Hello AAO,

We are well into what has already been an eventful Fall (shout out Blue Jays)! Please cozy up and enjoy the record-breaking number of Off the Record submissions we received this season. 

Members can access the issue here. 

This issue will hopefully motivate you to spring into action and get engaged in your communities! The issue starts with a challenge from Jean Dryden to update the lyrics to a song that celebrates our archival labour. Ashton Osmak from the Archives of Ontario writes about the new AO's ambitious new website. Angela Bell and Julie Daechsel each introduce and contextualize two fascinating exhibits, one on Indigenous language revitalization at Trent University and the other on everyday community heroes at Markham Museum. Finally we have two articles that we hope will inspire readers to see the connections between activism and archival work. Michelle A. Hamilton and Mark Hopkins write about resistance to massive anti-heritage measures taken at Halton Heritage Services and the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA) and Alexis Shotwell and Gary Kinsman answer questions about archiving activist movements through the AIDS Activist History project.

See you in the Winter 

Happy reading!

Isobel and Simon