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RIDING THE RED 150 WAVE! What a remarkable summer this has been for Quilt of Belonging! On tour for 12 weeks, we estimate the Quilt had about 1.5 million visitors―waves of people of all ages, all colours, all walks of life. Truly the Canada 150 theme, “Canada welcomes the world” was evidenced at the exhibitions. […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA! The words sound a little strange at first. Maybe it’s because I am not sure who to say them to, or it’s because of the scope of it―a country is so much bigger than an individual and our country is enormous! Yet in many ways it is not so different from celebrating […]

IT’S LIKE DISCOVERING THE WORLD ALL OVER AGAIN! We’ve spent over a year patiently reviewing every world nation, revisiting all our First Peoples and adding three new nations to bring their stories up to date on a new website.  Photos and videos now bring the cultures to life. For years we’ve dreamt about sharing the […]

IT’S HERE! Quilt of Belonging is excited to share the launch of its dynamic new website. Over a year in the making, this wonderful project was made possible by a $56,500 grant made by the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) in early 2015. Volunteers, web designers, writers, researchers, translators, and a graphic designer worked to create […]

Our website has being redesigned thanks to a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The new design is responsive, meaning it will adjust its layout to fit your screen. So it will look and function well on smart phones, tablets and desk top computers. The new site is also enabled for e-commerce. The cultural profiles have been […]

The project was conceived in a charming old house by a river in the tiny village of Williamstown, Ontario. When work started on the Quilt, the project moved to the spacious former township hall on the riverbank in the centre of town and recently our offices have been in Lancaster. In February we learned that the offices would […]

Things were shaking and moving this spring and early summer at the Quilt of Belonging.  Esther received the Governor General Award, we moved our office back to Williamstown and we had a great exhibition in Kingston.  Check out our Summer 2016 newsletter for details. Summer 2016  

Quilt office PROUD NEWS! Esther Bryan, Quilt of Belonging’s founding artist and coordinator, has been awarded the Governor General’s Meritorious Service Medal, to honour her service to Canada. The Meritorious Service Decorations were created by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to recognize an individual for a remarkable achievement accomplished over a limited period of time. […]