Archives offer essential primary information to historians, scholars from other disciplines including historical epidemiology, families doing genealogies, the media—for anyone doing research into the past. What records of this pandemic will future researchers be able to access? The lived experiences of most of the population must be intentionally preserved for the future. Otherwise, the same social inequities that are now hampering our ability to fight COVID-19 will determine whose lives will be remembered—the memories of the wealthy, the white, and the powerful will be privileged over those of the racialized, working people, and those living ordinary lives in extraordinary times. How can we prevent this outcome?
This free, online webinar explores themes of the RSC Policy Briefing on Remembering is a Form of Honouring: Preserving the COVID-19 Archival Record, which analyzes strategies toward the collective preservation of COVID-19 experiences.
Moderator: Ian Wilson
Panelists:
Esyllt W. Jones, (Chair) Professor of History and Dean of Studies at St John’s College, University of Manitoba
Ian Milligan, Associate Professor of History, University of Waterloo
Kwame McKenzie, CEO, Wellesley Institute
Cheryl Prescod, Executive Director at Black Creek Community Health Centre
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