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SUMMARY:On Our Own Terms: Femme life and culture in Toronto\, 1990-2000
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Chloë Brushwood Rose and Andi Schwartz\n& The ArQuives Curatorial Committee \nDuring the 1990s\, Toronto was an epicentre for dialogue around queer femme culture and identity and for diverse femme cultural production and political organizing. On Our Own Terms: Femme Life and Culture in Toronto\, 1990-2000 explores the proliferation of queer and trans femme politics and culture in 1990s Toronto through archival materials and close to 50 oral history interviews with 24 queer and trans femme narrators. \nThe On Our Own Terms exhibit highlights key themes\, experiences\, and events that emerged across the oral interviews. Using a combination of archival materials and excerpts from our narrators’ stories\, this exhibit explores femme identity\, friendship\, sexuality\, and cultural production in 1990s Toronto. \nPlease join us for an opening reception on Thursday\, September 24 from 6pm – 8pm. \nRuns September 24 to October 18. \nOpen times and dates:\nFridays 4pm-8pm\nSaturdays 11am-3pm\nSundays 11am-3pm \nOr by appointment – email curatorial@arquives.ca \nPlan your visit to The ArQuives
URL:https://arquives.ca/event/on-our-own-terms/
LOCATION:The ArQuives\, 34 Isabella Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M4Y 1N1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Current Exhibits,Events,Featured
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SUMMARY:Curatorial Committee Info Night
DESCRIPTION:Meet the Curatorial Committee and learn about volunteering at The ArQuives! \nThe ArQuives is looking for volunteers to join our Curatorial Committee as curators. We will be hosting a drop-in info night\, for anyone interested in learning more about the committee. Stop by to meet current volunteers\, talk about upcoming projects\, ask questions\, and check out our current exhibition. \nWe are looking for emerging/new curators who are interested in working with both contemporary art and archival material and who enjoy working with other curators and artists as a collective.
URL:https://arquives.ca/event/curatorial-committee-info-night/
LOCATION:The ArQuives\, 34 Isabella Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M4Y 1N1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Putting Femme Stories on the Map
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will feature the curators of the On Our Own Terms exhibition discussing the importance of making femme stories visible in the queer archives and elsewhere\, linking queer oral history to queer geography. They will share details about their project and exhibition at the ArQuives and offer a preview of their newest project\, which maps femme stories from the oral histories they collected onto the geography of Toronto using a multimedia digital story map (uMap).
URL:https://arquives.ca/event/putting-femme-stories-on-the-map/
LOCATION:Online\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Events,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261008T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261008T200000
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SUMMARY:Juxtaposition Poetry Collective Writing Circle
DESCRIPTION:Refer to Juxtaposition Poetry Collection’s social media or webpage to register!
URL:https://arquives.ca/event/juxtaposition-poetry-collective/2026-10-08/
LOCATION:The ArQuives\, 34 Isabella Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M4Y 1N1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Events,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Church-Wellesley Village Tour - October 10\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Church-Wellesley Village Tour covers 2SLGBTQIA+ history\, focusing on the Church-Wellesley Village in Toronto. \n\nThe tour will meet at The ArQuives (34 Isabella St). \n\nPay what you can.
URL:https://arquives.ca/event/church-wellesley-village-tour-october-10-2026/
LOCATION:The ArQuives\, 34 Isabella Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M4Y 1N1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Featured,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261021T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261021T193000
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SUMMARY:Church-Wellesley Village Tour - October 21\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Church-Wellesley Village Tour covers 2SLGBTQIA+ history\, focusing on the Church-Wellesley Village in Toronto. \n\nThe tour will meet at The ArQuives (34 Isabella St). \n\nPay what you can.
URL:https://arquives.ca/event/church-wellesley-village-tour-october-21-2026/
LOCATION:The ArQuives\, 34 Isabella Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M4Y 1N1\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261022T183000
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SUMMARY:Queer Trivia Night - Queer & Spooky
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our next queer trivia night at Church St. Garage\, Toronto! First question at 6:30pm. Come early to ensure you get a seat! \nThis month’s theme is: QUEER & SPOOKY \nNo cover. No registration required. \nTeams encouraged but not necessary. If you don’t already have a team\, we’ll match you up with one\, or you can take us on solo.
URL:https://arquives.ca/event/queer-trivia-night-queer-spooky/
LOCATION:Church St. Garage\, 477 Church Street\, Toronto\, M4Y 2C6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Events,Featured,Trivia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261024T170000
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SUMMARY:Liens communautaires - Montréal
DESCRIPTION:Contribuez à façonner l’avenir des ArQuives !\nLes ArQuives: Les archives 2SLGBTQIA+ du Canada entrent dans une nouvelle ère excitante. Avec Liens Communautaires : Notre avenir ensemble\, nous vous invitons à contribuer à façonner notre avenir. \nNous souhaitons entendre les membres de la communauté 2SLGBTQIA+ qui sont déjà ou pourraient être intéressés·ées par notre programmation ; des chercheurs·euses\, des universitaires et des représentants·es des médias qui utilisent déjà ou pourraient utiliser les collections Les ArQuives dans le cadre de leur travail ; et des organisations partenaires\, notamment des bibliothèques\, des archives\, des musées\, des organisations artistiques et patrimoniales\, des institutions culturelles et d’autres organisations 2SLGBTQIA+. \nToutes les consultations auront lieu dans des lieux physiquement accessibles. Des aménagements supplémentaires en matière d’accessibilité sont disponibles sur demande via le formulaire d’inscription ou en contactant le coordinateur du projet\, Nico Mara-McKay. \nL’espace et les honoraires sont limités. La confirmation de participation et les informations seront envoyées à une semaine de la séance de consultation. \nEnregistrez-vous maintenant en complétant ce court questionnaire. \nLes ArQuives valorise la diversité et s’engage à remédier aux inégalités historiques au sein de son organisation. Nous encourageons spécifiquement la participation des communautés 2SLGBTQIA+ qui ont été systématiquement marginalisées\, y compris les autochtones\, les femmes\, les trans\, les non-binaires\, les personnes non-conformes au genre\, les personnes Noirs·es\, les personnes de couleur\, les nouveaux·elles arrivants·es au Canada et les personnes en situation de handicap. Nous espérons avoir un large éventail de conversations\, y compris avec de jeunes adultes et des membres plus âgés·ées de nos communautés. \nLes participants·es en personne recevront un honoraire de 50 dollars\, envoyé par e-transfer ou par chèque à l’issue de la consultation.
URL:https://arquives.ca/event/liens-communautaires-montreal/
LOCATION:Montréal\, Montréal\, PQ\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Events,Featured
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