Author: Elspeth Brown

Moving Trans* History Forward 2016 – Building Communities* Sharing Connections

October 3, 2015
by Elspeth Brown
Collaboratory News

(Keynote speakers Martine Rothblatt and Jamison Green) Mark your calendars !  The next Moving Trans* History Forward Symposium is taking place from March 17th to 20th 2016 . The Moving Trans History Forward Symposium is a gathering of Trans* and gender non-conforming (GNC) community-based scholars and activists, academics, family members, and allies of trans* and GNC people that focuses on preserving and recounting trans* and GNC histories. Occurring every two years, the symposium features presentations, panels, posters, grass-roots […]

Celebrating the Launch of Trans Pathfinder

September 22, 2015
by Elspeth Brown
Collaboratory News

On Sunday September 20th the LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory and the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives hosted an exciting and groundbreaking event: Trans* Histories at the CLGA.  This was a dual celebration launching the Rupert Raj Collection and the Trans Pathfinder document, both of which have been years in the making. Check out more about Rupert Raj and his wonderful collection at clga.ca The Trans Pathfinder was produced as part of the Collaboratory’s commitment to making trans historical materials more widely accessible […]

Introducing Islandora and Al Stanton-Hagan, Digital Archivist

September 8, 2015
by Elspeth Brown
Collaboratory News

Hi there! I’m Al Stanton-Hagan, a former research assistant for the LGBTQ Oral Histories Digital Collaboratory and student at U of T’s iSchool. Starting in September I’ll be replacing Rebecka Sheffield as the new Digital Archivist for the Collaboratory. This summer I attended the Islandora Conference at the University of Prince Edward Island, jumping into my new role head first to learn about one of the tools we’re using to store and provide access to […]