I’m pleased to announce the launch of the digital exhibition Community Ties: Our Future Together / Liens communautaires : Notre avenir ensemble with The ArQuives: Canada’s 2SLGBTQIA+ Archives, and funding from Women and Gender Equality Canada.
In 2023, I was hired by The ArQuives to coordinate a large capacity-building project, and part of that work involved community consultations across the country, as well hosting online consultations, and meeting one-on-one with folks from coast to coast to coast.
During the in-person sessions in February and March 2025, participants created zine pages representing their communities in Ottawa, Montréal, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Fredericton, Halifax, and St. John’s. These pages were later assembled into community zines for each city and are now available in this digital exhibition in both English and French.
These zines present a vibrant portrait of queer and trans life across Canada today, reflecting both local creativity and a shared commitment to preserving and celebrating these stories.
The zines are freely available for download in two formats: a print-ready booklet you can print and fold into a physical zine, and a digital layout designed for easy reading on screen.
I hope you enjoy them!
Covers and pages from a few of the zines
