2025 Dodds Prize Winner

Instituted in 2011, the Dodds Prize recognizes superior research and writing on an archival topic by a student enrolled in a Master's level archival studies program at a Canadian university. The award honours Gordon Dodds (1941–2010), first President of the ACA, and Archivaria's longest-serving general editor. 

Noa Sanders is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto, and their article was submitted by Jessica Lapp.

Noa's paper was published in the Spring 2026 issue of Archivaria. The citation reads: 

The 2025 Gordon Dodds Prize is awarded to Noa Sanders for an outstanding paper that advances archival theory through an original exploration of intergenerational dialogue and feminist archival practice. Drawing on the case of the Rise Up! Feminist Digital Archive, Sanders brings together critical archival studies, feminist theory, and anthropological concepts to challenge conventional understandings of community and demonstrate how archives can become spaces where contested histories remain visible, ethically negotiated, and politically productive. The selection committee praised the paper for its rigorous scholarship, theoretical sophistication, and compelling application of innovative concepts to archival practice, recognizing it as an important contribution to emerging archival thought.