Digital Exhibits
Windsor-Essex Queer History Timeline
- This timeline features a comprehensive and chronological overview of significant events and information about local queer history. Dating back to the 18th century, it includes many notable ‘firsts’ that occurred in this region.
AIDS Committee of Windsor (ACW) Historic Timeline by Walter Cassidy
- Outlining the impacts that the AIDS epidemic had in Windsor, this timeline includes the efforts and activism of the AIDS Committee of Windsor (now Pozitive Pathways) in response to this crisis.
The Canadian Encyclopedia: LBGTQ2 History Timeline
- Offering both a timeline and overview of Canadian queer history, this Canadian Encyclopedia resource shares notable events and people in law, politics, arts, media, and culture.
Coming Up Aces: Asexual Voices in the Archives
- Using materials and zines from The ArQuives, this digital exhibition showcases the rich history of asexual experiences and stories in Canada.
Trans Health Care Activism in Ontario, 1998-2008
- A collection of oral histories and information regarding gender confirmation surgery (GCS) and gender-affirming healthcare in Ontario can be found on this site. Its focus is on activist responses to the removal of GCS from healthcare coverage under Ontario's health care plan, leading to its reinstatement.
- This digital archive serves as a hub for collections, material, and projects about transgender history from across the world.
- The personal records and photographs of Harold Desmarais, a prominent local queer activist and advocate, are included in this archival fonds from The ArQuives.
LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory
- Serving as as a digital hub for oral histories, projects, and interviews across North America, this resource preserves histories, stories, and lived experiences of queer individuals and groups.
The Edmonton Queer History Project
- Designed to document what queer life was like in Edmonton over the past 50+ years, this project is an excellent example of how history can be told, shared, and preserved. Its archive links to many relevant resources.
Archive/Counter-Archive (A/CA)
- This project features collections, resources, and knowledge from historically marginalized communities, including Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Métis, Inuit), Black communities and People of Colour, women, LGBT2Q+ and immigrant communities. It serves a way to combat traditional forms of knowledge sharing that often overlook these communities.
- A collaboration between the Royal Ontario Museum and The ArQuives, this project explores the concept of a family from a queer lens — looking at both biological and chosen families. This collection includes over 17000 photographs, albums, videos, oral interviews, and other materials.
- ShakeUp was a radio show from CJAM 99.1 in Windsor and Essex County. This show offered an insight into LGBTQ2+ history in Windsor, Ontario through oral interviews conducted with older members of the LGBTQ2+ community.