Tag Archives: Documentary Heritage Communities Program

Library and Archives Canada announces recipients of the 2024–2025 funding cycle of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program

Posted on May 14, 2024 by Gail Dever

Archives, museums and documentary heritage institutions will this year share $1.47 million to carry out 36 projects selected under Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP). The projects were selected for the significant impact they will have on documentary … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada contributes $1.5 million for 38 digitization projects

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Gail Dever

Through its Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP), Library and Archives Canada will contribute $1.5 million to support 38 projects across the country. The funding will help local recipient organizations acquire the tools that they need to adapt to the digital … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada launches new call for proposals under Documentary Heritage Communities Program

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced Monday that documentary heritage organizations across the country can now apply for funding for the 2023–2024 cycle of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program.  For a ninth consecutive year, LAC will provide $1.5 million to … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada funds 38 projects to preserve documentary heritage across the country

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Gail Dever

For the eighth year running, Library and Archives Canada will provide, under its Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP), $1.5 million to support 38 projects by archives, libraries and other documentary heritage institutions throughout Canada. The projects funded this year are perhaps … Continue reading →

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41 projects across Canada to receive $1.5 million to preserve documentary heritage

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada announced yesterday it will provide $1.5 million to support 41 projects (including 26 new projects) by archives, libraries and documentary heritage institutions throughout Canada. These projects will be funded under the Documentary Heritage Communities Program. The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister … Continue reading →

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Tweedsmuir Community History Books digitization project complete

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario (FWIO) have completed their three-year project to digitize 225,000 pages of the Tweedsmuir Community History Books, thanks to a $38,303 grant received in 2016 from Library and Archives Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program. According … Continue reading →

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Catholic archdiocese in Alberta to open residential school photo archives to public

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Gail Dever

Thanks to a $23,389 grant from Library and Archives Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program, the Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan in Grande Prairie, Alberta will open residential school photo archives to the public. The group plans to share more than 3,000 photos it gathered … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada to fund 52 documentary heritage projects

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced yesterday it will provide $1.5 million to support 52 projects (including 47 new projects) by archives, libraries and documentary heritage institutions throughout Canada. The recipients of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP) for 2019–2020 were announced at … Continue reading →

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More than 40,000 newspaper photos online from Quebec’s Mauricie region

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Gail Dever

Thanks to a grant from Library and Archives Canada (LAC), a historical society in Shawinigan, Quebec has digitized more than 40,000 photos from the daily newspaper, Le nouvelliste, taken between 1940 and 1990, and they plan to digitize hundreds of … Continue reading →

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LAC extends Documentary Heritage Communities Program beyond 2019

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada yesterday announced its Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP), which provides financial support to Canada’s local archival and library communities, has been extended beyond 2019. Eligible organizations will continue to share $1.5 million annually. Applicants for the … Continue reading →

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