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Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario
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Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell is a Winnipeg-based interdisciplinary artist and strategist working at the intersection of media arts, community engagement, and public affairs. Among others, his work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, and the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, with a focus on participatory media, strategic communications, and arts-based collaboration across northern and urban contexts.
Meet the Scrobiculate Milkcap, a fascinating resident of our local pine forests. Its unique depressed cap and sturdy stem are just a prelude to the vibrant yellow interior revealed when its flesh is broken. Nature's details truly are incredible!
Photos and Short Stories

The Scrobiculate Milkcap

Lactarius scrobiculatus: Mycorrhizal magic hidden beneath conifers, a photographer's delight.
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Every lively community event, every shared laugh in a recreation hall, often begins with the vision and hard work of a dedicated recreation committee. Photo: Karen Daignault
Borups Corners

What is a Recreation Committee?

From planning events to managing a recreation hall, recreation committees are essential for vibrant and healthy communities.
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Tomato Time
Recreation

Tomato Time

It feels like just a few weeks ago, the tomato plants were barely growing.
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The Climate and Creative Entrepreneurship Program in Melgund Township is rooted in arts-based recreation and participatory research, combining creative practice with climate-focused learning across Northwestern Ontario. Working within the communities of Dyment and Borups Corners, the program supports intergenerational engagement through collaborative projects that explore environmental stewardship, creative entrepreneurship, and community resilience. It strengthens rural capacity by connecting arts, research, and lived local knowledge into practical community outcomes.

A summer of photos and stories

Transforming travel into art: Winnipeg collective's "Summer of Stories" project.
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Did you know that a lot of us do meetings on park benches in funky places and space?
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The Power of Park Benches

Our projects thrive outside. Park benches offer fresh air and clear minds for better, open discussions
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Golden patches of Birdsfoot Trefoil brighten the summer fields of Northwestern Ontario. Photo: Jamie Bell
Artists

Trefoil’s Sunshine

Golden-hued Birdsfoot Trefoil blankets open areas, adding cheerful beauty and ecological value to Ontario's landscapes.
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The mysterious elegance of Spotted Coralroot on the forest floor of Ontario. Photo: Jamie Bell
Artists

The Orchid’s Mystery

Behold the unique Spotted Coralroot, a fascinating, leafless orchid thriving in Ontario's shaded woodlands.
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The intricate details of a thistle flower in full bloom in Northwestern Ontario. Photo: Jamie Bell
Artists

Thistle’s Crown

We're checking out the intriguing presence of thistles, their unique forms adding character to Ontario's open spaces.
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It's that time of summer! We're starting to see the blueberries ripe enough for picking. Photo: Jamie Bell
Recreation

Blueberry Bounty

Northwestern Ontario Blueberries deliver exceptional flavor, a cornerstone of northern summer food traditions.
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A close look at Dwarf Red Raspberries, a focus of our art and storytelling project on native plants.
Recreation

The Low-Growing Delights

Dwarf Red Raspberries: part of our project documenting Ontario's native plants and stories.
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Upcoming Events

Join Art Borups Corners on July 18, 2026 at the Dyment Recreation Hall for an evening of food, music, creativity, and community connection. Enjoy a community BBQ, connect with neighbours, and help imagine the future of local parks and greenspaces through drawing, mapping, storytelling, and conversation. Part of the national Everyone Outdoors Together initiative led by the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA).
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is inviting residents and land users in the area of Canada's proposed Deep Geological Repository for used nuclear fuel to participate in a Diet and Land-Use Survey. The information collected will help inform local perspectives as the project moves through the federal regulatory process.

The survey can be completed online or through an in-person interview at the Ignace Learn More Centre. It is open until September 7, 2026, and participants will have the opportunity to enter a draw to win one of twenty C$125 gift cards redeemable at local businesses.
Discover a growing collection of inspirational and motivational short stories from Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario, created to inspire hope, resilience, courage, and personal growth. These uplifting short stories and daily motivational reads are rooted in strong community values, dignity, integrity, perseverance, and leadership—reflecting life across the Prairies and Northern Ontario.

Each inspirational story delivers powerful life lessons, positive mindset reminders, and encouragement for self-improvement, mental strength, and purposeful living. Whether you’re searching for motivational stories for tough times, short stories about resilience and overcoming challenges, or inspirational reflections grounded in rural, northern, and Indigenous-informed community perspectives, this collection is designed to fuel optimism, confidence, and long-term success.

Through storytelling that highlights community leadership, youth empowerment, kindness, and values-based living, these inspirational short stories help readers in Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario, and beyond stay grounded, build inner strength, and move forward with clarity, hope, and possibility.

ART BORUPS CORNERS SOCIETY

Art Borups Corners is a non-profit arts incubator based in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario. We bring artists, youth, and local residents together through hands-on creative projects, workshops, and storytelling rooted in everyday life in the North. Our focus is on making space for people to try things, share skills, and build confidence through art that grows out of where they live.


We’re also a place for testing ideas and working across different ways of making — from land-based practice to digital work and everything in between. Much of what we do happens through partnerships and shared projects, connecting local creative work with wider conversations while keeping things grounded, practical, and community-led.


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ESTABLISHED WITH FUNDING FROM

Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Logo

This program was seeded with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse program. This program allowed us to explore strategic arts innovation, capacity building and new technologies. Programming was also supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program and the Province of Ontario. We thank them for their support.

PROGRAMMING SEEDED BY

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
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