Over the course of two years, community volunteers from local arts, business, educational, historical and indigenous communities spent hundreds of hours planning the City of Peterborough’s celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017. The result was “Celebrate at Home” – four days of fun, entertaining, cultural and educational events that gave area residents over 150 reasons to stay home to mark Canada’s Sesquicentennial. The “Celebrate at Home” events, from June 29th to July 2nd, were captured and documented by talented SPARK photographers, resulting in a collection of photos that serve to remind those of us who experienced Canada 150 firsthand, and to inform future generations of how Peterborough celebrated such a milestone in 2017.
Mike Melnik, Chair, Canada 150 Organizing Committee
Canada 150 Orgainizing Committee
Mike Melnik, Impact Communications, Chair
Dean Pappas, Council Representative
Andy Cragg, Arts, Culture & Heritage Advisory Committee
Jean Grant, Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA)
Tracey Randall, Peterborough Music Fest
Terri Lynn Johnston, Canada Day Parade/ City of Peterborough, City Staff
Yvonne Lai, New Canadians Centre
Len Lifchus, Community Representative
Galen Eagle, PVNCCD School Board
Catia Skinner, Business/ Hospitality Community
Shelby Parker, Chamber of Commerce
Terry Guiel, DBIA
Sadie Norrad, City Staff
Ken Doherty, City Staff
Scott Elliott, City staff
About the SPARK Photo Documentation Project
2431 photographs of the Canada 150 Celebrations were delivered to the City of Peterborough and will be archived for future generations to study, cherish and enjoy. The exhibit Celebrate at Home: Our Peterborough presents a representative sample of a much larger body of documentary work.
Contributing SPARK Photographers
Robert Boudreau
Linda Cardona
Phillip Chee
Peter Curley
Claude Denis
Crystal Hebert
Randall Romano
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