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Belonging and Culture

Bureau d’accueil touristique du Pays de l’ardoise

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Belonging and Culture

2022 Project: To revitalize tourism in our municipalities and museums with the history of trains in Richmond.

About: The Pays de l’ardoise objectives are to revitalize the town centre and promote the region’s tourist and cultural attractions.  

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Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre
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Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre

2022 Project: The aim of this project is to showcase Uplands’ educational collection by creating an inventory which will allow us to develop educational workshops. These workshops, in which local senior tea tradition experts will be key references, will contribute to the sustainability of this local tradition within its community, as well as the promotion of this linguistic minority heritage to a more diverse audience, such as younger generations.

About: Housed in a stately and elegant heritage house in Sherbrooke (1862), Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre combines history with local cultural and artistic traditions. The centre generates a sense of community spirit and acts as a base for creative activities for its members, its user groups and the community at large. Uplands is a unique cultural establishment – we exhibit the works of regional artists, the English tea experience (group rates), various cultural activities, as well as an impressive collection of antiques belonging to the Lennoxville-Ascot Historical and Museum Society.

Townshippers' Association
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Townshippers’ Association

The Association carries out a variety of projects and activities across sectors. 

Cultural Development & Heritage Projects: To maintain existing and engage in new initiatives that maximize support for and recognition of the ESC’s cultural heritage and artistic identity within the community at large. These projects aim to improve the quality of life for people in the community, promote creativity through art, drama and music, expand the resources of culturally oriented community organizations, and promote cultural exchanges between English-speaking and French-speaking people.

Youth Projects:

  • Act as a resource for Eastern Townships organizations working to improve the lives of youth in the Townships (Carrefour Jeunesse Emplois, Place aux Jeunes en Region, Maison des Jeunes/Youth Centers, Phelps Helps, etc);
  • Carry out Young Townships Leaders Awards to honour youth aged 15-35 with leadership qualities. Feature their stories through our online and print media;
  • Carry out the 9th annual Excel in the Estrie essay contest and short film contest for regional high school graduates pursuing post-secondary education in the Estrie 

About: Townshippers’ Association is a non-profit, non-partisan community organization focused on promoting and supporting the interests of the English-speaking community.

Colby-Curtis Museum
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Colby-Curtis Museum

2022 Project: To equip the museum’s new education room which aims to bring quality learning resources to children which will narrow cultural and educational gaps.

About: The Colby-Curtis Museum is dedicated to preserving, interpreting and presenting the history, heritage and culture of the border regions of the Eastern Townships.

Missisquoi Historical Society (Missisquoi Museum)
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Missisquoi Historical Society (Missisquoi Museum)

2022 Project: Our project is a two-pronged educational and interpretation tools project that we would like to accomplish to continue our educational mission of disseminating our local and regional history.

About: Headquartered in an 1830 three-story red-brick grist mill in Stanbridge East, the Missisquoi County Museum features exhibitions and education programmes which explore the many individuals and events that contributed to the historic development of Missisquoi County.