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).
Year | Recipient(s) |
1995 | Anglican Diocese of Huron Archives |
1996 | Metropolitan Toronto Archives & Records Centre |
1997 | Metropolitan Toronto Archives & Records Centre |
1998 | not awarded |
1999 | Stratford-Perth Archives |
2000 | Simcoe County Archives |
2001 | Scotiabank Group Archives |
2002 | William Ready Division of Archives & Research Collections (McMaster University) |
2003 | Trent University Archives |
2004 | Wellington County Museum and Archives |
2005 | not awarded |
2006 | not awarded |
2007 | Elgin County Archives |
2008 | York University Archives |
2009 | Archives of Ontario (new facility at York University) |
2010 | not awarded |
2011 |
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2012 | Queen's University Archives |
2013 | Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre and Arthur A. Wishart Library (Algoma University) |
2014 | not awarded |
2015 | City of Thunder Bay Archives |
2016 | Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives |
2017 | not awarded |
2018 | not awarded |
2019 | Elgin County Archives |