The Silenced Years: Stories yet untold
Staff
August 18, 2025
Co-curators of The Silenced Years exhibition at Toronto TAIWANfest highlight 20th-century fights for freedom in Taiwan and Portugal.
Author: Staff
Gurpreet Singh: An open letter to Shah Rukh Khan
Staff
August 11, 2025
In My Name is Khan, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan played a Muslim immigrant to the U.S. on the autism spectrum.
Netflix gives African film a platform—but the cultural price is high
Staff
August 9, 2025
A study found that the intervention of U.S. streamers like Netflix has led to the development of glossier versions of Africa.
China’s arrests of boys’ love authors does not equate to a “gay erotica” crackdown
Staff
August 6, 2025
Western media was quick to report on the latest “crackdown” in China: gay erotica.
Many tongues, one people: the debate over linguistic diversity in India
Staff
August 3, 2025
India is a home to numerous ancient and linguistically rich languages across its many regions.
Writer Cathy Xinman invites submissions for global, multilingual Chinese poetry anthology
Staff
August 3, 2025
Xinman, the editor-in-chief, admires innovative poems that demonstrate depth, craftsmanship, and authenticity.
African sci-fi imagines new ways of living in climate-changed worlds
Staff
July 28, 2025
A new book called African Climate Futures explores how science fiction from the continent addresses climate change.
Cancellations at Canadian film festivals raise questions about accountability
Staff
July 23, 2025
Film festivals are spaces to see diverse films by local and global filmmakers and an important market for distributors.
Nishant Upadhyay takes a deep dive into caste privilege in Indians on Indian Lands: Intersections of Race, Caste and Indigeneity
Staff
July 23, 2025
Upadhyay maintains in the book that some upper-caste immigrants perpetuate racial stereotypes.
The Room Upstairs inspired by John Coltrane’s music and creative process
Charlie Smith
March 26, 2026
David Suzuki: Renewable energy saves lives and money
David Suzuki
March 24, 2026
Cathy Xinman: Do Not Heal
Cathy Xinman
March 22, 2026
Indian classical singer and composer Ramneek Singh welcomes colours of spring
Charlie Smith
March 21, 2026
Kinky caricature no more: How Pillion is rewriting BDSM cinema
Staff
March 20, 2026
Vancouver International Music Competition adds woodwinds on top of existing piano, strings, and voice categories
Charlie Smith
March 19, 2026
Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté re-imagine a masterpiece in The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark
Charlie Smith
March 17, 2026
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Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society created Toronto Spark to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
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About Us
- Vision Statement
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Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.
