This workshop will introduce attendees to archival research and provide tools for using archives in research. The workshop is built around two (2) themes:

• archival research about work and
• successes and challenges in doing archival research. Panelists will speak from experiences as archivists with expertise in social history, women's work and ship building as well as an academic research at archives in UK and Canada.

Panelists

Kritee Ahmed, B.PAPM, MA, Full-time Faculty in the Department of Humanities at Social Sciences at Centennial College.

Emma Robinson, BA, MI, Archivist at the Archives of Ontario, specializing in Social History.

Heather Garrett, BA, MA, Part-time Faculty in the Department of Sociology at York University.

Michael Moir, BA, MA, University Archivist and Head, Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections at York University Libraries