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Institutional Award

The AAO Institutional Award is given to an archival institution that has contributed significantly to the advancement of the archival field or community, or has demonstrated a significant level of innovation and imagination in the establishment of outstanding or model programs or services. Recognition may be granted for an individual project of particular merit or for a program that integrates many facets of archival enterprise.

Examples of projects or programs open to nomination:

        • Arrangement and Description (e.g., finding aid systems, information networking, guides or other published finding aids).
        • Preservation Management (e.g., design, construction or upgrading of a facility, sharing of conservation skills or facilities).
        • Public Programs (e.g., special exhibits or exhibition programs, publications, education or community outreach programs).

Award Recipients

  • 2024 - Markham Museum and the York Region District School Board Museum & Archives
  • 2023 - not awarded
  • 2022 - Lambton County Archives and Middlesex Centre Archives
  • 2021 - Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives
  • 2020 - not awarded
  • 2019 - Elgin County Archives 
  • 2018 - not awarded
  • 2017 - not awarded
  • 2016 - Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
  • 2015 - City of Thunder Bay Archives
  • 2014 - not awarded
  • 2013 - Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre and Arthur A. Wishart Library (Algoma University)
  • 2012 - Queen's University Archives 
  • 2011 - Wellington County Museum and Archives and Ryerson Gallery and Research Centre and Library and Archives Special Collections Program
  • 2010 - not awarded
  • 2009 - Archives of Ontario (new facility at York University)
  • 2008 - York University Archives
  • 2007 - Elgin Country Archives
  • 2006 - not awarded
  • 2005 - not awarded
  • 2004 - Wellington Country Museum and Archives
  • 2003 - Trent University Archives
  • 2002 - William Ready Division of Archives & Research Collections (McMaster University) 
  • 2001 - Scotiabank Group Archives
  • 2000 - Simcoe County Archives
  • 1999 - Stratford-Perth Archives
  • 1998 - not awarded
  • 1997 - Metropolitan Toronto Archives & Records Centre 
  • 1996 - Metropolitan Toronto Archives & Records Centre 
  • 1995 - Anglican Diocese of Huron Archives

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