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Patricia Bourque and Urban Environment

: Bourque was adopted and grew up in an Acadian family, and re-connected with her Mi'kmaq relatives as an adult, according to CBC. Bourque work looks at urban and rural P.E.I., through her eyes. "For the first time I'm able to bring my pride of who I am. Patricia Bourque exhibit is called My Two Worlds, and it focuses on life in rural and urban P.E.I., through her eyes. "I wanted to bring First Nations working and living and playing into a more urban environment," she explained. Growing up I was the different one, and it was hard to be Mi'kmaq, that why this night is so special," she said of the exhibit opening. "These photos — I can express my pride and my love of the community and where I come from. MORE P.E.I. NEWS Prince County businesses make pitch to immigrant entrepreneursMORE P.E.I. NEWS Charlottetown company squeezes out deal to extract cannabis oil And I can share with everybody." This is Bourque first photography gallery exhibit, and it will run until July 3 at The Guild. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.