Preserving our heritage: a guided visit to the Edmonton Archives
KAYANOU at the City of Edmonton Archives: preserving the traces of our communities of African and Caribbean descent.
July 22, 2026, 1 minute read
As part of the “Routes & Pathways” project, a KAYANOU delegation visited the City of Edmonton Archives on July 22.
Guided with passion by archivist Jia Jia Yong, participants explored the workings of heritage preservation and studied historical documents showing the presence and the contribution of communities of African and Caribbean descent in Alberta.
This initiative is an essential step toward lasting institutional ties with the municipal Archives, so that the stories of Black Francophone and Indigenous communities find their full place in the official memory of our province.