Matthew Farfan

Matthew Farfan is a writer, editor, heritage consultant, and collector of early photographs. He is also the Executive Director of the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN). Educated at McGill University in Montreal, he has written extensively on the history and culture of the Eastern Townships of Quebec. He is the author of numerous articles in print and online, and several books, including The Eastern Townships: In Town and Village (2006); The Eastern Townships: On Lake and River (2008); the Vermont-Quebec Border: Life on the Line (2009); and Tradition and Fraternity: the Continuing History of Golden Rule Lodge No. 5 (2020). In 2021, he co-edited QAHN's 2-volume anthology Historical Views: Selections from Quebec Heritage News 2000-2020. Among Matthew Farfan's many community involvements, he served for 11 years as a councillor in the border town of Stanstead, where he headed up the urban planning commission and the International Water Company, and where he spearheaded various heritage and cultural initiatives. He is currently a municipal councillor in Stanstead-Est, and is a past-president of the Colby-Curtis Museum and of the world-famous Haskell Free Library and Opera House.