Tracking LGBT Liberation in Canada

“This presentation introduces Don McLeod’s chronology, Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada 1964-1981. We outline the stakes and process of transforming the chronology into a digital resource for search, pattern recognition, and integration with local Canadian Studies resources and the semantic web.”

Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada

                      

We are three members of the Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada team: Constance Crompton (PhD), Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities at University of British Columbia, Okanagan; Michelle Schwartz (MLIS), Michelle Schwartz (MLIS) Research Fellow at the Centre for Digital Humanities at Ryerson University; and Donald McLeod (MLS), Head, Book and Serials Acquisitions, University of Toronto and archivist at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.

Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada website: http://lglc.library.utoronto.ca/

Michelle Schwartz: http://www.lackingauthoritycontrol.com/ Twitter: @michelinaneri

Constance Crompton: http://constancecrompton.com/ Twitter: @clkcrompton

Constance, Donald and Michelle will be speaking on day three of the conference.