June 2022 juuni Teade #31 News update |
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Please share this update with friends and family, encourage them to sign up here! |
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Announcing a new videogame that takes place in KESKUS! By the time KESKUS opens, those who have played the MisKESKUS videogame will have no problem navigating this extraordinary building when it's finished. Come take a sneak peek, find your way around, solve challenges AND learn some Estonian while you play! Suitable for all ages. Who knows, you might even spot some familiar faces! Download to play clicking here. Read more about the game here, eesti keeles siin. |
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Donor Profile: Ruberg and Patterson families, in memory of their parents |
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Having grown up in the tight-knit Montreal community, and now in Ontario and British Columbia, Ruth Patterson, Ingrid Ruberg and Kalev Ruberg are dedicating their Viru vanemad donation in support of KESKUS in honour of their parents Naani and Raoul Merits, and Endel and Aliise Ruberg. Read about their commitment to their Estonian heritage, and their reasons for supporting KESKUS in this generous way here, eesti keeles siin. |
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Meet Taimi Hooper, Donations Manager for Estonian Arts Centre |
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Taimi Hooper is the first point of contact for donors via phone or the donations@estoniancentre.ca email address to make donations to Estonian Arts Centre, the charity associated with KESKUS. As Taimi puts it "being Estonian defined who I am, and I’d have it no other way!" Read about Taimi and her family here, eesti keeles siin. |
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KESKUS construction update |
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Construction on the KESKUS site continues. The first of the three phases construction is mostly underground and not particularly visible. This phase will continue well into the summer and early fall, as per schedule. Read more here, eesti keeles siin. |
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KESKUS neighbours, VEMU Estonian Museum Canada and Estonian Life newspaper collaborate on a new Estonian themed podcast titled EstoCast. Through discussions of books, music, art, history, science, and more, EstoCast will explore what it is to be Estonian and what Estonians have to offer the world. Interview style episodes, released bi-weekly, alternate between Estonian and English languages. The first three episodes are available here. |
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Why don’t young people return to Estonia? |
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Estonian Arts Centre held a film screening on May 18, 2022, with the director and producer Dr. Terje Toomistu in attendance to tackle the topic of the push and the pull for Generation-Y Estonians to leave Estonia and why the do or don't return. Read more here, eesti keeles siin. |
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Get involved and support KESKUSKESKUS welcomes your support: please join the growing list of capital campaign donors! Donor categories are Kalevipoja laud for gifts of $100,000 and above (including naming rights for specific areas), Koidula gild for gifts $50,000 up to $100,000 Viru vanemad for gifts of $10,000 up to $50,000, and Kungla rahvas for gifts under $10,000. To make a donation, please email donations@estoniancentre.ca or call +1.647.250.7136. Donations may be made as a family gift, or in honour of an individual or family. Leadership gifts can be paid over time and all donations are issued a tax receipt, with country-specific receipts issued for Canada, U.S. and Estonia. |
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Let's stay connected: - Follow KESKUS on Facebook @EestiKeskus, Twitter @keskus and IG @keskus.iec
- All news updates are on the website www.estoniancentre.ca.
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