Breakfast with Roger Garland and Don Shipley of the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games

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artsScene Toronto is pleased to announce the first half of its 2012 Arts and Business Leaders Breakfast Series**, kicking off next week with the leadership behind the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games: Roger Garland (Chair) and Don Shipley (Creative Director of Arts, Culture, and Festivals). 

These two gentlemen have the impressive task of overseeing the cultural content of the Games, putting Toronto’s and Canada’s talent on the international stage as more than 10,000 athletes and officials from over 40 countries attend the Games.  Roger may also touch upon his experience as the Founding Chair of Soulpepper Theatre, a company that has quickly become a Toronto institution.  Not to be missed!  Please find all details below, and purchase your tickets here. Continue reading

High Stakes: What Drummond Means for Us

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High Stakes: What Drummond Means for Us


ONN has gathered feedback from the nonprofit sector and developed a principled approach to inform the work ahead, leading up to the 2012 provincial budget and beyond.  Visit our Drummond page to download the ONN analysis and to see what other groups are saying. 


We would also like to extend a special thank you to everyone in the sector who contributed their time and energy to provide feedback that continues to inform ONN’s response to the Drummond Commission.

                        

 

 

Call for submissions – British Columbia, Canada – Guangdong, China

Rocky Railway High (Closure) is an Interactive Art Project for the symbolic return of Chinese railway workers perished during construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway between 1881-1885 to Guangdong, China, their homeland (an important Chinese custom at the time).

A total of 5,000 pieces of artwork and writing (representing number of Chinese workers died) on post card size paper will be collected from the public.

All submission will be archived in RRH’s website, exhibited in Canada and shipped to China for exhibition and permanent burial.

Submission fee: free

Number of submissions per artist: up to 3

Submission deadline: May 31st, 2012
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