The Grey house was formerly home to the Alternative Resource Library. The library has now been shrunk into two parts in the Grey House: the magazine library and the People’s History Project.

In our magazine library we subscribe to many quality publications like Colorlines, Bitch, Broken Pencil, the Dominion and many more. Visitors are encouraged to read our magazines in house, and if you would like to borrow and photocopy any of the magazines feel free to ask anyone in the office for assistance.

In addition to our magazine library, OPRIG has many periodicals and magazines and publications in our archives known as the People’s History Project, many of which are out of print and very rare. These publications have been valuable resources for academic as well as personal writing.  They are organized and accessible in the Grey House and can be accessed simply by contacting OPIRG.

The ARL is also home to the People’s History Project – a local archive of activist history. The library is a free resource open to the entire community. It’s a cozy, welcoming space for you to browse a magazine, check your email, research primary sources, or to check-out books and zines that you can’t find anywhere else in town!

Questions?

You can contact the OPIRG office for more information: (613) 533-3189.

Note: the book collection from the alternative resource library has been moved of campus and is no longer run by OPIRG. The books will be available to the public again in the spring/summer of 2012 in their new home at AKA Autonomous Social Centre, 75 Queen St.