Colette Meehan, originally from Ireland, is an artist and jeweller, specialising in fine enamel pieces. She reflects on how food can represent feast, celebration, and ritual all while serving fresh pancakes at her home in La Pocatière, Quebec, in Fall 2025. Ready in: Prep time – 75 mins; Cook time: 15 – 20 minsServes: 18 […]
Isabelle Simardis La Cueilleuse indigene and devotes her life to opening up the world of plants indigenous to Bas St Laurent. Her interview was filmed at a HLSL Plants&Paths guided walk in Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski in Fall 2025. Ingredients Method
Ting Zhang is originally from China and now lives with her family in Rimouski, Québec. She was filmed in conversation with Muriel Moukam from the Marché du Monde in Rimouski, which specialises in bringing international ingredients and foodstuffs to Bas St Laurent. Ting is the HLSL Rimouski Regional Manager. Ready in: 60 minutesServes: 4 people […]
Photo: Seaside Beach 1920s Anonymous Gelatin silver photograph Collection Les Amis des Jardins de Métis A Wardrobe of Memories Exhibit Preview opens March 1, 2026 HLSL, in association with Les Jardins de Métis, is proud to announce a new exhibit which looks at life through garments in Métis. Up until the 1960’s, what did people […]
Priyanka is a new community member who has quickly become part of the HLSL family. As a Master’s student in Change Management, she offered her time as an intern to help us transition during our restructuring, and since beginning her internship she has hit the ground running. We are grateful to be able to count […]
On Wednesday afternoon, collaboration with La Sphère, we were proud to host an event with PERT Circonflexe, a program connecting Francophone mentors and English-speaking mentees from similar regions and professional backgrounds. The aim, to improve French in the workplace through mentoring and community activities aligns with our mission to connect Anglophones to opportunities to network […]
As we wrap up 2025, it’s clear it was a good year for Heritage Lower Saint Lawrence. We’ve got several strong files up and running, and funding is looking encouraging. None of this happens by chance. We work hard for every partnership and every dollar, and that work is starting to show real results. One […]
HLSL is delighted to be teaming up for a second time with PERT Circonflexe to promote their language mentorship program to organizations, employers, professionals and students in the Lower Saint Lawrence. PERT Circonflexe offers the chance for French Level 5 and above anglophones and allophones to improve their spoken French through a year-long mentorship program, […]
Heritage Lower St. Lawrence is proud to announce a new digital exhibit in collaboration with the Jardins de Métis. Developed with the support of Digital Museums Canada, an investment program managed by the Canadian Museum of History. Métis-sur-Mer: 200 years of shared history Research and writing: Alexander Reford Project management: Marjelaine Sylvestre Archive: Pamela Anderson, […]