Contemporary Calgary joins the Calgary Institute of Humanities (CIH) for the announcement and launch of A Guide to the LGBTQ+ History of Calgary: text by Kevin Allen and map art by Mark Clintberg.

Join the CIH and the author and artist of A Queer Map: A Guide to the LGBTQ+ History of Calgary to celebrate the launch of the inaugural map for The Calgary Atlas Project. Maps will be available by donation to the CIH in support of the LGBTQ2S+ endowed lecture series. The Calgary Atlas Project is a local history initiative of The Calgary Institute for the Humanities.

The Calgary Atlas Project is an initiative of the Calgary Institute for the Humanities. The Atlas Project seeks to recover crucial stories about Calgary’s past and present, stories that will illuminate in surprising ways the character of the city. Individual maps will document such phenomena as the early histories of Calgary’s Queer communities, the history of Indigenous involvement with the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, the traces left by immigrant communities, and the lasting effects of the labour movement. The Atlas aims to bring a new vision of Calgary to Calgary; to show us how we got to where we are, and who we got to be.