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Item Open Access The making of a digital archive, by a non-archivist(2018) Medina de Loera, Wendy AlejandraThis online exhibit has been created to share relevant insights about the process of preparing a digital archive for junior and senior scholars who have no training as archivist. The exhibit is based on my experience as a non-archivist making David Wurfel digital archive. The reflections and ideas captured in this online exhibit were triggered and enriched by multiple readings and the project team. The hope is that the ideas discussed in this exhibit will be helpful to all of those who may not have training as archivists but may be interested in preserving and sharing material via its digitization and display through an online archive.Item Open Access "Ododo Wa" Community Dialogues(2021) York-Bertram, Sarah; González, Andrea; Sim, Zhi Ming; Challenger, Denise; Bourget, Véronique; Bunting, Annie; Acan, Grace; Amony, Evelyn; Adoch, Juliet; Saravalle, LorenzoThis digital exhibit was developed in connection with the travelling exhibit "Ododo Wa: Stories of Girls in War." The travelling exhibit and this web platform are part of a connection-outreach project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and coordinated by the Conjugal Slavery in War partnership project.Item Open Access Syrian Refugee Resettlement in Canada(2018) Canefe, NergisThis web archive strives to offer a documented commentary on the most recent addition to the Canadian resettlement scheme, the Blended Visa Office-Referred (BVOR) program. The program constitutes a modified version of private sponsorship of refugee and immigrant applicants; it has to be examined in relation to both private and government resettlement schemes, and in comparison to the historical use of private sponsorship for Indochinese refugees. The documents presented here allow an examination of the background debates that led to the institutionalization of the BVOR program, the challenges BVOR is intended to address, public and political debates concerning the proposed division of public and private responsibility, and the links made between this particular model and the public acceptance of the en masse resettlement of select Syrian refugees in Canada. This refugee crisis raises important political and legal questions for both the Canadian public and Canadian policymakers. Who is deemed to be a deserving refugee, who is eligible for resettlement and based on what criteria, keeps changing. The current and future saliency of migration could be succinctly revealed by examining factors such as which categories of migration hold significance, how they are constructed and determined, and by whom. The debate continues and must do so above and beyond policy measures, legal requirements and formal immigration regimes. It is also of utmost importance to underline that private sponsorship programs are to be in place as a complementary element to government-assisted resettlement commitments. They cannot eradicate the necessity of the Canadian government to fulfill its international obligations and humanitarian commitments in the face of mass displacements. The Syrians are unlikely to be the last group to suffer such a fate.Item Open Access Playin' Mas, Play and Mas | A Pedagogical Journey of Children in Caribana(2018) Challenger, DeniseCaribana is a celebration of Caribbean culture heavily based on pre-Lenten Carnival traditions in Trinidad and Tobago. It takes place on Simcoe Day which is the first weekend in August, marking the abolition of slavery in Upper Canada. The first Caribana festival began in 1967 as part of an effort to celebrate Caribbean culture in the city of Toronto. Playin' Mas, Play and Mas is a pedagogical project that explores how to create a photo essay using Scalar and centres on the experiences of children during Caribana in the 1970s through the photographs of Kenn Shah.Item Open Access Victorian Ghosts, 1852-1907(2020) Ahmed, Zainab; Azar, Matthew; Camarda, Sabrina; Duggan, Larissa; Dupont, David; Emmanouil, Stephanie; Ferrara, Araceli; Grigg, Taylor; Hallam, Viola; Hoblos, Amar; Kayser, Michael; Khan, Kiran; Kosovic, Marija; Lintag, Rheesa; Lotay, Manreet; McGee, Jessie; Mcmullan, Jasmin; Tavara, Naddya; Termini, Alessia; Van Heuverswyn, Sarah; White, Cassidy; Dunleavy, MatthewVictorian Ghosts 1852-1907 is a collection of Victorian Ghost Stories collated and annotated by scholars at York University enrolled in the fourth-year Victorian Ghosts course offered through the department of English during Fall 2020. Starting with Elizabeth Gaskell’s “The Old Nurse’s Story” (1852)—a staple of many Victorian Ghost Story Anthologies—and ending with Ambrose Bierce’s “The Moonlit Road” (1907), this collection includes 21 ghost stories spanning six decades. Each story includes a short introduction and explanatory notes. This is supplemented by accompanying essays that helps guide readers through the anthology.Item Open Access Star Stuff: An Exploratory Case Study of the Cosmos Television Franchise(2022-08-10) Dawson, PatrickThe project looks at over 60 years of history by documenting the space exploration missions and science communication initiatives surrounding the 40 years between the first and latest entries in the Cosmos series. There is a rich history of scientific research and media production surrounding these three seasons of Cosmos with Sagan and Tyson. This project will guide you through that history and introduce you to a cast of other interesting real-life characters along the way. This project was created using the Scalar digital writing platform.