Professional Development

The AMA offers educational and training opportunities in archival principles and practices through seminars, workshops and lectures. Topics range from preservation, acquisition and appraisal, arrangement and description, electronic records, reference services, public awareness, advocacy and management. A listing of non-AMA professional development opportunities is also available here

Digitization Resources

Advisory Services Resources

Upcoming events

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Past events

21 Nov 2024	Annual General Meeting
04 Jun 2024	Manitoba Day Awards
28 Mar 2024	Healing Centered Engagement Workshop with Vanessa Anakwudwabisayquay Cook
15 Mar 2024	Nominations for 2024 Manitoba Day Awards
13 Mar 2024	Healing Centered Engagement in Archives
15 Feb 2024	Midwinter Tales from the Archives
07 Feb 2024	Fundraising for Record Keeping Institutions
15 Nov 2023	MAIN Introduction Workshop
25 Oct 2023	Zoom discussion on archival storage space
09 Jun 2023	The Reconciliation Framework: Discussion Meeting
27 Apr 2023	Email Archiving at the University of British Columbia: What We’ve Learned
08 Feb 2023	Creating a meaningful land acknowledgment: with speaker: Allen Sutherland / Waabiskhi Mazinishin Mishtadim (White Spotted Horse)
06 Dec 2022	Archiving the Records of the MMIWG2S+ Inquiry
10 Nov 2022	AMA - Annual General Meeting 2022
19 May 2022	Intro to the MMIWG2S Report and Calls for Justice
20 Jan 2022	AMA Trivia Night
14 Oct 2021	2021 Manitoba Heritage Summit
20 Jan 2021	Beyond Indigenous Awareness
16 Oct 2020	Call for Applications - Citizen Member for the City of Winnipeg Records Committee
08 Oct 2020	AMA Annual General Meeting
01 Oct 2020	Manitoba Heritage Summit
13 Jul 2020	Consultation Session on the University of Manitoba's Archival Studies Program
15 Jan 2020	Manitoba Day Nominations
05 Nov 2019	ARCHIVAL GRANTS MINI-WORKSHOP
03 Oct 2019	Association for Manitoba Archives Annual General Meeting
21 Sep 2019	Introduction to Archives Workshop
20 Sep 2019	MAIN Training
14 Jun 2019	MAIN Training
29 May 2019	Manitoba Day Awards
15 May 2019	Unbreakable: The Spirit of the Strike
01 May 2019	The Power of the Archive
13 Apr 2019	Introduction to Archives Workshop
28 Mar 2019	A Public Conversation About the City of Winnipeg Archives
13 Mar 2019	TRC Calls to Action for Archives & NCTR Tour
07 Dec 2018	Christmas Gathering
11 Oct 2018	Annual General Meeting
30 May 2018	2018 Manitoba Day Awards
10 Nov 2017	An Introduction to Oral History
23 May 2017	Manitoba Day Awards
20 Oct 2016	AMA 2016 Annual General Meeting
14 Oct 2016	Emergency Preparedness Workshop
29 Feb 2016	Digitization Workshop
07 Oct 2015	LAC Wallot-Sylvestre Seminar featuring Robert Darnton
25 Sep 2015	AMA Meet and Greet
04 Aug 2015	International Indigenous Librarians Forum (IILF) 2015
29 Jul 2015	I-CHORA 7
13 Jul 2015	ICA-SUV 2015
11 Jun 2015	ACA Conference 2015
27 May 2015	Manitoba Day Awards
14 Apr 2015	"Archival Outreach & Collaboration: Sharing Stories of our Successes and Challenges” - An Evening of Conversation for Local Archivists
28 Feb 2015	Introduction to Archives
17 Feb 2015	What's new with AtoM?
13 Feb 2015	Pub Night for Archivists
03 Dec 2014	“Odd and Intimate Encounters: Archivists Share their Personal Stories about Collections, Donors, and the Archival Spaces”
27 Nov 2014	AMA Annual General Meeting
01 Jun 1990	1990 Annual Meeting

Resources

Digitization & Digital Preservation (from a 2016 workshop)

Digitization Planning - presentation by Brett Lougheed

Digitization Standards & Procedures - presentation by Elizabeth-Anne Johnson

Metadata - presentation by Elizabeth-Anne Johnson

Preservation - presentation by Jordan Bass

Access - presentation by Tyyne Petrowski

Archival Preservation of Digital Objects - presentation by Jordan Bass

Advisory Services

What To Do When the Filing Cabinet is Full?

This publication was produced by the Advisory Services Committee. It provides basic information on what to do with archival records and presents different options for their care. It was intended to answer questions that not-for-profit organizations or businesses might have in regards to their records.

Preservation Policy Guide

This guide to creating preservation policies is based on past Preservation Assessments. It may be used as a general resource and also to meet the criteria for AMA institutional membership.

Minimum Standards for Archives – a Self-Study by Nancy Stunden (1992)

The Self-Study Guide is designed to help archives examine how they are functioning and formulate development plans. By answering a series of simple questions about its organization, resources and services, a repository will be able to assess whether it meets the minimum standards desired by the Association for Manitoba Archives. To assist institutions that are deficient in some aspects, the Self-Study includes worksheets for recording improvement plans. The self-study is available for sale; please contact the AMA for further details.