Quaecumque sunt vera. St. Francis Xavier University is making history. For the first time in its history, the campus of “whatsoever things are true” and a leading edge interdisciplinary degree program — BASc in Climate and Environment—is naming a new building and a prestigious health research Institute in “honour” of a corruption accomplice, billionaire donor […]
What a difference a century makes! Meet the two men at the centre of the two photos illustrating support for innovation in health: William S. Archibald, the official photographer for the 1924 Antigonish Highland Games fundraiser for St. Martha’s Hospital, which raised $8000 – alumnus of St. Francis Xavier University, engineer, star figure skater, yachtsman […]
At the symbolic ground turning on July 5, 2024 at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, benefactor Dr. Victor Dahdaleh said this building will be the proof of the power of collaboration, and soon, he hopes the start of breakthrough victories and life-changing discoveries that will impact the region and help create a […]
Tommy Landry (1958-2024): His Legacy of Light In 2021, Tommy Landry, a core member of L’Arche Antigonish participated in Dorothy Lander’s Botanical Hands project. Tina Angustia presented Tommy with images of flowers from which to choose for Dorothy’s botanical collage, using a photo of his dominant hand as her canvas. Tommy nodded and smiled to […]
Posted by John Graham-Pole I don’t know when Dorothy and I became elders, but I’ll date it from our simultaneous retirement almost eighteen years ago. We’d first met in July, 2005, corresponded by email with growing frequency, then started phoning between Gainesville, Florida, and Antigonish, Nova Scotia, even more often. We used my work phone […]
Posted by Dorothy Lander: dorothy@tryhealingarts.ca The talented team at This is Marketing (https://www.thisismarketing.ca/) chose a unique colour palette to illuminate the HARP brand. The TiM team instructed Dorothy Lander and John Graham-Pole to scour their wardrobe for these colours during the photoshoot in our home as part of creating the new website of HARP The […]
https://tryhealingarts.ca/books/the-choreography-of-care/ Behind every book or other publication of HARP The People’s Press is a relationship. HARP’s latest title The Choreography of Care by Stuart Pimsler is no different. The Arts-in-Health movement in North America has kept HARP Publisher John Graham-Pole and Choreographer-Dancer Stuart Pimsler connected for over three decades. This video captures their connection […]
