Government of Canada supports three projects at the La Pocatiere Museum
LA POCATIÈRE, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Aug. 16, 2014) - The Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, today announced $54,278 in funding to help the Musée François-Pilote carry out three separate projects.
The Musée François-Pilote, named after the founder of Canada's first permanent school of agriculture in La Pocatière, is mandated to record, showcase and disseminate knowledge and practices associated with agriculture and food.
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"Our Government is pleased to support organizations outside major urban centres like the Musée François-Pilote that help showcase and disseminate our shared heritage."
-The Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
"The Musée François-Pilote is grateful for funding from Canadian Heritage to help us continue revamping this institution, founded by Father Paul-André Leclerc in 1974, to make it Quebec's number one agriculture and food museum. The three projects announced today are concrete steps in the process begun in spring 2011."
-Luc St-Amand, Director, Musée François-Pilote
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