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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.

More than 35 pounds of locally harvested grey, red, and varved wild clay drying after being slaked and processed. Every batch has helped us learn more about the natural materials beneath our feet.
Northern Ontario Arts

Pit Firing Update: Preparing for the Fire

One of our summer Living Lab projects is transforming local wild clays and forest materials into a ceramic research program.
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Canada’s Nuclear Waste Repository Models Face Critical Data Gaps, Reviewers Warn
Community Lens

Canada’s Nuclear Waste Repository Models Face Critical Data Gaps, Reviewers Warn

Release of South Bruce geoscientific work would build confidence in Revell Site selection, reviewers argue
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Arts and Crafts from across Northwestern Ontario were on display at the Dyment Recreation Hall and Park this Canada Day.
Community Lens

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.
Borups Corners

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
Community Lens

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.
Community Lens

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
Community Lens

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
Community Lens

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
Community Lens

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 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.


BN: 790519573RC0001

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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