Professional Development


The AMA offers social networking events and educational and training opportunities through seminars, workshops and lectures. Topics cover preservation, acquisition, appraisal, arrangement, description, electronic records, digital preservation, reference services, advocacy, management, healing-centered practice, and more!  

Upcoming events

    • 2026-05-21
    • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    • Online (bi-monthly)
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    Virtual Meetup for Community Archivists & Heritage Workers

    Attention rural and northern members and lone arrangers! You are invited!

    Description: A regular online meetup for Manitobans caring for the archives and history of their community. We come together to share experiences, inspire and encourage each other. This meetup is a pilot facilitated by AMA Advisor, Sarah Story.

    Who: Lone arrangers, rural and northern heritage workers, community members or volunteers working with collections, and archivists of small archives feeling isolated or in need of a support network.

    WhyWe share a wealth of collective knowledge and experience. No matter our job titles or formal training, each of us brings firsthand insight and practical solutions to the challenges we all encounter. What one archivist has learned through experience may be exactly what another needs in a similar situation. And for those working alone, having a community to exchange ideas with and seek advice from can make all the difference. Let’s come together to share our stories, strategies, and tools—and to learn from and support one another as fellow archivists!

    Where: Online, bi-monthly (January, March, May, July, September, November)

    When: This meetup is scheduled for Thursday, May 21st at 1pm CST.

    Cost: Free and open to AMA members*

    Access Note: You will need a working computer, a camera and audio on your computer, and decent connectivity to join us.

    This month's topic: Content Management Systems (CMS) for small archives

    Register by Wednesday, May 20th at 5pm to receive the link to the discussion prior to the meetup.

    *To purchase or renew a membership, please contact Sarah in the office via email at: amaoffice@mbarchives.ca or register online: https://www.mbarchives.ca/Membership 

    If you have any questions about the meetups, please reach out to Sarah anytime!

    • 2026-05-28
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Marshall McLuhan Hall, UMSU University Centre (204-65 Chancellors Circle), Fort Garry Campus
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    The Manitoba Day Awards is back to celebrate the excellence of Manitoba’s writers and creators and their works!

    Thursday, May 28th, 2026

    Doors Open: 5:30pm

    Dinner: 6pm-7pm, followed by the awards ceremony at 7:15pm

    Marshall McLuhan Hall, UMSU University Centre (204-65 Chancellors Circle), Fort Garry Campus

    The evening is to present the winners of the Association for Manitoba Archives’ 2026 Manitoba Day Awards for works which include the significant use of Manitoba archives in their creation, including books, writing, exhibitions, films/documentaries and radio shows.

    Dinner and refreshments will be provided and admission for the event is free for AMA members and the award nominees, but we request that you please register. 

    Free Parking is available behind the E. Dafoe Library (Parking Lot B), or for a fee in the adjacent university parkade.

    For more information, please contact Brian and Chris at awards@mbarchives.ca

Past events

2026-04-24 2026 Manitoba Day Awards - Rolling Nominations
2026-03-19 Online Meetup for Community Archivists & Heritage Workers
2025-10-16 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
2025-09-22 Grant Applications: Tips and Tricks
2025-05-26 2025 Manitoba Day Awards Night
2025-04-11 Rolling Nominations - 2025 Manitoba Day Awards
2025-03-24 Healing Through Archives
2025-02-24 Call for Expressions of Interest - Community Archives Internship
2025-02-06 Midwinter Tales from the Archives
2024-11-21 Annual General Meeting
2024-06-04 Manitoba Day Awards
2024-03-28 Healing Centered Engagement Workshop with Vanessa Anakwudwabisayquay Cook
2024-03-13 Healing Centered Engagement in Archives
2024-02-15 Midwinter Tales from the Archives
2024-02-07 Fundraising for Record Keeping Institutions
2023-11-15 MAIN Introduction Workshop
2023-10-25 Zoom discussion on archival storage space
2023-06-09 The Reconciliation Framework: Discussion Meeting
2023-04-27 Email Archiving at the University of British Columbia: What We’ve Learned
2023-02-08 Creating a meaningful land acknowledgment: with speaker: Allen Sutherland / Waabiskhi Mazinishin Mishtadim (White Spotted Horse)
2022-12-06 Archiving the Records of the MMIWG2S+ Inquiry
2022-11-10 AMA - Annual General Meeting 2022
2022-05-19 Intro to the MMIWG2S Report and Calls for Justice
2022-01-20 AMA Trivia Night
2021-10-14 2021 Manitoba Heritage Summit
2021-01-20 Beyond Indigenous Awareness
2020-10-16 Call for Applications - Citizen Member for the City of Winnipeg Records Committee
2020-10-08 AMA Annual General Meeting
2020-10-01 Manitoba Heritage Summit
2020-07-13 Consultation Session on the University of Manitoba's Archival Studies Program
2020-01-15 Manitoba Day Nominations
2019-11-05 ARCHIVAL GRANTS MINI-WORKSHOP
2019-10-03 Association for Manitoba Archives Annual General Meeting
2019-09-21 Introduction to Archives Workshop
2019-09-20 MAIN Training
2019-06-14 MAIN Training
2019-05-29 Manitoba Day Awards
2019-05-15 Unbreakable: The Spirit of the Strike
2019-05-01 The Power of the Archive
2019-04-13 Introduction to Archives Workshop
2019-03-28 A Public Conversation About the City of Winnipeg Archives
2019-03-13 TRC Calls to Action for Archives & NCTR Tour
2018-12-07 Christmas Gathering
2018-10-11 Annual General Meeting
2018-05-30 2018 Manitoba Day Awards
2017-11-10 An Introduction to Oral History
2017-05-23 Manitoba Day Awards
2016-10-20 AMA 2016 Annual General Meeting
2016-10-14 Emergency Preparedness Workshop
2016-02-29 Digitization Workshop
2015-10-07 LAC Wallot-Sylvestre Seminar featuring Robert Darnton
2015-09-25 AMA Meet and Greet
2015-08-04 International Indigenous Librarians Forum (IILF) 2015
2015-07-29 I-CHORA 7
2015-07-13 ICA-SUV 2015
2015-06-11 ACA Conference 2015
2015-05-27 Manitoba Day Awards
2015-04-14 "Archival Outreach & Collaboration: Sharing Stories of our Successes and Challenges” - An Evening of Conversation for Local Archivists
2015-02-28 Introduction to Archives
2015-02-17 What's new with AtoM?
2015-02-13 Pub Night for Archivists
2014-12-03 “Odd and Intimate Encounters: Archivists Share their Personal Stories about Collections, Donors, and the Archival Spaces”
2014-11-27 AMA Annual General Meeting
1990-06-01 1990 Annual Meeting
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