EQH App

The Edmonton Queer History (EQH) App.

Generously funded by

Please see below for instructions on how to download and use OR access the browser version from Izi.Travel here.

Community & Production Acknowledgements

This app took a village to develop. Dr. Harley wants to thank their CHI-TEA lab members, project collaborators (Drs. Grace, Lajoie, & Poitras), and the generous support of the Edmonton Queer Community. A special thank you to our interviewees without whom the app would not exist: Murray Billett, Brad Fraser, Darrin Hagen, Judge Julie Lloyd, Liz Massiah, Michael Phair & Dr. Lorne Warneke. A full list of acknowledgements, including interviewee bios, is available in the app.

We owe where we are and the rights we enjoy to so many—thank you.

Endorsements & Media Coverage

Thank you to the following media outlets and public services for promoting our app! The Edmonton Journal, CBC News & Radio, Global News TV @ Noon & @ 6PM, City TV, CTV News, CTV2 News, The Star: Edmonton, The Edmonton Pride Guide, Sirius XM: Canada Talks, Vue Weekly, Folio, The Gateway, and the Art Gallery of Alberta's TREX Exhibit Guide for "Re-imagining Normal".

Thank you Mayor Iveson and Edmonton City Council, Premiere Notley, Member of Parliament and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on LGBTQ2+ issues, Randy Boissonault, for your support of our app!

Academic Publications & Presentations

Publications

Haldane, C., Lou, N. M., & Harley, J. M., (in press). Social-historical accounts of identity processes and resilience: Experiences of prominent elders of the LGBTQ+ community. Journal of Homosexuality.

Harley, J.M., Liu, Y+., Ahn, B.T+., Lajoie, S.P., & Grace, A.P. (2020). Examining physiological and self-report indicators of empathy during learners’ interaction with a queer history app, British Journal of Educational Technology, 51(6), 1920–1937. DOI: 10.1111/bjet.13019

Ahn, B.T+., & Harley, J.M (2020). Facial expressions when learning with a queer history app: application of the control value theory of achievement emotions. British Journal of Educational Technology, 51(5), 1563–1576. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12989

Harley, J.M., Liu, Y., Ahn, T.B., Lajoie, S.P., Grace, A.P., Haldane, C., Whittaker, A.., & McLaughlin, B. (2019). I’ve got this: Fostering topic and technology-related emotional engagement and queer history knowledge with a mobile app. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 59, 1-18. DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2019.101790 Link.
Presentations

Harley, J. M., Lou, N. M., Ahn. T., & Liu, Y. (2021, April). Learning queer history from a mobile app increases perspective-taking toward LGBTQ+ people: Pretest-posttest RCT study. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Virtual Conference.

Lou, N. M. Harley, J. M., Ahn. T., & Liu, Y. (2021, April). Feeling hopeful? Learning queer history from a mobile app influences hope toward the LGBTQ+ community. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Virtual Conference.

Harley, J. M., Lou, N. M., Ahn. T., & Liu, Y. (2021, April). Using a Queer history app increases subjective value to learn about minority history. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. Virtual Conference.

Ahn, B.T., & Harley, J.M. (2020, April). The role of emotions in learning queer history through a multimedia app. Paper to be presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
Harley, J.M., Ahn, B.T., & Liu, Y. (2020, April). Can mobile apps be used to improve queer history education? An investigation of learning and emotions. Paper to be presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
Ahn, B.T+., & Harley, J.M. (2019, June). Attention, emotion, and learning: An exploration of relationships in multimedia learning. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), Halifax, Canada.
Harley, J.M., Liu, Y+., Ahn, B.T+., Grace, A.P., & Lajoie, S.P. (2019, June). A new source of hope: Learning about queer history. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), Halifax, Canada. Harley, J.M., Liu, Y+., Ahn, B.T+., Lajoie, S.P., Grace, A.P., Haldane, C+., & Whittaker, A+. (2019, April). Examining physiological and self-report indicators of empathy during learners’ interaction with a queer history app. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada. Harley, J.M., Liu, Y+., Ahn, B.T+., Lajoie, S.P., Poitras, E.G., Grace, A.P., Haldane, C+., Whittaker, A+., McLaughlin, B+., & Lucas, K+. (2019, April). I’ve got this: The influence of usability ratings of a queer history app on emotions. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada. Harley, J.M., Liu, Y+., Ahn, B.T+., Lajoie, S.P., Poitras, E.G., Grace, A.P., Haldane, C+., Whittaker, A+., McLaughlin, B+., & Lucas, K+. (2019, April). Caring comes first: Task value, emotions, and empathy with a mobile queer history app. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada.
Harley, J.M., Haldane, C+., McLaughlin, B+., Grace, A.P., Lajoie, S.P., Whittaker, A+., Ahn, B.T+., Boucher, K+., Wells, K., Lavoie, M., Langford, C+., & Lucas, K+. (2018, June). Fostering empathy with a queer history education app. Poster accepted for presentation at the International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP), Montreal, Canada.
Haldane, C+., & Harley, J.M. (2018, June). How historical events impact LGBTQ community members: An interpretive qualitative study. Poster accepted for presentation at the International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP), Montreal, Canada.
Harley, J.M. (2018, May). Developing the Edmonton Queer History App: Identifying and understanding the historical significance of locations. Invited keynote at Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences: Queer Studies in Education and Culture SIG, Regina, Canada.
Harley, J.M., Haldane, C+., McLaughlin, B+., Poitras, E.G., Lajoie, S.P., Tressel., T., Pipe, L., Li, T., & Whittaker, A+. (2018, April). Beyond books, names, and dates: Using mobile augmented reality and prompts to foster historical reasoning. Poster to be presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY.

THE EDMONTON QUEER HISTORY APP (EQHA) INSTRUCTIONS

Thank you for showing interest in the Edmonton Queer History App! This document contains instructions on how to download the app for use on iOS, Android, and Windows 10 platforms, as well as how to view the tour using a Web browser. It also provides more detailed instructions that are specific for each platform on how to navigate through the app.

iOS DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS

Prerequisites:

80 MB. iOS 10.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Language: English.

Downloading the izi.TRAVEL App:

1. Open up the App Store on your device and search for izi.travel - city guides.

2. Download the app by tapping the GET button -- it’s free!

Finding the EQHA within the izi.TRAVEL App:

1. On the All Guides page, tap on the search bar.

2. Type in Edmonton Queer History App, and tap on this result:

3. Once you have read the introduction, tap START to begin the tour! Note: You can bookmark the tour for later by tapping the button pointed to by the red arrow, and download the tour for offline access by tapping the button pointed to by the blue arrow.

iOS Help:

There is a glossary, eight locations, a historical timeline, and an acknowledgements section. Here’s how to use the app for the best experience. When you click on a location, you will see that there is text and some images. Locations may also have audio and video. Whenever a location has a video, start off by watching it. After, read the text. Then view the images. Lastly, listen to the audio if the location has it. There is a link at the bottom of the text that will lead to the Google Street View for that location. Proceed through the locations in the order they are listed in the itinerary.

ANDROID DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS

Prerequisites:

11 MB; Android 5.0 or later; Language: English.

Downloading the izi.TRAVEL App:

1. Open the Google Play Store on your device and search for izi travel app.

2. Download the app by tapping the INSTALL button -- it’s free!

Finding the EQHA within the izi.TRAVEL App:

1. On the Explore page, tap the search icon.

2. Type in Edmonton Queer History App and tap on this result:

3. Once you have read the introduction, tap Start to begin the tour! Note: You can bookmark the tour for later by tapping the button pointed to by the red arrow, and download the tour for offline access by tapping the button pointed to by the blue arrow.

Android help:

WINDOWS 10 INSTRUCTIONS

Prerequisites:

28.4 MB; Windows 10 version 10586.0 or higher, X86 X64 ARM required; Language: English.

Downloading the izi.TRAVEL App:

1. Open Microsoft Store on your device and search for izi.travel.

2. Download the app by clicking the Get button -- it’s free!

Finding the EQHA within the izi.TRAVEL App:

1. Once the app has finished downloading, click the Launch button to open the app.

2. Click the Browse best guides button.

3. Click the Search button.

4. Type in Edmonton Queer History App and click on this result:

5. Click on Map and Info to read the introduction.

6. Once you have read the introduction, click Start to begin the tour! Note: You can bookmark the tour for later by tapping the button pointed to by the red arrow, and download the tour for offline access by tapping the button pointed to by the blue arrow.

WEB BROWSER INSTRUCTIONS

Prerequisites:

Recent versions of EDGE, Chrome, Safari, or FireFox (IE 11 not supported).

Viewing the EQHA in your Web Browser:

1. Click on this link: https://izi.travel/en/browse/0468618c-2ee8-4472-8d7f-d6b417a7c32a/en

Go to https://izi.travel/en

2. Click on the audio guides tab.

3. Type Edmonton Queer History App into the search bar and click on this result:

4. Click on the Audio tour Summary to read the introduction, and then you can begin the tour!

WEB BROWSER HELP:

Click on this link to watch an instructional video on how to use the app. Also found in the app.