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Cassie Cameron receives her Award from CNSA representatives in front of her display at NS Heritage Fair 2012 held at Pier 21 Canada’s Immigration Museum, Halifax, NS From left: Cassie Cameron and Patti Bannister. The 2012 Nova Scotia Provincial Heritage Fair was held at Pier 21 on 24 May 2012 and, for the third year, the CNSA presented a prize for the best use of primary sources for a history project. The Fair brings together students from around the province in grades 4 to 9. This year’s recipient was Cassie Cameron for her project “My ‘Unwritten’ Hero” which focused on…

Laurena presenting the winner of the Anna Hamilton Outstanding Volunteer Award, Madeleine McNeil of VG Nurses Alumni Archives, with her certificate and prize. The Anna Hamilton Memorial Award for outstanding volunteer was presented this year to Madeleine McNeil of the Victoria General Hospital Nurses Alumni Archives in Halifax. Madeleine, a long-time volunteer at the VG Archives, helped to develop many of the archives’ policies, attended CNSA workshops and training programs, and served on the CNSA executive committee from 1996-1998. Her work in the archives has involved arranging and describing much of the archival material in their holdings, providing reference services…