Living Human Memories
Introduction
Welcome to a place of remembering our past and honoring threads of continuity for our future. With the blessing of the CASC/ACSS Board, Doug Wilson and Margaret Clark have embarked on a project called – “Living Human Memories: Listening to the CASC/ACSS Story”.
The four objectives are:
- to develop a Book of Remembrance of deceased members of our Association
- to develop a Time Line in the History of our Association
- to record Interviews with current and former members with a view to both archiving these interviews and drawing upon them as a resource for research into our history
- to develop web space on the National website where members can post partial histories so that others can read, add and provide correctives as we co-construct a living memory of our Association.
With these objectives we need your help.
THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
We launched the Book of Remembrance at a Memorial Service that was part of the 2010 Convention in Banff, Alberta. Please follow the link to find “pages” from the Book of Remembrance for all of those who were remembered in this Service and those who have been added since.
All the information that we receive about each individual is recorded in the Book of Remembrance under that person’s name. The Book is kept at the National Office and brought to each Annual Meeting where, at the annual Memorial Service, a page for those who have died during the past year will be added to the Book of Remembrance.
If you know of a member who has died recently or one who died earlier and is not included in our Book of Remembrance please send their name to wilsondr@hotmail.com. Please enclose any information that you know about this person or the name of someone whom I could contact for further information.
Do not feel bound to complete all aspects of information outlined in this form. Many contributors to the 2009/2010 pages provided information in narrative form. In addition to recently deceased members, we continue to seek information about those from the past whom you knew as part of the Association’s history and/or as part of your personal and/or regional history. All submissions are welcomed and important in the development of the Book of Remembrance.
HISTORICAL TIME LINE
Plans are in process to develop this objective in the form of a blog so that our current CASC/ACSS members can participate in the development of dates, events, and stories about prominent local and/or regional and/or national Association people who have contributed to our history. Stay tuned for the launch of the Time Line in late summer or early autumn.
Partial CASC/ACSS Histories
Several partial histories have been gathered from among our membership. We are posting these here for you to share. As well, if others have short summaries of history relevant to your personal/professional interests, Region's history, or to our Association as a whole, please forward them to Doug or Margaret so that they too can be posted. These partial histories may include focused historical reflections on individuals, groups representative of our Association’s diversity (e.g. gender, culture, faith group, etc.) and the differing streams of learning within our Association (e.g. pastoral counseling, pastoral care, supervision, etc.).
Clinical Pastoral Education
Regional Areas of CASC/ACSS
Focused Historical Reflections
INTERVIEWS WITH CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS
In 2009 and early 2010, seven interviews were completed by Doug and Margaret. These will be stored at both the CASC/ACSS National Office and in our national Archives. As well, the “Honouring Women Event” that was part of the 2010 CAPPE/ACPEP National Convention was videotaped and will be stored in both locations. If you would like to have access to any of these materials, please contact Doug Wilson or Margaret Clark (see contact information below). There are additional people who will soon be invited to participate in this objective by being interviewed. Since this is a extensive task, and one that can best be developed through representation across the country, it is anticipated there will be a Workshop at the 2011 CASC/ACSS Convention in Toronto at which time Doug and Margaret will further outline this objective and seek out people in each Region to carry forward the interviewing process in their local contexts.
WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT
Jack Tattrie continues to be a generous and skilled resource within our Association for furthering development of this website location for the Living Human Memories Project. Both Doug and Margaret are sincerely grateful to Jack for his collaboration and expertise.
Contact Information
Further updates will be ongoing. If you have information on our history or questions about this project, please contact Margaret Clark margaret.clark@albertahealthservices.ca and/or Douglas Wilson wilsondr@hotmail.com.
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