Canadian music world mourns passing of cellist Cris Derksen
Charlie Smith
May 17, 2026
Derksen was killed in a car crash while driving home from her father’s funeral in Northern Alberta.
Category: People
Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho shares deep insights into hidden world of astronaut children in page-turning memoir
Charlie Smith
May 3, 2026
The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street shines a light on kids who’ve been largely overlooked by the Canadian literary world.
Mayumi Lashbrook travels through time in Enemy Lines to make sense of intergenerational trauma
Charlie Smith
May 2, 2026
Lashbrook depicts the incarceration of Japanese Canadians through contemporary and modern dance, movement-based theatre, and performance art.
Seeing Ghosts / Home to China (an excerpt from Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong)
Staff
April 29, 2026
Musqueam Elder Larry Grant created Reconciling in conversation with writer Scott Steedman.
In the documentary Replica, Chouwa Liang explores Chinese women’s intimate relationships with AI
Cathy Xinman
April 29, 2026
Replica not only touches on generational differences and feminist dilemmas but also reveals humanity’s self-exploration in the digital age.
Jade Music Fest in Asia singer-songwriter Straw Lim describes Pulang album as her love letter to Malaysia
Charlie Smith
April 26, 2026
Straw Lim was raised in Kuala Lumpur and now lives in Kota Kinabalu on northern Borneo.
Rising star Sebastian Gaskin dishes on musical influences, “Brown Man”, and headlining Jade Music Fest in Asia
Charlie Smith
April 22, 2026
The Tataskweyak Cree Nation singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer won a Juno in 2025 and received a second nomination in 2026.
Drew Hayden Taylor draws on Morrisseau forgeries to expose hidden truths in Undeniable Accusations
Charlie Smith
April 17, 2026
The Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver will present Hayden Taylor’s new play about a mother-daughter relationship from April 18 to May 3.
Legendary Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle dies
Charlie Smith
April 12, 2026
Bhosle sang in more than 20 Indian and foreign languages over her storied career.
Indian classical singer and composer Ramneek Singh welcomes colours of spring
Charlie Smith
March 21, 2026
Singh will be accompanied by Mohan Bhide on harmonium and Sunny Matharu on tabla at Basant Ke Rang.
Pacific Theatre adds six dates to Ins Choi’s Son of a Preacherman
Charlie Smith
September 3, 2026
The private school market serving international secondary students in Ontario has grown
Staff
September 1, 2026
Cathy Xinman: Who Extinguished the Stars at Night
Cathy Xinman
August 29, 2026
From a fishing village to Edinburgh, Mimi Sung traces Taiwan’s Scottish missionary roots
Charlie Smith
August 28, 2026
ZiXuan & Slow Train frontman writes music with purpose for those reclaiming their Hakka heritage
Charlie Smith
August 27, 2026
Puyuma voices: Ipo Demaladas on music, identity and Taiwan’s Indigenous heritage
Charlie Smith
August 26, 2026
David Suzuki: Indigenous rights mean justice for all
David Suzuki
August 25, 2026
Toronto TAIWANfest explores the hidden history behind the city’s most famous intersection
Charlie Smith
August 24, 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.
About Us
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About Us
- Vision Statement
- Staff Profiles
- Contributors
- Covers
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.
