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, women, LGBT2Q+ and immigrant communities. Political, resistant, and community-based, counter-archives disrupt conventional narratives and enrich our histories.

activating Canada's audiovisual heritage

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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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Margaret Perry and the Nova Scotia Film Bureau Films
Spider web. Glooscap Country. Directed by Margaret Perry, 1961. Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives film no. Fc 48

Spider web. Glooscap Country. Directed by Margaret Perry, 1961. Nova Scotia Information Services Nova Scotia Archives film no. Fc 48

AIDS Activist Media: Toronto Living with AIDS & Second Decade
Film Still - Survival of the Delirious, 1988, 15:00, by Michael Balser and Andy Fabo

Survival of the Delirious, 1988, 15:00, by Michael Balser and Andy Fabo

Gendered Violence: Responses and Remediations
Women in Focus Society, from the Crista Dahl Media Archive, VIVO

Women in Focus Society, from the Crista Dahl Media Archive, VIVO

Through Feminist Lenses: Women and Video Works at Groupe Intervention Vidéo
GIV - Les Marcheuses (Anne Golden, Petunia Alves, Stella Valiani, 1995)

GIV - Les Marcheuses (Anne Golden, Petunia Alves, Stella Valiani, 1995)

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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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