Contribution: Documentary Heritage Communities Program
Kitikmeot Heritage Society
$45,488.00
Preserving the Past for Future Generations: Digitizing the Documentary Heritage of Remote Northern Communities
FY 2020-21 · 2020-05-15
Summary
The Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq/Kitikmeot Heritage Society will digitize 1,000 35-mm slides that capture unseen moments in the lives of people, past and present, in the Central Canadian Arctic. The Laserich Collection offers insight into life in remote Inuit communities. These images span decades and capture everyday lives, people and places.
No other collection offers this volume of information and such a broad context of life in the North. It will enhance Canadian understanding of northern communities and help them to preserve and share their documentary heritage. The organization will share images through its Inuit Knowledge Bank and engage with community Elders to identify the peoples, places and content in the photographs.
Department
Program
Documentary Heritage Communities ProgramDocumentary Heritage Communities Program (linked with high confidence)
Recipient
Location
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Recipient Type
Other
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
As published
Agreement End Date
2022-03-31
Agreement Number
2021-0015
Agreement Start Date
2020-05-15
Agreement Title
Preserving the Past for Future Generations: Digitizing the Documentary Heritage of Remote Northern Communities
Agreement Title (French)
Préservation du passé pour les générations futures : Numérisation du patrimoine documentaire des communautés éloignées du Nord
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$45,488.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
The Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq/Kitikmeot Heritage Society will digitize 1,000 35-mm slides that capture unseen moments in the lives of people, past and present, in the Central Canadian Arctic. The Laserich Collection offers insight into life in remote Inuit communities. These images span decades and capture everyday lives, people and places.
No other collection offers this volume of information and such a broad context of life in the North. It will enhance Canadian understanding of northern communities and help them to preserve and share their documentary heritage. The organization will share images through its Inuit Knowledge Bank and engage with community Elders to identify the peoples, places and content in the photographs.
Description (French)
La Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq/Kitikmeot Heritage Society numérisera 1 000 diapositives de 35 mm qui captent des moments inédits dans la vie des habitants du centre de l’Arctique canadien, d’hier à aujourd’hui. La collection Laserich donne un aperçu de la vie dans les communautés inuites isolées. Ces images s’étendent sur des décennies et représentent la vie quotidienne, des gens et des lieux. Aucune autre collection n’offre un tel volume d’information sur des sujets aussi variés de la vie dans le Nord.
La collection aidera les Canadiens à comprendre les communautés du Nord et à préserver et diffuser leur patrimoine documentaire. L’organisme diffusera les images par l’entremise de sa banque de connaissances inuites et fera appel aux aînés de la communauté pour identifier les personnes, les lieux et le contenu des photographies.
Organization Code
lac-bac
Organization
Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Program Name
Documentary Heritage Communities Program
Program Name (French)
Programme pour les collectivités du patrimoine documentaire
Recipient City
Cambridge Bay
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Kitikmeot Heritage Society
Recipient Province or Territory
NU
Recipient Type
A
Reference Number
001-2020-2021-Q1-00021