AlgomaTrad is a registered charity dedicated to building community through the celebration, sharing, and learning of traditional music, dance, arts, and heritage craft

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Since 2004, AlgomaTrad has produced over 400 programs and events, including community dances, concerts, workshops, festivals, and its annual Family Camp, while hosting over 250 nationally and internationally renowned performers, artists, and mentors. We are currently developing the year-round, environmentally-sustainable AlgomaTrad Centre on St. Joseph Island.

If you’d like to make a donation to support our work and the building of the AlgomaTrad Centre, we thank you!

AlgomaTrad acknowledges the Indigenous Peoples of the lands on which we all live. We do this to reaffirm our commitment and responsibility to improving relationships between nations AND to improving our own understanding of local Indigenous people and their cultures. From coast to coast to coast, we acknowledge the ancestral and unceded territory of all the Inuit, Métis, and First Nations people that call this land home. We recognize the harms of the past and hope that we can all move forward in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration. The AlgomaTrad Centre is on the traditional lands of the Aniishinaabe and Métis. We are committed to honouring their voices, and to learning from their community members.

Part-time Contract Employment Opportunity with AlgomaTrad

AlgomaTrad Now Accepting Resumes for:
“Seniors Building Connection through Skill Sharing & Arts and Culture” Program Coordinator, Part-Time

The Senior’s Program Coordinator will work with AlgomaTrad’s Artistic Directors and Board to implement a program in rural central Algoma to engage as many local, rural seniors as possible in the learning and sharing of heritage skills, arts and crafts, including music and dance. Through a program of weekly sharing in a welcoming space which will include lunch, connections will be fostered, new learning and inspiration will occur through participation in activities, and seniors will experience a sense of community, resulting in a lessened feeling of isolation.

The Applicant should:
● Have experience with Arts program administration and implementation, working with the public, and have an interest in senior outreach.
● Be community-minded and comfortable working with all ages in-person and online.
● Be familiar with and understand the mission and mandate of AlgomaTrad.
● Have a valid driver’s license and be able to travel to Central Algoma region (Sault Ste. Marie to Thessalon, including St. Joseph Island
● Be able to work at least 160 flexible hours (app. 10 hours/week) between December 02, 2024 and April 04, 2025, not including the holiday season from December 24, 2024 to January 03, 2025. Some evening and weekend hours may be required.

English/French Bilingualism is an asset.

The wage for this position is $30/hour including mercs
Please see attachment for Project description.

Resumes will be accepted by email or mail until Wednesday, November 27, 2024, 4:30PM

AlgomaTrad
Seniors Community Program 340 McKinnon Side Rd.
Desbarats, ON P0R 1E0

Email: music@algomatrad.ca
More info: 705 257 6106

AlgomaTrad operates in compliance with Public Health orders and guidelines.
Funded by the Government of Ontario.

AlgomaTrad “Come&Try” Music Program, Saturday, November 30, Richards Landing

AlgomaTrad, in partnership with the St. Joseph Island Central Public School, is presenting a daylong “Come&Try” music program at the School in Richards Landing on Saturday, November 30 from 10AM to 4PM. This program follows in-school presentations of instruments on Friday, November 29, in preparation for a 6-week pilot music program at the school in […]

19 November 2024 / Read – Lire

Community Dance, November 30, Old Town Hall, Richards Landing

This is a community dance, open to all. Beginners are welcome. All dances will be taught and called, and the goal is to have fun. Basic dance moves will be taught at 7pm. Admission at the door is “sliding scale” with suggested range of $15 to $25, to help cover costs associated with putting a […]

17 November 2024 / Read – Lire

Artistic Directors Receive FMO Estelle Klein Community Builder Award

Folk Music Ontario (FMO) has just announced that AlgomaTrad founders and Artistic Directors Julie Schryer and Pat O’Gorman are the recipients of the 2024 Estelle Klein Community Builder Award. Julie and Pat will be presented with their awards by CBC Q host Tom Power at the Ontario Folk Music Awards on Sunday, October 6th, 2024. […]

13 September 2024 / Read – Lire

AlgomaTrad Family Camp 2024 – What a Week!

The 21st annual AlgomaTrad Family Camp took place from Monday, August 12 to Sunday, August 18 at the AlgomaTrad Centre. Participants of all-ages along with highly skilled and passionate artists/mentors enjoyed a magical week on beautiful St. Joseph Island. The 180 person camp featured over 70 workshops each day, covering all learning levels from introduction […]

6 September 2024 / Read – Lire