May-June 2024 Highlights
Explore our May-June highlights featuring vibrant community events, acts of dignity that unite kindness and meeting the people and organizations that inspire us.
Art Borups Corners
June 30, 2024
News
Solutions for Northern Food Security Heading to the 2024 Arctic Congress
Through partnerships with institutions like the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, activities contribute collaboratively developed toolkits and facilitator guides.
Jamie Bell
May 21, 2024
Nunavut’s Human Rights Vacuum: Failures Amplify Northern Barriers
The absence of a Human Rights Commissioner in Nunavut perpetuates a cycle of impunity, allowing discrimination against Indigenous individuals to go unchecked.
Art Borups Corners
April 5, 2024
New report: Child poverty on the rise, undoing historic progress in poverty reduction
As pandemic benefits wound down and the cost of living rose, poverty rates rebounded, resulting in over 1 million children living in poverty.
Art Borups Corners
February 15, 2024
Third Annual National Kindness Week Celebrated With Multi-Partisan Press Conference
February 13, 2024 – Today, Canada kicked off its third annual National Kindness Week (February 11 – 17) with a press conference hosted by Global Dignity Canada. The early morning event, held virtually, aimed to celebrate the transformative power of kindness and to highlight the significance of this national initiative.
Art Borups Corners
February 13, 2024
Remembering Rosalynn Carter: A Legacy of Compassion and Change
On November 19, 2023, the world lost a deeply impactful leader, Rosalynn Carter.
Jamie Bell
December 12, 2023
November 2023 Project Update
It’s been a busy few months. Here is our project update as we move into November, 2023. It’s the month we’ve been waiting for as, after more than six months of dedicated planning, Art Borups Corners will officially start its programming.
Art Borups Corners
October 29, 2023
Education for Climate Justice: experiences from the global south
All Art Borups Corners team members are encouraged to join us at @1860 for the CBRL meeting on Friday, September 29 at 11:00 am (PST) with Dr. Sylmara Gonçalves Dias, who is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities at the University of São Paulo.
Jamie Bell
October 9, 2023
Project News and Updates for October 2023
This month we have a lot of updates on progress towards our food security and creative arts entrepreneurship programming.
Art Borups Corners
September 30, 2023
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Remembering, Reflecting, and Wearing Orange
September 30, 2023 is a special day where we come together to observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. For Canadians, it represents a day of profound significance and reflection.
Art Borups Corners
September 30, 2023