| What is QAHN?
ABOUT US
The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) is a non-profit, non-partisan umbrella organization whose mission is to help advance knowledge of the history and culture of English-speaking society in Quebec.
The Network aims:
1. to encourage cooperation and improve communications among members; and
2. to assist them in obtaining resources and related services for their activities and facilities.
A founding conference was held in June 2000 at Bishop’s University in Lennoxville, with the theme “Building a Future for our Past”. Strong interest in forming the Network was expressed, and a
Board of Directors was elected.
We operate under a federal charter and are funded by the Official Languages Support Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage. QAHN is governed by a
Board of Directors composed of representatives from various regions and sectors of activity.
Our members are historical societies, community groups, museums and individuals interested in the study of the Anglophone heritage of Quebec.
We are affiliated with the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), an umbrella organization for English-speaking community groups in Quebec, and members of the Heritage Canada Foundation and the Fédération des sociétés d’histoire du Québec (FSHQ).
QAHN’s main activities are to:
Publish the Quebec Heritage News, a combination bulletin and history news magazine;
Keep members in touch with each other;
Keep members aware of developments in the field of heritage both in and outside Quebec;
Provide the general public with educational and travel information about the heritage of English-speaking Quebec through our Heritage Trails and Heritage Portal Website projects.
Anglophone Heritage
Many Quebecers have links to anglophone heritage even though they may see themselves as having some other language or cultural attachment. There are many communities in Quebec which speak English but do not come from traditionally English nations.
We do not focus exclusively on the heritage of the English, Scots, Irish and Welsh, but also Indian, Native, Jewish, West Indian and any other community which expresses itself in English. Similarly, there are many instances where Anglophone heritage is being preserved by the francophone community.
We speak therefore of Anglophone heritage as a topic of study. QAHN is about those having an interest in heritage, is non-political and totally inclusive. Our concern is with the preservation of the English-speaking community’s heritage, not with the language.
The Logo
Q: What does it mean? What does it suggest?
The central message is: Our original settlers came here by water (by sea and/or stream), they encountered the forest, cleared it, brought it to their use, and built communities. As descendants, we continue to preserve and respect that tradition brought to us of our links to sea and stream,
of our admiration and treasuring of our natural resources especially trees, and our preservation of institutions.
Q: What do people see?
They seem to recognize the water linkage, the idea of a natural heritage and some variously see a school, a church, a town hall, a library…
Q: Why not use a coniferous tree? Why a half tree?
The conifer is already used in many logos, already trademarked. The use of a “half tree” implies we used the forest in building our communities – some part of the forest became our built heritage.
Click here to download relevant QAHN documents
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