Pax Americana in Toronto: How speculative art can help us navigate threats
Staff
June 1, 2025
Artist Dara Vandor’s Pax Americana plaques on Toronto streets project a U.S.-annexed Canada.
Author: Staff
Michelle Chawla: The Arts Can Shape the Future of Canada
Staff
May 29, 2025
Read this open letter to the arts community from Chawla, head of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Deaf President Now! traces the powerful uprising that led to Deaf rights in the U.S.—now again under threat
Staff
May 25, 2025
The spirit of the Deaf President Now! demand for equal rights has never been more vital.
In Paying For It, ex-lovers re-imagine friendship, family, and the meaning of sex work
Staff
May 22, 2025
Director and co-writer Sook-Yin Lee takes on sex work, romance, and the messy labour of chosen family by adapting her ex-lover’s memoir.
Koyo Kouoh—tribute to a curator who fiercely promoted African art
Staff
May 18, 2025
Kouoh had been announced as the first African woman to curate the internationally renowened Venice Biennale in 2026.
Victoria Day is a time to reflect on displacement, language suppression, and systemic inequalities
Staff
May 17, 2025
Victoria ruled an empire that has receded, but the consequences of its policies remain painfully present in many parts of the world.
Canada’s audiovisual industry should better reflect the country’s diversity
Staff
May 16, 2025
Canada has potential to become a leading global culture centre with diverse creative industries, including in the audiovisual sector.
HBC’s artworks and collections help us understand Canada’s origins—and can be auctioned off
Staff
May 16, 2025
The proposed liquidation of many of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s (HBC) collections poses a threat to Canada’s collective memory and identity.
Trump’s tariff threat to foreign films overlooks the value of multilingual cinema
Staff
May 14, 2025
For years, foreign-language films have been recognized as an invaluable resource for language learning.
Syreeta Hector anchors Black Ballerina to her experiences in classical ballet
Staff
May 12, 2025
As someone who is Mi’kmaq, African Canadian, and French Acadian, Hector is keenly aware of the nuances and multiplicities of identity.
Taiwan-based Fooderlon Theater offers free workshops for kids at LunarFest GTA
Charlie Smith
February 9, 2026
Imagining alternative Canadian cultural policy through BIPOC artists’ experiences
Staff
February 8, 2026
Cathy Xinman: The River Cannot Be Blamed
Cathy Xinman
February 6, 2026
A Chip Odyssey reveals how Taiwan conquered the semiconductor industry
Charlie Smith
February 5, 2026
16 Oscar nods for Sinners signals a broader appetite for imaginative Black cinema
Staff
February 4, 2026
LunarFest GTA decides to Brave the Wind in welcoming Year of the Horse at Varley Art Gallery
Charlie Smith
February 3, 2026
LunarFest GTA lantern artist Zhou Jian-xin showcases Tainan’s scenery and temple culture
Charlie Smith
February 1, 2026
From Bluffs to Islands: A Shared Shoreline History
Paige Wen
February 1, 2026
Cathy Xinman: The Moon Is So Far from Me, Let Alone People
Cathy Xinman
January 30, 2026
Toronto Spark
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.
