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.
Behind the Lens - WHITEWASH: Nadine Valcin in conversation with Debbie Ebanks Schlums
Archive/Counter-Archive is partnering with Breakthroughs Film Festival for BEHIND THE LENS - a series of screenings and talkbacks with IBPOC filmm
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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Nova Scotia Film Bureau Logo. Grounds For Fishing. Directed by Margaret Perry, 1955. Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives film no. Fc 51
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Women in Focus Society, from the Crista Dahl Media Archive, VIVO
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Redsky family, archival photograph, Angelina Redsky.
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GIV - Recommended Daily Allowance (Diyan Achjadi, 2002)
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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