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Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario
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Community Lens

This category features Northern Ontario community reporting, focusing on the intersection of local life, policy, and emerging technologies shaping the region’s future. Coverage includes nuclear energy news, nuclear waste management, nuclear waste storage, and developments such as the Deep Geological Repository (DGR) for Canada’s Used Nuclear Fuel Project, alongside environmental monitoring, land use, and regional infrastructure planning. It also highlights artificial intelligence in the arts, digital equity, and creative technology adoption in northern and rural communities, as well as food security initiatives, local agriculture, and community resilience programs. Reporting emphasizes Indigenous and rural perspectives, economic development, environmental stewardship, and the social impacts of major infrastructure and innovation projects across Northern Ontario, including communities in and around Melgund Township.

Happy Canada Day from Art Borups Corners! Today, we’re celebrating the spirit of togetherness from coast to coast to coast.
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Happy Canada Day!

From our backyard to yours, Happy Canada Day! Join us in celebrating the strength, diversity, and shared spirit of our communities.
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After another night of soaking, this batch was mixed again to fully slake the remaining clay. An extra round of straining removed more roots and coarse material, leaving a much smoother clay slurry that will continue settling before the next stage of processing.
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Wild Clay Processing Continues: Slaking, Straining, and Stockpiling

This summer we're processing wild clay using slaking, settling, and fabric straining to prepare clay for ceramics and pottery.
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Canada addresses infrastructure gaps in national AI strategy
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Canada addresses infrastructure gaps in national AI strategy

Federal planners seek to secure domestic computing capacity and prevent local innovations from moving abroad
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A fun, collaborative arts project shows how AI literacy can develop through creative activities, local culture, and community-based digital engagement in rural Canada.
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How Community Arts Can Support AI Literacy

A weekend arts project in Northwestern Ontario demonstrates how creativity, community participation, and AI tools can support digital literacy and learning.
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New Canada AI strategy to boost employment
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New Canada AI strategy to boost employment

Low adoption rates among small businesses prompt a massive federal employment and technology push
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A summer research project examining how WordPress, React, and AI can expand digital opportunities for grassroots organizations.
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Can AI Help Small Arts Organizations Build Better Websites?

Investigating how artificial intelligence and modern web development can strengthen digital heritage, arts, and cultural initiatives.
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Defining Abstraction in Modern Art
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Defining Abstraction in Modern Art

Abstraction removes literal imagery to prioritise emotional resonance through colour, shape, and raw visual energy.
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The Social Value of Artful Volunteering
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The Social Value of Artful Volunteering

Local art non-profits rely on community service to maintain cultural pride and foster deep social connections.
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The Fabric of Northern Kinship
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The Fabric of Northern Kinship

Artistic expression bridges vast distances, weaving together the resilient threads of Northern community and shared heritage.
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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.
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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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Latest Local News

  • Happy Canada Day!
  • Wild Clay Processing Continues: Slaking, Straining, and Stockpiling
  • Weekend Workshop: Crushing Wild Clay into Powder
  • Yellow Hawkweed: Northwestern Ontario’s Resilient Summer Bloomer
  • Popular Northwestern Ontario Canada Day Silent Auction Returns

Opportunities for Artists

Celebrate Canada Day by showcasing your talents at the upcoming Dyment Community Craft Sale on July 1st! Held at the Dyment, Ontario Community Centre & Grounds from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, this vibrant community market is officially calling for local vendors, artisans, and creators to join the festivities. Organizers are currently seeking applications for a wide variety of booths, including handmade crafts, artisan goods, local produce, vintage & unique finds, and delicious eats. It is a fantastic opportunity for small businesses and hobbyists alike, offering both tables and tent spaces with no fee for tables. To learn more about booth information, request an application, or register for the event, interested vendors can contact Terri at 807-220-5177, email melgundlsb@gmail.com, or visit the official website at www.melundrecreation.ca. Make sure to submit your application before the deadline on June 25th. Don't miss out on this incredible celebration of creativity and community in Melgund Township!

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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