April 12, 2017
The 2017 shortlist for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards was announced today. The Schwartz Awards are the only Canadian literary award where student jurors work together to choose the winning books.
This year’s winners will be chosen by two stu...
March 24, 2017
Registration for this event is now full . We are no longer accepting additional participants. Thank you for your interest.
See the Agenda for more information: Fuel for Fire: Professional Development for Writers of Colour .
This event is taking place on Friday...
March 2, 2017
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is pleased to announce that Darlene Naponse has been appointed Indigenous Community Engagement Developer effective February 16, 2017.
The Indigenous Community Engagement Developer is a newly created role established to lead the communit...
February 13, 2017
The Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council undertook three digital and interactive initiatives that resulted in the first ever Canada Dance Mapping Study . These are now available online and include:
A nation-wide Yes I dance survey reached ou...
February 2, 2017
One of the Ontario Arts Council’s (OAC) most popular publications has been updated to reflect the evolving field of community-engaged arts practice. Framing Community – A Community-Engaged Art Workbook provides guidance on how to develop projects and points to resourc...
January 16, 2017
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is pleased to announce that Alana Forslund has been hired as our new northwestern representative, based in Thunder Bay. Alana takes over from Marilyn McIntosh , who retired in December after a decade with OAC.
Alana has significant ex...
January 10, 2017
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has launched a new website to support Nova , OAC’s new online grant application and management system, which is now live. The dynamic new website and Nova will make it easier for applicants to search for granting programs that best suit ...
December 7, 2016
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) today announced Mark Vuorinen as the recipient of the 2016 Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting . He will receive the award at the Grand Philharmonic Choir’s Christmas Homecoming concert at Kitchener’s Centre In The Square on Sunda...
December 6, 2016
On November 23, 2016 , more than 70 representatives from Ontario’s arts community participated in Arts Day at Queen’s Park (ADQP). Over the course of the day, these representatives met with 47 Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) and key policy advisors to speak abou...
October 27, 2016
Toronto residents Jill Reitman and Karim Karsan have been appointed to the board of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC).
Jill Reitman Over the years, Jill has maintained a longtime commitment to many community organizations. Between 2008 and 2015, Jill was chair, vice-ch...