Mina Guan (she/her) is an aspiring information professional currently pursuing a Master of Archival Studies and Library and Information Studies at UBC. With the FOCAS project, she is conducting archive feasibility research for Hogan’s Alley Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to amplifying the presence of Black history in Vancouver and British Columbia. Intentionality, relationships, and care are core values in Mina’s information practice. Her research background in Chinese heritage language maintenance and experiences in various galleries and museums have informed her interests in equitable descriptive metadata, archives and libraries for language preservation, and accessible heritage information.
