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Borups Corners

Step into the artistic heartbeat of Melgund Township. As the home of our living lab for land-based artistry, this section explores the creative narratives shaping Borups Corners, Northwestern Ontario. From site-specific wilderness art to storytelling labs we bridge traditional northern heritage with digital innovation.

Arts, Creativity and Community

Explore community-driven public art, seasonal photography walks, and immersive exhibitions that redefine the Highway 17 corridor. Our participatory arts research even transforms complex regional issues—like nuclear waste management and the Deep Geological Repository—into human-centric media stories, ensuring local voices resonate with creativity and care. Stay connected with the artists, mural projects, and pioneering creative spaces that make Art Borups Corners a beacon for rural arts in the North.

History is more than just names on a stone. See how our latest program is building digital skills while honoring the families who shaped our community.
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Digitizing Memory

Scanning cemetery and death records lays the groundwork for meaningful conversations with Elders and longtime residents Oral history isn’t just storytelling. It’s records. It’s research.…
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Community Invitation
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Community Invitation

Community gathering January 21 at Dyment Recreation Hall, 6:30–8;30 PM, to share feedback on the proposed DGR.
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Northern Ontario Needs Innovation
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Northern Ontario Needs Innovation

Northern Ontario faces youth out-migration, aging populations, and systemic barriers, demanding bold, locally-driven innovation strategies now.
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The Human Check-In
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The Human Check-In

Sustainability is the cumulative effect of a thousand small moments of being seen and heard.
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A Reader for the North
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A Reader for the North

Traditional e-readers often fail in the North. We built a lightweight, data-friendly alternative that puts the joy of reading back into your hands.
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Preventing Burn-Out
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Preventing Burn-Out

The work you do is only as healthy as the people who are making it.
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History is more than just names on a stone. See how our latest program is building digital skills while honoring the families who shaped our community.
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Preserving the Stories

This winter, our arts and capacity building programs are moving indoors, but the work is as active as ever.
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Where Dignity Grows is a collection of short stories about dignity and kindness To mark two decades of promoting dignity and kindness, youth, artists and community volunteers from Art Borups Corners and Ottawa-based Global Dignity Canada launched a heartwarming community arts project. The groups, with funding from the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects program, worked with youth and artists to explore introductory storytelling as part of their summer program, and decided to publish a collection of 20 short stories.
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New Audiobooks Available!

Several new audiobooks are available!
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The Power of the Scrappy Experiment
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The Power of the Scrappy Experiment

Innovation is a muscle built through the consistent practice of the scrappy experiment.
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Have old barn boards? Donate them to help build our new community gallery space.
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A Call for Reclaimed Wood

Turn your old shack boards into gallery furniture. Email info@artsincubator.ca to contribute today.
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Get Involved!

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.
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).

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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