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Art Borups Corners

Art Borup’s Corners is a northern arts incubator based in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario, where community-led creativity, land-based practice, and digital innovation come together. Rooted in the cultural rhythms of the boreal forest and shaped by years of grassroots organizing across Ontario, Manitoba, Nunavut, and Minnesota, Borup’s Corners supports artists, youth, and community members through participatory storytelling, climate-focused projects, and creative entrepreneurship. From wild blueberry walks to immersive exhibitions and applied AI research, our seasonal programs and artist residencies foster connection, skill-building, and self-determined expression—all grounded in place, culture, and care.
Watching the slow emergence of Saskatoon berry buds brings a welcome sign of life this May.
Food Security and Innovation

Saskatoon Berries: Waiting on the Wild Side

Saskatoon berry bushes are running nearly a week behind, but buds are finally beginning to open.
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Watching the fuzzy grey buds turn into bright yellow catkins signals the true start of spring. These yellow pussy willow blooms offer critical nutrition to local pollinators when food sources are scarce.
Community Garden

Early Food for the Bees

Blooming pussy willow catkins provide a vital source of early-season pollen for emerging native bees.
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Celebrate Canada Day in Melgund Township with live music, local food, artists, vendors and family fun at the Dyment Recreation Hall and Complex on July 1. Enjoy performances by Gerry and Tanya McArthur, Walter and Friends, and more.
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Join Us! Volunteer for Canada Day 2026 in Melgund Township!

Experience the magic of Northwestern Ontario this July with live music, local crafts, and incredible community spirit.
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Vibrant red flowers will soon decorate our land while thousands of other seeds finish their winter nap.
Community Garden

Little Sprouts, Big Ambitions

Our Milkweed To Market Journey Begins with Blood Flower Milkweed
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Colder temperatures mean our raspberry canes are still sleeping, putting us a bit behind last year's schedule. This photo is from May 11, last year.
Photos and Short Stories

The Raspberry Snooze

This spring is much colder than last year, causing our raspberry bushes to remain stubbornly in dormancy.
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Nuclear Waste: A Case for Assessment Integrity
Borups Corners

Nuclear Waste: A Case for Assessment Integrity

Baseline studies must not render local people invisible when they form the foundation for long-term project consequences.
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Canada's organic agriculture sector has been plunged into regulatory uncertainty following the official closure of the Canadian General Standards Board on April 1, 2026. Industry representatives testifying before the federal agriculture committee revealed that the dissolution leaves critical organic and GMO standards entirely unfunded, threatening international trade equivalency agreements.
Food Security and Innovation

Data Vacuum and Regulatory Gaps Threaten Canadian Organic Sector

Canada's multi-million-dollar organic export market faces a regulatory cliff. Discover why industry leaders are pleading for urgent parliamentary intervention.
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Farming scientists warn that Ottawa's plan to cut regional labs and organic research programs will leave Canadian crops highly vulnerable to climate change.
Food Security and Innovation

Agriculture experts warn federal research cuts will stall crop innovation and soil protection

Agricultural experts warn that closing regional research stations will permanently disrupt crop innovation and soil conservation efforts.
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A northwestern Ontario arts and speaker series event focused on grief, memory, and healing, featuring artist Leanne Nicholson. This session explores how loss reshapes the body, work, and identity, and how art becomes a practice of holding experience that cannot be fully expressed in language.
Community Lens

AFTER LEAH: Grief, Art and the Courage To Continue

June Speaker Series With Local Artist Leanne Nicholson June's artist speaker series session features a reflection on grief, memory, and what it means to continue…
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Residents at Dyment Recreation Hall compared British disposal facility progress with Canada’s own deep geological repository program.
Photos and Short Stories

UK Nuclear Waste Services Joins Local Dialogue in Melgund

A successful evening at the Dyment Recreation Hall focused on UK nuclear waste planning and Canadian DGR program similarities.
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Latest News and Updates

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  • Collecting Poplar Brush for Fall Pottery Pit Firings

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Upcoming Events

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.
The Under $100 Art Show is coming to Winnipeg, Manitoba August 13-16, 2026!
The Under $100 Art Show is coming to Winnipeg, Manitoba August 13-16, 2026!

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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