May 26, 2023
Toronto, May 26, 2023 – The 2023 winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced today during a school assembly at Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School . The winners were selected by two juries of young readers from the school –...
May 15, 2023
Loree Lawrence
Multi and Inter-arts and community-engaged arts officer Loree Lawrence is leaving her position to run a commercial art gallery and pursue her own arts practice. Loree began as community and multidisciplinary arts officer when she started at the Ontario Arts...
May 11, 2023
Over the course of the 2023-24 fiscal year, we will provide periodic updates on the implementation of the directions outlined in OAC's new strategic plan, Reset. Renew. Revitalize.
Further develop our funding approach to build strength and relevance
The OAC is impl...
May 10, 2023
Amber Yared
Cross-Sectoral Associate Officer
Amber Yared is serving as c ross- s ectoral o fficer for one year, filling in for Myron Kozak , who is currently on leave with the Canada Council for the Arts’ Research, Measurement and Data Analytics Section . ...
May 3, 2023
Today, the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) and the Ontario Arts Foundation (OAF) released the shortlists for the 2023 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards . The Schwartz Awards are the only Canadian literary award where student jurors work together to choose the winning...
April 26, 2023
On April 26, 1963 , Bill 162, the Act to establish the Province of Ontario Council for the Arts was passed in the Ontario legislature. It was thanks to a handful of visionary Ontarians who approached then Premier of Ontario, John Robarts , with the idea of establishing a p...
April 21, 2023
Toronto-based Simon Foster has been appointed to the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) board of directors.
About Simon Foster Simon is the CEO and founder of Chatter Research, a customer feedback software platform. He is also the co-founder and chair of the Framework Founda...
April 17, 2023
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is pleased to share that Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (MTCS) has confirmed that OAC will receive $60 million as its operating allocation for the 2023-24 fiscal year.
“We are delighted to hear this good news of continued commitm...
March 2, 2023
Derek Mascarenhas has joined the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) as interim literature officer . He replaces Jack Illingworth, who has been appointed as the next executive director of the Association of Canadian Publishers.
Derek will be managing the English-language litera...
February 22, 2023
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is fully relaunching its support to touring activity with a new component to support tour capacity. In preparation for this, OAC commissioned a market development report from Nordicity , examining the current and future state for touring a...