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Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative

February 23, 2024

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Total general administration costs cannot be more than 20% of the funding amount, which includes the 15% limit on project management fees.

Description

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is providing funding to support Indigenous nations, governments and non-profit organizations in:

  • digitizing existing documentary heritage related to Indigenous languages and cultures
  • building the skills, knowledge and resources needed to digitize and preserve documentary heritage related to Indigenous languages and cultures

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible to apply, you must be:

  • an Indigenous nation (First Nations, Inuit or Métis Nation)
  • Indigenous government
  • Indigenous non-profit organization

Examples include:

  • cultural centres
  • community organizations
  • historical societies
  • libraries or archives
  • museums
  • band council or a department within the nation’s Administration
  • First Nation, Inuit, or Métis Nation government organizations

Eligible Expenses

Types of expenses allowed:

  • digitization by your organization, a partner or a third-party
  • consultants and professional services related to digitization
  • purchase, rental or repair of equipment or software to digitize and preserve material
  • description, transcription and development of finding aids for materials being digitized within the project
  • shipping and insuring material
  • salaries and wages to finish your project
  • training and workshop activities
  • travel for project staff (must follow the National Joint Council’s Travel Directive)
  • honorariums and gifts of protocol to Indigenous Elders
  • general administration costs such as:
    • office supplies
    • long-distance telephone calls
    • postage
    • messenger services
    • project management fees (project budget and schedule oversight)cannot be more than 15% of funding you are requesting

Total general administration costs cannot be more than 20% of the funding amount, which includes the 15% limit on project management fees as noted above. For example:

  • Your organization is requesting $100,000 in LHOV funding. The project budget can include the following expenses:
  • Project management: budget and schedule oversight by Executive Director = $15,000
  • General administration: archival boxes; protective envelopes; shipping insurance = $5,000

Deadline Date

The application process is now closed.

Contact

Contact Name: Government of Canada

Phone Number: 1-833-711-9048 (toll-free)

E-mail Address: ecoutezentendrenosvoix-listenhearourvoices@bac-lac.gc.ca

Website: https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/services/funding-programs/listen-hear-our-voices/Pages/listen-hear-our-voices.aspx

Industry:

Indigenous, Non-Profit

Location:

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, USA, Yukon

Tags:

Cultural Heritage, museum

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