David Suzuki: A climate-safe future demands the defeat of ignorance
David Suzuki
June 3, 2025
It’s never good when people who demonstrate ignorance about science gain positions of power.
Category: Perspectives
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.
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.
David Suzuki: The promises and perils of geoengineering
David Suzuki
May 20, 2025
Geoengineering would have to be deployed on a massive scale to dramatically affect climate—and could trigger disastrous consequences.
Jerome Yoo’s Mongrels depicts how immigration to Canada drives a wedge within Korean family
Charlie Smith
May 19, 2025
The three main characters in Mongrels are a widowed father, his teenage son, and his young daughter.
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.
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.
Why Trump’s plans for tariffs on foreign films probably won’t have a happy ending
Staff
May 9, 2025
American content watched on U.S.-based streaming giants abroad does not show up as exports, but Netflix’s foreign content is an “import”.
Cathy Xinman: I Love This Grass-Eating Cow
Cathy Xinman
May 8, 2025
Xinman writes poetry in Chinese and English. In Chinese culture, a cow is often seen as gentle and nurturing.
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.
