// King Family Bursary

Artist and ecologist Peter Mills will publish a book that combines letter-writing and original artwork to share personal reflections on the Georgian Bay ecosystem.

Artist Amelia Stea MacLaurin spent four seasons visiting, painting, and photographing the waterways of Georgian Bay to create a time-capsule Waterways Zine.

Katy McNabb produced the second series of her Rewind Design podcast, exploring sustainable cottage design on Georgian Bay through a series of interviews.

Peter Adams created a series of paintings inspired by the ecology of the Rose Island Nature Reserve, continuing his “specimen box” art project.

Scott Parent created a documentary film, chronicling a 500km paddleboard journey around Lake Huron journey with his daughter Acadia, and drawing attention to plastic pollution.

Landscape Architecture student Brennan Guse proposed a strategy to revitalize Parry Sound’s post-industrial waterfront through environmental restoration and sustainable development.

Musician Jesse Matas and painter Kyle Scheurmann formed Art Tent, to creatively document the Georgian Bay environment through art, science, and storytelling.

PhD student Elora Grahame conducted a study on at-risk Whip-poor-wills and Nighthawks, studying their nesting success and migration patterns.

Photographer Sean Tamblyn undertook the Georgian Bay Lighthouse Survey, to document and raise awareness about Georgian Bay’s declining lighthouses.

Poet Kate Marshall Flaherty created three short art films, blending poetry, music, and Georgian Bay landscapes to capture the region’s unique character.

Ojibway/Potawatomi quill worker Boshdayosgaykwe created a photo booklet to documented her family’s tradition of quillwork, going back five generations.

Katherine Denune conducted an assessment of invasive Phragmites from Parry Sound to Twelve Mile Bay, and produced an accessible guide to Phragmites eradication.

Sylvia Galbraith photographed rocks and water to examine the transformative forces shaping Georgian Bay’s coast, and the relationships between science, history, and art.

Landscape artist Mel Gausden created a series of paintings that explore memory, self, and the interaction between people and Georgian Bay.

Kendall Flower explored alternative models for policy, governance, and conservation in the Georgian Bay Littoral Biosphere Reserve as part of her Masters of Planning project.

Artist Jillian McDonald created a multi-screen video portrait of Georgian Bay entitled Spirit Lake, inspired by nature’s remarkable and unexplainable forces.

Award-winning author Andrea Curtis wrote Big Water, a young adult novel about two teenagers surviving the 1882 S.S. Asia wreck in Georgian Bay.

Tim Laurin, master printmaker, used old photographs and slides to create photo-based etchings exploring childhood memories and human experiences on Georgian Bay.