Research Tools: A Comprehensive Digital Archive with Data About Tornadoes in Canada Launches Online

From the CBC:

A trove of documents detailing more than two centuries of tornado events in Canada is now available to anyone with an internet connection.

The files were housed in Environment Canada’s archives, and have been digitized and posted online as part of a multi-year project spearheaded by the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) at Western University in London, Ont.

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The archive’s namesake collected most of the material in the 1970s and 1980s while working as a meteorologist with Environment Canada.

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The documents were digitized by Environment Canada and sent to NTP, which added metadata to the files before uploading them to the website of Western Libraries. As of now, only files for Ontario events have been uploaded, but the rest will be made available over the coming months.

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The Michael Newark Digitized Tornado Archive is the result of years of dedicated efforts to preserve and make accessible Canada’s rich history of tornado data, most of which was originally compiled by the archive’s namesake Michael Newark.

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“This project is especially important from an access standpoint. The digitized files are not only preserved but are openly available for anyone to access on a platform that’s easy for users to navigate. This archive draws a direct line between past and present approaches to tornado research by providing invaluable historical context that compliments the ongoing work of the Northern Tornadoes Project,” said Western Libraries assistant Arielle Vanderschans, who worked on the project.

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