Open AccessNobody Wins: The inequitable certification of archival materials as cultural property by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board
Author(s) -
Olivia White
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the ijournal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2561-7397
DOI - 10.33137/ijournal.v7i1.37900
Subject(s) - certification , cultural property , indigenous , value (mathematics) , government (linguistics) , disadvantage , property (philosophy) , business , nobody , intellectual property , public relations , political science , law , cultural heritage , computer security , computer science , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , machine learning , biology
The Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board (CCPERB) was founded by the Government of Canada in 1977 to establish an idealized framework to value and certify items of significant cultural value. This research explores the CCPERB's time-consuming application process and rigid monetary appraisal criteria to demonstrate how the Board discourages the certification of archival material. Emphasizing the fair market value (FMV) of archives through sales data also places Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) creators, as well as digital records, at a disadvantage for certification. Reforming CCPERB’s processes requires an open dialogue with archival stakeholders to ensure the equitable certification of all forms of cultural property in Canada.