The ArQuives (formally the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives) acquires, preserves, protects and gives public access to information related to the LGBTQ2+ experience in Canada. Our goal is to be a significant resource and catalyst for those who strive for a future world where LGBTQ2+ people are accepted, valued, and celebrated. Founded in 1973, The… Continue Reading
The ArQuives National Portrait Collection was founded in 1998 in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the organization. The collection includes 75 portraits of people who have made a significant impact on Canada’s LGBTQ2+ community. The ArQuives is pleased to announce the induction of 4 new members to our National Portrait Collection: El-Farouk Khaki, David… Continue Reading
The sun is finally out. The mercury has finally risen. It’s time to shake the spiders off that neglected patio set and take advantage of a warm summer morning the best way we know how: brunch! Continue Reading
Moondragon in the Mosque Garden, written by partners El-Farouk Khaki and Troy Jackson, is another lovely children’s book published by Flamingo Rampant. Continue Reading
Come and help us celebrate the official opening of The ArQuive’s ramp and lift! Date: Saturday, June 15, 2019 Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm Guest Speakers 1:00pm – 1:30pm Location: The ArQuives, 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, ON M4Y 1N1 This event will acknowledge the financial support of the Federal Government, Ontario Trillium Foundation, The City of… Continue Reading
Vivek Shraya’s work spans multiple mediums including music, film work, visual art, and fiction, but my first exposure to her voice was in her powerful book I’m Afraid of Men. Continue Reading
The ArQuives is thankful for a large and generous donation from Inside Out, Canada’s not-for-profit LGBTQ film festival. Continue Reading
In 2018 The ArQuives welcomed 14 interns to assist with arrangement and description projects, communications, programming, and many other day to day tasks. Continue Reading
Nadine Arpin, 2 Spirit, Red River, Michif filmmaker living in Sioux Lookout is noted for telling stories that blur the lines between legend, memory and truth, using mix media, found footage and animation to create a hybrid cinematic experience. Her work has been screened at imagineNATIVE, Skabmagovat – indigenous peoples’ film festival, Winnipeg Aboriginal Film… Continue Reading
Eve Zaremba’s 1987 novel Work for a Million,one of a series of six detective novels,is being adapted into a graphic novel and published by Bedside Press. Bedside’s Publisher and Comics Historian Hope Nicholson jumped at the opportunity to reimagine Zaremba’s story and her unique and no-nonsense PI Helen Keremos as the Work for a Million… Continue Reading
The ArQuives (formally the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives) acquires, preserves, protects and gives public access to information related to the LGBTQ2+ experience in Canada. Our goal is to be a significant resource and catalyst for those who strive for a future world where LGBTQ2+ people are accepted, valued, and celebrated. Founded in 1973, The… Continue Reading
The ArQuives National Portrait Collection was founded in 1998 in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the organization. The collection includes 75 portraits of people who have made a significant impact on Canada’s LGBTQ2+ community. The ArQuives is pleased to announce the induction of 4 new members to our National Portrait Collection: El-Farouk Khaki, David… Continue Reading
The sun is finally out. The mercury has finally risen. It’s time to shake the spiders off that neglected patio set and take advantage of a warm summer morning the best way we know how: brunch! Continue Reading
Moondragon in the Mosque Garden, written by partners El-Farouk Khaki and Troy Jackson, is another lovely children’s book published by Flamingo Rampant. Continue Reading
Come and help us celebrate the official opening of The ArQuive’s ramp and lift! Date: Saturday, June 15, 2019 Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm Guest Speakers 1:00pm – 1:30pm Location: The ArQuives, 34 Isabella Street, Toronto, ON M4Y 1N1 This event will acknowledge the financial support of the Federal Government, Ontario Trillium Foundation, The City of… Continue Reading
Vivek Shraya’s work spans multiple mediums including music, film work, visual art, and fiction, but my first exposure to her voice was in her powerful book I’m Afraid of Men. Continue Reading
The ArQuives is thankful for a large and generous donation from Inside Out, Canada’s not-for-profit LGBTQ film festival. Continue Reading
In 2018 The ArQuives welcomed 14 interns to assist with arrangement and description projects, communications, programming, and many other day to day tasks. Continue Reading
Nadine Arpin, 2 Spirit, Red River, Michif filmmaker living in Sioux Lookout is noted for telling stories that blur the lines between legend, memory and truth, using mix media, found footage and animation to create a hybrid cinematic experience. Her work has been screened at imagineNATIVE, Skabmagovat – indigenous peoples’ film festival, Winnipeg Aboriginal Film… Continue Reading
Eve Zaremba’s 1987 novel Work for a Million,one of a series of six detective novels,is being adapted into a graphic novel and published by Bedside Press. Bedside’s Publisher and Comics Historian Hope Nicholson jumped at the opportunity to reimagine Zaremba’s story and her unique and no-nonsense PI Helen Keremos as the Work for a Million… Continue Reading
The ArQuives (Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives) invites you to the 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM). When: Monday, May 6, 2019 at 6:00 pm Where: The ArQuives, 34 Isabella Street, Toronto ON M4Y 1N1 Who: Any member of the public is invited to attend. Members will be eligible to participate fully in AGM business. Members… Continue Reading
The ArQuives (formally the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives) is hiring an Archives Assistant (YCW) for a 12-week term, beginning June 3, 2019. The position will expose the student to a variety of archival situations designed to improve skills and allow the Archives to improve public access to its rich holdings of LGBTQ2+ heritage. The… Continue Reading
When you open Ride, Queer, Ride! you are immediately met with several pages of black and white photography… Continue Reading
Meet some of our volunteers who helped to make this year’s gala beyond successful… Continue Reading
From the beginning The ArQuives was aware of the impact and value of digital technology. Continue Reading
In March 2019, The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives changed its name… Continue Reading
Our 9 person Board of Directors includes a team of active and engaged LGBTQ2+ activists, community builders, historians, archivists, and others committed to Keeping Our Stories Alive. Continue Reading
This collection is one crucial step to fill in the archival silences of missing Indigenous histories – too many of which are already lost. Continue Reading
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice is a compilation of essays that the artist/ author/ activist has written over the course of the last eight or so years… Continue Reading
This spring the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives is embracing change and a new name: The ArQuives Continue Reading
Telephone: 416-777-2755
Email: queeries@arquives.ca
Street Address:
34 Isabella Street
Toronto, ON M4Y 1N1
Mailing Address:
The ArQuives
P.O. Box 699
663A Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M4Y 1Z9
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Friday
NOTE TO RESEARCHERS:
Some of our materials are
stored off site. Before visiting the archives, please send us an email
at
queeries@arquives.ca listing in
detail the topics and sources that you wish to consult and we will let you
know when they will be available. We aim to
respond to email inquiries within 4 business days.
The ArQuives is located on the lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Haudenosaunee, the Anishnaabe and the Huron-Wendat. Today, Toronto is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.
The ArQuives strives to gather the stories of the unheard and silenced voices of the 2SLGBTQ+ first peoples of this land. We acknowledge that some stories have already been lost, and we aim to ensure that those that remain and those that are to come are preserved for the future.