Jan 18: Techies and Daytrippers invited!

Saturday morning Jan 18, 2025

All digital techies and daytrippers and anyone who likes their phone: you are invited  to The Archives for a focus group.  EXAR technologies has developed a cool Daytripping app that features our local barn quilt stories.  Ben Switzer will be here at 11:00 a.m. to show us how it works.  He wants us to test it out.  Play with it.  Give him feedback and ideas.

Ben Switzer, EXAR Studios: our mission is to “create digital experiences that increase footfall and showcase the unique stories in your neighborhood”

Bring your devices: phones, tablets, portable devices that can download an app.  Bring your lunch.  We have the coffee and we can go get a pizza.

11 a.m. at the the Archives, 178 McKellar Street, Glencoe

For more information, mary@glencoehistoricalsociety.ca or call Mary Simpson at 519 318 1074

The Glencoe & District Historical Society recognises the desire of travelers to connect with the communities they explore.  We aim to make history fashionable again!  We want to put out a digital welcome mat by sharing our art, stories, and culture through story telling.  But we need to strengthen the story keeping tradition by linking our elders with our youth.

G&DHS Project Mission

We want to preserve and interpret the rich history of Southwestern Ontario by sharing our art, stories, and culture through storytelling.

Aims

• Interpreting and showcase rural southwest Ontario culture through history and storytelling
• Building a partnership with Chippewa of the Thames First Nation, barnquilttrails.ca, Creative-Communities, and EXAR Studio to help grow the tourism community in Ontario’s Southwest.
• Use collaborative tools and skills: Dynamic Governance , Flourishing Business Canvas, Asset-based community development, Two-Row Wampum philosophy, and creating a theory of change binding a solid partnership based on trust.

Outcomes

Leveraging asset-based community development to tap into local skills and encourage the participation of the next generation. A dynamic shift in volunteer management, engaging with busy individuals in today’s fast-paced world.

Building a network of local organizations to get involved in this project.  Learning more about Tourism Canada’s vision and strategy and how rural communities can offer creative programming that appeals to the target traveller market.

Learning the history of the Mount Elgin Residential School and listening to the stories of the people who attended the school.  Getting local people to reminisce about their memories of Mount Elgin.

Draw attention to the social history of Middlesex County. Educate municipal representatives on the significance of safeguarding local history in modern archives