Free, open-access teaching and learning resources about different kinds of peoples, humans and non-humans who make up the world we live in today.
North America
App Studies Initiative
A network of scholars studying apps through a range of theoretical and methodological lenses.
LGBTQ Oral History Digital Collaboratory
Connecting scholars, activists, and archives across Canada and the U.S. to produce a collaborative, digital history hub for gay, lesbian, queer, and trans* oral histories.
Struggle for Identity
The Struggle for Identity explores the history of the University of Toronto Scarborough from its beginning in 1964.
Great Lakes Research Alliance (GRASAC)
Website: https://grasac.artsci.utoronto.ca/ Description: The Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts & Cultures (GRASAC) is a vibrant, interdisciplinary research network comprising over 500 members. Since 2005, they have collaborated in the...
Digital Research Ethics Collaboratory (DREC)
A collaborative working to reorient digital scholarship towards non-extractive research habits, protocols and relationships.
Indigenous-Italian-Canadian Connections
A digital platform fostering discussions between scholars and community leaders on relationships between Indigenous Nations and Italian-Canadians.
Kiinawin Kawindomowin Story Nations
A digital edition of a missionary’s diary, documenting Ojibwe responses to Christianity and the expansion of Treaty 3 territory.
Canada Declassified
A digital repository of government records from the Cold War period declassified under the Canadian Access to Information Act.
Cabaret Commons
A work-in-progress gathering place for trans- feminist and queer artists, activists, audiences and researchers.
Sex Work and the Queen City: Mapping Toronto’s Sex Trade History, 1865-1915
An examination of historical records to locate and map spaces associated with sex work in Toronto from brothels to courthouses.
Object Lives and Global Histories in Northern North America
Histories of North American objects addressing global flows of influence that arise from trade colonialism and migration.












