Heritage NL

11/03/2026

Heritage NL, in partnership with the Mummers Festival and Torbay History House, is holding a Mummer Memories Mug Up and Scanning Party. A Memory Mug Up is an informal story sharing session for community members, where people gather, have a cup of tea and a lunch, and share memories. At this Mug Up we will be chatting about mummering/janneying. If you have old printed pictures of mummers/janneys that you would like to share, bring them along and we will digitally scan and preserve them for future generations.

Join us on Tuesday, December 8, 2026 at 2:00pm at the Torbay History House. All are welcome, no tickets or registration necessary!

11/03/2026

Heritage NL, in partnership with the Mummers Festival and Carbonear Heritage Society, is holding a Mummer Memories Mug Up and Scanning Party. A Memory Mug Up is an informal story sharing session for community members, where people gather, have a cup of tea and a lunch, and share memories. At this Mug Up we will be chatting about mummering/janneying. If you have old printed pictures of mummers/janneys that you would like to share, bring them along and we will digitally scan and preserve them for future generations.

Join us on Thursday, December 3, 2026 at 2:00pm at the Old Post Office Museum, Carbonear. All are welcome, no tickets or registration necessary!

11/03/2026

Heritage NL, in partnership with the Mummers Festival and Small Point to Adam's Cove Social Recreation, is holding a Mummer Memories Mug Up and Scanning Party. A Memory Mug Up is an informal story sharing session for community members, where people gather, have a cup of tea, and share memories. At this Mug Up we're looking to chat about mummering/janneying. If you have old printed pictures of mummers/janneys that you would like to share, bring them along and we will digitally scan and preserve them for future generations.

Join us on Tuesday, December 1, 2026 at 2:00pm at the Salem Community Centre in Broad Cove. All are welcome, no tickets or registration necessary!

11/02/2026

With colourful ribbons and shiny tinsel covering their white shirts, pants, and large masks, the Ribbon Fools were quite the sight years ago in Pouch Cove and Flatrock! The Mummers Festival, in partnership with Heritage NL and the Pouch Cove Heritage Society, is excited to return to the home of the Ribbon Fools to show you how to make your own Ribbon Fools costume. Bring along your own shirt and pants. Suitable for kids 10+. Adult supervision is required for each child. The Pouch Cove Heritage Society will prepare a lunch of tea/coffee and some sweets.

Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2026 at 7:00pm
Location: Stiles Cove Recreation Chalet, 100 Satellite Road, Pouch Cove
Registration via Eventbrite at this link www.eventbrite.ca/e/pouch-cove-ribbon-fools-workshop-tickets-2004248416968?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

11/02/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Rug Hooking workshop hosted by The Rooms yesterday. If you weren't able to attend, keep an eye out for future workshop announcements!

10/27/2026

Check it out! Part 3 of "Finding Home Through Heritage: Connecting Newcomers & Newfoundlanders Through Shared Culture" is now live.

Join Bryan Abrahamse (Association for New Canadians (ANC)), Mahta Sheikhi (Memorial University), and Dale Jarvis (Heritage NL) for an eye-opening conversation on intangible cultural heritage.

10/22/2026

Deadline for submissions is December 7, 2026.

SSAC 2027: Call for Sessions
Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada – 52nd Annual Conference
Sainte-Marie among the Hurons & Discovery Harbour (Midland & Penetanguishene, ON)
May 11-13, 2027
Theme: Successive Presents

The 52nd annual conference will be held from May 11 to 13, 2027 at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons and Discovery Harbour, on the traditional and Treaty territory of the Anishinabek people and within the ancestral homeland of the Wendat Nation. These lands give us pause to think about “successive presents,” the phrase coined by Pierre Nora in his Lieux de mémoire/Realms of Memory (1992/1996) to describe “the way in which traditions are constituted and passed on.” First Nations, Métis, and Inuit understandings of place ask us, in turn, to consider relationships to land as living and ongoing, sustained through knowledge, practice, and responsibility across generations. UNESCO’s concept of intangible cultural heritage similarly draws attention to living traditions and their contribution to spatial presence, continually evolving in response to the environment and through the transmission of intergenerational knowledge. The SSAC provides a space for such plurality of approaches, methodologies, and areas of study. Session proposals are welcomed from across disciplines and forms of practice, addressing new research, ongoing work, and questions shaping the field.

Sessions may address architectural and craft histories, contemporary practice, community-based approaches, land and spatial narratives, heritage, theory, design, pedagogy, or other questions concerning the creation, experience, interpretation, and transformation of the built environment in Canada.

Those interested in chairing a session are invited to submit their proposals by email to [email protected] no later than December 7, 2026.

Learn more: https://canada-architecture.org/this-years-conference/

We look forward to welcoming you to Sainte-Marie among the Hurons and Discovery Harbour in May 2027- whether you are a long-time participant or joining us for the first time. This 52nd conference will be an opportunity to reconnect, discover, and bring together the many voices that shape the SSAC community.

Photo : Joan Coutu

10/19/2026

10/19/2026

Heritage NL is saddened to hear of the passing of Lloyd Kane. Lloyd was a former longtime board member of Heritage NL and an avid supporter of the preservation and promotion of the history and heritage of Newfoundland and Labrador through his involvement with organizations such as the Cupids Legacy Centre. Our condolences to the family and loved ones of Lloyd Kane.

Lloyd Kane September 9, 1947, to October 14, 2026 It is with profound sadness that the family of Lloyd Kane announce the passing of their beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Lloyd died suddenly but peacefully, surrounded by his family, at Carbonear General Hospital on October....