Monday, April 12, 2010

ICH Update for April 2010

In this month's edition of the ICH Update, the community of Branch adds a photo collection to the Digital Archives Initiative, the Refugee and Immigrant Advisory Council (RIAC) launches a community project which will document the life stories of culturally diverse seniors, Canadian Second World War veterans are given the opportunity to preserve their memories, our Digital Archives intern works on digitizing boatbuilding interviews, and three writers talk about the importance of preserving oral history.

Download the pdf at:
http://www.archive.org/download/IntangibleCulturalHeritageUpdate015April2010/ichupdate015.pdf

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Happy Easter from the Intangible Cultural Heritage office

The ICH office is closing down for Easter, and will re-open on Tuesday, April 6th. In honour of Easter (and April 1st), I present this happy holiday photo, courtesy of former HFNL staffer Lara Maynard. Have a good Easter,  Newfoundland and Labrador! (click photo for larger version)