Committees
Steering Committee
OCAD U, SFU, Christa Dal Media Library and Archives
The Steering Committee is comprised of Diamond, Hebbard and Knights and will maintain an overview of the project and overall direction. It will work to resolve any disputes that may arise.
Research Access Committee
SFU Archives, City of Vancouver Archives, Center for Black Canadian Diaspora, Christal Dal Media Library and Archives
The Research Access Committee will meet quarterly and plan the open source ecosystem. Members are TBD (RBCM), Dancy (SFUA), Diamond (OCAD U/VAL), Grazley (CVA), Fatona (OCAD U), Hebbard (SFUA), Reifsteck (CDMLA). The Research Access Committee will plan the open source release. After the Research Access Committee (RAC) has created a framework for the design process, the RAC, led by PI Diamond will engage in a highly consultative process as we plan and design the opensource ecosystem. These participatory design workshops and charrettes first focus on NGO partners and institutional archives and researchers
Communities of Interest: Archivist, Open Source Experts, Arts and Culture, Historians
Interpretations Committee
VIVO Media Arts Center, SFU Archives, SFU Special Collections and Rare Books, BLAC, BC Labour Heritage
The Interpretation Committee will meet quarterly and plan and evaluate case studies, microsite development, workshops and outreach, and provide design advice from the user perspective. It includes Bair (BLAC) and Co-Applicant Claxton, Diamond (OCAD U), Knights (CDMLA/VIVO), Hardcastle (SFUA), Sacuta (BCLHC), Tarnawsky (SCRB) and TBD (RBCM). Led by each co-applicant artist/curatorial researcher (Diamond, Claxton, Fatona), and the Interpretation Committee (IC) with the VIVO Programming (Strain,Mansouri, Place), Co-App Knights and BLAC, we will curate artists, archivists, historians, students (OCAD U, SFU, UBC) with RAs to engage with fonds and bring forth new interpretations through art works, texts and self-curation.
Communities of Interest: Labour, Indigenous, GBLTQ2S+, Black, Arts and Culture, Historians
Both the Research Access and Interpretations Committees include technical and content research experts. Participatory design workshops will occur in each committee and in planned joint committee meetings. PI Diamond and the Steering Committee in dialogue with the Research Access Committee and Interpretation Committee will ensure that there is clarity in research questions and that archival standards are established for new records.
Individual assignments to project teams are based on the Schedule of Activities and will be reviewed at the initial joint committee meeting and implemented by partner organizations. Committees and their members will coordinate consultation, outreach and engagement with specific communities of interest. Committee meetings will report and evaluate progress. The design and technical specification and release will be verified by the joint committee after feedback from each committee.