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Community Consultations: Report of Activities and Outcomes

Multicultural Initiatives, Strategic Office
Library and Archives Canada
August 2006

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Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

1.1 Methodology

1.2 Outcomes

1.2.1 Cultural Communities

1.2.2 Service Providers

1.3 Implications for LAC

2. Introduction

2.1 Library and Archives Canada's Consultation Process

2.1.1 Background: Setting the Stage for Consultation

2.2 Multicultural Initiatives' Cultural Community Consultations

2.2.1 Consultation Structure and Highlights

3. Consultations with Service Providers

3.1 Consultation Structure

3.2 Consultation Outcomes

3.2.1 Library Collections

3.3 Service Provider Challenges

3.3.1 Libraries

3.3.2 Archives

3.4 Relationship with LAC

3.5 Roles for LAC

3.6 Specific Recommendations for Library and Archives Canada

3.7 Connecting with the Service Provider Community

4. Community-Specific Focus Groups

4.1 Focus Group Structure

5. South Asian Community Consultation, Surrey, BC

5.1 South Asian Community in Surrey

5.2 Perspectives on Libraries and Archives

5.2.1 Libraries

5.2.2 Archives

5.3 Relationship with LAC

5.4 Roles for LAC

5.5 Key Messages Emerging from the South Asian Community Consultation

6. Chinese Community Consultation, Vancouver, BC

6.1 Perspectives on Libraries and Archives

6.1.1 Libraries

6.1.2 Archives

6.2 Relationship with LAC

6.3 Roles for LAC

6.4 Key Messages Emerging from the Chinese Community Consultation

6.5 Connecting with the Chinese Community in Vancouver

7. Somali Community Consultation, Ottawa, ON

7.1 Somali Community in Ottawa

7.2 Perspectives on Libraries and Archives

7.2.1 Libraries

7.2.2 Libraries: Barriers to Access

7.2.3 Archives

7.3 Somali-Canadian Publishing

7.4 Relationship with LAC

7.5 Key Messages Emerging from the Somali Community Consultation

7.6 Connecting with the Somali Community in Ottawa

8. Black Anglophone Community Consultation, Montréal, QC

8.1 Black Anglophone Community in Montréal

8.2 Perspectives on Libraries and Archives

8.2.1 Libraries

8.2.2 Archives

8.3 Relationship with LAC

8.4 Roles for LAC

8.5 Key Messages Emerging from the Black Anglophone Community Consultation

8.6 Connecting with the Black Anglophone Community in Montréal

9. Haitian Community Consultation, Montréal, QC

9.1 Haitian Community in Montréal

9.2 Perspectives on Libraries and Archives

9.3 Relationship with LAC

9.4 Roles for LAC

9.5 Key Messages Emerging from the Haitian Community Consultation

9.6 Connecting with the Haitian Community in Montréal

10. Italian Community Consultation, Ottawa, ON

10.1 Italian Community in Ottawa

10.2 Perspectives on Libraries and Archives

10.2.1 Libraries

10.2.2 Archives

10.3 Relationship with LAC

10.4 Roles for LAC

11. Consultation Outcomes

11.1 Cultural Communities

11.2 Service Provider Communities

11.3 Implications for Library and Archives Canada

11.3.1 Mediated Access to Canadians

11.3.2 Empowering Communities

11.3.3 Enhancing Diversity in LAC Programs, Collections and Services

11.3.4 Strategic Challenges for LAC

Conclusion

APPENDIX A: Acknowledgements

APPENDIX B: List of Participants

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