About Us
The Institute for Stained Glass in Canada is a not-for-profit educational society registered under the Societies Act of British Columbia.
We are a small group of photographers and researchers based in Vancouver, with collaborators in the provinces of Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, and in the Yukon. Our Board includes several well-known British Columbians. The Institute has no commercial interest, and depends for its ongoing development on support from heritage agencies, foundations and private sponsors. Please consider supporting our work on behalf of your province or community.
Mission Statement
Sponsors and Credits
We began to photograph stained glass in Canada in 2001 and have discovered an unexpectedly diverse "distributed collection" in a wide range of secular and sacred public buildings. We estimate fine public windows in Canada to number well over 100,000 (with many more in private homes). There is as yet no comprehensive book describing Canada’s massive and significant stained glass inventory.
We plan an increasingly interactive user-oriented web site, culminating in an authentically national presence.
We hope our presence on the world wide web will lead to articles and books about this oddly neglected aspect of Canadian culture.
You and your organization are invited to join in our work of documenting the Canadian dimension of this ancient medium.