Canadian Heritage committee  I think one thing that's important in smaller communities is diversification, and I think that often helps with some of the economic disparities that you see within communities. The idea of economic or cultural diversification in all senses of the word, I think, is quite key, and

Canadian Heritage committee  I think that's a great question and a really interesting idea. One of the first things that we always say when we go to communities is that the answers are within, that the answers—and “answers” is a strong word—already exist, or the solutions already exist. The people, the build

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. I think that's an excellent question and point. Yes, we are following the community hub initiative within Ontario. I think a lot of the definitions we've laid out today in looking at a holistic cultural hub really are quite parallel. When you look at community hubs, there

Canadian Heritage committee  That's an excellent question. As a not-for-profit organization, Small grew out of a heritage architecture firm based in Toronto called ERA Architects. A heritage architecture firm often looks beyond the bricks and mortar of a heritage building when we work in the architectural

Canadian Heritage committee  It's Small or Culture of Small.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, everyone, for having us here today. We are from Small. We are an organization that works with cultural heritage in small communities across the country. We look at the existing assets within small, rural, or remote communities, and we work with people within the commu