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Prime Minister Trudeau was at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg to announce a $35 million investment by the Canadian Government to build Canada’s Diversity Gardens. Telling the stories of all Canadians, Canada’s Diversity Gardens will showcase our nation’s extraordinary multicultural heritage and allow visitors to discover how plants have shaped the life and identity of their own culture, community and their country – past, present and future. 

The third annual Soft Power 30 index has been released by Portland Communications in partnership with Facebook. The Index is the world’s most comprehensive comparative assessment of global soft power, it combines objective data and international polling to build the clearest picture of global soft power to date. This year’s index features the article “The soft power of museums” by Gail Lord, President and co-founder of Lord Cultural Resources, in which she emphasizes how cultural institutions leave their mark.

National Expression of Interest is invited from individual firm/ consortium of firms of national / international repute for comprehensive design services, for the Dr. A. P. J. Kalam Science City, Patna. The services include for the Comprehensive Design of the Science City which includes comprehensive Architectural and Engineering Design of the Facility and Site, Exhibition Design, and Project Management and Construction Administration of the Building Contractors and Exhibition Fabricators. The design is to be based on the Master Plan prepared by Lord Cultural Resources. The EOI can be downloaded from the notice board of Building Construction Department (http://bcd.bih.nic.in/NewsList.asp).

What is the nature of the relationship between embracing the arts and participating in the life of a community? Middle East Institute Arts & Culture Program director Lyne Sneige, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Lerma Arts and Humanities chair Luz María Sánchez, global arts consultant Gail Dexter Lord, and cultural historian and chair of Theatre at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Lynne Conner examine how having the arts in our lives can draw us closer to our own societies.

Read Senior Consultant Priya Sircar's piece "Spin the Wheel and Land on Community" recently published online by Zócalo Public Square. A dynamic article on the topic of arts engagement. "All arts engagement should be community engagement, because arts organizations should exist to benefit—or serve—their communities, however those communities are defined and whatever form that service takes".

Watch Gail Dexter Lord give the keynote lecture Los Angeles, Museums and Soft Power, discussing ways to accelerate Soft Power to address some of the most important issues of our time. Listen as she discusses how museums world-wide activate Soft Power to shape attitudes and influence change.

Longwood Gardens' Main Fountain is opening on May 27th, 2017 with a season of spectacular events, live music, special exhibits, and fountain performances.

Sarah Hill's Constructive conservation – a model for developing heritage assets was selected as a Highly Commended paper in the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence, published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustaibable Development.

The Government of Bihar’s Building Construction Department is inviting firms to submit an Expression of Interest for design services for the Dr. A. P. J. Kalam Science City in Patna, India. Services include comprehensive architectural and engineering design of the facility and site, exhibition design, project management, and construction administration of the building contractors and exhibition fabricators.