A Pre-Festival, Community Event

Collecting Memory

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

at Chilliwack Museum and Archives

FOR AGES 15+

We’re putting Chilliwack’s 2SLGBTQIA+ history on the record, and you’re invited to shape it.

We’re hosting a special memory-sharing event by and for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to help shape the upcoming Collecting Memory exhibit at the Chilliwack Museum and Archives.

This exhibit will centre voices that have been systemically excluded, pushed to the margins, or left out of Chilliwack’s public history—including those from our own 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

at Chilliwack Museum and Archives

45820 Spadina Avenue, Chilliwack, BC

Event Overview

In collaboration with the Chilliwack Museum, the Chilliwack Pride Society invites Two-Spirit, trans, and queer community members to share their experiences of growing up or living in Chilliwack. Through a series of creative activity stations, you’ll have the opportunity to reflect on your story, and, if you wish, contribute your work to this fall’s exhibit. You’re also welcome to donate or loan personal artifacts to the Museum for inclusion in the exhibit or its archive.

This gathering is about reflection, connection, and making space for voices that are typically excluded. If you’re 2SLGBTQIA+ and have ever called Chilliwack home, we want you to be part of it.

Allies are welcome, but only as a guest (+1) of someone sharing their story. This event is intended for folks aged 15 and up. Parents or guardians accompanying a younger participant are absolutely welcome.

Artifacts Ideas List