SAA @ WWU

Conferences

Every winter term SAA @ WWU puts on the Canadian-American Archives Conference. This conference brings speakers from Canada and the United States to share their insights on archives. This conference is sponsored by The WWU Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists, Canadian-American Studies, Department of History, Office of the Provost, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, and Western Libraries.

2018 Canadian American Archives Conference

Visit the gallery page to view photos from our 2018 Canadian-American Archives Conferences. Also, visit the 2018 conference page!

This year’s theme is Archival Networking in the Digital Era. The 21st century has seen an explosion in computer-mediated networks which allows unprecedented opportunities for connecting, communicating, and collaborating with others. This has opened up new opportunities for archives to connect with the public and allied fields. The way users research and engage with archives is changing, and archives need to evolve in order to stay relevant and useful. This year's conference explores the ways in which archivists in Canada and the United States engage with these technologies.

2018 Conference Schedule


10:00 Opening Remarks
10:10 Luciana Duranti, "Developing Archival Science Through Interdisciplinary International Research Networks: The Case for InterPARES"
10:55 Kate Theimer, "Archiving the Apocalypse"
11:40 Greg Bak, "Becoming Networked: Debates over Digital Archives from the 1960s to the Naughts"
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Natasha Varner, Geoff Froh, and Caitlin Oiye Coon,"Activating Archives for Social Change"
2:10 Roundtable Discussions
3:15 Closing Remarks - Richard Pearce Moses


Other Conferences

SAA @ WWU also attends the UBC Archives Conference and the Northwest Archivists, Inc. Conference.