--April 7, 2025.
A Quarter of a Century of Advocacy:
QAHN, 2000-2025
Edited by Matthew Farfan and Rod MacLeod
This year QAHN is celebrating twenty-five years of presenting, preserving and promulgating the vastly diverse, creative and evolving history and heritage of the many English-speaking communities of Quebec. Through a quarter-century projects, outreach events and especially our excellent publications – both digital and print – QAHN has contributed to the total of all knowledge of the history and heritage of all Quebec and, by a kind of cultural osmosis, to all of Canada.
We have recently published a glossy, lavishly-illustrated 50-page publication called A Quarter-century of Advocacy: QAHN, 2000 – 2025, edited by Matthew Farfan and Rod MacLeod. Matthew has been our executive director since 2011 and Rod has, among other positions, been the editor, and one of the chief writers, of Quebec Heritage News since 2009. A number of QAHN’s directors, staff and other contributors have been with QAHN since our early years. Our retention rate of participants, contributors and members (both institutions and individuals) is very high – an excellent sign for a non-profit network like ours.
This new book is a visually stunning record, with outstanding photography of a wide variety of places and people throughout Quebec. It proceeds chronologically, noting the main events, accomplishments and positive improvements made since our inception. The digital world has been a great asset for QAHN – especially as we are spread out over the enormous geography of Quebec. This has proven vital to our continuation and in our communication with our membership even in far-flung regions of the province like the Magdalen Islands, the Gaspé, Northern Quebec, and small towns in the Townships, the Laurentians, the Ottawa Valley and elsewhere.
A Quarter-century of Advocacy will be available throughout the year at QAHN events or at our offices in Lennoxville. This book will also be made available by mail upon receipt of $10 to cover postage. Payment may be made by cheque to: QAHN, 3355 College, Sherbrooke, QC J1M 0B8, or by Paypal or etransfer to: [email protected].
For information, contact us at: [email protected].
Reviewed by Sandra Stock