On the shore of Lake Ontario, at one of Kingston and Ontario's oldest heritage sites, a world of imagination is taking root.

Together, Queen's University and the City of Kingston are realizing a bold vision of an arts campus where community and student performance, education, creativity and training blend to give rise to an inspirational cultural presence.

Canada's first capital city is about to undergo an artistic revitalization. In cities, regions and countries around the world, there is a growing recognition of the importance of arts and culture in building strong communities and economies.

The Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts will be a cultural beacon and provide urgently needed recital, theatre, screening and rehearsal space. In designing the new centre, we have taken the best features of the world's greatest centres and combined them with exhilarating advances in modern technology to create a world-class building.