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A Statement from the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) (Sherbrooke, Qc., November 2, 2023)

--September 25, 2023. QAHN Directors Simon Jacobs (left) and Michèle Thibeau (right) visited Shannon this past weekend, where they presented the volunteer organizers of the renowned Shannon Irish Show with the coveted 2023 Richard Evans Award! Participants in the ceremony were delighted. Or as Deborah Kiley (second from left in this photo) put it, "thank you QAHN, and to you Simon & Michèle, for taking the time to come and present the Richard Evans award in Shannon! We were very honored to be recognized for this most prestigious award!"

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--April 3, 2023. Annie Hyland, perhaps better known to many as Sister Saint-Patrice (1873-1939), chose a life of duty and service with the Grey Nuns in Nicolet in 1893. Serving as a music teacher and later a nurse at Saint Mary’s Residential School in Cardston, Alberta, located on the Blood Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy, Annie’s story is connected to the shameful history and legacy of Canada’s residential school system. Host Julie Miller tells the poignant and difficult story about Annie Hyland from the Cimetière des Soeurs grises, in Nicolet, Quebec.

January 10, 2023. QAHN is always working to better serve our members, and the heritage community at large.  We've developed this quick survey to find out what programs and services are of greatest interest to the community, and to help us better fulfill our mandate. Please take a few moments to answer the following 10-question survey. Let us know how we're doing. Or how we can improve.  We really appreciate your feedback! Click here to complete the quick survey... Thank you!!

A brand new bilingual documentary, spearheaded by the Morin Heights Historical Association, with support from the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network QAHN) and the Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d'expression anglaise (SRQEA), is called "MUSIC - The Official Language of Morin-Heights / LA MUSIQUE - Langue officiel de Morin-Heights." This fascinating, highly entertaining film was part of QAHN's 2022 "Belonging and Identity" project, which itself was supported by the SRQEA.

The third in the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network's ongoing series of "Heritage Live" hybrid events took place on Sunday at the Colby-Curtis Museum in Stanstead. The event was combined with the 6th annual Eastern Townships Heritage Fair, featuring kiosks by the Lac-Brome Museum, LAHMS, the Eastern Townships Resource Centre, the Bury Historical and Heritage Society, the Georgeville Historical Society, and QAHN.