Elizabeth Mudenyo works in event and project management rooted in community engagement. She is currently Special Projects Manager at the Regent Park Film Festival overseeing Home Made Visible, a nationwide archival project for IBPOC communities. She is also a writer with a background in film. She supports platforms for IBPOC voices through her all work, and is always collecting her tools as storyteller and organizer.

Ananya is most interested in exploring how what we say shapes who we become, especially as it applies to our ability to create inclusive and just communities through the arts. Till recently, she was the Executive Director of the Regent Park Film Festival, where she had the pleasure of being for 7 years. She continues to be the Artistic Director of the festival’s nation wide project Home Made Visible. Ananya feels very lucky to explore professionally what she studied theoretically - the intersections of community and media. She is also a part-time filmmaker and currently, a full-time mom! Most recently, she was a fellow of the Toronto Art Council’s Cultural Leaders Lab.

For over 30 years Senior Librarian Katherine Kasirer has worked at the National Film Board of Canada where she maintains a traditional library for employees, manages information about the film collection and provides research services for NFB filmmakers.

Raegan serves as the Executive Director of The ArQuives, formerly The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives. She holds a BA from Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface and a Masters of Information from the University of Toronto iSchool. She has worked as an archivist at Library and Archives Canada, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute, and as the Archival Advisor for the Council of Archives New Brunswick. She is currently working on her PhD, focusing on the role of community archives in Inuit communities. She is a member of the Steering Committee on Canada’s Archives Taskforce to respond to the “Calls to Action” Report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the co-chair of the Association of Canadian Archivists Indigenous Matters Working Group.

Sean Smith is a Senior Archivist in the Collections Development and Management Unit at the Archives of Ontario. He previously held positions at the Clara Thomas Archives at York University and Library and Archives Canada. In total, he has been preserving and sharing history for almost 20 years. He is an active member of the archival community as well as a runner, a reader, and a father of two.

Stephanie Poruchnyk-Butler is a queer femme writer, artist and workshop facilitator from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is the creator of several independently published zines, as well as a co-founding member of feminist arts collective, Sappho Zine (2012-2016). Building community through collaborative art making is a passion of hers, and she have been facilitating workshops for children, teenagers and adults at various arts organizations for over six years. Stephanie is thrilled to be assisting with Archive/Counter Archive, as part of her role as Distribution Coordinator at the Winnipeg Film Group.

Raegan serves as the Executive Director of The ArQuives, formerly The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives. She holds a BA from Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface and a Masters of Information from the University of Toronto iSchool. She has worked as an archivist at Library and Archives Canada, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute, and as the Archival Advisor for the Council of Archives New Brunswick. She is currently working on her PhD, focusing on the role of community archives in First Nations and Inuit communities. She is member of the Steering Committee on Canada’s Archives Taskforce to respond to the “Calls to Action” Report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.