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Archives for reconciliation: A conversation with Raymond Frogner of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Archives

Archives for reconciliation: A conversation with Raymond Frogner of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Archives In-Person

The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library is honoured to welcome Raymond Frogner, Head of the Archives at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), University of Manitoba, for a conversation moderated by Grant Hurley, Canadiana Librarian, Fisher Library. 

Raymond Frogner is the Head of Archives for the National Center for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba and a member of the National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials. He is also co-chair of the International Council on Archives' Expert Group on Indigenous Matters and lead author of the 2019 ICA Tandanya/Adelaide Declaration on Indigenous Self-Determination and Archives. In 2020 he was named a Fellow of the Association of Canadian Archivists.

The Thomas Fisher Library is located at 120 St. George Street, adjacent to Robarts Library, to the south. Information about building access will be posted at street level on the day of the event. If you have any questions or concerns or require support in accessing the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, please contact the reference desk at 416-978-5285 or email us at fisher.library@utoronto.ca

Visitors can access the library via the stairs at the corner of St. George & Harbord Streets. Enter the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library from the side entrance at the top of the stairs on the left (not the revolving doors).

Accessible entrance (no stairs):

  • Enter Robarts Library from the street-level St. George Street entrance and scan T-Card at the screening checkpoint (U of T students, staff and faculty), or inform staff that you are attending an event at the Fisher Library. 
  • Keep right, and continue straight pass the Information Commons computers and then take the escalators or elevators to get to the 2nd floor.
  • From the elevators: exit the elevator, go through the gates and turn left towards the other set of gates. Once through the second set of gates, turn right and proceed towards the Fisher Library. To the right of the steps, there is a ramp.
  • From the escalators: proceed through the gates, turn right, and proceed towards the Fisher Library. To the right of the steps, there is a ramp.
  • Please contact us if you would prefer to have a staff member meet you at the street-level entrance of Robarts Library and accompany you to the Fisher Library.

Date:
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Time:
3:00pm - 4:45pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Categories:
  Rare Books & Special Collections  
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Event Organizer

Grant Hurley
David Fernández