Invitation to participate: ArQuives Community Ties community conversation - Vancouver: Sun Mar 9
Invitation to participate:
ArQuives Community Ties community conversation
Vancouver: Sunday March 09, 2025
The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives - with support from Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE; a DSS funder! 🙏) - launched Community Ties: Our Future Together, a community consultation initiative to strengthen The ArQuives, and expand their impact across Canada.
We are starting a national conversation about how The ArQuives can best serve communities across Canada over the next 50 years.
In each city, we’re gathering 15 LGBTQ2+ community members to share challenges, hopes and dreams related to how we Keep Our Stories Alive. There will be a short presentation and friendly facilitation by The ArQuives, and there will be an opportunity to participate in collaborating to make a zine that captures what makes your community great!
In Vancouver, we especially want to reach out to and meet:
LGBTQ2+ community members who already are or might be interested in our programming;
researchers, academics, and media who already or might use The ArQuives’ collections in their work; and
partner organizations, including libraries, archives, museums, arts and heritage organizations, cultural institutions, and other LGBTQ2+ organizations.
We have developed an RSVP form for participants with a brief questionnaire designed to help us prepare for each session (links below). Please share this link with others in your community, especially those from historically marginalized communities.
Honoraria are available for community members for whom attending is not part of their professional duties, and refreshments will be provided.
While we would like to invite anyone who may be able to attend, space and capacity is limited. For folks who are unable to participate on that day, we will have additional opportunities to engage, including virtual one-on-one interviews and an online national survey.
Key links:
Participant outreach page (in English and French)
Participant questionnaire (English)
Questionnaire pour les participants·es (français)
Thanks for your assistance and collaboration! Your insights will be crucial in building a stronger, more connected future for The ArQuives and the communities we serve.
Questions? Contact Nico Mara-McKay (they/iel), Project Coordinator, projectcoordinator@arquives.ca