Welcome to Archive/Counterarchive
Archive/Counter-Archive is a project dedicated to activating and remediating audiovisual archives created by Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Métis, Inuit), the Black community and People of Colour, womxn, LGBT2Q+ and immigrant communities. Political, resistant, and community-based, counter-archives disrupt conventional narratives and enrich our histories.
activating Canada's audiovisual image heritage
News and Events
Check out what's on at Archive/Counter-Archive below! Visit our News and Events page for complete listing.
Working Papers Series: Ana Rita Morais | Remediating the [AR]chival Impulse
Join us for another online iteration of the Archive/Counter-Archive Working Papers Series, which brings together PhD students from different Universities to hear about exciting doctoral research in the area of archival studies. Our first speaker this term is Dr. Ana Rita Morais, who has recently defended her dissertation from the joint Communication and Culture Program at York and Ryerson University. Ana Rita’s talk will be followed by a Q&A with the audience, moderated by our student organizers, Michael Marlatt and Caroline Klimek.
A Filmmaker in Focus: Alison Duke
Case Studies
Our Case Studies examine a range of themes, media, histories, and geographies through a selection of Canadian, community-based, and independent archives and collections.
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Redsky family, archival photograph, Angelina Redsky.
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GIV - Les Autres/Women and AIDS/HIV (Anne Golden, 1991)
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Film Still: I Will Not Think About Death Anymore (dir. Irene Buncel, 1994)
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CFMDC Come Down screening
Working Groups
Working Groups provide a resource for the Case Studies and extend the research through papers, policy recommendations, workshops, exhibitions, and public talks.
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