Local Advisor
Raegan Swanson

Raegan serves as the Executive Director of the The Arquives, Canada’s LGBTQ2 + Archives. She holds a BA from Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface and a Masters of Information from the University of Toronto iSchool.

She has worked as an archivist at Library and Archives Canada, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute and as the Archival Advisor for the Council of Archives New Brunswick.

She is currently working on her PhD focusing on the role of community archives in Aboriginal and Inuit communities.

She is member of the Steering Committee on Canada’s Archives Taskforce to respond to the “Calls to Action” Report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.