BE A GUARDIAN OF QUEER MEMORY and Keep Our Stories Alive!

Free Activating Queer History in the Classroom Workshops for Educators across Canada this November 2025

Join us for free online workshops highlighting the rich primary source materials held at our archive! We’ll introduce participants to our Education Resources and archival collections, with guidance and frameworks for integrating them into your teaching practice.

Atlantic Workshop

For educators in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island

November 19, 2025

5:00-6:30pm Atlantic Time

Central Workshop

For educators in Manitoba, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Yukon

November 19, 2025

5:00-6:30pm Central Time

Eastern Workshop

For educators in Nunavut, Ontario, and Quebec

November 26, 2025

5:00-6:30pm Eastern Time

Western Workshop

For educators in Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and Yukon

November 26, 2025

5:00-6:30pm Mountain Time

Keeping Our Stories Alive

The ArQuives was established to aid in the recovery and preservation of our histories. Its mandate is to: Acquire, preserve, organize, and give public access to information and materials in any medium, by and about LGBTQ2+ people, primarily produced in or concerning Canada; and Maintain a research library, international research files, and an international collection of queer and trans periodicals.

The ArQuives is the largest independent LGBTQ2+ Archives in the world and since 1973 the only LGBTQ2+ archives in Canada with a national scope, read further about our history and mission.

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Education Resources

Our Education Resources were developed and crafted to support educators in incorporating queer and trans perspectives into Grade 9-12 English and History curricula.

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ArQuives Collection

Our Collection can be searched online. Search by keyword, collection, organization, person, media, artifact type, among other options.

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Our Exhibits

Our current and past Exhibitions are listed on our programming page here. Check out our online Digital Exhibitions anytime.

What’s New

Activating Queer History in the Classroom with The ArQuives

Join us for free online workshops highlighting the rich primary source materials held at our archive! We’ll introduce participants to our Education Resources and archival collections, with guidance and frameworks for integrating them into your teaching practice. Workshop description: [...]

Intern Reflections

My name is Ghost Mitchell, and I am a nonbinary undergraduate student in my third year of university courses at The University of Toronto. I am a double major in both Drama and Sexual Diversity [...]

Job Posting – Education Consultant

Located in Toronto, Ontario, The ArQuives is one of the largest 2SLGBTQIA+ archives in the world. Primarily a volunteer-run organization focusing on Canadian content, The ArQuives acquires, preserves, and provides public access to information and [...]

Programming

The ArQuives House Tour – November 11, 2025

November 11 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Gendertrash from Hell launch

November 12 @ 6:45 pm - 11:00 pm

Juxtaposition Poetry Collective Writing Circle

November 13 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Our Partners

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