(P.S. - if you haven’t received anything that was beautiful enough to keep as an enclosure, you can also share the worst enclosure, so we can commiserate with you!)

We may be used to materials arriving to the archives in cardboard boxes, old cookie tins, and yes, even plastic garbage bags. Yet sometimes, materials arrive in such beautiful boxes, tins, photo albums, and bags, that we can’t resist preserving the enclosures too as their own unique items!

Donald Johnson has been with the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, first as the Special Media Archivist and today as an Information Management Analyst. Donald is a member of the Lytton First Nation located at the confluence of the Fraser and Thompson rivers in British Columbia.

Donald is a member of the National Indigenous Knowledge and Language Alliance (NIKLA), the Nēwo-Yōtina Friendship Centre board, and a past member of the board of the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists (SCAA).

Donald Johnson was a co-lead of the Response to the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Taskforce (TRC-TF). The Taskforce created the Reconciliation Framework addressing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Call to Action #70.

Jazmine is Head Archivist of the Eastern Townships Resource Centre in Sherbrooke, Quebec; she has previously worked with other archival organizations in the Townships and with the Archives Association of Ontario.

Jazmine Aldrich is an early career archivist, living and working on the traditional and unceded territory of the Abenaki people and the W8banaki Confederacy. She holds a Master of Information Studies degree from McGill University.

Each week leading up to the panel, which will be held on December 3rd from 11:30-1pm PT/2:30-4:00pm ET, we'll be spotlighting one of our panelists on the ACA's socials.

While a national organization, CWPC maintained a strong presence in Manitoba after the opening of a Winnipeg branch in 1907. Notable members of the branch include; Cora Hind, Francis and Lillian Beynon, Kate Simpson Hayes, and Nellie McClung.

All day today, share materials related to notable women in your collections and help us celebrate the incredible diversity of women in Canada. Don't forget to tag us and use the hashtag and we'll be around all day to help re-share your materials!