Indian Residential Schools 100 years of Loss Presented by the Indigenous Programs and Laurentian University, the archives is hosting an exhibition created by the Legacy of Hope. This exhibition presents the history of the Residential School System in Canada and its legacy for Indigenous Peoples. Located on the first floor of the library the opening hours for the exhibition are: Monday, September 30th:   2:30pm-4:00pm Tuesday, October 1st:          9:00am-9:00pm Wednesday, October 2nd:   9:00am-4:00pm Thursday, October 3rd :       9:00am-9:00pm Friday, October 4th:            9:00am-4:00pm

Located on the first floor of the J.N. Desmarais Library, the Archive Repository houses the holdings of archival fonds of organizations and individuals from the Northern Ontario community as well as seven different special collections: the Faculty Collection, Fourth Year Honour’s Essay, Graduate Theses, the Rare Books Collection, the Regional collection, Reference sources, and Vertical files (from Mining & Environment database). 

All collections are accessible to everybody but all have to be consulted in the Angus Gilbert Reading Room, in the Archive. The Angus Gilbert Reading Room can accommodate forty (40) researchers.

HOURS OF OPERATION - ARCHIVES

If your inquiry pertains to the opening hours of the special collections (Regional, Faculty, Rare Books, Essays and Thesis), they are accessible on Tuesday - Friday, between 9:30 am-12:00 pm, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. No appointment is necessary. 

Please be advised that an appointment is required prior to your visit to the Archives for all search requests concerning archival fonds. Access to and reference for archival materials will be offered only on Thursdays and Fridays.