The year 2022 was a year of recovery from the constraints imposed by the COVID19 pandemic, albeit with modifications to the projects. For example, the story

is still in production but in digital format. It will be available by the summer of 2023 in on-demand rental mode in the French and English education and culture networks.

The Mémoires en Fête sharing event finally took place on October 15 and 16, 2022. The event was held in the former Sutton dairy, now the École d'art, which prompted the telling of the history of this industrial complex through guided tours, the publication of a special booklet and the production of historical interpretation panels, which were bequeathed to the École d'art. This 4th edition of Mémoires en Fête was a great success.

The theme of Sutton, Border Town continues to be explored through an exhibition financed in part by Digital Museums Canada, which will ensure the dissemination of the exhibition in both official languages. The French version is almost complete. The online version is scheduled for the summer of 2023.

Other research and collaborations have also materialized. With the CAB, for a presentation by Robert Larocque on the history of the Olivet Church and the old cemetery in front of it, and in the process of renaming the creek that runs through Sutton Junction, Westover Creek. The decision was based on research conducted by Heritage Sutton for the Town of Sutton's Place Name Committee. Heritage Sutton also contributed to the production of a documentary video on this tributary of the Yamaska River. A direct link on our website gives access to it.

Finally, as every year, two history books, numbers 35 and 36, were launched. Our presence at the Petit salon du livre held in December at the École d'art is a valuable showcase for our publications and activities.

Unfortunately, we have not been able to re-establish the drop-in open house. As well, our efforts to organize, index and enhance our collections and archival holdings have been hampered by manpower issues. The person who had been retained had to leave for personal and family reasons. In addition, we were unable to take on an intern from the History Department of the University of Sherbrooke as in the past and, due to a lack of applications, no students were hired during the summer. As a result, the HR budget item is largely in surplus.

One priority is obvious following the tabling of the 2022 Activity Report: Héritage Sutton must "put the whole package" together to organize, catalogue, make available for consultation and promote its archives, regardless of the nature of the document or the medium in which it is kept.

The money is largely available because of the surplus recorded in the human resources budget over the last few fiscal years; to complete the financing, a grant application has been submitted to BAnQ; another will be submitted to Library and Archives Canada in the coming weeks.

One of the first tasks of the Board of Directors will be to characterize our archives, to define precisely the needs and to plan the actions according to their priority. The big challenge will be to recruit the archival professionals we need. We will have to offer attractive conditions and be creative if necessary in our recruitment efforts.

At the same time, Héritage Sutton will continue to respond to requests for research and partnerships. Thus, we will contribute to the activities (video and history wall) which will underline the 40 years of the Volunteer Center of Sutton. We will also be partners with the Sutton Museum of Communications and History in the preparation and presentation of the exhibition Archives for the Future planned for the summer of 2024.

The files in progress - the digital transposition of the tale, the virtual exhibition Sutton, ville fronatlière and the posting on our website of virtual files on the old dairy and on the Godue family - will be completed. We hope to be more present on social networks through short historical capsules.

Finally, as every year, two history books will be published in May and November.