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Home2024-11-11T09:32:29-05:00

SET THE RECORD QUEER and Keep Our Stories Alive!

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

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Call for Board Members

The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives is one of the largest LGBTQ2+ archives in the world and the only archive in Canada with a national mandate. Founded in 1973 and based in Toronto, we are expanding [...]

Jackie Shane Shines Bright in her own Heritage Moment

Directors, Ayo Tsalithaba and Pat Mills, joined The ArQuives intern, Dede, to discuss the challenges and triumphs of bring Jackie Shane’s story to the masses In 2022, I got to sit down and talk about [...]

101 Dewson St: More than a House

Former ArQuives intern, Dede, shares two important organizations that began a thirty minute walk from their Toronto home It begins at 101 Dewson Street, between Dovercourt Road and the east end of Dufferin Grove Park. [...]

Call for Spring Kinship Exhibit Participants

Kinship isn’t just about blood—it’s about the ties that sustain us, especially when the world feels unwelcoming. Call for participants! Do you identify as Canadian, trans*, and part of the Asian diaspora? Share your stories [...]

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