Project Name
Community centre improvement
Adventure in Understanding
Building Community Through Pollinator
Gardens
One-sentence description
Through a volunteer-led barn-raising approach, we will replace waiting
room viewing chairs in our arena, and hold a hockey tournament to
Adventure in Understanding will host a 100KM canoe-based six day/five
night co-ed program for First Nation and non-native youth 16 to 18 years
of age.
This project will help to build vibrant and healthy neighbourhoods through
the creation and stewardship of diverse pollinator gardens.
Our Gender Journey Program would like to present a series of educational
Canada 150 Celebration of Gender Diversity events including music, dance and spoken work that represents the
LGBTQ community, as part of a broader Canada Day 150 celebration.
Canada Day Multicultural Festival
Canada’s 150th: Youth Re-Learning Stories
of the Land in Mississauga Territory
Celebrate! Canadian Women of Song
Chasse-Galerie Commission
Come Together! - Celebrating Canada
Through Inclusion
Community Grant Proposal- The Warming
Room and Circles of Care
Made in Canada... Really!
Peterborough Celebrates Canada's 150th
Peterborough County 150 - A Passport to
Celebrations!
One of the largest events promoting the positive and lasting impact of
cultural diversity in our community through a celebration of life's simple
pleasures including food, music, art and dance.
Local youth will respond to the Truth & Reconciliation Report by taking
action to decolonize, build relationships with First Nations & Mother Earth
through an interactive workshop series.
This event is a concert which celebrates the music of Canadian Women
singers & songwriters and involves many local musicians & local groups
that support women within our Community.
The PSO and Canada Canoe Museum collaborate to commission a new
orchestral work by canadian composer Christine Donkin based on the
legend "Chasse-galerie"
"Come Together" will work to bring marginalized youth living in rural areas
together to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday through inclusive events and
activities
Circles of Care is a staff and volunteer run program that will expand
relationships built at the Warming Room by establishing community based
wraparound support with individuals who are episodically and chronically
homeless, and whom have not been able to successfully engage with
existing service providers in Peterborough.
"Made in Canada... Really!" will be an exhibition, featuring Peterboroughmade objects from the Peterborough Museum & Archives collection, in
celebration of Canada's 150th and the PMA's 50th anniversaries.
Peterborough Celebrates Canada's 150th will be a community event
celebrating local arts, culture & heritage in Peterborough's vibrant
downtown.
“Peterborough County 150 – A Passport to Celebrations” will inspire a
stronger sense of community pride and belonging by encouraging
participation in celebrating the past 150 years of our rural heritage and
building on the foundation for a stronger future together.
ReFraming Canada 150: Fresh ways to
celebrate Canada's 150th!
A series of five film screenings accompanied by community conversations
that bring together artists, thinkers and citizens to explore our national and
local histories and futures by looking through various underrepresented
lenses as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation.
Rejoice, ReImagine, Renew 40/2017
We would like to celebrate Canada 150 and Telecare Peterborough's 40th
anniversary, especially by hosting presentations focussing on the
importance of volunteerism for building healthy communities
ReLeaf Selwyn 150
The residents of Selywn Township will come together as a community to
plant 150 maple trees throughout the Township to commemorate Canada's
150th Anniversary.
School Food Boxes for Universal Breakfast
Programs Procured from Local County
Farmers
We will work with the local food supply chain (from grower to delivery) to
reliably deliver high quality apples, carrots and cucumbers to 17,500 local
children through Student Nutrition Programs.
Youth Drama Company
Theatrical enactment that will empower youth and give them
opportunities to showcase their talents
Present Voices: Canadians sharing stories
through participatory art
A living timeline of Canada's race relations
Canada 150 Digital Storytelling Kits
Miyo Wahkohtowin Gathering ( Good
Relations )
Canada 150 - Community Park Initiative
The Tale of a Town
Vox Huronia - Canadian Composers 2017
Social Inclusion for Seniors: Bridging
Canadian Generations
The Works will issue a national call for 3 diverse artists to produce distinct
participatory artworks that actively build community and tell the complex
story of Canada’s people and places and showcased to the estimated 300
000 visitors of the Works 2017 Festival.
Through an interactive journey through lesser-known events and policies in
Canada's history, participants will learn about both the historical depth and
continuing effects of race issues.
Creating a digital oral history by collecting and sharing stories with our
community.
Creating pathways of sharing unique culturals and embracing our
differences to building the foundation to miyo wahkohtowin ( good
relations).
Promoting small town community recreation for both young and old, while
encouraging volunteers to come together for a common goal of keeping
our small comunity viable for many generations to come.
The Tale of a Town is a community storytelling project, capturing and
sharing the oral history of our main streets, one story at a time...
Commission an original choral composition to celebrate Canada's 150th
anniversary of Confederation, to be performed by Vox Huronia at our 2017
'Canadian Composers' concert.
University students will develop and share Canada 150 presentations for
Seniors and Adults with Physical Challenges at Community Care
luncheons in the City and County of Peterborough.
Canada 150 is an opportunity for celebrating community art, and Art
Place is a community engagement program that places professional
Art Place Artist-in-Residence Program 2016- artists in the heart of Ottawa communities, providing unique artistic
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opportunities, creative outlets for Ottawa residents who have little
access to the arts, and to amplify the voice of underserved communities
to tell and share their stories.
The Next 150: Putting Indigenous Culture
into Schools
A Community Celebration in Lights
Buffalo Home Coming Celebration
Enhancing Grassi Lakes Interpretive Signs
Finalize a unique culturally-based curriculum rooted in traditional teachings,
led by the Indigenous community.
A community initiative to bring everyone together to celebrate Canada's
150th in lights!
We are organising a celebration of the return of the bison to Banff National
Park that will engages the communities of Banff, Canmore, Exshaw and
Morley.
To inspire a deeper understanding about the Grassi Lakes history, land,
and cultural heritage through engaging interpretive signs.
Mural Project for Canada's 150th
Celebrations
Inspired by Canada’s 150th celebrations and the themes of belonging,
inclusion, connection and reconciliation, the Town of Canmore’s Arts and
Events Department, in partnership with the Planning and Community Social
Development departments, will create 4 community murals with a Lead
Artist and with inspired youth from Banff, Canmore, Exshaw and Morley.
Stoney Stories, Benches and Hikes/Walks
Working with Elders, students and local artists to produce story boards to
place with log benches at locations of Stoney cultural significance within
the Bow and Ghost Valleys and on Reserve with organized multigenerational hikes/walks to these in 2017 incorporating discussions of the
many multi-cultural contributions to our area.
The Shoe Project
The Flint Corn Community Project
DILA Civic Engagment - Expansion
World Music Percussion Orchestra for
Children
Immigrant women share their arrival stories with the community.
A Indigenous community-based project to grow and expand seed stock of
heritage flint corn, while engaging and teaching about traditional food
crops.
Our goal is to work with at risk youth to develop their civic identity, civic
competencies & willingness to act by directly engaging youth in
community action through 2017.
The purpose of this project is to create a percussion band for kids to
explore music from different backgrounds, along with a performance
during Canada 150.
A.S.K. Strathcona: Art, Sport, Kitchens
To ensure that 2017 is an inclusive year, the ASK Strathcona project aims
to increase access to sport, arts and cooking: Implementing a community
development approach to address the social determinants of health,
reduce social isolation, build skills, increase employability through social
enterprise, volunteerism and community capacity building.
Ateliers de préparation à la représentation
théâtrale
Le Théâtre la Catapulte désire dans un deuxième volet mettre sur pied les
outils nécessaires afin de pouvoir, saison après saison, offrir aux écoles
des ateliers préparatoires.
'Blooms, a Garden History' book publishing
Blooms is an educational tool for the public to fully enjoy the existing
Ornamental Gardens, to understand its history and the very significant
horticultural developments achieved since its inception in 1886
Britannia Woods Women's Network
The Britannia Woods Women's Network will mark this important year
with a new vision for women in Ottawa, by creating space and staffing
supports to increase inclusion and engagement of diverse/vulnerable
women, build social capital and provide parenting and community
resources.
From the Roots Theatre Project
From the Roots Theatre Project will create an opportunity for immigrant
women and girls to gain self-confidence, build self-esteem and
community in an inclusive environment, free from oppression.
Mythic Pearls at the Roots
Fort Edmonton Canoe Brigade
A multicultural, multidisciplinary, audience-participation performance
incorporating myths from diverse Canadian cultures.
To re-enact and celebrate the history of travel and commerce by First
Nations, Metis, and settlers along the North Saskatchewan River in
Alberta's Capital Region by Voyageur Canoe on the 150th celebration of
Canada.
Home Movies: Metro Cinema Celebrates
Canadian Cinema
Metro Cinema shines a monthly spotlight on different aspects of Canadian
society through film and film-inspired art.
P.U.M.P. It Up for Canada 150! is a "pop up" project to showcase
Multicultural Pop-Up Plan
multicultural arts and cultures in different Edmonton neighbourhoods to
mark Canada's 150th anniversary.
THIS LAND, OUR MUSIC - A Celebration of Honoring our Canadian music artists who brought their passion and talents
Canadian Music
to the world.
Rotary Community Stage
The original Grand Bend community stage would have been 100 this year,
and the launch event for the Grand Bend Rotary Community stage will
provide a new focal point for cultural activities for both residents and
visitors.
Community Awareness and Capacity
Building
This special 150th project will build community knowledge, inspire
community action and widen community participation to address the issues
of mental health, homelessness and access to transportation and services
for all people with a look at how far we have come in 150 years..
Founding Families of Huronia - A Pictorial
Essay
Preserving stories and photos of Founding Families of Huronia (139 yrs
ago) through assignments at high school that are ultimately shared with
community in order to build individual and community pride.
Scientists in School 150th Project
To deliver our Scientists in School 150th program to children in Huronia
from public, catholic and First Nations schools to ignite our next scientists
to build a better tomorrow.
Sistema Project
Jeux de l’Acadie - Fêtons le 150e
To train our ensemble and put on a concert starring our at risk student
ensemble for the 150th Birthday.
Lors d'un événement festif et coloré, faire connaître la fierté française et
acadienne à l'échelle nationale.
Inclusion and Accessibility in Huxley Park
Improvements for a new playground in Huxley Park to create an inclusive,
multi-generational community park that encourages active living and
community engagement.
GICHA 150
Commission a Gabriolan artist to paint a large mural depicting Gabriolan
history on the Hall and invite all Gabriolans to celebrate Canada150 with a
Salmon BBQ with local entertainers.
LCVI celebrates Canada's 150 years!
Raise awareness of Canadian culture and literature by showcasing
photographs of Canadian books on our wall outside on Terminal in
celebration of 150 years.
Nanaimo Jazz Festival
Produce events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of jazz music with
Canada's 150th through performances of pieces which include
compositions by Shelton Brooks, a Canadian whose music was first
recorded 100 years ago.
Online Community Resources and
Engagement Program
We will activate Canada 150 as a new opportunity for people with brain
injuries, with a year-round multi-media, multi-platform on-line resources
that transcend barriers in time and distance and are specific to people
living with brain injury, their caregivers and other involved supporters..
Spirit of Place: Peace Flags
The Nanaimo Five Acre Farm Project
The peace flag project gives individuals form diverse background an
opportunity to express the meaning of community in a collective and
inclusive visual representation for Canada’s 150th anniversary.
The Five Acre project brings individuals and groups together to learn
agriculture skills and to restore one of the region’s original five acre parcels
to a working and learning community farm space.
VIU Indigenous Speaker Series
Welcoming Voices: Celebrating Cultural
Connections Through Outdoor Art
Write to Read Project - Snuneymuxw First
Nation
Young Leaders for Beban Community Bike
Park
Centennial Park 150 Revitalization Project
Canada 150 Mural Project
VIU’s Indigenous Speaker Series and the associated conference are
focused on issues of national importance relating to the struggles, triumphs
and lived experience of Indigenous peoples, and their impact within a
diverse Canadian society.
To commemorate Canada's 150th anniversary, Nanaimo Art Gallery's 40th
anniversary, and enliven downtown Nanaimo, the Gallery will commission a
new artwork for the facade of the building by renowned artist Marianne
Nicolson.
A project that builds on reconciliation, community, understanding, literacy
and that brings partners together to build a legacy for our local First
Nations
Young leaders will come together for the creation of a new community
bike partk
A group of volunteers will revitalize MacGregor's Centennial Park to
create a safe and accessible natural green space for residents and vistors
to enjoy.
Bring 200+ community members together to create a mural to celebrate
Canada's 150th Anniversary.