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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Esther Bryan, conceptual artist, designer and coordinator of the Quilt of Belonging, on Saturday, July 30, 2022.  Her funeral is to be held on Friday, August 5th at 11:00 am at Old Stone Church, St.Andrew’s Presbyterian in South Lancaster.

The Royal Alberta Museum (RAM)is now open and everyone is welcome to see the long-awaited Quilt of Belonging exhibition. Visitors will be issued timed-entry tickets to make entry to the museum as smooth as possible, but once inside, guests can spend as many hours as they want visiting the exhibits. The Quilt will be on display until […]

The Quilt was started 20 years ago. Enjoy this photo album of the the journey. Read about our current news here –> Fall 2018 Newsletter

The board of directors of the Quilt of Belonging is pleased to announce the Quilt has been selected as a special exhibit at the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions (PoWR) conference, November 1-7, in Toronto, Ontario. Their theme—The Promise of Inclusion, Power of Love—is a perfect complement for the Quilt’s message of belonging and […]

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 […]