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February 2020
Every Child Matters
Acknowledging the legacy of Canada’s Residential School system and its impact on Indigenous communities, past, present and future. What is Residential School? The term “Residential School” refers to the education system that forced Indigenous children into mainstream “Canadian” ways of living. The practice removed Indigenous children from their families, languages, customs, and traditional teachings. There were 139 Indian residential schools funded and operated by the federal government. Opened in 1828 and located only 50 kilometres from Guelph, the Mohawk Institute…
Find out more »March 2020
Guelph Circa 1999
Like a time capsule, visitors will discover Guelph of 20 years ago. Told through the stories of the people who spent time at The Bookshelf, a cultural hub in this city since 1973, the exhibition also features artifacts from the 1990s and early 2000s.
Find out more »Lay of the Land
Opening reception: Friday, March 27, 6 p.m. (postponed, date TBD) You are here! This interactive exhibition will orient visitors in time and place through an installation of maps, spanning time immemorial to present day. Lay of the Land invites all visitors to understand our complex relationship to the land, past and present, and to the place that we now call Guelph. Cartography is the art, science, and technology of making maps, plans, charts, and globes. The earliest surviving map, drawn…
Find out more »May 2020
August 2020
Backyard Theatre: Sons of 17
Thursday through Saturday, August 13 to 15 | 7 PM Saturday matinee, August 15 | 2 PM Synopsis: An unlikely pair of musicians meets in Guelph during the spring of 1917 to rehearse songs for soldier recruitment, all while revealing home front emotions, opinions and diversions of the time. Mike Ford (Moxy Früvous) and Murray Foster (Moxy Früvous, Great Big Sea) bring this musical remembrance to life. Sons of '17 was originally commissioned by Canada's History Society for the 2014…
Find out more »Backyard Theatre: Keeping the Homefires Burning
Thursday through Saturday, August 20 to 22 | 7 PM Saturday matinee, August 22 | 2 PM Synopsis: From the home front to the trenches, Ian Bell presents songs, stories, and instrumental music from the First World War era. Ian Bell has performed across North America Canada both on his own and with many ensembles. He has appeared at numerous folk festivals and in concerts and dances in venues ranging from Roy Thompson Hall to Randy Haskell’s barn. A musician…
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