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Series consists of materials pertaining to the Aboriginal Gathering Place, which opened in April 2011 at the College's New Westminster campus. The Aboriginal Gathering Place is a venue for hosting traditional ceremonies, potlucks, and meetings. When not holding events, it is a quiet space to study, meditate, and meet fellow students.

In addition to proposal documents and a program for the space's grand opening (January 2012), this series also includes some records related to services for Indigenous students in the 1990s.

Series consists of materials pertaining to the Douglas College Institute of Environmental Studies. The majority of records in this series are copies of "Information Booklets" published by the Institute on a range of environmental and conservation topics. Other materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, planning documents, and reports.

Series consists of materials pertaining to Women's Studies programs and services at Douglas College. These textual records include documentation charting the history of Women's Studies at the College (also called "Programs for Women" during its early years), as well as materials related to curriculum development, campus and community events, gender in post-secondary contexts, and more. This series contains memoranda, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, financial records, reports, and promotional materials such as flyers and program guides.

The predominant records creators contributing to this series are Lillian Zimmerman and Margaretha Hoek, the first coordinators of Women's Studies programming and services, and the early advisory bodies responsible for overseeing this area.

The scope of the series dates from the early inception of Programs for Women until the early 1980s.

Series consists of materials pertaining to student government at Douglas College.

These include agendas, minutes, and supporting documents from early DCSS governing bodies such as the Douglas College Student Council (sometimes called the Tri-Council), the Mult-Campus Council, and the Senate. There are also records related to provincial and national organizations such as the Association of Student Councils Canada, the British Columbia Students Federation, and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges.

This series also contains materials related to the creation of the DCSS, The Other Press, society elections, student handbooks, clubs, professional development, social events, and more. These materials include correspondence, memoranda, nomination papers, reports, flyers and posters, questionnaires, draft constitutions and amendments, and ephemera.

Because the DCSS was represented on a number of college-wide boards, committees, and advisory councils, the Student Society possessed a number of related records such as agendas, minutes, and supporting documents. Although duplicate materials were culled from the Archives in 1986, this series retains records related to the activities of the Principal's Council, the New Westminster Campus Advisory Council, the Management Committee, and several other smaller committees.

Series consist of materials created for the promotion of Douglas College programs, services, events, and achievements. These materials were created by various successive internal offices tasked specifically with shaping the College's image, producing advertisements, coordinating with faculties and departments, drafting speeches, and documenting events. The series includes brochures, flyers, posters, publications, correspondence, news releases, memoranda, meeting agendas and minutes, course information, receipts and invoices, and much more.

Series consists of materials pertaining to EVENT Magazine. These include correspondence, documentation related to writing submissions, and copies of the magazine.

Series consists of materials pertaining to the College's twentieth anniversary celebration in 1989 and 1990. (The festivities began in September 1989.) These include event flyers, a bulletin called "Catch the Action," and a publication called "Twenty Years of Making a Difference." The Public Information Office was responsible for producing these items, while the festivities in general were overseen by the 20th Anniversary Steering Committee.

Series consists of materials pertaining to the Douglas College International Model United Nations (DOUGIMUN). A model UN is "an academic simulation of the United Nations where students play the role of delegates from different countries and attempt to solve real world issues with the policies and perspectives of their assigned country." DOUGIMUN was formed after a delegation of four political science students, under the supervision of professor Marlene Hancock, attended the 1997 Cairo International Model United Nations. Hancock said this trip inspired her to form a similar event at Douglas College. The first DOUGIMUN conference was hosted in February 1999.

The records in this series include correspondence, conference handbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera.

Series consists of materials pertaining to the work of the Charter of Rights Committee at Douglas College, which was formed to promote information across multiple disciplines about the Charter's many implications. These records include correspondence, bibliographies, meeting agendas and minutes, memoranda, and more. The series captures the creation of a long-running course at the College called Human Rights and Canadian Society: Multidisciplinary Perspectives.

Series consists of materials created or collected by Bill Morfey during the course of his duties as College Bursar. In this role, Morfey was responsible for managing the College's financial affairs. Although it is helpful to understand Morfey's recordkeeping practices through this lens, not all the materials in his files are exclusively related to College finances. Morfey also sat on numerous internal and external committees, preserving his copies of minutes and supporting documents. This series provides snapshots of various College departments, programs, and services from throughout Morfey's almost 20-year tenure at the College. Materials in this series include correspondence, memoranda, reports, flyers, brochures, contracts and agreements, course information, balance sheets, budgetary information, architectural plans, and much more.

Series consists of materials created or collected by faculty member George Porges. The majority of these records are history and political science course descriptions, most of which were periodically revised between their original creation and 1975. These course descriptions include bibliographies, lists of support materials like films or documentaries, and occasionally correspondence or notes related to how the courses were revised and updated over time.

Series consists of records created or collected by Andy Andrews during the course of his career at Douglas College. The majority of these records document the development of programming and individual courses, including those that ultimately were never finalized or offered by the College. Andrews sat on multiple committees, including the Applied Programs Divisional Management Committee, and many records in this series capture administrative activities and changes between 1970 and 1983.

Series consists of materials created or collected by the Office of the Vice President, Educational Services. This position was established as part of the College's 1995 administrative restructuring, in which a “leaner” organizational model was implemented that included four new divisions: Educational Services, College Development, Instructional Services, and Finance and Administration. The Vice President, Educational Services was responsible for management of Student Services, Developmental Education, International Education, Community Programs, Contract Programs, and Learning Resources, and Admissions and Records. Educational Technology also became an important part of this portfolio.

Materials in this series include meeting agendas, minutes, and supporting documents pertaining to a number of committees associated with Educational Services at the College. (“Supporting documents” encompasses a range of records such as correspondence, memoranda, reports, and ephemera.) The two largest tranches of records in this series are related to the Technology, Planning and Management Committee (TPMC) and the Educational Technology Forum (ETF). The TPMC played an integral role in development of the College’s long-term educational technology plans and priorities, as well as reviewing and approving educational technology capital requests. Al Atkinson was committee chairman from its formation in 1997 until 2004, shortly before his retirement. The TPMC worked closely with the ETF, which was formed in April 1997, replacing the Teaching, Learning & Technology Roundtable. Its mandate was to promote the integration of educational technologies throughout the College and to advise the TPMC on priorities.

Atkinson was the first Vice President, Educational Services (1995-2004). He was succeeded by Blaine Jensen (2004-2015).

This series consists of documentation produced by staff and volunteers at the SVES (later called Video Inn, Video In, and VIVO), from its founding in 1973 – current day. Videos from the 1970s primarily consists of informal events, including parties, dinners, and installations. Videos from the 1980s onwards primarily consists of documentation of organized events, including video screenings, workshops, lectures, artists talks, panels, and installations.

There is significant documentation of Signal + Noise, a multimedia festival organized by VIVO which ran between 2001 – 2011.

There is also documentation of other panels and political events in Vancouver. Notable events documented include: a symposium on “AIDS and Trade Unions” from the late-1980s; panels on gentrification and housing justice organized by The Mainlander in the mid-2000s; and the “Evening News,” a series of forums about political resistance to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Audio cassettes primarily document interviews and artist talks from the early-mid 1990s.

35mm slides primarily document parties, collective meetings, and art shows in the 1970s.

For a full inventory of tapes and material in this series, contact the archivist.

1 box of print publications including pamphlets, newsletters, journals, magazines, bulletins, and newspaper issues. The titles vary in range from multi-year runs to single issues. The following is not an exhaustive list of every title present, but gives a comprehensive overview of the topics covered in the material.

There are large runs of the following titles:
Independent Film & Video Monthly
New Democrat

Other titles include:
Media Alliance
Main: Media, Arts, Information, Network
Front
Pacific Tribune
Artichoke
Legal Services Society School Program Newsletter
Out of Line
East Ender
New Directions
Angles
Kinesis

1 box of print publications including pamphlets, newsletters, journals, magazines, bulletins, monthly calendars, and newspaper issues. The titles vary in range from multi-year runs to single issues. The following is not an exhaustive list of every title present, but gives a comprehensive overview of the topics covered in the material.

There are large runs of the following titles:
Priorities: a publication of the N.D.P. Women’s Caucus
Kinesis
BC Militant: Bulletin of the Revolutionary Marxist Group

Other titles include:
WICCA: a newsletter of the women’s health movement in BC
B.C. Federation of Women
Gay Tide
Body Politic
After Stonewall
Open Road
Indian Nation
Indian Voice
LSM News: Liberation Support Movement Information Centre
Working Teacher
The Peak
Western Voice
Seven Eagles

There are also multiple individual reports, pamphlets, and calendars including:
Women and the Law
Matrimony and Divorce
1979 Women’s Calendar
Flyers for SORWUC (Service Office & Retail Workers Union of Canada)

1 box of print publications including pamphlets, newsletters, journals, magazines, bulletins, and newspaper issues. The titles vary in range from multi-year runs to single issues. The following is not an exhaustive list of every title present, but gives a comprehensive overview of the topics covered in the material.

There are large runs of the following titles:
Parallelogramme
Jumpcut: a Review of Contemporary Media

Other titles include:
The Newsmagazine for Alberta Women
L.O.O.T: Lesbian Organization Of Toronto
Rites: for Lesbian and Gay Liberation
Canadian Dimensions
Our times: Independent Canadian Labour Magazine
Canadian Forum
Broadcast Technologies
Fuse
Incite
Spare Rib
Cineaste

There is also a collection of single issues of papers and journals focused on Feminism and Gay Liberation which were published in Great Britain, collected by Diamond during a trip.

1 box of print publications including pamphlets, newsletters, journals, magazines, bulletins, and newspaper issues. The titles vary in range from multi-year runs to single issues. The following is not an exhaustive list of every title present, but gives a comprehensive overview of the topics covered in the material.

There are large runs of the following titles:
Imprecor: International Press Correspondence

Other titles include:
International Socialism
Combate: De La Ligo Obrera Comunista
Revolution: Socialist Party of Chile
Education for Socialists

There are also multiple individual reports, bulletins, and pamphlets on political movements in Chile.

1 box of print publications including pamphlets, newsletters, journals, magazines, bulletins, and newspaper issues. The titles vary in range from multi-year runs to single issues. Also included is a binder containing sales and distribution income information. The following is not an exhaustive list of every title present, but gives a comprehensive overview of the topics covered in the material.

There are large runs of the following titles:
International Internal Discussion Bulletin, by United Secretariat of the Fourth International
Socialist Workers Party Discussion
Ramparts

Other titles include:
Intercontinental Press
Brazilian Info Bulletin
NACLA's Latin America & Empire Report
Women: a Journal of Liberation
Worker's Vanguard
The Guardian
The Forge
Education for Socialists
Liberation
SWP
Party Organizer

There are also multiple individual reports, bulletins, and pamphlets on Socialism, Marxism, and related movements.

1 box of print publications including pamphlets, newsletters, journals, magazines, bulletins, and newspaper issues. The titles vary in range from multi-year runs to single issues. The following is not an exhaustive list of every title present, but gives a comprehensive overview of the topics covered in the material

There are large runs of the following titles:
Old Mole
Bulletin Populaire
Socialist Voice
Young Socialist: Discussion Bulletin

Other titles include:
The Other Women: Canadian Women’s Paper
Canadian Revolution: an Independent Journal of Marxist-Leninism
After Stonewall: a Critical Journal of Gay Liberation
Gay Liberation in Canada: a Socialist Perspective
Movietone News: Seattle Film Society
Cinema Canada
Cine Tracks