Peterborough Public Health is reminding area residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites after a horse tested positive for equine encephalitis last week.
Eastern equine encephalitis virus is transmitted to horses through mosquito bites. Like West Nile virus, it can also be transmitted to humans through mosquitoes carrying the virus.
This is the first confirmed case of equine encephalitis in the Peterborough region and the sixth confirmed in Ontario this year.
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Humans cannot get equine encephalitis from horses or from other humans — only the bite of an infected mosquito that can transmit the disease to humans.
While human infection with the equine encephalitis virus is extremely rare, the symptoms can be severe and life threatening. The best way to prevent an infection is to prevent mosquito bites.
Although the summer months are behind us, you can skill encounter mosquitoes during September, especially during hot weather. To prevent mosquito bites, wear long-sleeved and light-coloured clothing, use mesh screens and close routes of entry to prevent mosquitoes from entering your home, stay indoors during dusk and dawn when mosquitoes are most active, use insect repellent containing DEET or icaridin, and remove sources of stagnant or standing water from your property to prevent mosquito breeding.
Peterborough police staff sergeant Dan MacLean spoke to the media on March 23, 2023 after a three-year-old girl died in hospital from injuries she sustained when she was struck in the driveway of a Woodglade Boulevard home when a vehicle left the roadway. (kawarthaNOW screenshot of Peterborough Police Service video)
Peterborough police have charged a 43-year-old driver in connection with the death of a three-year-old girl in March.
At 9 a.m. on March 23, 2023, the girl was struck in the driveway of her family home on Woodglade Boulevard between Kawartha Heights Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street by a southbound SUV that had left the road. She was transported to Peterborough Regional Health Centre with life-threatening injuries and succumbed to her injuries later that day.
Two other children were also in the driveway at the time of the collision, but were not injured.
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Following the girl’s death, police would not comment on whether the vehicle left the roadway because the driver was in medical distress, whether the mechanical fitness of the vehicle or speed were factors, or whether the driver would be charged. They said they would be completing a “full investigation.”
On Wednesday (September 6), police announced they had completed a five-month investigation and had charged a 43-year-old Peterborough woman with careless driving causing bodily harm or death. The accused woman is scheduled to appear in court September 25.
The collision resulted in Monaghan Ward councillor Matthew Crowley posting on social media to call for the City of Peterborough to install a three-way stop at the corner of Oakwood Crescent and Woodglade Boulevard.
“Speeding and dangerous driving has been something the residents on Kawartha Heights Boulevard and Woodglade have been complaining about for years,” Crowley wrote. “The term ‘Kawartha Heights Speedway’ has been used for years to describe traffic in that area.”
Camila Duarte has been appointed the new executive director of Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas. She has worked at the Innovation Cluster since 2021 as an innovation specialist and programs director, working on initiatives that generated over $1 million in revenue growth, mentoring more than 100 companies, and fostering partnerships internationally and across Canada, including hubs in Manitoba, Vancouver, Guelph, and Cape Breton. (Supplied photo)
The board of directors of the Innovation Cluster Peterborough and the Kawarthas has announced Camila Duarte is the organization’s new executive director.
Duarte has spent nine years in tech innovation, non-profit, and customer-facing industries, providing coaching and relationship building and developing strategic initiatives across international centres in Melbourne in Australia and in Montreal and Toronto.
She has worked at the Innovation Cluster since 2021 as an innovation specialist and programs director, working on initiatives that generated over $1 million in revenue growth, mentoring more than 100 companies, and fostering partnerships internationally and across Canada, including hubs in Manitoba, Vancouver, Guelph, and Cape Breton.
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“I am grateful to have had the opportunity to understand the Innovation Cluster from its grassroots,” Duarte says in a media release. “This provides me with a unique understanding of the entrepreneurial landscape in the regions we serve and what the organization needs to continue its history of driving growth and innovation.”
The not-for-profit economic development organization had been looking for a new leader since earlier this year, following the departure of former CEO Michael Skinner and former president John Gillis, who announced in November 2022 they would be resigning from the organization and launching a new venture.
Since February, Nicole Stephenson — founder of Toronto-based Stephenson Law Group and chair of the organization’s board — has been the interim chief executive officer.
“Camila’s impressive track record, together with her entrepreneurial spirit and proven leadership skills, makes her the right candidate to lead the organization as a prominent and vibrant centre for the incubation of innovation,” Stephenson says. “Her dedication, resilience, and transformative vision are the skills that we require in a leader to achieve our ambitious goal to be a catalyst for building, attracting, nurturing, and retaining companies in the region.”
"Moon of the Crusted Snow" by Waubgeshig Rice, a 2018 post-apocalyptic thriller set in a small Anishinaabe community, was chosen earlier this year for the Peterborough Public Library's inaugural "One Book, One Ptbo" event. The event aims to build community through a shared reading experience, and culminates with a public reading by the author in Peterborough on November 15, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Public Library)
This fall, the Peterborough Public Library is holding events and workshops related to its first “One Book, One Ptbo” event, which builds community through the shared experience of reading the same book.
That book is the 2018 critically acclaimed bestseller Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice, an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation near Parry Sound. Chosen as the first community read earlier this year, copies of Rice’s book have been available since May at the Peterborough Public Library for members of the community to borrow.
Throughout the fall, the library will be hosting events and workshops to get readers engaged with the story, leading up to the grand finale on Wednesday, November 15th when the author himself will visit Peterborough for a public reading and interview. That means there’s still plenty of time to borrow the book from the library and finish reading it before Rice makes his visit.
Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation near Parry Sound. As the grand finale for this year’s “One Book, One Ptbo” event that features his 2018 post-apocalyptic thriller “Moon of the Crusted Snow”, the Anishinaabe author will be at Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough on November 15, 2023 where he will read from the book and its new sequel “Moon of the Turning Leaves”. (Photo: Shilo Adamson)
“One Book, One Community” events have been held at libraries across North America. For “One Book, One Ptbo,” the event began with a community-wide online vote to select a book from among a short list of three Canadian titles curated by librarians at the Peterborough Public Library. Along with Rice’s Moon of the Crusted Snow, the other two finalists were The Theory of Crows by David A. Robertson and Holden After and Before: Love Letter for a Son Lost to Overdose by Tara McGuire.
Moon of the Crusted Snow is a post-apocalyptic thriller where a small Anishinaabe community goes dark, leaving people confused and panicked, just as winter is looming. When an unexpected visitor arrives and begins to manipulate the tired, hungry, and desperate residents, the community leadership loses its grip on power. A group of young friends turn to the land and Annishinaabe tradition to help their community heal and begin to thrive once again.
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“We put it on the short list because it deals with issues that are relevant to Indigenous communities,” explains Karen Bisschop, Community Development Librarian with the Peterborough Public Library. “We’re talking so much in Canada about Truth and Reconciliation, we thought this was a good fit in terms of getting people to think and talk about some of those issues.”
At just over a couple of hundred pages and with Rice’s masterful plotting, journalistic eye for detail, and ear for dialogue, the novel is a very accessible read and appropriate for both adult and teenager readers.
“We thought a lot of people could read it, even if they’re not readers to begin with,” Bisschop notes.
The Peterborough Public Library is currently stocked with more than 70 copies of “Moon of the Crusted Snow” by Waubgeshig Rice, this year’s “One Book, One Ptbo” selection. The 2018 post-apocalyptic thriller is available in a range of formats including traditional paperbacks, e-books, audio books, and CD books, with French language versions also available. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Public Library)
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The Peterborough Public Library is currently stocked with over 70 copies of Rice’s novel in a range of formats including traditional paperbacks, e-books, audio books, and CD books, with French language versions also available.
According to Bisschop, roughly two-thirds of the available copies are checked out at a given time, meaning that while many people are engaging with the story and participating in One Book, One Ptbo, there are still plenty of copies left for those wanting to read the book before the fall events begin.
The Peterborough Public Library also has a couple of “Book Club in a Bag” kits prepared to help readers form their own book clubs to discuss Rice’s novel. Each kit comes with 10 copies of the book, a list of discussion questions, and other resources including interviews and articles. Like the One Book, One Ptbo event itself, the kits are assembled to encourage community members to engage in their own conversations about their reading outside of the library.
“We had this idea that people would just start chatting about the same book and have discussions about it, even if it’s not at the library,” Bisschop says. “Maybe it’s with their friends, members of their book club, or just people who ride the bus with them. Wherever they are, they’re having discussions about the book.”
To get readers talking about books outside of the library, the Peterborough Public Library has created “Book Club in a Bag” kits, complete with 10 copies of a book, discussion questions, and other resources. A couple of Book Club in a Bag kids are available for “Moon of the Crusted Snow” by Waubgeshig Rice, this year’s “One Book, One Ptbo” selection. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Public Library)
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To support the shared community reading experience, the Peterborough Public Library is hosting several events throughout the fall that are related to Rice’s novel.
The first workshop, held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 9th, is “Kairos Blanket Exercise.” This interactive, experiential activity will be led by Moon Tide Reconciliation, comprised of Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and educators.
Participants will step into the role of Inuit, First Nations, and Métis peoples with a blanket representing their land. Guided by the facilitators, participants respond to the cues of their scrolls, covering pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization, resistance, and more between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. The afternoon will end with a de-brief to discuss the activity.
“This is an activity that’s really encouraged by lots of groups for Truth and Reconciliation,” explains Biscchop. “It’s a way for people to get to know the effect the residential school system has had on Indigenous peoples, and just how many of them are living in Peterborough or surrounding communities and have experienced this generational trauma.”
Anne Taylor, Cultural Archivist for Curve Lake First Nation and Community Anishinaabemowin Coordinator for Curve Lake First Nation, will lead an “Anishinaabemowin Language for Beginners” workshop at the Peterborough Public Library on September 13, 2023. “Moon of the Crusted Snow” by Waubgeshig Rice, this year’s “One Book, One Ptbo” selection, uses Anishinaabemowin words and phrases. (Photo courtesy of Anne Taylor)
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While Bisschop says it’s important to create a safe space for conversation about the more serious issues present within the novel, the librarians also wanted to add in a few light-hearted, fun events that still provide education.
This includes the “Anishinaabemowin Language for Beginners” workshop taking place at the library at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 13th. Led by Anne Taylor of Curve Lake, the workshop gives participants the opportunity to learn some Anishinaabemowin (Ojibway), the Indigenous language of which several words and phrases are used throughout Rice’s novel.
“We live in a community that’s surrounded by people who are learning and speaking Anishinaabemowin and it would be great for all of us to at least learn a few phrases and words,” explains Bisschop.
While the Anishinaabemowin workshop is already full, library members can use their library card number to access language learning online through the Transparent Language platform. The platform provides unlimited access to more than 100 languages, including Ojibway.
As part of this year’s “One Book, One Ptbo” event, the Peterborough Public Library will host librarian-led book clubs about this year’s selection, “Moon of the Crusted Snow” by Waubgeshig Rice. An adult book club will be held on September 26, 2023 and a teen book club will be held on November 14, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough Public Library)
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Next, the Peterborough Public Library will host a book club for both adults on Tuesday, September 26th and for teens on Tuesday, November 14th, with discussions led by the librarians. If you can’t make it to one of the book club dates, Bisschop points out the librarians will be happy to help you facilitate your own book club.
“It’s a way for us as librarians to get out in the community and work with other people in their book clubs and to promote the idea of creating them where they can” she says.
After the pandemic and recent events like this summer’s wildfires, the natural disasters within Rice’s novel might hit a little too close to home for some readers. That’s why the library is hosting “Lunch and Learn: Emergency Preparedness” at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, September 28th. City of Peterborough experts Jodi De Noble and Stephanie Sisson will explain how you can be prepared for the next natural weather event or household emergency.
“That whole idea that this major world catastrophe could indeed happen — and was happening as many people read the book during the pandemic — really engaged a lot of people,” notes Bisschop, adding that she believed its relatable storyline was a major reason the novel was chosen by the community.
“I think a lot of people have the idea now that this isn’t just fiction — it’s something that could happen.”
Did you love this year’s “One Book, One Ptbo” selection “Moon of the Crusted Snow”? You’ll be happy to know author Waubgeshig Rice is releasing its sequel “Moon of the Turning Leaves” in October. He will also be reading excerpts from both novels when he visits Peterborough on November 15, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Waubgeshig Rice)
Rice’s reading and interview, originally scheduled to take place at the Peterborough Public Library, has been moved to Market Hall Performing Arts Centre due to high demand.
Last but certainly not least, is the One Book, One Ptbo grand finale at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15th when Waubgeshig Rice himself will be at the Market Hall Performing Arts Centre in downtown Peterborough to read an excerpt from Moon of the Crusted Snow as well from the book’s new sequel Moon of the Turning Leaves, which will be released on October 10 prior to his reading.
The evening will also include a live interview with Rice by local journalist and “big reader and library fan” Joelle Kovach. Registration for Rice’s visit opens on Monday, October 2nd.
Throughout the One Book, One Ptbo event, the Peterborough Public Library will also be hosting reading challenges through Beanstack. Used by more than 10,000 public libraries and schools around the world, the online platform makes habitual reading fun by awarding badges for completing challenges and reading goals.
Bisschop hopes the Beanstack challenges, along with the library events related to Moon of the Crusted Snow, will encourage residents of Peterborough and surrounding communities to make a habit out of reading and will come together to discuss the major themes and messages present throughout the text.
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“There’s a lot going on in our community and this is a really great way to get folks talking about a topic through fiction and through literature.”
For more information on One Book, One Ptbo and to register for the upcoming events, visit the Peterborough Public Library website at www.ptbolibrary.ca. You can also follow the library on Facebook, Twitter (now called X), and Instagram.
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Canadian comedian Deborah Kimmett is making her return to Peterborough with her hit show "Overnight Sensation" in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre on October 19, 2023. Combining her stand-up and storytelling with music by blues singer Kim Pollard, Kimmett will talk about turning 65 and ageism, auditioning for the nursing home, getting along with neighbours, dealing with hecklers, and more. (Photo courtesy of Deborah Kimmett)
Get ready to laugh until it hurts when comedian Deborah Kimmett makes her hilarious return to Peterborough this fall.
Well known as ‘One Funny Lady’, Kimmett is bringing her one-woman hit show “Overnight Sensation” to the Nexicom Studio at Showcase Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 19th. Tickets are $44 and are available online at showplace.org, by calling the Showplace box office at 705-742-7469, or by emailing boxoffice@showplace.org.
Selling out from coast to coast, Kimmett’s latest show is her response to turning 65 years old, as she asks herself if she’s too late to become an overnight sensation on the verge of her first old-age security cheque. Throughout the 90-minute performance, audience members will be laughing and crying along with Kimmett as she offers commentary on the way society stereotypes aging women.
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“As you get older, you become more invisible and you get called ‘dear’ and ‘honey’ and everybody kind of gives you an eye roll,” Kimmett tells kawarthaNOW, which is sponsoring the show.
Throughout “Overnight Sensation,” Kimmett will be sharing stories of her own relationship with her mother, while riffing on how to audition for the nursing home, how to get along with your neighbours (especially the ones who try to tell you how to parallel park), and how not to deal with hecklers (even if the heckler is your own mom).
The comedian, who has spent 17 years on CBC’s The Debaters and has had two shows featured on the network’s Laugh out Loud show hosted by Ali Hassan, has received high praise while taking “Overnight Sensation” across the country.
VIDEO: Deborah Kimmett brings “Overnight Sensation” to Peterborough
Kimmett last performed in Peterborough in 2019 for her “Downward Facing Broad” show, which was also largely centred around the ageism she experienced after turning 60 years old.
After that show, her mother went into a nursing home with dementia, the pandemic hit, and Kimmett turned 65. These combined events inspired her as she began writing “Overnight Sensation.”
“I started writing about that experience and how things change so quickly,” she recalls. “It’s all about my relationship with my mother and my relationship to my own aging and being patronized as a senior.”
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Despite this focus, Kimmett says the show is not solely meant for those who are in or approaching their “golden years,” adding that it will appeal to everyone because of its relatability and honesty to be treated differently based on how young or old you are.
“Ageism kind of runs the gamut for all generations a bit,” Kimmett notes. “I think younger people identify with Overnight Sensation because they get a different version of ageism — like being told Gen Z doesn’t know anything.”
In her show, Kimmett break downs and critiques how society treats people based on age by really “poking fun” and mocking society — including her friends for making her join choir with them.
Deborah Kimmett is no newcomer to Peterborough, as she previously performed her “Downward Facing Broad” show in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough in 2019. Kimmett is returning to perform in the Nexicom Studio again on October 19, 2023 with her latest show “Overnight Sensation.” Photo courtesy of Deborah Kimmett)
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In addition to her comedy, the former Second City instructor has been teaching writing workshops for several years, and has published three books and multiple plays. She explains she’s always explored her own life experiences when scripting her shows, from raising children and teenagers to her divorce, and now aging.
“A lot of people have followed me as I’ve aged and, as my comedy progressed into other areas of my life, I put everything that’s happened to me — the big moments — on stage,” she says. “The more I tell my story, the more the audience really connects it to their own story. That’s something that’s been really cool about this show.”
In performing “Overnight Sensation,” Kimmett feels she’s reached a wider audience with her comedy, much more than she had over four decades ago when she first took to the stage. In the past if a female comedian was doing a solo show, she explains, it would be an opportunity for a “girls’ night out” and men would not be in attendance. For this show, however, she estimates about 50 per cent of the audience has been male.
“It’s a lot more diverse than it was years ago,” she observes. “It’s good because I do believe I speak to that.”
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Kimmett adds that’s one of the reasons she’s eager to return to Peterborough, as she feels there’s an opportunity to engage with an even larger audience.
“There’s so much culture in Peterborough,” she says. “There are so many bands, so much diversity, so much political activism, and so many people trying to open their minds to things they wouldn’t have thirty years ago.”
Joining Kimmett on stage once again will be musician Kim Pollard. A bluesy singer who, like Kimmett, hails from Napanee, Pollard will provide the opening score, before musically accompanying Kimmett throughout her storytelling.
“It’s not just straight stand-up,” Kimmett points out. “It’s stand-up, storytelling, and singing, and they’re all woven together to make this really beautiful mode of theatre.”
Bluesy singer Kim Pollard will be opening and musically accompanying Deborah Kimmett as the comedian takes the stage to perform her hit show “Overnight Sensation” in the Nexicom Studio at Showplace Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough on October 19, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Deborah Kimmett)
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With this combination of theatrics, Kimmett’s shows do a lot more than make the audience laugh hysterically. While she says she often sees female audience members with mascara running down their cheeks from tears of laughter, Kimmett says her shows also tug at the heart strings.
“What I really love doing on stage is making people laugh their guts out — and people do laugh their guts out — but there are always touching moments. I’ve always loved balancing that comedic part with something serious because the audience, once they’ve laughed, will go there with you emotionally too.”
That real-time connection with her audience is something Kimmett greatly missed during the restrictions of the pandemic, when people were unable to gather for a collective laugh.
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“I feel like people need a laugh and they need to go out and laugh together in community,” she explains. “We really need that connection, and I think that’s what live theatre and especially comedy does. You can get that connection just through such a good belly laugh. It’s so good for the soul.”
Though she’s now cracking jokes about her age, Kimmett wants you to know that aging is not holding her back in the slightest.
“I don’t find that I’ve aged — I feel like I’ve gotten stronger and more creative,” she says, before adding a few choice raunchy words for those who treat her like she’s fragile or weak because of her age.
VIDEO: “I Have To Swiffer Under My Bra!” – Deborah Kimmett
“Overnight Sensation” takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 19th in the Nexicom Studio at Showcase Performance Centre in downtown Peterborough. Tickets are $44 and are available online at showplace.org, by calling the Showplace box office at 705-742-7469, or by emailing boxoffice@showplace.org.
For more information on Deborah Kimmett or to view her workshops, visit kimmett.ca.
For regular laughs, you can also follow her on Facebook and Instagram.
kawarthaNOW is proud to be a sponsor of Deborah Kimmett’s “Overnight Sensation”.
Peterborough Pride returns for its 21st year in Peterborough-Nogojiwanong from Friday, September 15 to Sunday, September 24, 2023. Pride Week features more than 30 events and culminates with the Pride parade, which takes place on Saturday, September 22 in downtown Peterborough, followed by the family-friendly "Pride in the Park" event in Millennium Park. (Photo: Peterborough DBIA)
Peterborough Pride, the annual celebration welcoming all people regardless of their sexuality or gender identity, returns for its 21st year in Peterborough-Nogojiwanong from Friday, September 15th until Sunday, September 24th.
The origins of the Peterborough celebration go back to 2003, when Peterborough’s then-mayor Sylvia Sutherland proclaimed September 13th as “Gay Pride Day”. On that day, 300 people gathered in front of City Hall to participate in the very first Pride parade in Peterborough.
Since then, Peterborough Pride has grown into a full week of fun and informative events in mid-September to celebrate diversity and to support the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, culminating in the Pride parade at the end of the week.
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“2SLGBTQIA+” stands for “Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Androgynous and Asexual”, with the “+” suffix meant to accommodate additional sexual and gender identities that may arise. (For those interested in understanding what these terms mean, the Peterborough Pride organization has provided a glossary we’ve included at the end of this story.)
The theme of this year’s Peterborough Pride Week, which features more than 30 community-run virtual and in-person events, is “LOVE. OUT. LOUD.”
“It’s a set of values or conditions that tell the world that ‘we’re here, we’re queer, get used to it!’,” reads a media release from Peterborough Pride. “‘Love out loud’ describes how queer folks aspire to exist in communities worldwide. It’s a rallying cry for visibility and safety as the 2SLGBTQIA+ community faces threats from those who wish to silence us. To love who we want, openly and visibly and have our voices heard. Our community calls for compassionate love, bodily autonomy, and celebration. We invite everyone to embrace the theme of Pride Week, take action and make it your own.”
The logo for Peterborough Pride’s 2023 theme of “LOVE. OUT. LOUD.” was designed by Trent University student Jane Vassbotn. (Photo: Peterborough Pride)
The week begins with a flag-raising ceremony at noon on Friday, September 15th at Peterborough City Hall, where Mayor Jeff Leal will read the city’s proclamation of Pride Week and the Progressive Pride Flag will be raised on the south lawn of City Hall.
The week ends with the Pride Parade in downtown Peterborough on Saturday, September 23rd starting at 2 p.m. at City Hall. After the parade, the “Pride in the Park” event takes place at Millennium Park from around 2:30 to 6 p.m. The family-friendly event will include live music, information booths from groups and agencies that support the LGBTQ+ community, vendors, a beer and beverage tent, a Peterborough Lions Club food booth serving burgers, hot dogs, and sausages, and a family and children’s area with activities for the entire family.
“We invite everyone to show their Pride and express their feelings by decorating their homes and businesses to signal that they are part of a welcoming community where nobody needs to feel alone or unsafe,” reads a media release from Peterborough Pride. “Everyone should be able to live and love as they wish with dignity and without fear. Freedom from oppression and discrimination of any sort should be a basic human right that all humans can enjoy.”
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The Peterborough Pride organization is made up entirely of volunteers and is supported by the City of Peterborough, community organizations, local businesses, and the broader community. For more about Peterborough Pride and a detailed listing of events during Peterborough-Nogojiwanong Pride Week, visit www.peterboroughpride.ca.
The following background material has been supplied by the Peterborough Pride organization:
The first Peterborough Pride parade was held on September 13, 2003, with 300 people participating. This year’s parade is expected to include over 750 participants, including numerous floats and groups and a pipe band. (Photo: Peterborough Pride)
Formal Pride parades and related events have taken place around the globe for close to 50 years, beginning with New York’s first Pride march in 1969.
This event was held to commemorate the Stonewall Riots, which resulted when the LGBTQ+ community took a stand against police harassment and brutality, fighting back as policemen attempted to force them out of the Stonewall Inn.
Since then, Pride events have been a way of rallying for equal rights in regards to sexual orientation and gender identity. The response to these celebrations varies depending on the hosting countries, cities and current circumstances. In some places, Pride events are met with brutal physical violence from the state, police, and groups who oppose LGBTQ+ rights.
With Pride we acknowledge the history and ongoing fight for equality and human rights, celebrate the diversity within the LGBTQ+ community, work to improve the quality of life for LGBTQ+ community members, and send a message to the broader community of the need for acceptance and inclusion for everyone regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Pride is a political act and a joyful celebration of LGBTQ+ cultures that is focused on inclusion.
Themes that are typically at the core of most Pride celebrations today are:
Acknowledgement of the history and the ongoing fight for equality;
Celebration of diversity and who each person is as LGBTQ+ individuals;
Human rights advocacy;
Build community and quality of life for those in the LGBTQ+ community;
Bring messages to the broader community of the need for acceptance and inclusion;
Political alignments.
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History of the Rainbow Flag
The colours of the rainbow flag reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community, and the flag is often used as a symbol of Pride in LGBTQ+ rights marches. It originated in California but is now used worldwide. Variations of the rainbow flag are widely displayed, including at Peterborough’s annual Pride Parade. (Photo: Peterborough Pride)
The rainbow flag, commonly called the gay pride flag and sometimes the LGBTQ+ pride flag, is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender pride, and LGBTQ+ social movements.
Its colours reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community, and the flag is often used as a symbol of Pride in LGBTQ+ rights marches. It originated in California but is now used worldwide.
Designed by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978, the design has undergone several revisions to first remove, then re-add colours, due to widely available fabrics. As of 2008, the most common variant consists of six stripes featuring the colours red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.
The flag is commonly flown horizontally, with the red stripe on top as it would be in a natural rainbow.
The original gay pride flag flew in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade on June 25, 1978. It has been suggested that Mr. Baker was inspired by Judy Garland’s singing of “Over the Rainbow” and the Stonewall riots that happened a few days after Garland’s death. Thirty volunteers hand-dyed and stitched the first two flags for the parade.
Demand for the rainbow flag greatly increased after the assassination of Harvey Milk (left, pictured at Gay Pride in San Jose in California in June 1978), the first openly gay elected official in the history of California. Milk, who was responsible for passing a stringent gay rights ordinance for San Francisco, served almost 11 months as a city supervisor when he and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were shot and killed on November 27, 1978. Milk subsequently became an icon in San Francisco and a martyr in the gay community. (Photo: Wikipedia)
After the November 27, 1978, assassination of openly gay San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk, demand for the rainbow flag greatly increased. To meet the demand, the Paramount Flag Company began selling a version of the flag using stock rainbow fabric consisting of seven stripes of red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue and violet. As Baker ramped up production of his version of the flag, he too dropped the hot pink stripe because of the unavailability of hot-pink fabric.
The rainbow flag celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2003. During Pride celebrations in June of that year, Mr. Baker restored the rainbow flag back to its original eight-striped version and has since advocated that others do the same. However, the eight-striped version has seen little adoption by the wider gay community which has mostly stuck with the better known six-striped version.
That said, various variations of the rainbow flag are still widely displayed, including at Peterborough’s annual Pride Parade.
The flag’s colours, and their meaning, are as follows: red, life; orange, healing; yellow, sunlight; green, nature; turquoise, magic/art; blue, serenity/harmony; and violet, spirit.
Today, you’re likely to see a version designed by Daniel Quasar — commonly known as the “Progressive Pride Flag” or “Inclusive Pride Flag” — that adds a triangular chevron to one side, with colours honouring the trans community as well as people of colour. You may also see a version pioneered in Philadelphia that puts black and brown stripes at the top.
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Did You Know…? LGBTQ+ Terminology Explained
2SLGBTQA+
Stands for Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Androgynous and Asexual. This is by no means a comprehensive list of identities and these definitions tend to shift and expand as the dominant culture changes. As such, the acronym includes identities that are commonly used today.
Two Spirit
Refers to an Indigenous person on Turtle Island (North America) whose gender experience or sexual orientation incorporates both or lies outside of a male/female binary. Two Spirit people were specifically targeted during early colonization for their apparent queerness and were largely erased from history. The term Two Spirit, however, is recent and comes from the 1990 Native American/First Nations Gay and Lesbian Conference in Winnipeg. A Two Spirit person may or may not also identify as LGTBQA+. Two Spirit is a term created by and for Indigenous peoples only, and is not a term for non-Indigenous people to identify as.
Lesbian
Relating to a woman, or femme-aligned non-binary person, who experiences attraction emotionally, romantically, and/or physically for other women or femme-aligned non-binary people.
Gay
Relating to a man, or masculine person, who experiences attraction emotionally, romantically, and/or physically for other men or masculine people.It is also an umbrella term often used to refer to non-heterosexual sexual identities.
Bisexual/Pansexual
Relating to any person who experiences attraction emotionally, romantically, and/or physically for one or more genders. Pansexuality expands upon this to include all genders. There is considerable overlap between bisexuality and pansexuality and so it is left up to the individual to decide how they wish to define themselves.
Transgender or Trans
Relating to a person whose assigned gender is not congruent with how they experience their gender.
Non-Binary
Refers to a person whose gender experience cannot be entirely described by binary identities like “man” or “woman.”
Cisgender
Refers to a person who is content with the gender they were assigned at birth.
Queer/Questioning
Historically, “queer” was used as a derogatory term to refer to homosexual people and as such should only be used as a form of reclamation. i.e. It is rude to call someone queer who does not openly identify this way or has not given you permission to do so. Queer is a personal identity, meaning it tends to have individual definitions for individual people. It is also often now used as an umbrella term in much the same way that “gay” is.
Questioning refers to people who are not certain of their identity and who require a safe space to explore their possibilities.
Asexual/Aromantic
Two distinct terms that refer to a person who experiences either little, conditional, or no sexual or romantic attraction.
Tyrone Flowers first moved to Peterborough with his spouse Lauren Mortlock five years ago with the goal of opening their own restaurant. In May, after two decades working in every from dishwasher to bartender and chef, Flowers opened The Vine, offering a menu focused on seafood and plant-based options to pair with a weekend brunch. The Vine is more than a restaurant, with bread loaves available wholesale on weekends and special events like drag shows and movie nights coming soon. (Photo courtesy of The Vine)
With 20 years of restaurant experience under his belt, there are three things Tyrone Flowers said he would never do over the course of his career: bake, serve vegan, and do brunch. Now, he does all three at one of Peterborough’s newest downtown restaurants, The Vine.
The plant-forward restaurant opened its doors back in May to serve up pescatarian, vegetarian, and vegan comfort foods and weekend brunch. The restaurant just recently received their liquor license, allowing them to introduce craft beer, wine, and specialty cocktails to their already-loyal customer base.
Along with the new drink list, The Vine has made a few other changes around the restaurant including a menu with all-new fall-inspired dinner items, a rotating lineup of baked goods, and fresh breads available wholesale. The Vine will also be hosting events within the restaurant as part of their effort to make the space accessible to all.
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Although The Vine opened just months ago, it was actually years in the making. When Flowers and his partner Lauren Mortlock moved from Toronto to her hometown of Peterborough five years ago, he had always intended to open his own restaurant. When they came across the available space for lease, the couple took the chance and opened a restaurant that was welcoming to all, no matter their diet, serving a mix of seafood, vegetarian, and vegan cuisine.
“I’ve noticed that if it’s not a vegan restaurant itself, nine times out of ten, vegan options are a curry or a salad,” Flowers explains. “But if you (want) go to a 100 per cent plant-based restaurant, there’s always one or two friends who are not cool with that and don’t want to go and turn their nose up at tofu. So, we thought, why not incorporate everything so that everybody can come and enjoy a meal together?”
Though Flowers and his partner are meat-eaters themselves, his decades of restaurant experience — working as everything from a dishwasher to bartender to chef — has allowed him to explore all kinds of cuisine. He has also learned from the best in the neighbourhood, spending four and a half years moving from line chef to sous chef at Publican House Brewery & Pub, before moving to Revelstoke Café where he learned more about vegan cooking.
“I just thought that I would take everything I’ve learned from different people and try to combine it into one thing,” says Flowers.
Just in time for fall, The Vine in Peterborough has just launched an updated menu, which highlights more dinner mains with a seasonal fall focus. An all-new dish, the street corn salad is made from mixed greens with a house-made lemon vinaigrette, with a corn mix, of onion, tomato, roasted corn, feta, and mayonnaise, and garnished with local cilantro microgreens. (Photo courtesy of The Vine)
To pair with the The Vine’s new liquor license, the updated menu includes a larger focus on dinner items. The couple has also added vegetables and meals that are very fall-focused, like the all-new Street Corn Salad, and more pescetarian options, including Seafood Cakes and Shrimp Tacos to match their well-loved vegan Tacos.
The restaurant hasn’t changed the menu completely, as The Vine has kept some of its signature dishes, including the Loaded Tot Waffle on the brunch menu, because, as Flowers explains, “where else would you get a waffle made out of tater tots?”
While The Vine certainly holds its own as a new restaurant on the block, it also carries on the legacy held by its neighbours. Customers of Peterborough’s now-closed Pizza Bodega might be familiar with the spicy pickle pizza. With permission from the owner, The Vine now serves up their own variation of the popular pie, created with their homemade sourdough crust, a whipped feta dill base, and topped with pickles and seitan bacon.
“If you like dill,” says Flowers, “it’s a thing of beauty.”
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As for the drinks menu, The Vine uniquely serves a pitcher of Gatorade on the brunch menu, helping customers recover from weekend hangovers.
For something a little stronger, the restaurant also has a line-up of signature cocktails and some local craft beer and cider, including cans from Rice Lake Hard Cider, a woman-led craft cidery in Baltimore, Ontario.
“They were the first place that I contacted when I knew we were going to get alcohol because I know how good their stuff is,” says Flowers, adding that they have brands that can’t be found elsewhere in the Kawarthas. “We want to try and offer something that you may not be able to get everywhere and introduce people to something new.”
Now that The Vine in Peterborough has received its liquor license, the restaurant has updated in drinks menu to include specialty cocktails, wine, craft beer, and cider, including Rice Lake Hard Cider, a woman-led cidery based out of Baltimore, Ontario. (Photo courtesy of The Vine)
And of course, The Vine is continuing to serve up their Papa Tom’s Caesar, which took the crown at the Peterborough’s first-ever Caesar Fest hosted in July by the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA). Created by Flowers’ partner Lauren Mortlock, the cocktail is named after her father.
“My dad’s drink of choice has always been a Caesar, so I’ve been making them forever,” she says.
Now served with vodka, the Caesar Fest version was a mocktail because the restaurant didn’t yet have its liquor license (The Vine still has two other mocktails on its menu).
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“I wanted to make sure that we had a flavourful Caesar and it wasn’t about the booze, it was about the flavour,” Mortlock adds.
She explains there are two key ingredients to the Papa Tom’s Caesar: the horseradish (she says a lot of restaurants leave it out of the recipe but it’s a necessity) and the Dill Pickle Picante Jalapeño hot sauce, sourced from local small business Don South Hot Sauce Company.
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Those who’ve visited The Vine might notice that the new menu doesn’t include the same list of desserts. But don’t fear, in lieu of the bigger dessert items, the restaurant will be serving up goods that are baked fresh every day.
The lineup will be constantly rotating, including cinnamon buns, cookies, scones, and the brownies the restaurant has become known for.
“Instead of having the same things, it’s nice to be able to try something new each day,” says Flowers, adding The Vine will also be making fresh potato breads and focaccia to sell wholesale right out of the restaurant every weekend.
The Vine in Peterborough offers vegetarian, vegan, and pescatarian fare, including the salmon burger featuring a salmon patty, remoulade, avocado, red onion, and arugula on a brioche bun. The dish comes with a side of potato wedges (pictured), salad, or soup. (Photo courtesy of The Vine)
The idea of trying something new each day extends beyond the baked goods, as Flowers and Mortlock are already envisioning The Vine to become more than a space to gather for food and drink.
To do that, Flowers is planning some in-store events, including a drag brunch on September 16 in celebration of Peterborough Pride. The event will include food and drink specials.
“We’re both huge fans of the art of drag, everything from watching it on television to attending shows,” says Flowers. “We just wanted to show our support for everybody. We believe in a safe space for everybody, and drag is just fun. It’s just a good time.”
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The couple are also planning some ticketed dinner events that would include a five-course plated menu from Flowers or other local chefs in the community, as well as movie nights where the community can vote on a movie to play on the projector. The Vine will serve up snacks and drinks related to the film and there’s even talks of a good old fashioned popcorn maker making an appearance for the special occasions.
Lastly, for Thanksgiving, The Vine will be serving up take-home meals to feed the whole family. While the menu isn’t fully set yet, there will be both a vegan and a pescetarian option.
“If you don’t want to cook on Thanksgiving, then just contact us and we’re happy to put you down for a take-home meal and make the weekend a little easier for you,” explains Mortlock.
Located at 165 Sherbrooke Street in downtown Peterborough, The Vine is also available to be booked for catering and private events. Though hours will be changing in the fall, the restaurant is currently open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays to Fridays, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. For more information and to browse the menu, visit www.thevineptbo.com.
Located at 165 Sherbrooke Street in downtown Peterborough, The Vine is a pescatarian, vegetarian, and vegan restaurant that will be also be hosting events during the fall, beginning with a drag brunch on September 16, 2023 in celebration of Peterborough Pride. Other in-store events will include ticketed dinners and movie nights. (Photo courtesy of The Vine)
The puck drop at the Jack Burger Sports Complex in Port Hope where the Peterborough Petes faced off against the Oshawa Generals on September 4, 2023, the first of three Petes preseason home games will be held at local arenas. (Photo: Jessica van Staalduinen)
The Peterborough Petes took on the Oshawa Generals on Monday afternoon (September 4) in front of a sold-out crowd at the Jack Burger Sports Complex in Port Hope.
Over 1,200 fans attended the game, the Petes’ second preseason matchup and the first of three preseason home games to be held at local arenas.
The Oshawa Generals won the game 5-3. Chase Lefebvre led the way for the Petes, scoring twice. Tommy Purdeller also scored, while Connor Lockhart and Jonathan Melee both picked up an assist. Owen Griffin scored two goals for the Generals, with Tyler Graham, Beckett Sennecke, Dylan Roobroeck also each putting one in the net.
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It was the Petes’ second consecutive preseason loss, after having travelled to St. Catharines on Saturday for the first preseason game where they were defeated 7-1 by the Niagara IceDogs.
The Petes continue their preseason on Friday (September 8) when they travel to Sudbury to take on the Sudbury Wolves at 7:05 p.m. at the Sudbury Community Arena.
Two more Petes preseason home games will be held at local arenas, one in Norwood on September 22 and the other in Millbrook on September 24.
Peterborough police are continuing to investigate after responding to a 9-1-1 call early Monday morning (September 4) about a possible firearm and hostage situation.
At around 6:10 a.m. on Monday, the police’s emergency response team attended and secured the area of McDonnel Street near Stewart Street.
Police took several people in a McDonnel Street home into custody before later releasing them unconditionally.
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Police determined there was not a hostage situation. Based on the information about a possible firearm, officers obtained a search warrant but did not located a firearm in the home.
During the incident, police closed the area bordered by London St. to the north, Reid St. to the west, Murray St. to the south and Stewart St. to the east, before reopening the area later on Monday.
“There are no further threats and concerns for public safety,” read a police media release at the time.
The original version of this story has been updated with further details from police.
Jordan Lyall is an award-winning wedding and family photographer based out of Peterborough. While she's been doing wedding and family photography for 20 years, she only recently discovered the documentary-style photography that now drives her passion and defines her brand. Lyall captures real-life moments without directing, posing or altering them. This captured moment won Lyall a This is Reportage: Family award. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)
For Peterborough-based photographer Jordan Lyall, taking photos has always been about anticipating and capturing the feeling of a moment in time.
Lyall practises what is called documentary-style photography. She snaps photos of families as they live their lives — no posing, no directing, no carefully curated outfits, no altered lighting, and no “Say cheese!”.
The photographer, who says she’s always been drawn to capturing relationships, waits for those mundane and unique moments that celebrate life, and those are the moments she documents.
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“I get super excited every time I get to see how a family lives their lives, how they love each other, the things they do, and the little quirky, weird things that are unique to them,” explains Lyall, assuring that she says “weird” and “quirky” in the best possible ways. “I love that every family is just so awesomely different.”
After holding a camera her whole life, a friend’s wedding first kicked off the self-taught photographer’s professional career 20 years ago. Though she always did documentary-style photography for weddings, Lyall says it was “creatively invigorating” when she discovered she could also bring that authenticity and rawness to family photography.
“I always kept the posing to a minimum [at the weddings] and focused on capturing the day as it happens. I always told the couples, ‘I want you to remember how the day felt, not just how it looked.’ Realizing I could have this same approach with my family work was just this great revelation. I haven’t looked back since.”
This photo won Peterborough photographer Jordan Lyall a Fearless Family Photographer award. Lyall offers half-day and full day “Day in the Life” photography sessions where she documents and photographs special moments between families. She encourages her clients to live their regular lives, rather than paying attention to the cameras in front of them. These sessions allow the photographer to really capture the relationship between parent and child. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)
Now, Lyall’s documentary-style photography is what makes her brand and drives her passion. It also wins awards, including her recent Fearless Family Awards, and a This is Reportage: Family Award. Her work has also been featured in select exhibits, chosen as “Kodak Moments,” and shortlisted for Made for Documentary’s Documenting 2022.
More important to Lyall that her awards is that her photography captures family memories — even the ones you don’t think you want to remember, like the everyday moments of your daily routine.
“It’s about bringing you back to how that time with your kids felt in that moment and the relationships you had with them at that age, because it’ll never be the same,” says Lyall. As the mother of a 10 and 13 year old, she knows first-hand just how fleeting these moments are.
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“Your kids will grow and there’s more wonderful stuff to come, but you’ll miss those little things that you did with them and those rituals and boring, mundane moments,” Lyall adds. “It’s not about the boring stuff. It’s about what’s behind those actions, and what it says about your relationships with your kids.”
During her “Day in the Life” family photography sessions, Lyall spends either a half or full day with a family, joining them on their chosen daily activities and adventures. She explains that this is where her style “really shines” because the family can just go about their ordinary day while Lyall documents it.
Alternatively, twice per year Lyall offers limited “Slice of Life” sessions where she spends just one hour with the family, usually documenting a specific activity. She only offers 25 “Slice of Life” sessions in the summer and fall and 25 sessions in the winter/spring.
This photo by Peterborough photographer Jordan Lyall was chosen to be featured as a “Kodak Moment.” Prior to doing photography professionally, Jordan Lyall worked with adults, children, and youth in recreation. She has always been people focused in her photography and very interested in family and parent-child relationships, which is what she aims to capture in her documentary-style photography. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)
Lyall also continues to do wedding and event photography.
No matter the event you book her for, Lyall does not do any directing or stage-setting. Instead, she acts like the “family friend who happens to have a camera,” tagging along for the day. Since she does practice such an intimate type of photography, Lyall explains it’s very important to get families and children feeling comfortable around her.
“I always encourage parents to tell their kids that they don’t have to say ‘cheese’ and they don’t have to do the things they might associate with being around a camera, like making eye contact or being performative,” says the photographer. “They can just do their thing and I’m just there to hang out, have fun, and take pictures.”
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While Lyall points out she’s always respectful of a family’s wishes and limitations to what they want photographed, she encourages them to allow her to capture the messy moments along with the good.
“If your kid has a meltdown, that’s part of life, and that’s okay,” she says, adding that she’s not there to judge your family or messy house. “Capturing how you help your kids through that is a huge part of your family and your life and your relationships. And that’s the stuff you’re going to want to remember. The things that people think they don’t want to have in their family photos is exactly what they should be capturing.”
She notes those meltdown moments are a rare occurrence because she aims to provide a comfortable and stress-free environment, where children are willing participants because they aren’t being forced to look and act in a certain way.
As a mother of a 10 and 13 year old, Peterborough photographer Jordan Lyall understands how quickly children grow up and family dynamics change. She wants to help families capture and remember these fleeting moments by photographing the most mundane moments and the relationships and stories behind the photos. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)
Lyall recalls a time when, as a young mother, she took photos of her newborn in a tutu and put the images on Facebook. Though she was bombarded with comments of how cute her child was, now when she looks at those photos, all she sees is the reality behind it: it took 30 minutes to take the photo because the outfit was scratching her toddler’s skin and they kept pulling it off.
“Social media teaches us that we must only show the best parts of ourselves,” says Lyall, adding that she believes it stems from the age of film when there were limited chances to snap those perfect shots. “I don’t think it helps anybody. I think it creates a situation where we all feel alone, disconnected, and less than [other people]. I think we should be sharing more of our real selves and be talking more about the real things that we deal with day-to-day, especially as a parent.”
To fight against this social construct, Lyall explains her photography is instead a reminder to young children that they’re worthy of having their picture taken even when they don’t have their hair styled, aren’t wearing matching clothing, and aren’t smiling.
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“I want a kid to feel like they have a record of themselves doing all the things and being gloriously themselves, no matter what that is — weird, wonderful, crazy, chaotic,” Lyall says. “All of it is amazing, so we want to remember you exactly as you are. That’s the energy I want to bring to all my sessions, because you are worthy of being captured no matter what’s going on and no matter what you’re doing.”
To help people capture their everyday moments, Lyall has started a how-to series on improving cell phone photos, which can be found in her Instagram story highlights. All the tips and pointers are “quick and easy” and require no extra equipment, technical knowledge, or directing.
“I wanted to encourage people to capture the real moments of their day-to-day lives with their family more often, and one of the easiest ways to do that is to feel more confident taking images with your own cell phone,” she explains, adding that in the fall, she will continue the series with advice on seeing and using light to improve cell phone photo quality, and on editing photos.
This photo by Peterborough photographer Jordan Lyall was selected for an exhibit titled “The 2023 Mother Exhibit” by Lenscratch, which features images of motherhood submitted by photographers from across the globe. Rather than photographing families in matching outfits with perfectly combed hair, Lyall’s documentary-style family photography is focused on capturing real moments between parent and child, serving as a reminder of what the family is really like, rather than fitting a mould of what is expected of them. (Photo: Jordan Lyall Photography)
She says she hopes these tips will help parents capture photos of their children exactly as they are — something she has learned to do while watching her own children grow up.
“As I’ve gotten older and realized how fleeting these moments are, it only increased my drive to catch the real stuff over stylized stuff,” she explains. “I really wanted to preserve who they were as people as they grew and capture that over anything else.”
“It pushed me that much more to offer this style of photography to people as an alternative, because I think it’s so incredibly important to celebrate who you are, and not what you think people should be.”
Visit linktr.ee/jordanlyall to schedule a Day in the Life or Slice of Life photo session, and follow Jordan Lyall Photography on Instagram and Facebook for the how-to series on using your own cell phone for photos.
Jordan Lyall is an award-winning wedding and family photographer based out of Peterborough. She is on a mission to change how people think about family photos. (Photo courtesy of Jordan Lyall)
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