Tips for success

The DHCP Regional Ambassador provides information and practical support to assist Indigenous organizations and organizations in remote areas with their applications.

Carmen Miedema is a Plains Cree woman from Peepeekisis Cree Nation and the mother of four grown children. She has a Master's Degree in Archival Studies from the University of Manitoba and is in the third year of her PhD in the Indigenous Studies Department at the University of Manitoba. Carmen's professional passions concentrate on Indigenous ownership of knowledge, specifically in regard to the knowledge held in settler institutions, archival repatriation, true community engagement, and the rights of Indigenous women.

To get support from the Regional Ambassador, please contact the DHCP team.

Find definitions for the terms we use frequently.

• Contribution agreement general terms and conditions
• DCHP External Advisory Committee
• Digitization Project Checklist (PDF 548 KB)
• Guide on the public acknowledgement of financial assistance from Library and Archives Canada
• Guidelines on file formats for transferring information resources of enduring value

• Canada Revenue Agency: Places located in prescribed zones (for applicants in remote areas)
• Greater Victoria Community Funders' Network: Grant Writing Handbook (pp. 4-12) (PDF 909 KB)
• National Joint Council Travel Directive
• Tips for Better Grant Applications
• Writing a Grant Proposal (PDF 237 KB)

• Canadian Heritage Information Network: Digitizing Intangible Cultural Heritage
• Canadian Heritage Information Network: Documentary Heritage Project Resources
• Canadian Heritage Information Network: Museum Collections Documentation (video)
• Canadian Oral History Association: Oral history resources
• Concordia University: Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling
• Conseil québécois du patrimoine vivant : La T.A.U.P.E. (French only)
• University of British Columbia: Indigitization Toolkit
• University of British Columbia: Oral history and tradition in Indigenous communities
• University of London: Remote oral history interviewing during the Covid-19 pandemic

Applicants may also seek funding from these federal government programs:

• Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage
• Canada Cultural Investment Fund
• Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
• Canada Council for the Arts—Grants
• Canada History Fund
• Commemorate Canada program
• Digital Museums Canada
• Funding—Culture, history and sport
• Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program
• Listen, Hear Our Voices funding
• Museums Assistance Program
• Official Languages Support Programs
• RBC Indigenous Internship Program
• Young Canada Works