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Apr 22 2022
The Trethewey House Remaining Relevant and Sustainable During a Global Pandemic
Operated by the Heritage Abbotsford Society, the historic Arts and Crafts style Trethewey House Heritage Site has been an important…
Dec 17 2021
Snapshots of Heritage in 2021
As we look back on the past year, rocked by a global pandemic that touched every aspect of our world…
Jun 15 2021
The Curtain Goes up for a Community Funded Theatre in a Historic Church
The Highland Arts Theatre, Sydney, Nova Scotia When St. Andrew’s Church in Sydney, NS was decommissioned in 2013, it came…
Jul 28 2020
A Historic Town Hall Becomes a Community Hub and Venue Thanks to Some Guardian Angels
Rumour has it that one night, in 1945, Jimmy, the caretaker of the Town Hall in Acton, Ontario, woke up…
May 28 2020
8 #ShovelReadyHeritage Projects to Help Drive a Green Recovery
[Click here to see the list of 50 Ontario projects submitted so far.] The heritage sector wants investments in heritage projects…
May 1 2020
A Pre-Confederation Hardware Store Closes Its Doors
Petrolia, Ontario is famous for its place in the story of oil. The oil boom hit the place like a…
Apr 2 2020
5 examples exhibiting the vitality of the French language in Canada
Every year, on March 20th, the world celebrates International Francophonie Day. Following the celebrations that took place last month, we…
Oct 25 2019
Making Heritage Work in Rural Canada
At a time when rural communities across the country are facing many challenges, it is heartening to hear about historic…
Oct 23 2019
Reimagining a former Power Plant
Once facing the threat of demolition, the Rossdale Power Plant is now an integral piece of a redevelopment plan for…
Aug 9 2019
Burlington’s Joseph Brant Museum Transformation
Thirty years of planning and $11.4 million dollars later, the Joseph Brant Museum in Burlington, Ontario, is finally ready to…
Aug 6 2019
Survivor: A new chapter for Montreal’s Maison Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine
Until a few months ago, it would have been easy to mistake the gunshot marks for recent damage. Hidden between…
May 2 2019
Winnipeg’s iconic Hudson’s Bay Company building gains heritage status, but city wrestles with its future
One of Winnipeg’s most iconic buildings, the Hudson’s Bay Company Store on Portage Avenue, received heritage designation from Winnipeg City Council on March 21, 2019. While this historical resource listing gives the massive 1926 landmark…
Apr 10 2019
A bright future ahead for Cape Breton’s Stone Church
Five years of perseverance paid off for a local group working to save the St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church in…
Mar 22 2019
Church buildings repurposed to serve an aging population
I recently visited an old heritage church building in Brampton, ON that was wasting away from neglect, unoccupied and in…
Nov 28 2018
5 Places of Faith Revitalized for Today and Tomorrow
The challenges facing historic places of faith are daunting, yet across the country congregations and communities are finding creative new…
Apr 16 2018
Cliffside Stories: How Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Feeds Today’s Generations
To Conrad Little Leaf of the Piikani Nation, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump near Fort Macleod, AB and its neighbouring foothills and…
Mar 22 2018
Faith buildings working to enhance the visual arts: Philadelphia (part two)
Today I’m continuing my exploration of Faith/Arts Cohabitation with a quick tour of two great spaces in Philadelphia. In October…
Feb 7 2018
Faith communities provide arts groups with much needed space
On an unseasonably warm (22 degrees!) November evening, myself and my partners from ArtsBuild Ontario and Toronto Arts Council set…
Dec 4 2017
Why Faith Groups and Arts Groups Should Cohabitate
Playwright Marcus Youssef upon accepting this year’s Siminovitch Prize for playwriting gave a speech that clarified my interest in the…
Apr 20 2017
A Place That Matters to Me: Dawson City
Dawson City never looks less lovely than in early April, as you travel over the pot-holed road from the airport….
Mar 27 2017
Bringing Humour to Canada’s Hardest-Hit Communities
Canada is full of historic small towns that are pushing through tough economic times – and comedian Jonny Harris and…
