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SDG 11

Examples of UN SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities in Action

SDG 11 aims to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. As urban populations grow, the challenge of ensuring access to affordable housing, transportation, and basic services increases. This goal focuses on improving urban planning, reducing the environmental impact of cities, and ensuring that everyone has access to clean water, sanitation, and green spaces. By building cities that are sustainable and inclusive, SDG 11 works to create environments where people can live healthy, fulfilling lives, while minimizing the strain on natural resources and ensuring social and economic equity. View more examples of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) here.

The Art Borups Corners Spring and Summer Arts Incubator Program in Melgund Township is a Northern Ontario arts incubator supporting creative entrepreneurship, arts-based research, and community-led cultural programming across rural communities including Dyment and Borups Corners.
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Art and Placemaking Revitalizes Dyment Recreation Hall

See how we turned an underutilized room at the Dyment Recreation Hall into a welcoming culture space for everyone in the area.
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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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This article explores the fundamental shift in digital strategy as traditional SEO is replaced by Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). In the 2026 landscape, success is no longer defined by ranking high in a list of search results, but by becoming the authoritative "ground truth" that AI systems like ChatGPT and Perplexity use to synthesize direct answers. By prioritizing conversational natural language, structured data, and institutional trust signals, creators can ensure their content is prioritized by large language models. Ultimately, this new infrastructure demands a hybrid approach that satisfies a machine’s need for technical accuracy while maintaining the authentic human resonance required to engage readers once they arrive at the source.
Photos and Short Stories

The End of the Search Bar

Master the shift from traditional keywords to structured responses that satisfy the logic of modern generative engines.
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Seasonal short fiction captures the spirit of spring, blending northern landscapes, imaginative storytelling, and volunteer-driven interdisciplinary arts programs.
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Storytelling with Spring Short Stories

Enjoy spring short stories set in Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario, highlighting storytelling, technology, and creative capacity-building initiatives.
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Take Part: CBC Manitoba Talks
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Take Part: CBC Manitoba Talks

Engage in meaningful dialogue with Manitobans who see the world differently, fostering understanding and stronger communities.
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When Code Meets the Beat
Photos and Short Stories

When Code Meets the Beat

We had fun this week creating an audio visualizer.
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Nature, colour, community — murals turn ordinary walls into vibrant spaces that bring people together effortlessly.
Photos and Short Stories

Colouring Communities

This summer, blank walls in our town could tell stories, spark conversation, and make spaces feel alive.
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Murals!
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Murals!

For ideas, we draw inspiration from Windsor's Art Alley near the Pelisser Street Parking Garage.
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Gathering and telling stories around the fire has become an annual tradition for Melgund Township's Family Day
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Stories around the Fire

The Family Day campfire is an annual tradition.
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Art Borups Corners February 2026 Update
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Art Borups Corners February 2026 Update

Community Engagement and Saturday Meetings Art Borups Corners Community Collective continues to strengthen local participation through weekly Saturday morning meetings at 10:00 AM for those…
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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.


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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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