Paul Henry
City Archivist at City of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul J. Henry is a seasoned City Archivist in Ottawa with nearly 30 years of experience preserving and promoting civic and national memory. Trained in Canadian and French-Canadian history at Queen’s University, he has led major archival programs at Library and Archives Canada, the Department of National Defence, and the City of Ottawa, where he directed the Ottawa Central Archives project. A recognized leader in the profession, he is a certified archivist, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, recipient of multiple national awards, and a past-president and editor within the Archives Association of Ontario. He combines hands-on archival description and digitization expertise with strategic governance work—serving on national and international standards committees and holding a Specialist in Information Governance designation. Known for turning ideas into results, he also appears regularly in media on archival and local-history issues, underscoring his role as both practitioner and public advocate.
11 years of coding experience
History, History at Queen's UniversityParkside High School
English, French
Github Skills (20)
reminder9
astronomical-algorithms8
linux8
hebrew8
momentjs7
macos7
icalendar6
unix5
bsd4
browser3
javascript2
gopher2
internet2
windows1
websocket1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cpjhenry/emacs.d
Feb 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:446 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
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