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The article talks about the qualities of a leader needed at the federal institution Library and Archives Canada (LAC). The resignation of Doctor Daniel Caron as National Librarian and Archivist is mentioned. According to the author, the Canadian Library Association (CLA) believes that LAC needs a leader who is visionary, passionate and will build positive relationships with the library and archival communities. The author also mentions the move by CLA to create advocacy tools for its members.

The article reports that the Nunavut Sivuniksavut, an Ottawa-based training program for recent Nunavutmiut secondary school graduates, has undertaken to identify the subjects of some of the hundreds of thousands of historical photographs of Inuit in the collection of the National Archives of Canada. It mentions that the photographs, taken mostly in the first half of the 20th century, were accompanied by information about the location and general subject matter. It notes that the students will approach elders in northern communities, hoping to identify people in some of the photographs in the archival collection. It declares that the students chose the photograph identification project as the research component of their program, which aims at preparing them for post-secondary education.