Working Remotely as a Museum Collections Registrar

 by Melanie Banks With the closure of many public spaces during the Covid-19 pandemic in mid-March 2020, family and friends have assumed that as a heritage worker I would have been laid off. This has been a frequent conversation starter when I am inevitably asked how I am spending my time during the pandemic. When …

Reflections on Painted Caribou Hide Workshops

by Margaret Orr In the months of January, February, and March 2020, I embarked on a journey to Ouje-Bougoumou, Mistissini, Eastmain, Chisasibi, and Whapmagoostui in Eeyou Istchee (Quebec). My journey was to facilitate workshops that focused on the designs painted on caribou hide coats and other items of clothing and other belongings. Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute (ACCI) …

Making Paint Pigments

By Margaret Orr It’s been a real pleasure working on the Painted Caribou-Skin Coats Project with the Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute in Ouje-Bougoumou, Quebec. Margaret looking at painted coats with our research group at the Royal Ontario Museum. After a trip to see ancient painted caribou-skin items in the Royal Ontario Museum in August, 2019, …

My work in the library at Aanischaaukamikw

by: Annie Bosum Annie will be retiring from her library position in the coming few years so we asked her to write a few words about her career so far. Me (right) and my colleague Laura (left) in front of the beautiful Aanischaaukamikw building in June 2018. My position as Library Technician at the Aanischaaukamikw …

My Life as a Digitization Technician in Eeyou Istchee

Kory at work doing digitization As a digitization technician at Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institution, my primary task is essentially to preserve material from the archives and convert each original file into a digital file. VHS tapes that need to be digitised From a profusion of textual documentation to old school playable video and audio formats, …

My internship in the Collections

My internship in the Collections department at Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute, 2018 By: Camille Crevier-Lalonde My work as an intern as part of my course in applied museology at Montmorency College often consist of solving problems to support and display objects that may have specific requirements or restrictions. Making a mount is always about the …

Attending the 2019 SICC ē-micimināyakik Gathering by Annie Bosum

Attending the 2019 SICC ē-micimināyakik Gathering by Annie Bosum I had the honour to attend the 2019 SICC ē-micimināyakikGathering hosted by the Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centrein SaskatoonMay 2-3, 2019. There, I presented the Brian Deer Classification System, which we are using in the Aanischaaukamikw Library and debriefed on the functions and spaces of theAanischaaukamikw Cultural Institute. …