16th-century Chinese writer spoke of workplace burnout, leaving a blueprint for radical acts of rest
Staff
June 5, 2025
Ming Dynasty-era practice resonates with uncanny urgency within our burnout epidemic.
Category: Education
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.
Dr. Evan Adams sheds understanding on systemic roots of addiction in Indigenous communities in The Conversation
Charlie Smith
May 23, 2025
Malcolm (right) tells Dr. Adams how he was able to free himself from drugs and alcohol by coming to terms with intergenerational trauma.
Journalist Karen Attiah draws huge waiting list for new online course on race, media, and international affairs
Charlie Smith
May 18, 2025
Attiah, the Washington Post’s global opinions editor, says that all 500 spots Resistance Summer School sold out within 48 hours.
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.
Historical films and TV shows are embracing diversity—but real historical voices are still overlooked
Staff
May 3, 2025
Historical writers of colour are continually excluded from school curricula, literary anthologies, and TV adaptations.
Black style and resistance: The Met Gala, dandyism, and blackface in Canada
Staff
May 1, 2025
In her new groundbreaking book, TMU professor Cheryl Thompson maps the transnational flow of minstrel culture and racial ideologies.
Culture can build a better world: four key issues on Africa’s G20 agenda
Staff
April 16, 2025
The G20 culture agenda addresses heritage restitution, socio-economic strategies for inclusivity, digital technologies, and climate action.
How I’m teaching Holocaust literature in light of Canadian recommendations around combatting antisemitism
Staff
April 13, 2025
Focusing on survivor memoirs that explore life prior to the Holocaust helps illustrate the trajectory of antisemitic agendas.
Wildfire smoke leads to more cancelled events in Ontario
Charlie Smith
July 16, 2026
Shahrnush Parsipur: Iran has lost one of its bravest and boldest literary voices
Staff
July 13, 2026
With “Good Intentions”, Tennyson King shares a tale of love cursed by distance and circumstance
Charlie Smith
July 12, 2026
Toronto Fringe Festival announces award winners
Staff
July 11, 2026
Yonge Street Was Never Just a Street: The 12,000-Year-Old Trail Beneath the Grid
Paige Wen
July 10, 2026
Jim Gaffigan: Everything About Canada Feels Made Up
Charlie Smith
July 10, 2026
Shopping for God in Lagos: what is Chrislam?
Staff
July 8, 2026
David Suzuki: What the fungal networks can teach us
David Suzuki
July 7, 2026
Empathie on Crave isn’t afraid of the messy power of feeling with others
Staff
July 7, 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.
