There's snow at the BC Archives, but we remain open! Bust out your snowshoes and head on down to the reference room. If you're staying home, we have a number of online search tools - access those here royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/bcarchives/sea… 📸i-08099 Griz Days Fernie. Snowshoe Race

The FBCA is pleased to announce four engagement sessions with the public dedicated to the future of the BC Archives! Register for the first session via the link below: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… For more on the upcoming dialogue sessions: royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/community-enga…

Interested in genealogy and family history? On February 1, Vancouver Public Library is hosting an online LAC presentation to help you get started. The event will be presented in English, but you’re welcome to ask questions in French as well: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/659ddea…

The cover of an oversized pamphlet from 1919 featuring CPR hotels. #CPRhotels #ephemera #EmpressHotel #ChateauFrontenac #AlgonquinResort #ChateauLakeLouise #BanffSpringsHotel From the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection: dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.021…

Update from BC Archives: Information on the current state of the archives, collection & research building project will be part of Sunday’s presentation. Further information will be shared following the session. Please join the sessions & share your ideas on BC Archives’ future.

📢 TOMORROW! Don't miss your chance to learn more about the upcoming dialogue sessions on the future of the BC Archives! Register below and learn more about the upcoming sessions via the BC Archives Engagement webpage royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/community-enga…

📢Happening TODAY! There is still time for you to register for today's information session at 2pm! Follow the link below - hope to see you there!

Registration is open for our spring 2024 offering of "Introduction to Archival Practice", which runs April 8 to June 17, 2024. Register by March 23 (or until spots are filled!) aabc.ca/Intro-to-Archi…

The first of the BC Archives Info & Dialogue Sessions is now available to stream on YouTube! Catch up before the next session, or learn more about what is happening with the Collections and Research Building since construction has started? Watch below! youtube.com/watch?v=2zjLMy…

Please join these sessions to share your thoughts, questions, concerns about the future of the BC Archives and archival services at the Royal BC Museum. Public input is critical to helping the government understand community priorities. Please join. Please share. Friends of the BC Archives

✨HAPPENING TOMORROW ✨ Join the folks at the BC Archives for more discussion on the future of the BC Archives! Tomorrow's session will be in person, with additional virtual sessions coming in the following weeks. More info available via the link below royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/community-enga….

✨TONIGHT✨ A reminder that there is a virtual dialogue session on the future of the BC Archives! Can't make it tonight? No worries! Additional virtual dialogue sessions are being held on March 10th and 24th! Follow the link below for more 👇👇👇

📣 The BC Archives Royal BC Museum announced the official name for the provincial archives, research & collections building currently being built in Colwood (or CERB as the building has been referred to until now). See below an official statement from the FBCA on the announcement

I encourage everyone to join this dialogue session on 24 March. The government needs to hear from the public to help shape archival policies and programmes that are fit for purpose in a digital age. Friends of the BC Archives Royal BC Museum AABC @BCHistoryFed BCG

Haven't made it to a dialogue session yet? Now is your chance! Next dialogue session is this SUNDAY! Have your say, and join the discussion surrounding the future of the BC Archives! To register follow the link below👇

Our Speaker Series is back! Join us for Dr. Reimer's talk "For the Love of the Archives: Archival Sources as the Foundation for Scholarly History." Register below 👇 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Do you want to contribute to the BC Archives Dialogue Sessions? The BC Archives has launched a public survey to collect additional feedback on its future and the move to PARC Campus. Follow the link below 👇 surveymonkey.com/r/surveyarchiv…

We are back with our popular Speaker Series! We are so excited to welcome Mary-Ann Shantz to our fall lineup to talk to us about all things naked 😉 Be sure to register via the link below 👇 friendsofbcarchives.wordpress.com/upcoming-event…

Have you registered for our September Speaker Series event? Well, now is your chance! Don't miss Mary-Ann Shantz and her talk “We’re really very ordinary people”: The Growth of the Nudist Movement in Postwar Canada. Follow the link below to register 👇friendsofbcarchives.wordpress.com/upcoming-event…