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Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative

January 1, 1900

Value

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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

Please note that funding for the Listen, Hear Our Voices initiative has concluded for the foreseeable future. No new applications are being accepted at this time. For the most current information regarding this program's status, please visit the official Library and Archives Canada website.

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