We are looking for a MemoryNS Technical & Training Coordinator! This project will help build and enhance our MemoryNS descriptive database. Please see the position description for more details, and feel free to contact the CNSA office with any questions.

The deadline for the CNSA awards is upcoming on April 23, 2019 before 5pm! Nomination forms are attached! Please forward all nominations to Lisette Gaudet, ycarchives@eastlink.ca.

In the fall of 2016, the CNSA commissioned a Membership Working Group to examine the council’s membership needs and provide recommendations to the Executive. A survey was developed in early 2017 and circulated to members over the summer. The group spent some time compiling the results of the survey and produced a comprehensive report. You can read the full report and recommendations here: CNSA Membership Renewal Working Group Final Report 2017 We would like to thank you, our members, for sharing your thoughts with us. We will take the recommendations and suggestions here and use them to help improve our…

Have you completed an archival or preservation project over the last year? (Arrangement & description, digitization, reformatting?) Maybe a special exhibit or outreach event that features your archival materials? Do you have a volunteer doing fantastic work in your facility? If you answered “yes!” to any of the above questions, please consider submitting an application for one of our CNSA awards! Recognize your hard work or your dedicated volunteers, promote your archive, and get some great prizes too! Details on all of the awards (what they are, how to apply, prizes) can be found on the Awards page under the…

We are very pleased to announce the launch of Community Albums – please visit the website here and have fun exploring the stories of communities across NS over the last 150 years! Special thanks to Project Coordinator Michelle Boychuk for her dedication to this project, and to all of our participants for sharing their images and stories with us.