Living Archives

Voices recorded with fidelity and archival rigor

First-person testimonies, traditional knowledge, and community dialogues preserved across Canadian regions for public access.

1,400+

hours recorded

42

regional partners

3 generations

in dialogue

Archival Series

Regional dialogues and living histories

Pacific Coast

Intergenerational fisheries and shorelines

Elder fishers and youth document decades of coastal ecological shifts through paired interviews on wooden docks.

Prairie Voices

Homestead memories and oral traditions

First-person testimonies from agricultural settlements capturing early cooperative farming and cultural preservation.

Northern Boreal

Language preservation and forest narratives

Community-led documentation recording seasonal land stewardship, Indigenous plant knowledge, and ancestral songs.

Field Note

When you hand a teenager the microphone and tell them to simply listen to their grandfather's stories without interrupting, the entire room changes. The archive isn't just on the tape; it's in the quiet space they shared.

Martha George, Elder and Regional Project Lead

Co-host an oral history initiative in your community

We partner with local historical societies, libraries, and cultural organizations to provide equipment training, ethical archiving protocols, and broadcast-ready digital publishing.