Collected by: University of Winnipeg

Archived since: Feb, 2014

Description:

The Oral History Centre is an innovative and dynamic component of the University’s H. Sanford Riley Centre for Canadian History. It supports the University’s vision and priorities of accessibility, community outreach, and capacity building. It strengthens the University’s research capacities and moves research, teaching, and community building forward through university-community and interdisciplinary collaboration. Integral to the OHC’s vision is a dynamic approach committed to recording, preserving and supporting history from multiple perspectives. The Oral History Centre offers consultation in developing customized oral history programs to meet the needs of a diverse community which includes academic researchers, private citizens, and business entities. It provides training, equipment, facilities, technical support, and networking for faculty and student researchers, as well as community organizations, small businesses, and established corporations. The OHC develops and offers training in: advanced digital recording technologies, innovative digital storage solutions, and proven workflow strategies for oral history research, archiving, and dissemination. Our academically credentialed historians are also skilled technologists who are well-informed in current legal, ethical and practical concerns of oral history. The staff at the OHC retains interest in prominent trends in oral history research, within and beyond academic practice. This includes working toward increasingly creative and engaging project outcomes.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities,  Society & Culture,  Universities & Libraries,  Arts & Humanities,  Society & Culture,  Narratives,  Oral History--Canada,  Oral History