Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024-2025 funding cycle of its Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative. In total, 14 First Nations, Inuit and Métis organizations will share $912,963 to support their efforts to digitize and preserve language and culture materials and to increase their digitization and preservation capacity.
The recipients were selected based on the recommendations of a review committee, external to LAC and consisting of First Nations, Inuit and Métis heritage professionals from across Canada.
Indigenous organizations receiving funding through the Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative (2024-2025):
- Cold Lake First Nations
- Native Counselling Services of Alberta
- Ktunaxa Nation Council Society
- Cheslatta Carrier Nation
- Gwich'in Tribal Council
- Inuvialuit Cultural Centre Pitquhiit-Pitqusiit
- Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
- Woodland Cultural Centre
- Munsee Delaware Language and History Group, c/o Munsee-Delaware Nation
- Chippewas of Rama First Nation
- La Boîte Rouge VIF
- First Nations University of Canada
- Kinistino Metis Local 43
- Council of Yukon First Nations-Yukon Native Language Centre
Project titles and funding amounts for 2024-2025 contribution funding recipients can be found on the Listen, Hear Our Voices web page.
Heritage organizations play a vital role in preserving Canada's local memory. LAC is proud to contribute to documenting, preserving and making accessible to the public a memory that reflects the diversity of experiences and cultures in Canadian society.
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The mandate of Library and Archives Canada is to preserve the documentary heritage of Canada for the benefit of present and future generations and to be a source of enduring knowledge accessible to all, thereby contributing to the cultural, social and economic advancement of Canada. Library and Archives Canada also facilitates cooperation among communities involved in the acquisition, preservation and dissemination of knowledge and serves as the continuing memory of the Government of Canada and its institutions.
