Hodgson, Nathalie

Nathalie Hodgson was born in Joliette, Québec. A graduate of Université de Montréal, she holds a BA in Études Françaises (1987), a Certificat en Archivistique (1988) and a Certificat en Gestion de l’information numérique (2007). Nathalie started her professional career at Concordia University in November 1988 as a contractual archivist to process the Alex Robertson Collection (now at Special Collections). At the end of her contract, in April 1989, she was appointed Archivist, Records Officer and was mainly responsible for developing Concordia’s first retention plan with colleague Vincent Ouellette newly hired in July 1988. Over the years, Nathalie was also responsible for developing and updating the Records Management and Archives (RMA) website. She represented the archives in many Concordia events, namely during Homecoming celebrations. Over the years, Nathalie developed an expertise in preservation, giving workshop to new archives staff to handle archival materials. She was also instrumental in developing several databases for the description of Concordia’s archival holdings.
The most recent one, inaugurated in October 2015, was the result of a joint effort between the Concordia archives ant the library’s special collections. Nathalie worked closely with special collections curator Alexandra Mills, for the creation of a shared catalogue describing Concordia’s archives and the library’s special collections. The same year, she became Lead, Historical Archives, overseeing the activities and projects of the historical archives team such as the acquisition, processing and access of institutional and private fonds. She was also instrumental in creating RMA's digital preservation strategy.
In 2019, Nathalie participated in RMA’s move in their new facilities in the Faubourg building, namely in planning the organization of the new vault and working spaces.
She was an active member of several groups and associations in the archival community, such as the Group of Archivist of the region of Montreal (GARM), the Réseau des archives du Québec (RAQ), and the Association des archivistes du Québec (AAQ). She is also the author of several articles in journals such as Archives and Archivaria.

Created 2021-05-20