Canadian Pride Historical Society (CPHS)

The idea to create the CPHS was formed in the spring of 2013 when then Pride Winnipeg President Jonathan Niemczak recounted the story of how Pride Winnipeg was formed to a representative from the Canadian Museums of Human Rights (CMHR). Jonathan often opened up Pride Winnipeg meetings with this story because of the power behind explaining why we have Pride Parades in Winnipeg. At the time, there was no central resource on the history of the Pride Movement in Canada; instead, its history was divided into small pieces found in books, archives, journals, and personal stories. Jonathan realized that a central resource needed to be crated to address this gap.


The Canadian Pride Historical Society seeks to inspire conversations about the future of the Pride Movement in Canada as we share the stories of our past.

The Canadian Pride Historical Society strives to connect people to the history of the Pride Movement in Canada through stories and promote an understanding of why we have Pride.