News & Events

Launch of the Nancy Nicol and Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights Collections
Media Archives News

Launch of the Nancy Nicol and Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights Collections

A talk, screening and Q&A with filmmaker and activist Nancy Nicol

Thursday, February 9, 2023 • 7–9 p.m. EST • Innis Town…

Join us on Thursday, February 9, 2023 • 7–9 p.m. EST at Innis Town Hall • University of Toronto
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Media Archives News

Between the Pillars - Season 2, Ep. 8 - Special Collections Friends

On the February 11, 2022 episode of the Between the Pillars video podcast, Media Commons Archives Archivists Rachel Beattie and Christina Stewart…

On the February 11, 2022 episode of the Between the Pillars podcast, Media Commons Archives Archivists Rachel Beattie and Christina Stewart were featured.
Media Archives News

'Canada's sweetheart' Anne Murray donates archives to U of T

University of Toronto will be home to the archives of Canada's music legend Anne Murray.

The first Canadian female solo singer to reach No…

University of Toronto will be home to the archives of Canada's music legend Anne Murray.

Past Events

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Shakespeare's First Folio Open House

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2023 Pride Open House

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Inside the Vault: Exploring Our Collections and Their Preservation

Dr. Doolittle
Media Archives Event

Dr. Doolittle’s Adventures Across Canada (1926–1930)

Loryl MacDonald, Director, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library and Christina Stewart, Assistant Media Archivist presented Dr. Doolittle’s Adventures Across Canada, a conversation about the life, work and archival collection of Dr. Perry E. Doolittle.
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Media Archives Event

Home Safe Toronto screening and panel discussion: February 3, 2022 

The film deals with how families with children in the Greater Toronto Area live with the threat and the reality of homelessness.
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Media Archives Event

National Canadian Film Day 2021: Across This Land

The Media Commons Archives presented a special National Canadian Film Day screening of the exhilarating concert film Across This Land With Stompin' Tom Connors