Thanks

Arts Health Antigonish (AHA!) is grateful to the following people for their contributions to this project:

Thanks to Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris for their book, The Lost Words, and the inspiration it provided for this work.

Our immense gratitude to the writers and artists for their enthusiastic response and skilled creation of such magical spells. Special thanks to Rolf Bouman of the Friends United Centre in Cleveland, NS, for his generous support of this project.

St. Francis Xavier University Biology Dept.:

Our grateful appreciation goes to Regina Cozzi, senior lab instructor, for her brainstorming about the framing of this project, assistance with finding and mentoring students, and navigating myriad emails to ensure the accuracy and coordination of the biology information presented.

Thanks to senior students, Emilie Knighton, Sarah Silver Slayter, Matthew Freeman and Ryan Small, and senior lab instructor Monica Schuegraf, for their research and writing about each organism, their patience in revision and editing, and to Monica for adding biomimicry applications to the appropriate pieces.

And grateful thanks to lab instructor, Maryanne Burbidge, for reviewing the St. Francis Xavier University student submissions.

Editorial panel:

Our appreciation goes to writers Janette Fecteau, Anne Simpson and Suzanne Stewart, for their editing of the biology student submissions, and for feedback given to poets.

The AHA! review panel:

Our deepest gratitude to Beth Parker, Susie Murphy, Anne Simpson, Janette Fecteau, Iris Leuschner, Vanessa Currie, Rosemary Curry, and Connie Clement, for reviewing every spell, making suggestions and final edits, asking questions and ensuring consistency in the information provided.  It was a pleasure working with you all!

AHA! team:

Heartfelt thanks to Denise Davies, AHA!’s technical advisor and website creator, for her patience and mentoring, as we brought our vision for Spellbound by Nature to life.

Sincere thanks to all those who contributed to brainstorming for this project, particularly Susie Murphy, who helped to develop and oversee a pilot project  offered in Antigonish in 2019, a project that informed this spell-kit. Our thanks to those who contributed to the pilot project, Rebecca Semple in assisting with workshop creation, facilitators Correen Lynch and Valentina Soler, and all the wonderful participants, parents, volunteers and community partners who supported these programs.

Our thanks to Anne Marie MacKenzie for looking after the payroll and budget for this project.

Lastly, our gratitude to Liz Brennan, who envisioned, created, coordinated and compiled, Spellbound by Nature.

Thanks too, to our funders, the NS Dept. of Communities, Culture and Heritage and Sustainable Antigonish, our numerous partners and to all who find this work interesting and helpful in strengthening their knowledge of, and bond with, nature.