Cultural Agreement with the National Archives of Ireland
Ian E. Wilson
Librarian and Archivist of Canada

On December 6, 2005, Library and Archives Canada signed a groundbreaking cultural agreement with the National Archives of Ireland (www.nationalarchives.ie) at a ceremony in Dublin. The agreement is to have the Irish Census records for 1901 and 1911 digitized, indexed and placed online for free access by the 70 million descendants of the worldwide Irish diaspora. Read more

Irish Studies Symposium, September 2006

To further address growing interest in the field of Irish-Canadian studies, and to showcase our national and international partnerships with leading figures in this field, Library and Archives Canada hosted an Irish Studies Symposium in September 2006. The symposium was open to the general public on Saturday, September 23, at the University of Ottawa Residential Complex, 90 University Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario. Read more