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
News and Events
Check out what's on at Archive/Counter-Archive below! Visit our News and Events page for complete listing.
Breakthroughs Film Festival and Archive/Counter-Archive Present: Screening | I Do But I Don't (Dir. Marlee Druker) | June 16-20, 2021
Archive/Counter-Archive will be co-presenting I DO, BUT I DON'T with
Archive/Counter-Archive Researchers Published in Spring 2021 Issue of Jump Cut
Congratulations to A/CA members Dr. Ryan Conrad, Dr. Brenda Longfellow and Dr. Dorit Naaman for getting published in the Spring 2021 issue of Jump Cut.
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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Friends of Shoal Lake 40, Water Action, Jan. 2017, Reflects in Water stencil series, ongoing, artist: Leah Decter, funded by Winnipeg Arts Council.
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Survival of the Delirious, 1988, 15:00, by Michael Balser and Andy Fabo
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Arnait Video Productions
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GIV - Paysage (Eugenie Cliche, 2011)
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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