Historical Unsung Heroes: Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Bicentennial Celebrations
Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Employees from the Past: Community Builders for Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ and Beyond
This exhibit was created by Adjunct Professor Gordon Burr with the aid of three talented Archival Outreach practicum students in the School of Information Studies, Gabrielle Machnick-Kekesi, Kiana Lemay and Julia Fekete. Their hard work, enthusiasm shown to help engage the public with archives and desire to provide narratives of these employees to fill the gaps or address the silences in historical acknowledgement of this Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ community was remarkable.
The exhibit’s title refers to the fact that Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ employees often toil behind the scenes but are the backbone of the success of the institution and can have an impact as community leaders outside of the University milieu as well.
Of note was the role that Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ employees played in creating memories for marginalised communities, for example, Roy Sates in the black community through a library and as an activist historian, Jackie Hayami-Stevens for Japanese Canadians through a local community archives and Idola St. Jean through the advancement of women’s rights in Quebec.
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