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OPEN LETTER FROM QAHN: Quebec's Heritage and Its Future
--June 9, 2020. RE: QUEBEC’S HERITAGE AND ITS FUTURE The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN), a province-wide network of organizations and individuals that works to promote the preservation of the heritage of the province’s English-speaking communities, welcomes the conclusions and recommendations of Quebec’s Auditor General in regards to heritage policy in her latest report.
OPEN LETTER FROM QAHN: Quebec's Heritage and Its Future
--June 9, 2020. RE: QUEBEC’S HERITAGE AND ITS FUTURE The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN), a province-wide network of organizations and individuals that works to promote the preservation of the heritage of the province’s English-speaking communities, welcomes the conclusions and recommendations of Quebec’s Auditor General in regards to heritage policy in her latest report.
QAHN IS 20 !
--June 9, 2020. Founded back in 2000, QAHN celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2020. Never in our wildest dreams could we have predicted that a massive worldwide pandemic would turn our “QAHN 20” victory lap into a surreal “COVID 19” alternate reality. Which of course much of 2020 has turned out to be -- for all of us!
New online QAHN exhibit: "Waterways of the St. Francis"
--May 20, 2020. This new online exhibit by QAHN's Dwane Wilkin, "Waterways of the St. Francis," spotlights the heritage of this iconic river that has been so important a feature of life in Quebec's Eastern Townships. Check it out! Click here!
New Online Exhibit by QAHN: "Gifts of the Marsh: Naturalist Henry Mousley"
--May 12, 2020. This new online exhibit by Dwane Wilkin of QAHN features some of the life's work of renowned naturalist Henry Mously. Check it out! Click here!
Virtual QAHN Exhibition #2: Compton County (Eaton Corner) Museum
--April 15, 2020. QAHN Virtual Exhibition #1: "Compton County (Eaton Corner) Museum: Transporting Visitors Back in Time in Eaton Corner" Click here to view the exhibition!
Memories from across Quebec: "Putting Food on the Table... Stories from Quebec's Farming Past" (Video capsule #2)
--April 15, 2020. Memories from across Quebec: This video capsule was produced by the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN), with archival recordings from the Compton County Historical & Museum Society, the Eastern Townships Resource Centre, Gatineau Valley Historical Society, Hemmingford Archives and Morin Heights Historical Association.
Virtual QAHN Exhibition #1: Missisquoi Museum
April 14, 2020. QAHN Virtual Exhibition #1: "Missisquoi’s Mercantile Past: As Seen through Consumer Goods and Ledgers at the Missisquoi Museum"
New QAHN publication now available: "Diversity & Achievement: Your Story, Our Story
Diversity and Achievement in Anglophone Quebec: Your Story, Our Story
Major fire destroys historic building in downtown Magog
--October 16, 2018. A major fire razed a large historic building in the heart of downtown Magog in Quebec's Eastern Townships Tuesday morning. The building was built in the early 1900s and had businesses on the main floor, with two floors of apartment units above. Fifteen people are without a home because of the fire, but none of them were hurt. The city says a firefighter was lightly injured.