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), Black communities 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.
A/CA Nuit Blanche 2022 Online Catalogue
Over the last few months, we have been working to collect an assortment of documentation from all the projects that A/CA was involved in for Nuit Blanche Toronto 2022. We are delighted to now share all of this with you via this new online catalogue page.
Entangled Media Archeaologies TFMS online panel | Mar 24,4-5:30 pm EST
This upcoming free online panel from the Toronto Film and Media Seminar is being convened by A/CA members Cléo Sallis-Parchet and Em Barton and will be featuring A/CA member Aaron Tucker as one of the speakers.
New Member Spotlight: Almudena Escobar López
New A/CA member Almudena Escobar López—a Spanish-born curator, writer, and newly appointed Assistant Professor on Film History, Film Preservation and Collection Management at the School of Image Arts of the Toronto Metropolitan University—has severa
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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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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Toronto Living With AIDS (1990-1991) public access cable television series promotional poster, courtesy of David Plant/Trinity Square Video
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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