PWFC JC Community Partners: Outreach workshop opportunities
A major goal for 2024 is to begin planning and running community outreach sessions to support our Japanese Canadian partner associations and societies and their members to learn about, preserve, and teach their own histories. We are actively seeking hosts and collaborators across Canada!
The aim of these community sessions is (1) to support Japanese Canadian individuals and families to access records and information shared on the Landscapes of Injustice (LOI) research database, and (2) to provide training in collections management and support the preservation of Japanese Canadian and Japanese diaspora materials.
The Archives Cluster has professionally trained archivists who are available to travel to your community or host an online session. Some ideas about what we can offer include (but are not limited to!):
- Workshop on how to navigate the LOI database, and how to understand the archival records found in it
- Workshop on preserving and digitizing family or group records
- Workshop on how to use and access archival records related to Japanese Canadians held at archives in Canada
- Booth at your event to field questions related to the LOI database, PWFC project, researching Japanese Canadian or family history, etc.
- Consultation meetings for Japanese Canadian groups looking into preserving the group’s history and records
- Other requests are welcome!
If you are a Japanese Canadian organization or group not already affiliated with PWFC and would like to partner with us for an event, workshop or project in 2024 and beyond, please reach out to us at tshida@nikkeiplace.org.
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