News Releases
Zoey Roy Honoured with Ontario Arts Foundation Artist Educator Award
19 November 2024
Toronto, November 19, 2024 – Zoey Roy is the recipient of the $15,000 Ontario Arts Foundation Artist...
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Artist Héritier Bilaka awarded the Laura Ciruls Painting Award
29 October 2024
Toronto, October 29, 2024 – Héritier Bilaka is this year’s recipient of the Laura Ciruls Painting Award....
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Composers Rashaan Allwood and Kalaisan Kalaichelvan are awarded the Kathleen McMorrow Music Award
15 October 2024
Toronto, October 15, 2024 – Composers Rashaan Allwood and Kalaisan Kalaichelvan are the recipients of...
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Nominations Open for the 2025 Gina Wilkinson Prize
01 October 2024
Toronto, October 1, 2024 – Gina’s Prize is now accepting nominations for 2025 Gina Wilkinson Prize.
ELIGIBILITY...
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Cecilia Livingston Awarded the Louis Applebaum Composers Award
25 September 2024
Toronto, September 25, 2024 – Composer Cecilia Livingston is the recipient of this year’s Louis Applebaum...
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Nadine Grant Honoured with the Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design
21 July 2024
Toronto, July 22, 2024 – Costume designer Nadine Grant is the 2024 winner of the $25,000 Virginia and...
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The Jini Stolk Creative Fellowship is now open for submissions
15 July 2024
Toronto, July 15, 2024 – The Ontario Arts Foundation is now accepting nominations for the Jini Stolk...
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Brady Coyle Awarded the Tim Sims Encouragement Award
09 July 2024
Toronto, July 9, 2024 – The Ontario Arts Foundation is pleased to announce that Brady Coyle is the 2024...
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2024 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards presented to Melissa Mollen Dupuis, Elise Gravel and Kevin Sands
12 June 2024
Toronto, June 12, 2024 – The 2024 winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were...
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Common Boots Theatre and Bad New Days are presented with the annual Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant
28 May 2024
Toronto, May 28, 2024 – The Ontario Arts Foundation (OAF) and the Toronto Alliance for the Performing...
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Blog Posts
Strong First Quarter Performance
Strong First Quarter Performance
14 May 2024
We started the year with the threat of a soft landing for the economy. Fortunately, that did not materialize,...
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Continuing Market Volatility
Continuing Market Volatility
31 October 2023
A year ago, we were concerned about the impact of the war in the Ukraine. Both the geo-political and...
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Making Cultural Spaces Safe During COVID-19
Making Cultural Spaces Safe During COVID-19
29 November 2021
We recently saw an announcement which might be of benefit to your organization. In case you missed it,...
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Light at the End of the Tunnel
Light at the End of the Tunnel
01 November 2021
For so many of us, the past 18 months has included great hardship. The stress of imperfect information,...
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Recovering from the pandemic
Recovering from the pandemic
17 February 2021
Hard to believe, we can actually turn our thoughts to these four words…..”Recovering from the pandemic”.
The...
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Insights for Building Resilience in our Social Sector
Insights for Building Resilience in our Social Sector
07 January 2021
Navigating uncertainty: Building resilience in Canada’s social sector is a short but well set out article...
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The Role of an Endowment in COVID-19 Times
The Role of an Endowment in COVID-19 Times
04 June 2020
As arts organizations seek to manage the financial challenges they face during the current pandemic,...
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Arts and Culture Organizations – Adapting for a New Environment
Arts and Culture Organizations – Adapting for a New Environment
21 May 2020
I’ve observed recently that Ontario arts organizations are now moving to an environment where they are...
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Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
30 March 2020
During this morning’s address to the country, Prime Minister Trudeau offered more important details on...
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Supporting Arts Organizations with Operating Funds
Supporting Arts Organizations with Operating Funds
28 October 2019
One of the most important benefits to arts organizations who established endowments with the Ontario...
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Interviews
Interview with Kate Eccles and Dan McKinnon
Interview with Kate Eccles and Dan McKinnon
National Youth Orchestra of Canada
For over 50 years, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada has provided...
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Donor Testimonial Wuchien Michael Than
Donor Testimonial Wuchien Michael Than
Persistence and Passion: A Donor’s Story
The Wuchien Michael Than Foundation Fund was established by...
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Interview with Audrey Churgin
Interview with Audrey Churgin
Executive Director, MASC
(Multicultural Arts for Schools and Communities)
MASC started 26 years...
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Interview with Kelly Straughan, Executive Director
Interview with Kelly Straughan, Executive Director
The Toronto Fringe
The Toronto Fringe provides creative opportunities for artists and audiences...
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Interview with Dash Grundy
Interview with Dash Grundy
Leafs Dreams Arts Scholarship Recipient
From 2003 – 2011, the Ontario Arts Foundation partnered...
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Interview with Christina Petrowska Quilico
Interview with Christina Petrowska Quilico
Christina and Louis Quilico Awards
The Christina and Louis Quilico Awards were established by Christina...
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In Conversation with... Alan Walker
In Conversation with... Alan Walker
Alan Walker on Establishing a Memorial Award through the Ontario Arts Foundation
What is involved...
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Interview with Tina Vanderheyden
Interview with Tina Vanderheyden
Canadian Film Centre
Tina, perhaps first you could talk about how the CFC uses the arts endowment fund...
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Interview with Tom Rooney
Interview with Tom Rooney
Gina Wilkinson Prize for an Emerging Female Director
Gina Wilkinson was a prolific stage, film and television...
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Interview with Philip Akin
Interview with Philip Akin
Philip Akin – Black Shoulders Legacy Award
The Philip Akin – Black Shoulders Legacy...
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