created by culinary traditions, parental relationships, and family traditions within cultural communities.

session 6B: Community MemoryThis session will discuss how archival institutions preserve and pass along community memory in three different settings: Canada’s gay and lesbian community, resettled coastal communities in Newfoundland, and Indigenous and marginal communities.

session 7: i remember, therefore i Am — terry CookNoted archival theorist Terry Cook will conclude the conference with his closing plenary, “I Remember, Therefore I Am”.

Name: __________________________________________________________________________________________________

Organization: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Mailing Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________

City: ______________________________________________________Prov: ______________________________________

Postal Code: __________________________ Phone (daytime): ______________________________________

Email: __________________________________________________________________________________________________

i am registering as a/an:  Individual Member   Non-Member  I DO NOT authorize the ASA to use my contact information (as provided

on the registration form) for the creation of a delegate list.   I DO NOT authorize the ASA to use any photographs of me that may be

taken at the conference events in their publications or for promotional purposes.

reGistrAtion Costs inClude:thursday, May 24, 2012• OpeningReception

friday, May 25, 2012• Keynoteaddress• Mid-morningbreak• Concurrentsessions• Lunch• Mid-afternoonbreak• Banquetandmovienight

saturday, May 26, 2012• AGM• Mid-morningbreak• Concurrentsessions• Lunch• Closingplenary

how to reGister:FAX: 780-425-1679MAIL: Archives Society of Alberta

PO Box 4067 S. Edmonton Post Office Edmonton, AB T6E 4S8

Full payment must accompany registration.A separate form is required for each registration. Additional forms can be found on the ASA website at www.archivesalberta.org.

Pre-ConferenCe WorkshoPThrough readings, discussion, and case studies, attendees will explore the possibilities of a social justice imperative for archives generally, and, practically, for all the major archival functions: appraisal, acquisition, arrangement, description, reference, public programming, preservation, advocacy, and management.

wednesdAy, MAy 23Glenbow Theatre – 130 – 9 Avenue SE

7:00-8:00 pm Public Lecture – Verne Harris

thursdAy, MAy 24(Taylor Family Digital Library – TFDL)

9:30-4:30 Workshop – Archives for Social Justice: Implications for Archival Functions (Verne Harris / Terry Cook)

12:00-1:00 Workshop – Lunch (on your own)

5:00-6:00 Conference Registration – Hotel Alma – Senate Room Foyer6:00-8:00 Opening Reception – Hotel Alma – Senate Room

fridAy, MAy 25TFDL – Stream 1 TFDL – Stream 2 TFDL - Gallery Hall

8:30-9:00 Conference Registration

9:00-10:00“Archive of Memory, Memory in Archive,”

Verne Harris – 1

10:30-12:00

Memory and Suppressed Archives–

Emily Kozinski, Maryanne Small, Bonnie

Woelk – 2A

Memory Obscured – Megan Bertagnolli,

Braden Cannon, Anne Pasek – 2B

12:00-1:00 Lunch

TFDL – Stream 1 TFDL – Stream 2 TFDL - Gallery Hall

1:00-2:30

Archives and Social Justice Roundtable – Braden Cannon, Rene Georgopalis, Jennifer

Rutkair – 3A

Archives in Alberta – Tim O’Grady, Elizabeth Walker, Mary Nutting,

Leslie Pearson, Laurette Miller, Irene

Jendzjowsky – 3B

3:00-4:30Memory of Archive –

Regina Landwehr, Anne McNally, Shamin

Malmas – 4A

Intentional Recollections – Nanci Langford,

Debby Shoctor – 4B

4:45-5:30Institutional Forum

(for ASA Institutional Members)

6:30-7:00 Cocktails – Hotel Alma-Senate Room7:00-9:00 Banquet / “Archives at the Movies” – Hotel Alma-Senate Room

sAturdAy, MAy 26TFDL – Stream 1 TFDL – Stream 2 TFDL – Gallery Hall

9:00-9:30 Conference Registration

9:30-10:15 ASA Annual General Meeting

10:30-12:00Calgary 1912 – Linda

Fraser, Pat Roome, Robert Stamp – 5

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:30Personal Memory – Lisa Atkinson, Sara Griffiths,

Carrie Lunde – 6A

Community Memory – Malissa Farnham,

Robyn Hall, Catherine Richards – 6B

2:40-3:00 I Remember, Therefore I Am – Terry Cook – 7

ConferenCe sChedule – May 23 – 26, 2012 2012 ConferenCe sessions – Brief descriptions reGistrAtion forM

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(note: there is a maximum of 90 banquet attendees)

session 1: keynote — verne harrisVerne Harris, Director of the Memory Program at the Nelson Mandela Institute, will deliver the keynote address, “Archive of Memory, Memory in Archive.”

session 2A: Memory and suppressed ArchivesSpeakers will examine the challenges to and persistence of memory through archival records and architecture in repressive regimes including Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and Guatemala.

session 2B: Memory obscuredPresenters will consider how pivotal events in Alberta’s history, specifically the eugenics movement and labour disputes, have been “forgotten” or left inaccessible by traditional archival activities, with illustrations of the methods that have been used to recover and preserve memory of these events.

session 3A: Archives and social Justice roundtableThis roundtable will discuss the recovery, recollection, and/or reappraisal of records within existing archival holdings that, although previously neglected, are now viewed in a new context pertaining to social justice issues.

session 3B: Archives in AlbertaThis session will highlight the work of Alberta’s archival community, including the appraisal of a large, complex photographic studio; the challenge of developing an online exhibit in a large municipal bureaucracy; and navigating Alberta’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to fill gaps in the historical record.

session 4A: Memory of ArchiveSpeakers will address the memory created by archival institutions themselves, including memory transfer from retiring archivists to their successors; the use of archives in a deliberate search for institutional memory; and the need to nurture community memory of a damaged archives throughout its reconstruction.

session 4B: intentional recollectionsUsing women’s memoirs and holocaust survivor testimony as examples, speakers will examine how memory is fixed in time and place, the selective nature of what is remembered and forgotten, and how these sources are used and valued by succeeding generations.

session 5: Calgary 1912A panel will examine topics pertinent to Calgary in 1912, including community arts and culture, well-known chatelaine Belle Lougheed, and the Calgary Stampede, in order to determine how the memory of these people and events has resonated (or not) in the community one hundred years later.

session 6A: Personal MemoryPresenters will examine personal memories created by culinary traditions, parental relationships, and family traditions within cultural communities.

session 6B: Community MemoryThis session will discuss how archival institutions preserve and pass along community memory in three different settings: Canada’s gay and lesbian community, resettled coastal communities in Newfoundland, and Indigenous and marginal communities.

session 7: i remember, therefore i Am — terry CookNoted archival theorist Terry Cook will conclude the conference with his closing plenary, “I Remember, Therefore I Am”.

Name: __________________________________________________________________________________________________

Organization: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Mailing Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________

City: ______________________________________________________Prov: ______________________________________

Postal Code: __________________________ Phone (daytime): ______________________________________

Email: __________________________________________________________________________________________________

i am registering as a/an:  Individual Member   Non-Member  I DO NOT authorize the ASA to use my contact information (as provided

on the registration form) for the creation of a delegate list.   I DO NOT authorize the ASA to use any photographs of me that may be

taken at the conference events in their publications or for promotional purposes.

reGistrAtion Costs inClude:thursday, May 24, 2012• OpeningReception

friday, May 25, 2012• Keynoteaddress• Mid-morningbreak• Concurrentsessions• Lunch• Mid-afternoonbreak• Banquetandmovienight

saturday, May 26, 2012• AGM• Mid-morningbreak• Concurrentsessions• Lunch• Closingplenary

how to reGister:FAX: 780-425-1679MAIL: Archives Society of Alberta

PO Box 4067 S. Edmonton Post Office Edmonton, AB T6E 4S8

Full payment must accompany registration.A separate form is required for each registration. Additional forms can be found on the ASA website at www.archivesalberta.org.

Pre-ConferenCe WorkshoPThrough readings, discussion, and case studies, attendees will explore the possibilities of a social justice imperative for archives generally, and, practically, for all the major archival functions: appraisal, acquisition, arrangement, description, reference, public programming, preservation, advocacy, and management.

wednesdAy, MAy 23Glenbow Theatre – 130 – 9 Avenue SE

7:00-8:00 pm Public Lecture – Verne Harris

thursdAy, MAy 24(Taylor Family Digital Library – TFDL)

9:30-4:30 Workshop – Archives for Social Justice: Implications for Archival Functions (Verne Harris / Terry Cook)

12:00-1:00 Workshop – Lunch (on your own)

5:00-6:00 Conference Registration – Hotel Alma – Senate Room Foyer6:00-8:00 Opening Reception – Hotel Alma – Senate Room

fridAy, MAy 25TFDL – Stream 1 TFDL – Stream 2 TFDL - Gallery Hall

8:30-9:00 Conference Registration

9:00-10:00“Archive of Memory, Memory in Archive,”

Verne Harris – 1

10:30-12:00

Memory and Suppressed Archives–

Emily Kozinski, Maryanne Small, Bonnie

Woelk – 2A

Memory Obscured – Megan Bertagnolli,

Braden Cannon, Anne Pasek – 2B

12:00-1:00 Lunch

TFDL – Stream 1 TFDL – Stream 2 TFDL - Gallery Hall

1:00-2:30

Archives and Social Justice Roundtable – Braden Cannon, Rene Georgopalis, Jennifer

Rutkair – 3A

Archives in Alberta – Tim O’Grady, Elizabeth Walker, Mary Nutting,

Leslie Pearson, Laurette Miller, Irene

Jendzjowsky – 3B

3:00-4:30Memory of Archive –

Regina Landwehr, Anne McNally, Shamin

Malmas – 4A

Intentional Recollections – Nanci Langford,

Debby Shoctor – 4B

4:45-5:30Institutional Forum

(for ASA Institutional Members)

6:30-7:00 Cocktails – Hotel Alma-Senate Room7:00-9:00 Banquet / “Archives at the Movies” – Hotel Alma-Senate Room

sAturdAy, MAy 26TFDL – Stream 1 TFDL – Stream 2 TFDL – Gallery Hall

9:00-9:30 Conference Registration

9:30-10:15 ASA Annual General Meeting

10:30-12:00Calgary 1912 – Linda

Fraser, Pat Roome, Robert Stamp – 5

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:30Personal Memory – Lisa Atkinson, Sara Griffiths,

Carrie Lunde – 6A

Community Memory – Malissa Farnham,

Robyn Hall, Catherine Richards – 6B

2:40-3:00 I Remember, Therefore I Am – Terry Cook – 7

ConferenCe sChedule – May 23 – 26, 2012 2012 ConferenCe sessions – Brief descriptions reGistrAtion forM

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Archives Society of AlbertaConferenCe

University of Calgary

Pre-ConferenCe workshoPsArchives for Social Justice: Implications for Archival Functions (Cook/Harris):Before March 30   $125After March 30   $150

ConferenCeearly Bird before March 30, 2012 member non-memberAll Inclusive (excluding accommodation)  $295   $350One-Day  $175   $200

After April 2, 2012All Inclusive (excluding accommodation)  $345   $400One-Day  $200   $225For One Day Registration please indicate   Friday   Saturday

extrA Guest tiCkets for eventsNote: Please check only if you need extra guest tickets

Opening Reception at the Archives, Hotel Alma (University of Calgary)   $25 each #_________Conference Banquet   $75 each #_________

ACCoMModAtionThe conference hotel is the Hotel Alma on the campus of the University of Calgary. Please contact them at www.hotelalma.ca or 403-220-3203 (local) / 1.877.498.3203 (toll free) for accommodation with the ASA conference block booking.

Method of Payment  Cheque (payable to the Archives Society of Alberta)  Credit Card   Visa  Mastercard

Name of Cardholder: ______________________________________________________________________________

Credit Card Number: ______________________________________________________________________________

Expiry Date: _______ / _______

Signature of Cardholder: ________________________________________________________________________

Amount Paid: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Cancellation PolicyRefund requests will be accepted until April 30, 2012 at 4:30 pm. A $50 cancellation fee will be applied.Conference Travel Grants will be available to current (2012/2013) individual members who register with full conference registrations and attend the AGM. Travel grant amounts will be pro-rated subject to the number of applications received and the budget available for travel grants.

ConferenCe fees

Archives Society of Alberta PO Box 4067 S. Edmonton Post Office Edmonton, AB T6E 4S8FAX: 780-425-1679www.archivesalberta.org

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Photo credits:Glenbow Archives – P-404-4 and NA-2864-24305University of Calgary – Library and Cultural Resources

Photo credits:Glenbow Archives – P-404-4 and NA-2864-24305University of Calgary – Library and Cultural Resources

Photo credits:Glenbow Archives – P-404-4 and NA-2864-24305University of Calgary – Library and Cultural Resources

Photo credits:Glenbow Archives – P-404-4 and NA-2864-24305University of Calgary – Library and Cultural Resources

special thanks to the Program Committee: Timothy AthertonBraden CannonSusan KooymanRene GeorgopalisDebby ShoctorBonnie Woelk

special thanks to the Program Committee: Timothy AthertonBraden CannonSusan KooymanRene GeorgopalisDebby ShoctorBonnie Woelk

special thanks to the Program Committee: Timothy AthertonBraden CannonSusan KooymanRene GeorgopalisDebby ShoctorBonnie Woelk

special thanks to the Program Committee: Timothy AthertonBraden CannonSusan KooymanRene GeorgopalisDebby ShoctorBonnie Woelk

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Archives Society of AlbertaConferenCe

University of Calgary

Pre-ConferenCe workshoPsArchives for Social Justice: Implications for Archival Functions (Cook/Harris):Before March 30   $125After March 30   $150

ConferenCeearly Bird before March 30, 2012 member non-memberAll Inclusive (excluding accommodation)  $295   $350One-Day  $175   $200

After April 2, 2012All Inclusive (excluding accommodation)  $345   $400One-Day  $200   $225For One Day Registration please indicate   Friday   Saturday

extrA Guest tiCkets for eventsNote: Please check only if you need extra guest tickets

Opening Reception at the Archives, Hotel Alma (University of Calgary)   $25 each #_________Conference Banquet   $75 each #_________

ACCoMModAtionThe conference hotel is the Hotel Alma on the campus of the University of Calgary. Please contact them at www.hotelalma.ca or 403-220-3203 (local) / 1.877.498.3203 (toll free) for accommodation with the ASA conference block booking.

Method of Payment  Cheque (payable to the Archives Society of Alberta)  Credit Card   Visa  Mastercard

Name of Cardholder: ______________________________________________________________________________

Credit Card Number: ______________________________________________________________________________

Expiry Date: _______ / _______

Signature of Cardholder: ________________________________________________________________________

Amount Paid: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Cancellation PolicyRefund requests will be accepted until April 30, 2012 at 4:30 pm. A $50 cancellation fee will be applied.Conference Travel Grants will be available to current (2012/2013) individual members who register with full conference registrations and attend the AGM. Travel grant amounts will be pro-rated subject to the number of applications received and the budget available for travel grants.

ConferenCe fees

Archives Society of Alberta PO Box 4067 S. Edmonton Post Office Edmonton, AB T6E 4S8FAX: 780-425-1679www.archivesalberta.org

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Photo credits:Glenbow Archives – P-404-4 and NA-2864-24305University of Calgary – Library and Cultural Resources

Photo credits:Glenbow Archives – P-404-4 and NA-2864-24305University of Calgary – Library and Cultural Resources

Photo credits:Glenbow Archives – P-404-4 and NA-2864-24305University of Calgary – Library and Cultural Resources

Photo credits:Glenbow Archives – P-404-4 and NA-2864-24305University of Calgary – Library and Cultural Resources

special thanks to the Program Committee: Timothy AthertonBraden CannonSusan KooymanRene GeorgopalisDebby ShoctorBonnie Woelk

special thanks to the Program Committee: Timothy AthertonBraden CannonSusan KooymanRene GeorgopalisDebby ShoctorBonnie Woelk

special thanks to the Program Committee: Timothy AthertonBraden CannonSusan KooymanRene GeorgopalisDebby ShoctorBonnie Woelk

special thanks to the Program Committee: Timothy AthertonBraden CannonSusan KooymanRene GeorgopalisDebby ShoctorBonnie Woelk

session 1: keynote — verne harrisVerne Harris, Director of the Memory Program at the Nelson Mandela Institute, will deliver the keynote address, “Archive of Memory, Memory in Archive.”

session 2A: Memory and suppressed ArchivesSpeakers will examine the challenges to and persistence of memory through archival records and architecture in repressive regimes including Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and Guatemala.

session 2B: Memory obscuredPresenters will consider how pivotal events in Alberta’s history, specifically the eugenics movement and labour disputes, have been “forgotten” or left inaccessible by traditional archival activities, with illustrations of the methods that have been used to recover and preserve memory of these events.

session 3A: Archives and social Justice roundtableThis roundtable will discuss the recovery, recollection, and/or reappraisal of records within existing archival holdings that, although previously neglected, are now viewed in a new context pertaining to social justice issues.

session 3B: Archives in AlbertaThis session will highlight the work of Alberta’s archival community, including the appraisal of a large, complex photographic studio; the challenge of developing an online exhibit in a large municipal bureaucracy; and navigating Alberta’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to fill gaps in the historical record.

session 4A: Memory of ArchiveSpeakers will address the memory created by archival institutions themselves, including memory transfer from retiring archivists to their successors; the use of archives in a deliberate search for institutional memory; and the need to nurture community memory of a damaged archives throughout its reconstruction.

session 4B: intentional recollectionsUsing women’s memoirs and holocaust survivor testimony as examples, speakers will examine how memory is fixed in time and place, the selective nature of what is remembered and forgotten, and how these sources are used and valued by succeeding generations.

session 5: Calgary 1912A panel will examine topics pertinent to Calgary in 1912, including community arts and culture, well-known chatelaine Belle Lougheed, and the Calgary Stampede, in order to determine how the memory of these people and events has resonated (or not) in the community one hundred years later.

session 6A: Personal MemoryPresenters will examine personal memories created by culinary traditions, parental relationships, and family traditions within cultural communities.

session 6B: Community MemoryThis session will discuss how archival institutions preserve and pass along community memory in three different settings: Canada’s gay and lesbian community, resettled coastal communities in Newfoundland, and Indigenous and marginal communities.

session 7: i remember, therefore i Am — terry CookNoted archival theorist Terry Cook will conclude the conference with his closing plenary, “I Remember, Therefore I Am”.

Name: __________________________________________________________________________________________________

Organization: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Mailing Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________

City: ______________________________________________________Prov: ______________________________________

Postal Code: __________________________ Phone (daytime): ______________________________________

Email: __________________________________________________________________________________________________

i am registering as a/an:  Individual Member   Non-Member  I DO NOT authorize the ASA to use my contact information (as provided

on the registration form) for the creation of a delegate list.   I DO NOT authorize the ASA to use any photographs of me that may be

taken at the conference events in their publications or for promotional purposes.

reGistrAtion Costs inClude:thursday, May 24, 2012• OpeningReception

friday, May 25, 2012• Keynoteaddress• Mid-morningbreak• Concurrentsessions• Lunch• Mid-afternoonbreak• Banquetandmovienight

saturday, May 26, 2012• AGM• Mid-morningbreak• Concurrentsessions• Lunch• Closingplenary

how to reGister:FAX: 780-425-1679MAIL: Archives Society of Alberta

PO Box 4067 S. Edmonton Post Office Edmonton, AB T6E 4S8

Full payment must accompany registration.A separate form is required for each registration. Additional forms can be found on the ASA website at www.archivesalberta.org.

Pre-ConferenCe WorkshoPThrough readings, discussion, and case studies, attendees will explore the possibilities of a social justice imperative for archives generally, and, practically, for all the major archival functions: appraisal, acquisition, arrangement, description, reference, public programming, preservation, advocacy, and management.

wednesdAy, MAy 23Glenbow Theatre – 130 – 9 Avenue SE

7:00-8:00 pm Public Lecture – Verne Harris

thursdAy, MAy 24(Taylor Family Digital Library – TFDL)

9:30-4:30 Workshop – Archives for Social Justice: Implications for Archival Functions (Verne Harris / Terry Cook)

12:00-1:00 Workshop – Lunch (on your own)

5:00-6:00 Conference Registration – Hotel Alma – Senate Room Foyer6:00-8:00 Opening Reception – Hotel Alma – Senate Room

fridAy, MAy 25TFDL – Stream 1 TFDL – Stream 2 TFDL - Gallery Hall

8:30-9:00 Conference Registration

9:00-10:00“Archive of Memory, Memory in Archive,”

Verne Harris – 1

10:30-12:00

Memory and Suppressed Archives–

Emily Kozinski, Maryanne Small, Bonnie

Woelk – 2A

Memory Obscured – Megan Bertagnolli,

Braden Cannon, Anne Pasek – 2B

12:00-1:00 Lunch

TFDL – Stream 1 TFDL – Stream 2 TFDL - Gallery Hall

1:00-2:30

Archives and Social Justice Roundtable – Braden Cannon, Rene Georgopalis, Jennifer

Rutkair – 3A

Archives in Alberta – Tim O’Grady, Elizabeth Walker, Mary Nutting,

Leslie Pearson, Laurette Miller, Irene

Jendzjowsky – 3B

3:00-4:30Memory of Archive –

Regina Landwehr, Anne McNally, Shamin

Malmas – 4A

Intentional Recollections – Nanci Langford,

Debby Shoctor – 4B

4:45-5:30Institutional Forum

(for ASA Institutional Members)

6:30-7:00 Cocktails – Hotel Alma-Senate Room7:00-9:00 Banquet / “Archives at the Movies” – Hotel Alma-Senate Room

sAturdAy, MAy 26TFDL – Stream 1 TFDL – Stream 2 TFDL – Gallery Hall

9:00-9:30 Conference Registration

9:30-10:15 ASA Annual General Meeting

10:30-12:00Calgary 1912 – Linda

Fraser, Pat Roome, Robert Stamp – 5

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:30Personal Memory – Lisa Atkinson, Sara Griffiths,

Carrie Lunde – 6A

Community Memory – Malissa Farnham,

Robyn Hall, Catherine Richards – 6B

2:40-3:00 I Remember, Therefore I Am – Terry Cook – 7

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(note: there is a maximum of 90 banquet attendees)