April 9, 2018
Ontario Supporting New and Innovative Programs for Seniors and their Families Ontario’s Minister of Seniors Affairs, Dipika Damerla, was at the Good Companions Seniors' Centre in Ottawa today to announce this year's Seniors Community Grant recipients. Minister Damerla also a...
March 12, 2018
Sudbury-based Josée Forest-Niesing was appointed to the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) Board of Directors in January 2018.
Josée is a lawyer and a former partner in the firm Lacroix Forest LLP, where she specialized in family law, civil litigation, education law an...
March 2, 2018
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This bulletin contains information on several topics: Changes to how arts grants are treated by the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and Ontario Works (OW) Grant-writing workshops and mentorship opportunities for ...
February 27, 2018
Statistics Canada 's release of the Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators, 2010 to 2016 provides insight into the economic contribution of arts and culture in Ontario and across Canada.
Read more about the Economic Contribution of Arts and Culture in Ontario .
January 24, 2018
Look over the Ontario Arts Council (OAC)’s 2018 program deadlines to discover the various ways you can apply for support to create or present arts activities. View a PDF of OAC’s deadline calendar, which lists programs by funding stream .
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December 14, 2017
In preparation for last January’s move to Nova , OAC’s online application process, most OAC programs underwent deadline shifts and streamlining to support the move online.
It was decided at that point to delay this process for the Francophone arts programs to 2018, and...
November 15, 2017
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has launched two new pilot programs called Market Development Travel: Dance and Market Development Travel: Northern Arts . These programs support travel for the purpose of promoting artistic work and developing relationships with arts pres...
November 14, 2017
By now, many of you will have heard the good news announced on August 29, 2017, by Premier Kathleen Wynne and Eleanor McMahon, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport : OAC will receive a further funding increase over the next three years on top of this year’s previously a...
October 31, 2017
11th Annual Ceremony Celebrates Outstanding Ontario-Based Artists and Arts Organizations Premier Kathleen Wynne is honouring exceptional contributions by artists and arts organizations from across Ontario.
Eleanor McMahon, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, anno...
October 25, 2017
Toronto resident Dr. Eliza Chandler was appointed to the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) Board of Directors in September 2017.
Eliza is an Assistant Professor in the School of Disability Studies at Ryerson University where she teaches courses in disability arts and cult...