Summary:

In this episode, I welcome Alexandra Mills, the Special Collections Archivist at Concordia University Library. Alexandra joins us to speak about her work activating Black archives.

Episode Resources:

Patrick Lejtenyi (August 31, 2021). Montreal’s Black history archives continue to grow at Concordia’s Vanier Library. Concordia University. https://www.concordia.ca/news/stories/2021/08/31/montreals-black-history-archives-continue-to-grow-at-concordia.html

Dana Isaac. (Curator). (July 5, 2022) Black women in Canada - Filling a role, finding a role (Exhibit). Concordia University. https://library.concordia.ca/about/news/#guid=https://library.concordia.ca/about/news/#i5_Jul_2022_10:06:00_EDT

Desirée Rochat and Alexandra Mills. (Curators). (October 26, 2022). 100 Years of Black Community Activism: The Intersecting Histories of the NCC and La Maison d’Haïti. Concordia University. https://library.concordia.ca/about/news/#guid=https://library.concordia.ca/about/news/#i26_Oct_2022_14:45:00_EST

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