The fonds reflects Mootoo's work as a writer and artist. It contains printed typescripts of published works with drafts and related working papers, published reviews, drafts of unpublished works, lecture notes, professional correspondence, notebooks and sketchbooks, video productions in VHS format, audio materials and works of visual art.

The fonds has been arranged into 8 series: Literary works; Correspondence; Interviews; Book reviews and announcements; Notebooks and early writings; Artistic works; Photographs; and Ephemera. Some of the series are further subdivided into sub-series.

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (1) <2b>: View west: mall, library (views, west; mall; w.a.c. bennett library, exterior).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (1-9) <3b>: Christmas Carollers Around Christmas Tree in Mall (christmas trees).

(1a-6a) <3b>: Snow on the Track (terry fox field).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (1-17,10a-21a) <3b>: Edith Stephens and Roy Carlson in SFU Archaeology Museum (archaeological museums and collections; stephens, m. editha).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (1-20) <3b>: Stewart Jones, Skipper (sailing; jones, stewart).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (2-21) <3b>: Portrait of Lolita Wilson, Psychology Professor (wilson, lolita; faculty, psychology).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (0-5) <3b>: Indian Arm from Parking Lot (views, north).

(10-17,20a) <3b>: Snow on Campus (snow).

(18-21,18a-19a) <3b>: Reflecting Pond with Snow and Ice (academic quadrangle, exterior).

(3a-6a) <3b>: Clan Soccer Team with NAIA Award (soccer).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (1-20) <3b>: Swim Races at SFU Swimming Pool (swimmers).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (0-7) <3b>: Service for Joachim Sandvoss (memorial service; sandvoss, joachim).

(8-20) <3b>: Leslie Ross presents her book to the Library (dobb, theodore c.; faculty, library; ross, leslie j.).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (2) <3b>: Reflecting Pool with Ice (academic quadrangle, exterior).

(3-11) <3b>: Don Baird Awards "Guess Who" Contest Winners (ballantine, leslie e.; schlesinger, krista).

(17-20) <3b>: Donor on Cot (blood donor clinic).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (1-3) <3b>: Halloween Costumes (children).

(7-12) <3b>: Indian Arm from Administration Building (views, north).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (2-9) <3b>: Chairman, Library Lottery Committee (brunkle, mark).

(10-18) <3b>: Drawing Winning Tickets for Library Lottery (dobb, theodore c.; faculty, library).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (16-20) <3b>: Portrait (baxter, ted).

(13-15) <3b>: Portrait of Bertrand Schoner, Business Administration Professor (schoner, bertrand; faculty, business administration).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (2-17,3a-20a) <3b>: SFU Women's Game in Progress (basketball).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (0-12) <3b>: Richmond School Tour to Archaeology Museum (archaeological museums and collections).

(14-17) <3b>: Portrait of Roger Fehlbach, Education Professor (gehlbach, roger d.; faculty, education).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (0-4) <3b>: Portrait;Winner of Graduate Scholarship (leggatt, mary).

(5-11) <3b>: Portrait of Barbara Webb and Walter Piovesan, Librarians (webb, barbara a.; piovesan, walter j.; faculty, library).

(0-20) <3b>: Bed Race (racing).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (2-11) <3b>: Physicists Visiting in Laboratory (huang, p.; sheng, tai-cheng).

(6a-16a) <3b>: Dedication Ceremony for Chancellors' Building (shrum, gordon m.; caple, kenneth p.; diamond, jack; cote, paul t.; chancellors).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (6-16) <3b>: Portrait - Writer In Residence (livesay, dorothy).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (0-1) <3b>: Reflecting Pool (academic quadrangle, exterior).

(2-13) <3b>: Interplay Playscape (playgrounds).

(1a-3a) <3b>: Betsey Franklin, Ian McGregor, Archie MacPherson, Jean Muirhead (united way campaign, 1979).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (0-1) <3b>: Trees (trees).

(2-19) <3b>: SFU Bed Race (racing).

(8a-9a) <3b>: Portrait of Don Baird, University Archivist (baird, donald a.; faculty, archives).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (2-19) <3b>: Interplay Playscape (playgrounds).

(16a-20a, 19b-20b) <3b>: Ida Curtis on Wheelchair Elevator (university centre building; curtis, ida m.; staff, alumni relations).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (0-11) <3b>: Portrait of Archie MacPherson, Geography, and President Pedersen with the United Way Campaign, 1979 (macpherson, archibald; pedersen, k. george; faculty, geography; presidents; united way campaign, 1979).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (1-4) <3b>: Portrait (hedges, donald).

(5-19) <3b>: Fire Damage (science workshops).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (1-11) <3b>: Portrait of President Pedersen (pedersen, k. george; presidents).

(12-13) <3b>: President of Imperial Oil in Archaeology Lab (livingstone, james g.).

(1a-3a) <3b>: Pledge Thermometer (united way campaign, 1979).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (11-16) <3b>: Portrait of Roger Blackman, Psychology Professor (blackman, a. roger; faculty, psychology).

(18-20) <3b>: Portrait of Perry and Elizabeth Franklin, Reading and Study Centre (franklin, perry l.; franklin, elizabeth r.; staff, reading and study).

(2-10) <3b>: Interior of Annex (bookstore, university).

Photo Index frame descriptions (legacy data): (1-19) <3b>: Portrait of Wendy Felker with skulls (felker, wendy; craniology).