AAO East-Est participated in Heritage Day Celebrations

Hundreds of people attended the Heritage Day celebrations at Ottawa City Hall on Tuesday 21 February 2012.  This annual event is a unique opportunity to raise public awareness and interest in the activities and purposes of organizations dedicated to the preservation of heritage.  Among the participants were representatives of museums, historical societies, archives and preservation institutes.  And of course, the Archives Association of Ontario Eastern Chapter was there to represent its member archives and archival professionals. 
 



Margaret Dixon (President) wears a period
costume inspired by archival sources.



Brian Beaven (Past President) proudly
 wears the kilt of his Scottish ancestors. 

 

Theresa Sorel (Treasurer) has a bit of fun as she
greets the crowd in period dress.




Call for Documents

Our francophone colleagues in the group, Archives à voix haute des deux rives de l’Outaouais, host community events that showcase archival material in the French language preserved in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. Each event features archival documents that are contextualized to the audience around a common theme. 

Archives à voix haute des deux rives de l'Outaouis is looking to expand its pool of archival documents  (especially on the Ontario side) and to reach new audiences.  Check out the call for documents on the Community page for more information.

AAO 2013 Conference Planning Meeting on Wednesday 18 January 2012

Did you know that Ottawa has been selected as the site for the 2013 AAO Conference?  AAO-East Executive submitted a proposal that convinced the AAO Board that Ottawa was the place to be in 2013.   Now we need to figure out what needs to be done to get the show on the road!  To that end AAO-East is hosting an open meeting to discuss the planning and the logistics for organizing the conference.

When:                  Wednesday 18 January 2012, 6-7:30pm

Where:                 395 Wellington Street, Room 156, Ottawa, ON

Agenda:               Welcome and Introductions

Overview of Conference Planning from AAO Board perspective

Review of AAO-East proposal and feedback from AAO Board

Next Steps

This is the first meeting to be held for the purpose of planning the 2013 Conference since the announcement was made by the AAO Board in late 2011.  This will be an important meeting because we are trying to get an indication of the level of interest of AAO members and friends before we form committees, decide on venues, confirm the programme, etc.

This meeting is open to all those who have an interest in being involved in the planning and logistics for the 2013 Conference. 

Please see attached, the original 2013 Conference proposal submitted by the AAO-East Executive to the AAO Board.  If you have any difficulties in opening the attachment, please let us know.

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday!

AAO-East Executive

Mark your Calendars: 2012

Mark your calendars for Friday, February 3^rd!  Back by popular demand, we will be hosting our second annual Trivia Night with quiz masters Roddy McFall and Serge Barbe.  This year, we will also be raising money for the Ottawa Snowsuit Fund (http://snowsuitfund.com/).    We hope to see all of you there!

In other exciting news, Ottawa has been selected to host the 2013 AAO Conference! To begin preparations, the AAO East will be holding an open meeting on Wednesday,  January 18^th  for anyone who is interested in participating in conference planning and/or have any ideas about the event.

Details to follow for both events in the new year.  Check back here for more info.  Happy Holidays to all from AAO EAST!

Happy Hour, Sept. 8, 2011

Hi All,

Welcome back from the summer fun.  To jump start our new work year we had a little Happy Hour down in the Glebe.  It was a well attended event and I am glad to say that our AAO President, Danielle Hughes, was able to make it out and meet some of our AAO East/Est Chapter members.  This is a launching point for a year packed full of actiivties, including, a Story Teller night, a workshop on the basic of archives/records management for some of our rural chapter members, and a review of our Chapter constitution.

Here are some photos from the evening festivities:

 A bird's eye view finds Margaret, our chapter president, in the centre of things. AAO President, Danielle Hughes is on the right, in the centre.  Moving in a circular pattern around Margaret we have Leah, Rebecca, Brian, Allison, Jennifer and Theresea.

 I guess we can surmise from Jennifer's smile that Happy Hour is indeed happy.  If you are getting a headache from that latest acquisition you really should come out and join in the fun and thought provoking conversation.

 All smiles for this shot.  Rob Fisher vetoed the photo I took just before this one and opted to pose for the camera, with the rest of the table succumbing to the photo op. Rob's in the back, Emery Leger is on the right and on the left is AAO President, Danielle Hughes.

I don't know how this happened but somehow I ended up in a photo, John D. Lund, to the right. Theresa Sorel, fellow archivist from the City of Ottawa Archives, is on the left.  I think this is retribution for all the photos I took of Margaret.  Guess who selected the photos to post?

AAO East gets involved in Culture Days

We are very excited about our next event.  We will be partnering with Ottawa Storytellers to present an event as part of Culture Days on Friday, September 30.  See our events page for details about this exciting event.

See Events Page

Coming.....Happy Hour Social in September!