Fall leaves start to appear at the University of Calgary campus in September 2020.

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CIH News and Announcements

The Making of "A Queer Map"

We talk to artist August Clintberg about the making of The Calgary Atlas Project's Guide to the LGBTQ+ History of Calgary

Calgary Pride Week is back Aug. 26 – Sept. 4. Celebrate with UCalgary!

A roundup of events taking place on and off campus

Undergrad digs into mouthwatering histories of Calgary’s International Avenue

Katie Qin's research project traces important foodways with a deep dive into the past at the Glenbow Western Research Centre

In the News Jim Ellis, Calgary Institute for the Humanities, in The Scene

The Calgary Atlas Project: Remapping Calgary

International feminist media conference comes to UCalgary

Scholars from across the world look at media through a feminist perspective

Calgary schools find teaching opportunities in Calgary Atlas Project maps

Maps on Calgary’s LGBTQ2S+ story and the history of First Nations – Calgary Stampede relations makes for valuable teaching tools

Upcoming events


LGBTQ2S+ Learning and Sharing at UCalgary. You make it happen.

Lively and accessible academic perspectives are essential in helping us to understand how far our communities have come, and how far we still need to go. The annual LGBTQ2S+ Lecture continues to play this important role by welcoming internationally renowned LGBTQ2S+ scholars, artists and activists to our city. 

Lecture theatre during inaugural LGBTQ2S+ lecture series

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