research

Research material, photo by Jazz DiMauro

By Nico Mara-McKay

One of the major projects I'm working on at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives is a digital exhibition that will highlight the material the archives has regarding genderqueer and other gender identities beyond the binary of female or male. 

It's a large project and it hadn't been done before, let alone attempted by an undergraduate student. It was a bit of a learning curve, but it provided an opportunity to pick up new skills as I went, and I'd like to share some of the strategies I've been using to both discover material and organize the data I found.

Hitler examining a Volkswagen on April 20, 1938.

Volkswagen, one of the world’s largest car manufacturers, has not always been the beloved company we know and love. While researching World War 2 German gas masks as an intern at the Royal Ontario Museum, I’ve found some particularly interesting information about current brands and companies and their connection to Nazi Germany.

Written by: Shawna Quigley
Date posted: January 28, 2019

Whose stories are included and which communities are left out matters, and the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archive recognizes this and is actively working to make changes.

An Interview with the artist Suzy Lake. (Conducted by Hilary Dow, February 22, 2017)

Suzy Lake. Image (c) Darin White. (http://makebright.com/2017/01/kick-ass-photog-suzy-lake-at-art-gallery-o...)

A countdown of steps to take when preparing and writing a research article (in order of the most importance; with #1 counting as the most important).

So this is your first time researching the recent past? Your supervisor needs you to look up land records? Or are you just interested in your great-grandparents passage to Canada? Either way you need to know how to use a microfilm reader. Here's you how to guide.

By: Alexa Pellerino

Wages are supposed to make the work we do worth our time, right? Well as a student intern my nerdy little heart flutters at the mention of undiscovered facts...and school credit doesn't suck either.