Our Working Groups provide a resource for the Case Studies and extend the research through papers, policy recommendations, workshops, exhibitions, and public talks.
Working Group teams are made up of academic researchers, archivists, artists, community members, cultural workers, graduate students, librarians, and other professionals - each concerned with and advising on specific research problems around each of the Case Studies.
The Cultural Policy, IP, and Rights Ecosystems Working Group (Policy WG) explores policy needs and wants for the A/CA Case Studies, community partners, and in relation to the use of archival media and related material housed in larger public institutions, such as Library and Archives Canada, the National Film Board, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
This Working Group aims to define and gather critical pedagogies to structure engagement with counter-archival audio-visual heritage across a range of educational, outreach, and exhibition contexts.
The Indigenous Methodologies (IM) Working Group is focused primarily on research-creation projects driven by Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) methodologies and world views, with key ethical and historical considerations. They work in a consulting capacity to the Case Studies and other areas of the A/CA network.