Woo what a month! Laurie and I (with the help of the Clelland scholarship), along with Tim and Cheryl were able to attend the Association for Canadian Archivists Conference in Regina during the second week of the month. It was a deeply interesting and fruitful experience, I think, and while speaking in front of a ballroom during the poster presentation was a bit nerve-wracking, we came out the better for it. Thanks to all of you who came to our Brown Bag session last week, and who have been following along with my conference-in-review posts on the archives blog.

I offer a dark fuzzy photograph as evidence

In tandem with Saskatoon’s Pride Festival, the Neil Richard’s Collection for Sexual and Gender Diversity received some attention this year, with an article appearing in The Star Phoenix and the National Post, and Neil himself being interviewed for CBC radio!

Patrick was busy for part of the month preparing for the Aboriginal Round Table session held last week, due to his involvement with the Great War Commemoration Committee. The round table, which focused on aboriginal speakers sharing the oral history of the Great War and the effects it had on their communities, was largely successful, with coverage of the event even being picked up by a newspaper in Great Britain!

The LDC also hosted an historic walking tour event, with Cheryl Avery and Patrick Hayes acting as interpreters. I toddled along with the group and took some pictures (if anyone doesn’t like seeing their picture up here, let me know and I’ll take it down). In no particular order:

Cheryl talking about St. Chad

Walking

The Group

Laurie welcoming The Group

Learning about the little schoolhouse

Patrick mid-grand-armsweep

Thank you to the 22-odd people who came out, and congratulations to our doorprize winner! If anyone wants to get in on the walking tours, another one will be held on August 11th, and will focus on a different area of campus.