Donations
Please send financial contributions to:
Christine Roome, UVic Libraries Development Officer
Mearns Centre for Learning,
PO Box 1800 STN CSC
Victoria , British Columbia V8W3H5
For donations of materials, please contact the University Archivist:
ljwilson@uvic.ca, (250) 721-8215 / or at the above mailing address
Current Priorities
Open Your Mind to the Possibility...
of a world free from discrimination and prejudice. The University of Victoria Libraries are dedicated to advancing and supporting trans education and equality to people of all genders, sexes and sexual orientations.
- Transgendered people experience double the rate of unemployment
- 97% of transgendered people experience harassment in their workplace
- 47% of transgendered people experience an adverse job outcome, such as being fired, not hired or denied a promotion
- 15% of transgendered people live in poverty
- 19% are homeless
- LGBT students hear discriminatory slurs an average of 26 times a day
- 26% of LGBT youth are told to leave home
- 30% of suicides are LGBT
Transgender History
The struggles and efforts of early activists such as Virginia Prince, Betty Ann Lind and Reed Erickson paved the way for trans education and advocacy for transgendered people. The preservation of their history validates this struggle and promotes further understanding and equality.
 
UVic Archives Exhibit in honour of Pride 2012
Virginia Prince, Rikki Swin Institute Collection, UVic Archives
Out of the Closet, Into the Library
The University of Victoria Archives is actively acquiring papers and memorabilia of persons and organizations who have worked for the betterment of transgendered people.
Please help us by donating historical materials or supporting our work with a financial gift. We acquire a wide range of documentary materials, including the records of organizations and businesses, the papers of individuals and families, and rare and unique newspapers, books, and memorabilia. While we do hold some international publications, the UVic collection's scope covers primarily English-language North America, predominantly 1950s to the early 2000s. We are happy to discuss all potential donations such as:
- Business and Organization Records: Including organizational minutes, project files, correspondence, publications, posters, and photos.
- Personal Collections: Including photos, letters, autobiographical and biographical material, diaries, select audio-visual material, and ephemera.
- Books, Journals and Newsletters: Including publications that expand, as well as complement, our subject areas of transgender and gender studies, including rare material.
Reed Erickson, Reed Erickson Collection, UVic Archives
We are currently fundraising to digitize this collection for preservation and wide spread accessibilty.
*Statistics acquired from The National Centre for Transgender Equality and PFLAG
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