report - Culture Days

NICOLE FRIESEN, BRITISH COLUMBIA
CULTURE DIVISION, MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO
GAUNE STUDIOS PHOTOGRAPHY, MANITOBA
CULTUREDAYS 2012REPORT
CANADA’S PARTICIPATION IN YEAR THREE
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Thank you Canada
for loving culture
On September 28, 29 & 30, 2012, an estimated 1.6 million Canadians participated in nearly
7,000 free activities in 850 cities and towns* during the third annual Culture Days.
While those numbers are impressive by any measure and demonstrate extraordinary growth since
Culture Days began in 2010, they only begin to tell the story of this pan-Canadian initiative.
Antoni Cimolino
Artistic Director,
Stratford Festival
Chair, Culture Days
National Executive
Committee
Behind those 7,000 activities are an estimated 600,000 inspired, dedicated artists, creators of all types,
cultural workers and organizations who volunteered to share their passion and expertise with their
community, inviting members of the public to discover the cultural gems that exist in their own backyard.
And it is thanks to them that 1.6 million visitors, participants and audience members experienced
performing and visual arts, design, heritage and more from a new perspective. They met artists and
artisans, explored studios, back stage areas and workshops, and even created things themselves.
With the proclamation “I Love Culture,” Culture Days ignited a national network of cultural connections
devoted to providing Canadians with opportunities to participate in, and appreciate, all forms of arts
and culture.
This summary of statistics, testimonials, photos, tweets and more will give you a sense of the impact
Culture Days has made in just three years since its launch.
David Moss
National Director
Thank you to all who have rallied around Culture Days, provided feedback, completed surveys and shared
experiences. We hope this report inspires and encourages you—as the catalysts of this celebration—and
others to participate in this great celebration of arts and culture across Canada!
*3,009 activities took place in 362 communities during les Journées de la culture in Québec and 1,235 activities took place in
80 communities during Alberta Culture Days.
GAUNE STUDIOS PHOTOGRAPHY, MANITOBA
ANN BAGGLEY, ONTARIO
GAUNE STUDIOS PHOTOGRAPHY, MANITOBA
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progress
In three years, Culture Days has grown
thanks to attendance
the participation
of Canadians
attendance in
in millions
millions
from coast to coast to coast:
attendance in millions
2010
2010
1.0
1.0
2010
1.0
2011
2011
2012
2012
1.2
1.2
1.6
1.6
2011
2012
1.2
1.6
Inspiring activities,
extraordinary
growth
From approximately 4,700 activities in its inaugural year, to
nearly 6,000 in 2011 and an astounding 7,000 free activities
in 2012, Culture Days has flourished across the country.
From dancing to dressmaking, music to mosaics, storytelling to sculpture, Canada’s
creativity now has a proven showcase for all ages and interests in all kinds of communities.
Here are a few examples of what people were doing on the last weekend of September
in 2012:
• First Nations artists shared stories, dance and art-making with visitors to the
North Vancouver District Public Library.
number
number of
of activities
activities
• Families in Calgary joined the Springboard Dance Collective for three days of
theatre, cinema, dance and performing arts in six recycled and reconditioned
shipping containers.
number of activities
2010
2010
4,762
4,762
2010
4,762
2011
2011
5,843
5,843
2011
5,843
• Budding comic performers participated in the Actors’ Gym Improv Workshop led
by Ottawa’s best improvisational coaches.
2012
2012
6,980
6,980
2012
6,980
number
number of
of communities
communities
number of communities
2010
2010
724
724
2010
724
2
2011
2011
811
811
2011
811
2012
2012
851
851
• Milton-Parc residents in Montreal rediscovered their community through an
architectural heritage walking tour.
• Emerging writers of all ages brought their paper, pens and flashlights to a Scary
Night Time Horror Writing Workshop in Fredericton.
• Amateur archaeologists practiced their digging skills and learned how to record
their artifact discoveries at The Rooms in St. John’s.
“I loved learning more about my community and being
involved in leaving a legacy in my community for my
children and grandchildren.”
—Dawn (Princeville, ON)
In 2012, an estimated 600,000 artists, creators of all types, cultural workers and
organizations mobilized on a voluntary basis to create the country’s largest-ever national
celebration of arts and culture!
2012
851
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ERNESTO DISTEFANO, ONTARIO
90%
of participants
expressed a desire
to take part in
Culture Days 2013
HERMIONE PRESENTS, ONTARIO
canadians
culturedays
Among the 1.6 million Canadians who participated in Culture Days 2012 activities,
95% reported satisfaction with their experience.
The impact of Culture Days resonates far beyond a single weekend:
66%
reported an increased
interest in participating
in the cultural life
of the community
• 72% agreed that their Culture Days experience increased their understanding of how artists and arts
organizations make a positive contribution to their community and increased their pride in the community
•Two out of three said that, as a result of participating in Culture Days, they intend to take in more arts and
cultural activities in their community
Among those who had also participated in Culture Days the year before:
• 44% reported that, as a result, they attended more arts and cultural events throughout the year
• 27% said they donated more to arts and cultural organizations
4⁄10
participants had
children 18 years or
under and most
were looking for
child-friendly activities
• 22% said they spent more time volunteering for them
What’s more, Culture Days is attracting new audiences. About one-third of those who participated in a Culture Days
activity identified themselves as being relatively new to arts and cultural activities.
“People who had never participated in the arts before found it exciting and
rewarding, finding a side of themselves they did not think existed. To us,
that is what Culture Days is all about.”
—Pam MacKenzie, Consolidated Artist Group of 7’s (North Bay, ON)
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SARAH CROOKALL, ONTARIO
activity
organizers love it too!
Among the estimated 600,000 artists and cultural workers
who generously hosted free Culture Days activities in their
communities, 89% judged their activities as successful
and 92% expressed interest in participating again in 2013.
Why? Culture Days is recognized as an opportunity to develop new audiences,
demonstrate what artists and cultural workers do, as well as meet potential clients
and audiences. According to independent national surveys conducted in 2012:
82% took part because they were looking for exposure,
80% participated to share their love of arts and culture, and
83% agreed that their participation provided opportunities to
strengthen ties with their communities.
Activity organizers also reported that their participation had a year-round impact,
citing their own increased enthusiasm for what they do as the most significant.
Increased public awareness of what they do as well as contact or collaboration
with other artists/arts organizations were also highly cited.
“It was a valuable and exhilarating experience for emerging
artists to participate in. It was a lot of hard work organizing
and presenting the show but the exposure, the connections
made and the people who attended made it all worth it.”
—Shawn Jordan, Final Fitz Video Collective (Winnipeg, MB)
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86% of activity organizers received
support from staff, volunteers, family,
friends and/or local media. Many successfully
approached local businesses for gifts inkind and advertising space.
More than half welcomed the public into
their own creative space.
A Wealth of Free
Resources!
After registering their event, most visited culturedays.ca
to find out who and what else was registered in their
community, as well as to access free tools and resources
like the Participation Guide, PR Tool Kit, Sponsorship Tool
Kit and customizable promotional materials. In 2012, there
were 11,358 downloads of free resources, a 151% increase
over 2011.
a coast to coast
celebration
Since its start in 2010, Culture Days has seen an impressive
growth in participation across the country with an estimated
850 communities participating in 2012.
Here’s how the number of activities breaks down across
the country:
“It was awesome to be hosting an event,
knowing that all across the country other
groups and artists were also showcasing
what they do in their region. A true sense
of connectiveness!”
—Kate Elman Wilcott, InterAction School
of Performing Arts (Saint John, NB)
Yukon
Territory
2012
27
3 yr increase
+350%
Northwest Territories
2012
Newfoundland
and Labrador
2012
Nunavut
6
+50%
6
3 yr increase
3 yr increase
+50%
British Columbia
2012
403
3 yr increase
+280%
Alberta*
2012
Manitoba
2012
3 yr increase
3 yr increase
1235
+81%
Saskatchewan
2012
+73%
2011
2012
5,843 6,980
PEI
2012
+63%
40
3 yr increase
+208%
+68%
+65%
2010
3009
3 yr increase
3 yr increase
3 yr increase
4,762
Ontario
2012
1518
216
total
activities:
Quebec*
2012
280
3 yr increase
+47%
*as reported by Alberta Culture Days and les Journées de la culture in Québec
New Brunswick
2012
90
3 yr increase
Nova Scotia
2012
79
3 yr increase
+11%
+17%
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celebrating
our top10
Looking at the provinces that participated using culturedays.ca “It was great to see people interacting
to register their activities (all except Alberta and Quebec with the public art … art that has been
who have complementary programs), 2,736 activities were in a public space but until Culture Days,
registered, a 74% increase since 2010, and 409 communities many people had not noticed. Culture
Days literally opened people’s eyes to the
participated, a 46% increase over the same period.
art that is all around them in Vancouver!”
57% of activities took place in regional or belt cities, with 26%
—Janice Fairley, The Canada Line (Vancouver, BC)
happening in major urban centres and 17% in rural communities.
top 10 cities
Ranked by the total number of registered
activities overall
1. Winnipeg, MB
6. Mississauga, ON
2. Toronto, ON
7. Flin Flon, MB
3. Ottawa, ON
8. Richmond, BC
4. London, ON
9. Stratford, ON
5. Vancouver, BC
10.Barrie, ON and
Oakville, ON (tied!)
top 10 major urban centres
1. Winnipeg, MB
6. Saskatoon, SK
2. Toronto, ON
7. St. John’s, NL
3. Ottawa, ON
8. Moncton, NB
4. Vancouver, BC
9. Halifax, NS
5. Regina, SK
10. Charlottetown, PEI
top 10 regional & belt cities
1. London, ON
6. Barrie, ON
2. Mississauga, ON
7. Oakville, ON
3. Flin Flon, MB
8. North Vancouver, BC
4. Richmond, BC
9. Windsor, ON
5. Stratford, ON
10. Milton, ON
top 10 rural communities
1. Elora, ON
6. Sombra, ON
2. Red Lake, ON
7. Corbeil, ON
3. Whistler, BC*
8. Markdale, ON
4. Kamsack, SK*
9. Petrolia, ON*
5. Rosthern, SK
10. Ponteix, SK*
*new communities in 2012
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SANJA FRKOVIC, ONTARIO
a community
effort
GAUNE STUDIOS PHOTOGRAPHY, MANITOBA
“There was laughter and fellowship
among the participants and a genuine
appreciation for the various cultures
represented over the weekend. It
was fulfilling to see so many people
in the community come out to enjoy
Although Culture Days has grown to become one of the
the events we’d worked hard to plan.”
premier cultural events in the country, it remains very much
—Nikki Lachambre, Kamsack Community Arts Council
a local and grassroots volunteer event.
(Kamsack, SK)
More than half of the activities registered in 2012 took place in cities or towns where
there was a Community Organizer (typically municipal cultural departments or arts
councils). These Community Organizers provided invaluable support to local efforts in
numerous ways, including rallying and supporting local artists and cultural organizations
in registering activities, mobilizing promotional partners, providing direct promotional
support, facilitating connections, and offering venues and other helpful resources.
Indeed, a key benefit of Culture Days is the opportunity it offers municipalities and arts
and craft councils to not only fulfill part of their mandate to promote arts and culture, but
also to build communities that are genuinely engaged with arts, cultural and heritage
activities.
Among Community Organizers:
• 96% judged the activities in their communities successful
• 75% said the activities met or exceeded their expectations
• 79% felt that their organization’s engagement with the arts and cultural sector
has increased in the time since their first participation in Culture Days
• 92% are likely to participate and provide support in Culture Days 2013
In 2012, numerous communities issued
Municipal Proclamations through their
Mayor’s office for Culture Days, citing
the importance of arts and culture to
the vitality of their communities.
91% 75%
of Community Organizers
had contact with the
Culture Days Task Force
in their province.
were involved in
and supported
Culture Days events
in the past.
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GLOBE AND MAIL, TORONTO
marketing
and media
In 2012, the value of Culture Days’ national, provincial
and local advertising, marketing and editorial efforts
increased 111% to $3.8 million.
In 2012, Culture Days’ national combined marketing and media campaign generated
a whopping 238 million impressions, representing a 34% increase from 2010.
As Culture Days’ national print sponsor, The Globe and Mail provided nine full-page print
ads, an 8-page pull-out supplement leading up to the Culture Days weekend, and online
ads that leveraged their impressive web traffic to spread awareness about the event.
Meanwhile, as Culture Days’ national Broadcast Partner, CBC ran Culture Days advertisements
on TV, radio and online; its many media personalities—including Jian Ghomeshi and
George Stroumboulopoulos—also spread the word on their shows and at special events.
With these dynamic national partnerships, in 2012, total media coverage (Culture Daysrelated articles, news stories, photo features and event listings) comprised a total of
2,614 hits that generated an estimated 189 million impressions, up 45% over 2011.
“Happy Culture Days! Get out there, go to a show, take in
an opening, head to a museum, pop in on an artisan, do
something with smoke, tell a dodgy joke, use your fingers to
get that sculpture made, find that burning artist in you and
don’t be afraid…. and maybe, most importantly, take the
spirit of the next three days and keep it for the next 362.”
—Jian Ghomeshi, author and host of CBC Radio One’s Q
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The 2012 print ad campaign featured endorsements
from well-known Canadian artists, including Karen Kain,
Rufus Wainwright, Deepa Mehta, Chantal Kreviazuk,
Wanda Koop and Jian Ghomeshi. While the national
marketing and media campaign was invaluable in raising
awareness of Culture Days across the country, it was
regional and local promotion across the country that
spread the word about Culture Days to the public in their
communities through newspapers, online promotion,
posters, newsletters, events and more.
Among Community Organizers who coordinated multiple
activities, most produced and distributed flyers, calendars
of events, guides, brochures and/or posters and placed
advertising in their community newspaper. In fact, 60%
successfully pursued sponsorship with local media to
promote Culture Days activities.
Activity organizers in record numbers promoted their
involvement through a range of means, including on
social media and with the free downloadable marketing
resources—poster templates, Marketing User Guide,
PR Toolkit and logos—from culturedays.ca.
web and
social media
For all things Culture Days, culturedays.ca is the critical online hub for activity listings,
practical resources and shared experiences. The website provides one-stop shopping
for Activity and Community Organizers and for the general public drawn to learn about
the activities available that weekend in their neighbourhood and beyond.
Culturedays.ca has seen significant growth since 2010 with user traffic increasing
by 60% over the last three years. As the weekend gets closer, so does the collective
national excitement—half the visits to the website were during the month of September,
proving that the incredible wave of promotion and publicity by a vast network is a
resounding success with the public.
An important tool for the network of organizers, arts groups and all interested in arts and
culture is the e-newsletter. On a regular basis, the most important Culture Days news
and information was shared with an expanding subscriber list of over 10,000—many
of whom in turn distributed the e-newsletter to their own memberships, connecting an
ever-growing community to Culture Days.
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The Culture Days blog offered useful information and featured the best tips from across
the Culture Days network, from community workshop announcements to tips for studio
tours. As Culture Days continues to grow, so, too, will the blog, making it a destination
for the culturally-minded person to find inspiration.
Culture Days on social media has also experienced impressive growth. The Facebook
community has tripled since 2010, with nine times as many people sharing, commenting, and
liking stories and posts that promote activities and enrich their daily lives from last year alone.
The Culture Days Twitter community is also exploding—2012 saw 100% growth in new
Twitter accounts. With on-going news, inspiring stories and useful tips, the incredible
response from a wide range of Twitter users made the Culture Days feed an essential
place to be part of a dynamic and inspired group. Here’s just a sampling:
SCOTT DURNO, ONTARIO
@HeatherlyMun
Signed up for free ballet class at the @nationalballet
thanks to @CultureDays—can’t wait! It’s been far
too long!
@CanadianOpera
We currently have over 200 people in line
for @CultureDays. Doors opening soon!
@CBCNorth
CBC North’s Culture Days special
is on tv NOW! Really great features
about well-known northerners.
@YukonArtsCentre
Whoa baby! Flash mob of
MAD kids @CultureDays in
Whitehorse! That’s some
culture for you!
@doriankent
What an incredible CultureDays! Filmmaking,
music, food, old & new friends, dancing
down Main St. @musiquals is amazing!
@MBCultureDays
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ERNESTO DISTEFANO, ONTARIO
support and
sponsorship
LIESL JAUK, BRITISH COLUMBIA
The Department of Canadian Heritage provided federal
funding to further develop Culture Days while provincial
partners supported Culture Days’ regional initiatives across
the country. They include Government of British Columbia,
Government of Alberta, SaskCulture, Government of Manitoba,
Government of Ontario, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Trillium
Foundation, Government of Québec, Government of New
Brunswick, Government of Nova Scotia, Government of
Prince Edward Island, Government of Newfoundland and
Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council and
the Government of the Northwest Territories.
Culture Days could not happen without the generous and
enthusiastic support of corporate and community partners
“Now, more than ever, we need to
on the national, regional and local level.
strengthen our creative capital. We
Culture Days’ national Founding Visionary Partner, Sun Life Financial, continued its need to fully acknowledge the relevance
unparalleled support with the ever-popular Bright Spots program, including the Bright
of the arts in Canada to our long-term
Spots Schedule, Mobile Site and Venue signage for activity organizers.
social and economic futures”
BMO Financial Group, RBC Foundation, TD Financial Group and Fairmont Hotels and
—Mary De Paoli, Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing
Resorts, Culture Days’ Official Host Hotel, supported the wide diversity of much-appreciated
Officer and Public & Corporate Affairs, Sun Life Financial
free Tips and Tools used by activity organizers across the country.
And in 2012, Culture Days was the recipient of multi-year support from the J.W. McConnell
Family Foundation to help develop network leadership, learning opportunities and
resources for participating artists, organizations and network collaborators.
Adding to this support are dozens of municipalities, local
arts councils and other collaborators and partners who
dedicated people and other resources to activate successful
Culture Days celebrations in their communities.
Th nk you to the 2012 partners!
Founding Visionary Partner
Founding Partners
Provincial Partners
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Visionary Partners
National Broadcast
Partner
National Newspaper Partner
Community Partners
Official Host Hotel
Federal Government Support
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thank you!
The unbelievable success of Culture Days 2012 was only possible because of a growing volunteer
network of over half a million artists, cultural workers, and supporters.
Culture Days is poised to become the event that will have Canadians in every community declaring
“I Love Culture”… and making culture a daily habit. The collective and unified participation of these
individuals and groups has made that an immeasurable reality.
BRITISH COLUMBIA: 195 studios - Artists on Pemberton • Abelone Edwards • ACES: Actively Creating an Exceptional Society • Adage Studio • Agassiz Library • Alisha Khan • Alternator Centre for Contemporary
Art • Amy Loewan • Aphrodite’s Fine Arts Studio • Ariadne Sawyer, World Poetry Reading Series Society • Arlene Hartley • Art Gallery at Evergreen Cultural Centre • Artist Diane Moran Collage Workshop Silk Purse
Gallery West Vancouver Arts Council • Artists for Kids • Arts Club Theatre Company • Arts Umbrella • ArtStarts in Schools • Association of Chinese Cultural Canada • AUUC School of Dance • AUUC Vancouver’s
Dovbush Dancers • Awkward Stage Productions • Ballet Kelowna • Ballet Victoria • Barbara Arnold • Belfry Theatre • Black Dot Roots & Culture Collective • Blackburn Community Association • Boca del Lupo •
Britannia Shipyards, National Historic Site • Burnaby Art Gallery • Burnaby Arts Council • Burnaby Village Museum • Canadian College of Performing Arts • Canadian Music Centre BC Region • Capilano University
Artist-in-Residence Talk • Capilano University Music Department • Capilano University Theatre Department • Cari Burdett • Casa De La Trova • Castlegar Sculpturewalk Society • CCAFCB • Centre A: Vancouver
International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art • Centre culturel francophone de l’Okanagan • Chen’s Gallery • Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver • Cinevolution Media Arts Society • Cineworks, W2,
VIVO, Western Front, Moving Images, DOC BC • City of Kelowna – Cultural District and Cultural Services • City of Richmond and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society • City of Richmond Public Art Program • City of
Richmond, Arts Culture and Heritage • Colleen Underwood • College of Arts, Social & Health Sciences UNBC • Community Arts Council of Vancouver • Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver • Cool Arts Society •
Cowichan library • Cowichan Theatre • Cowichan Valley Artisans • Craft Council of BC • Creative Jewellers Guild of BC • Creator’s Arts Centre • Dance Express • Danny Chen Art Studio • David Bradford • Day of
Drawing/Contemporary Art Matters • Deborah Strong, Vivian Harder & Other Participating Artists • District of North Vancouver • District of Sechelt • Dr. Art School of Expressive Arts Therapy • Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical
Chinese Garden • Dundarave Print Workshop + Gallery • Early Music Vancouver/Pacific Baroque Orchestra • Elders Council for Parks • Emilian Pop • Emily Carr University of Art + Design • Evergreen Cultural Centre
• Fairmont Pacific Rim • Fraser Valley Regional Library • Friends of Leigh Square Society and ArtFocus Artist Association • Gabriola Arts Council & The Haven • Gail Hanlon • Gallery Gachet • Garrett Fedorkiw •
Gateway Theatre • Goh Ballet Academy Canada • Granville Island • Great Northern Way Scene Shop • Greater Victoria Public Library • Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society • Haisla Collins and Karenza Wall • Harry
Jerome Community Recreation Centre • Heather Burgess, Langara College • Heather MacNeil • Holiday Inn & Suites North Vancouver • Hope & District Arts Council • Hope Library • IMSS & Welcome PG • Irving K.
Barber Learning Centre • Jeanette Jarville • Jeanne Krabbendam • Jennifer Lang “Swampwater Creations” • Jo and Vic Duffhues & JoVic Pottery • Jo Ludwig • John Braithwaite Community Centre • Joyce Kamikura
• Julie McIntyre • Kamloops Art Gallery • Karen Fowlie • karenza t. wall • Kay Meek Centre • Kaye Smillie and the Cowichan Valley Arts Council • Keith Carlson • Kelowna & District Genealogical Society • Kelowna
Art Gallery • Kelowna Museums Society • Kelowna-Kasugai Sister City Asscociation • Kimberley Arts – Centre 64 • Kitsilano Neighbourhood House • Kloshe’nem (Anastasia Hendry, Lori Sherritt, Christine Mackenzie)
• Krista Ng • Laura Shaw • Leigh Square Community Arts Village • Lions Bay Arts Council • Lions Gate Sinfonia • Liz Sopwith • Longevity John • Lynn Valley United Church • Main Arts Drift Society • Make at Granville
Island • Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Arts Council • Maritime Museum of BC • Mary Mikelson • Maureen Faulkner • Melanie Desjardines • Melissa Lemire • Mexico Vivo • Michael Fera • Michele Nylander & Agnes
Thomas • Ming Yeung • Mixed Parallels Performance Co. • MoonDance Dynamic Arts School • Mortal Coil Performance Society • Mountain Galleries • Mountain Galleries & Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre • Mountain
Galleries at the Fairmont • Ms. Judy Lam Maxwell • Nanaimo African Heritage Society • Nanaimo Art Gallery • Neighborhood Care International • Nikkei National Museum • North Shore Heritage Preservation Society
• North Vancouver Arts Office • North Vancouver City Library • North Vancouver Community Arts Council • North Vancouver District Public Library • North Vancouver Museum & Archives • O.U.R. Ecovillage • Okanagan
Chinese Canadian Association (OCCA) • Okanagan Regional Library, Kelowna Branch • Oliver Community Arts Council • Osoyoos Museum Society • OutsideTheBoxWhiteRock.ca • Oxygen Art Centre • Pacific Opera
Victoria • Pacific Rim Arts Society • Pacific Rim Arts Society & Aftanas Surf Designs • Palme’s Performing Society • Pandora’s Vox • Parkgate Community Centre • Partners of the Chilliwack Cultural Centre • Peggy
Logan & Beth Marshall • Petley Jones Gallery • Port Moody Arts Centre Society • Presentation House Theatre & Grand Theft Improv • Pro Art Glass Studio & Sonja Kobrehel • Puente Theatre • Rebecca Forrest •
Rebus Creative • Richard Alm • Richard Alm & gicleecanada.com • Richmond Art Gallery • Richmond Art Gallery & Richmond Printmakers Group • Richmond Arts Centre • Richmond Arts Centre, Melanie Burner,
Gustavo Ferman, Ivan Dimitrov, Katie Govett • Richmond Chinese Community Society • Richmond Gem & Mineral Society • Richmond Martial Arts • Richmond Multicultural Community Services • Richmond Museum
• Richmond Photo Club • Richmond Potters Club • Richmond Public Library • Richmond Singers • Richmond Youth Honour Choir • Richmond Youth Media Program • Rivers and Trails Community Task Force • Robbie
Sanchez • Robert Held Art Glass • Roedde House Museum • Roman Muntener • Roxsane K. Tiernan, Burnaby Artists Guild & Edmonds Community Centre • Rufus Lin Gallery of Japanese Art • Ruth Payne, Ferry
Building Gallery • Saanich Parks and Recreation & the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria • Sechelt Public Library • Seymour Art Gallery • Shadbolt Centre for the Arts • Shen Yun Show Vancouver Organizing
Committee • Silver Harbour Centre • Skeena Diversity Society • SMASH Modern Art and Design & SMASH Gallery of Modern Art • Songwriters Association of Canada • Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre • St. Andrew’s
United Church • Steveston Museum & Visitor Centre • Still Moon Arts Society • Streaming Cafe • Surrey Art Gallery • Surrey Arts Centre • Susan Jessop, Gallery Coordinator • Swift Current Museum • Terminal City
Glass Co-op • Terry Harrison • Textile Arts Guild of Richmond (TAGOR) & Richmond Photo Club • The Canada Gallery & Whistler Arts Council • The Canada Line • The Community Arts Council of Richmond • The Cultch
• The Dance Centre • The Fairmont Chateau Whistler • The Fairmont Waterfront Hotel • The Gabriola Arts Council & The Haven • The Powell River Council for Arts, Culture & Heritage • The Reach • The Reach Gallery
Museum Abbotsford • The Shops at Morgan Crossing • The Tomorrow Collective • The Training Society of Vancouver (TSV) • The Vibe Dance Centre • Theatre North West • Theatre Terrific Society • Tourism Sun
Peaks • Triple Studio • Two Rivers Gallery • UBC Continuing Studies & UBC Robson Square • UBC Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery • UNBC First Nations Centre • Vancouver Art Gallery • Vancouver Biennale •
Vancouver Cantonese Opera • Vancouver Chapter of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities • Vancouver Civic Theatres • Vancouver Gaelic Choir • Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre • Vancouver
Island Regional Library, Cowichan branch • Vancouver Maritime Museum • Vancouver Music Dance Festival Society • Vancouver New Music • Vancouver Opera • Vanleena Dance Academy • Vernon and District
Performing Arts Centre Society • Vernon Public Art Gallery • West Vancouver Memorial Library • West Vancouver Shoreline Preservation Society with Diane Moran • Wheely Slow Cooking Tour & Buddha-Full • Whistler
Arts Council SASKATCHEWAN: AKA Gallery • Alice Neufeld • Allan Community Heritage Society and Museum • April Griffin • Art Gallery of Swift Current • Auntie Tutu & The Saskatoon Ukulele Orchestra • Avenue
Community Centre • Barb Parchman • Barr Colony Heritage Cultural Centre • Biggar Museum & Gallery Board • Birch Narrows Recreation • Borden & District Threshermen (with the Borden Museum) • Boyd Metzler
• BreakOut West 2012 • Cara Hanson • CARFAC Saskatchewan • Cathedral Village Arts Festival • Chapel Gallery • Chester Kinequon & Juandell Windigo • City of Regina • City of Saskatoon & Culture Corridor Partners
• City of Swift Current Newcomer Welcome Centre • City of Swift Current Recreation and Parks • Clayton McLain Memorial Museum • Connaught School • Creative City Centre • Creighton Community School •
Cultural Centre Royer/Centre culturel Royer • Culture Days Animateur Vincent Houghtaling and Friends • Dance In The Prairies School of Ballet • Dance Saskatchewan Inc. • Danica Lorer • Darin Fisher • Detour
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Centre • Doc’s Town • Estevan Public Library Branch • First Nations University of Canada Art Gallery • Flatland Artists Studios Inc. • Flin Flon Arts Council • Flowers By Fred • FSS, SRC, SODS, MCC, GGP, IWS, SIA,
NIC, RCDS & City of Saskatoon • Globe Theatre • Godfrey Dean Art Gallery • Guylaine Green & Louis Stringer • Helena Long • Heritage Community Association • Humboldt & District Museum & Gallery and the
Humboldt Regional Newcomer Centre • Jay Kimball • Joanne Rivers Wing • John Keepness • John M. Cuelenaere Public Library • Justin Bear • Kamsack Community Arts Council • Kamsack Library • Kamsack Players
• Kamsack Powerhouse Museum • Kronau Heritage Museum • Lakeland Library Region & North Battleford Public Library • Lanigan and District Heritage Association • Little Theatre Open Rehearsal • Lore Ruschiensky
• Lorne Deighton • Lyric Theatre • MacKenzie Art Gallery • Maidstone Museum Staff • Mann Art Gallery • Marilyn Forbes • Marvin C. Sanderson • Mary Thunstrom • Maverick High School • May P. Chan • Melfort &
District Museum • Mendel Art Gallery • Michelle Brownridge, Amber Dalton, Karli Jessup & Caitlin Mullan • Mike Burns • Miriam Korner • Montmartre Arts Council • Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery • Moose Jaw
Public Library • Morse Museum & Cultural Centre • Mortlach Museum • Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan • Museum of Antiquities/Musée des Antiquités • Natalie Smith Meadow Lake Library • Neutral Ground
(Contemporary Art Forum) • Northern Village of Cumberland House • Opawikoscikan School Cultural Program • Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC) • Partners in Settlement and Integration • Paul
Wilson • PAVED Arts • Pinehouse Recreation • Prince Albert Historical Society • Prince Albert Multicultural Council • Regina Breakout West 2012 Music Festival Inc. • Rosthern Culture Days Committee • Rosthern
Mennonite Heritage Museum • Rosthern Seniors Centre • Sadok Ukrainian Dance Troupe • Sandy Bay Recreation • Saskatchewan Arts Alliance • Saskatchewan Express • Saskatchewan In Motion • Saskatchewan
Music Festival Association and Saskatchewan Choral Federation • Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild • Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Programming Inc • Saskatoon Public Library • SaskCulture, Inc. • SCCHS Music •
Smart Flowers • Soil Digital Media Suite • Souris Valley Museum • St. Louis School • Sun Country Kids Club, Weyburn Arts Council & The City of Weyburn • Swift Current Cultural Festivals • Swift Current Library • Swift
Current Museum • Swift Current Ranchmen • Swift Current Youth Initiative • Sylvia Chave • The Dance Studio • The Indigenous Peoples Artistic Collective of Prince Albert Inc. • The Jasper Cultural & Historical Centre
• The Saskatchewan Arts Alliance and the T.Rex Discovery Centre • The Stall Gallery • Third Ave Centre • Town of Canora Leisure Services • Town of Kindersley • Traci Foster • Tracy Kitch • Uganda Canadian
Association of Saskatchewan • Urban Ground • Vanscoy Quilting Club • Victoria Riley • Wanuskewin Heritage Park • Wendy Peart • Western Development Museum • Windscape Kite Festival • Yevshan Ukrainian
Dancers • Yorkton Film Festival • Yorkton Tribal Council & SIGN MANITOBA: The Manitoba Museum/Le Musée du Manitoba • The Park Theatre McKinley Entertainment, The Treble & Park Theatre Café • The Pas
Culture Days Committee • The Pas Library • The RCA Museum/Musée de l’ARC • The Treble & Winnipeg Harvest • Thom Fougere • Trio “MW: MoscoWinnipeg” • Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Museum • United Jewish
People’s Organization • Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art • Village Green English Country Dancers, Hell’s Belles Morris Dancers & Village Green Morris Men • Wayne Arthur Gallery • Wendy Serger •
Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival • Winnipeg Art Gallery • Winnipeg Art of Living • Winnipeg Chinese Cultural & Community Centre & Sifu Josh Schafer • Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre • Winnipeg
Cinematheque • Winnipeg Design Festival • Winnipeg Folk Festival • Winnipeg Folk Festival & Artbeat Studio • Winnipeg International Writers Festival • Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra • WNDX • Woodlands Gallery
& Melissa Jean • Yvonne Boulianne ONTARIO: 427 (London) Wing • A Day at Victoria’s • A KoLyfe Art Creation • A.M. Matte, avec Productions Nemesis • Abeena Samm • Abubacar Fofana Leon • Adam Sherkin,
pianist-composer • African Canadian Federation of London and Area (ACFOLA) • Agnes Etherington Art Centre • Agnes Jamieson Gallery • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada • Ajax Public Library • Alexandra Lee •
Algonquin Theatre • Aliki Mikulich • Almonte Jazz Club • Alternative Theatre Works and Off the Wall at Factory163 • Alton Mill Arts Centre • Amanda Nunes • Ancient Moves Dance Company • Angela Walcott • Anita
Shah • Ann Van Meyl • Ann-Marie Harley • Annandale National Historic Site • Anne Luxton • Anne Taylor • Annex Toastmasters • Anthony Aigbe & Africa Choral • Anthony Reinhart & Darin White • ARCH Committee,
Town of Newmarket • Archibald Orchards and Winery • Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, London Branch • Archives of Ontario • Arnprior & Beyond Arts Association • Arraymusic • Ars Universalis • Art Among
Friends • Art ce Soir • Art Emporium Port Stanley • Art for Everyone! • Art Gallery of Algoma • Art Gallery of Mississauga • Art Gallery of Ontario • Art Gallery of Peterborough • Art Salon Group of St. Marys & St. Marys
Public Library • Art Works Art School • Artcite Inc. • Artelle Puppets hosted by Dovercourt Recreation Centre • Artfusion • Artify & Studio 51 Design Art Gallery • Artist Lisa Du Fresne • Artists Garden Cooperative &
Artify • Arts Association in partnership with NBRHC • Arts Council of Sault Ste. Marie and District • Arts Council Windsor & Region & Artspeak Gallery with the Artist Debbie Powell • Arts Court • Arts Milton • Artventure
Open Studio • Ashlar Lodge 610 • Association of Russian Craft Art and Fashion (ARCAF) • Atelier Hg80 Ltd. Jewelry and Fine Art Gallery • Attic Books • ATW • Aurora Cultural Centre • Aurora Historical Society • Aurora
Public Library • Autumn Leaves Studio Tour • Ave & Dav Yorkville Galleries • Avenue Road Arts School • AyrSpace Gallery • Back Room Gallery Artists’ Co-op • Baggage Building Art Centre, Lorraine Cull, Angie Jensen,
and CAHEP • Ballet Creole • Ballet Jörgen Canada • Balmer Hotel • Banting House National Historic Site of Canada • Barb M. Smith at Art For the Lord Studio • Barb Prosser • Barbara Ades • Barry McCarthy • Bayview
Watercolour Society • BDIA Belleville Art Walk Committee • Bell’Arte Singers, Brenda Uchimaru, Music Director • Belleville Public Library • Ben Benedict • Benares Historic House • Bert Small & The Painted Door •
Beverley Williams • Bezpala Brown Gallery (BBG) • Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa – Succursale Alta Vista • Bill Hagan • Bill Hodgson (Hodgson’s Originals) • Billings Estate National Historic Site • Bisque It! • BKCR
Art Effects • Blown Away Glass • Blueprints Jewelry Design Studio • Bob Reid • Bonnie A. Stevenson • Brad Jesson • Bradley Museum • Brant Studio Tour • Brantford Arts Block • Brantford Public Library • Brassroots
• Brenda Wainman Goulet • Brian Chute • Brian Holden • Brighton Arts Council & Morocco Rouge • Bryan Davies • Bryan Prince Bookseller • Burleigh Road Historical Society • Burlington Public Library • Burnhamthorpe
Library • Bytown Museum • CAHEP (Community Arts and Heritage Program) & Thunder Bay Public Library • Calabogie & Area Business Association • Caledon Hills Studio Tour • Calligraphic Arts Guild of Toronto •
Cambridge Centre for the Arts • Cambridge Farmers’ Market • Cambridge Galleries • Cambridge Libraries & Galleries • Canada Council Art Bank/Banque d’oeuvres d’art du Conseil des arts du Canada • Canada’s
National Ballet School • Canadian Authors Association • Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery • Canadian Coptic Centre – Church of the Virgin Mary and St. Athanasius • Canadian Geographic Education • Canadian Latin
American Association – CALA • Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musée canadien des civilisations • Canadian Music Centre • Canadian Opera Company • Canadian Spirit Project – Tom Thomson Art Gallery •
Canadian War Museum/Musée canadien de la guerre • Capitol Centre • Captain B. Penny • Carl Miller • Carla Drimmie • Carleton University Art Gallery • Carol Tobes • Caroline Azar, G.B. Jones & The Theatre Centre
• Carolyn Horley • Catherine Lee • Cedar-Ridge • Celtic Academy Canada • Centre In The Square, KW Symphony & KW Art Gallery • CFRC 101.9fm • CGhirardo • Chaban Ukrainian Dance Group • Chatham-Kent
Museum • Cheryl Radford (London Potters Guild) • Chinese Brush Art Association of Canada & Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto • Chinese Canadian National Council, London Chapter • Christine Valentini
• Christy Shapley & Kirrily Anderson c/o Bike Pirates • Church of the Transfiguration • Cie Vox Théâtre • City Art Centre • City of Brantford • City of Cambridge • City of Guelph • City of Kitchener • City of Mississauga
• City of Mississauga Culture Division • City of Mississauga, Planning and Building Departrment • City of Niagara Falls • City of North Bay • City of Ottawa • City of Ottawa – Nepean Creative Arts Centre • City of
Ottawa – Nepean Visual Arts Centre • City of Ottawa – Stafford Studios • City of Ottawa/Ville d’Ottawa • City of Ottawa Archives • City of Thunder Bay • City of Thunder Bay – Recreation & Culture Division • City of
Thunder Bay Public Art Committee • City of Vaughan • City of Vaughan Archives • City of Waterloo • City of Welland • City Playhouse Theatre • Clair F. Shepherdson • Claire Hendrikx • Claire Lautier, Grasse Roots
Perfumery • Clarington Museums and Archives • Classic Photography & Kim Logue • Classic Wings • Claydon Fine Arts • Clearview Township • COBA Collective Of Black Artists • Cobourg Public Library • Collegium
Musicum Conservatory of Music • Collingwood Public Library • Community Artists Niagara • Community Dental Hygiene • Community Lifecare Inc. • Consolidated Artist Group of 7s • Corinne van de Grootevheen,
Arist & Owner of Brookside Cottage B&B • Cornwall Community Museum • Cornwall Regional Art Gallery • Corporation of the County of Lambton & Tourism Sarnia-Lambton • Council for the Arts in Ottawa/Conseil
des arts d’Ottawa • Craig Munro • Craigleith Heritage Depot • Cube Gallery • Culinaria Restaurant at the Historic Elliot House • Cultural Affairs Office • Culture Division • Cumberland Heritage Village Museum/
Musée-village du patrimoine de Cumberland • Darin Addison • Darleen Baker • Darlene Christo Creative Artist & Artful Expressions • Dasein Dance Theatre • Dave Borins, Many Hats Literacy and Communications
& Red Bear Storytelling • Dave Gordon • Dave Hind • David Britton • David Hall (Friends of Brick Street Cemetery) • David Wilcox • Dawn Banning • Debra Tosh • Deesha & Harsh Thakkar • Definitely Superior Art
Gallery, in association with the Biindigaate Indigenous Film Festival • Delta London Armouries Hotel • Di Riseborough • Diana Hillman • Diane Kendall • Diane Murray-Charrett • Dianne Clinton • DiDi LeMay & Skills
for Change • Diefenbunker, Canada’s Cold War Museum • Discovery North Bay Museum • Dish Gallery and Studio • Don Cocksedge • Don MacKenzie • Doors Open at City of Vaughan • Doors Open Lambton County
• Doors Open Oakville • Doors Open Windsor Committee • Dorothy Collin • Douro-Dummer Library • Downtown Guelph Business Association & Guelph Arts Council • Downtown Residents Association Windsor &
Downtown Windsor Farmers’ Market • Dr. Jennifer Willet, School of Creative Innovation, The University of Windsor INCUBATOR Lab – Arts Council of Windsor & Region • Drayton Entertainment • Drum Artz Canada
• Dryden Public Library • Dundas Art and Craft Association which operates the Carnegie Gallery • Dundas Museum & Archives • Dundas Studio Tour • Dundas Studio Tour Media Relations & Allyson Wenzowski •
Dundas Valley School of Art • E. Ruth Strebe and Aidan Urquhart • Ebon Gage • Edible Arts Cakery • Efrat Gurman (Jewish Community) • Eldon House • Eleanor Brownridge • Eleanor Steffler • ElectriCITY Events •
Elgin County Library • Elizabeth Ghent for St .Andrew’s Church, Mount Forest • Elizabeth Toth & Skills for Change • Elmer Iseler Singers • Elora Fergus Tourism & the Cultural Planning Project • Elora-Fergus Studio
Tour • Elspeth Heyworth Centre for Women • Elysium Tribal • Emily Couchie • Englehart Area Artists • Enriched Bread Artists • Envisions Pixel & Paint Studios (Nicole Talbot) • Eric Bowman • Erin & Rachel McCarthy,
Random Joy • Erindale Presbyterian Church • Esme Boone • Essex Library • Esther Forde • Eva Folks & Judy Sherman • Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan • Expect Theatre & Arts Etobicoke • F. Graeme
Chalmeres • Fabian Hynes • Factory Media Centre • Falun Dafa Association of Waterloo Region • Fanshawe College School of Contemporary Media & Stratford Shakespeare Festival • Festival X 2012 • Fine Arts
Society of Milton • Finlandia Village • Firestone Gallery • First Hussars Museum • Flo Glassblowing • Fo Guang Shan Temple of Toronto • Fools Gold Writers Group • Ford City Neighbourhood Renewal • Forest City
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Gallery • Fourth Fridays • Frank Parparcen • Franklin Horner Community Centre • French River Cultural Industries Council/Conseil des industries culturelles de la Rivière des Français • Friends of Misery Bay • Friends
of the Coves Subwatershed Inc. • Friends of the Hastings Library • Friends of the Smiths Falls Public Library • Fringe • Fuerza Latina Community Services • Fujiwara Dance Inventions • Fung Loy Kok Taoist Tai Chi™
(Cambridge and Guelph locations) • Gabrielle Brossard • Gallery 33 • Gallery 96 • Gallery on the Farm • Gallery Painting Group • Gallery Stratford • Gardiner Museum • Garry W. Morden Centre • Gayle Dempsey,
Artist-in-Residence, Shares Creative Process • GCTC & City of Ottawa Community Arts Program • George Turcotte • Georgian Bay Country • Georgiana Stanciu • German Language School • Gillian Wilson & Lydia
Nieuwenkamp • Givingtree Bed & Breakfast • Gladstone Clayworks • Glenerin Inn and Spa • Golden Harps Steel Orchestra • Grace Newman - Odyssey Showcase • Grace Perry • Grand Philharmonic Choir • Green
Wood Coalition • Grey County Artists • Grimsby Public Art Gallery • Guelph Arts Council • Guelph Public Library • Guelph School of Art • Guelph Spoken Word • Guelph Symphony Orchestra • Guildwood Branch
Toronto Public Library • H-Town Youth • Hamilton Artists Inc. • Hannaford Street Silver Band • Hannah Johnson • Harbourfront Centre • Hart House • Harvest Hastings • Havelock culturedays Group • Hazel McCallion
Academic Learning Centre – University of Toronto Mississauga • Headwaters Arts • Heather Cooper • Heather Cote • Heather May • Heather Topp • Heather Wood • Heritage House Dental & Foster House • Heritage
Mississauga • Heritage Orthodontics • Hermione Presents • Hindu Heritage Centre • HNM Dance Company & Chrysler Theatre • Holcim Canada Inc. • Home County • Homer Watson House & Gallery • Human
Endeavour • Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning • Hunstville Art Society • Huron Arts and Heritage Network • Huron County Museum and Historic Gaol • Impresario Artisan Market • Indigenous
Culture & Media Innovations • Inese Poga • INNERchamber Inc. • Innisfil Public Library • Inter Arts Matrix • Isabel Mazzotta • Jack McDonald • Jacqueline Sadler • Jamie Ruddy • Jane Longman • Jane Neff • Jayne
Cornelis • Jeanette Obbink • Jeanette Smith • Jennifer Falvy, Inspired by Wire • Jennifer Osborn of All Sorts Acre • Jenny Zhan • Jerry Davidson • Jessica Kwik • Jody Curtis (German Canadian Club) • Joel Masewich
• Jolanta Hoppe (Polish National Association) • Joseph Schneider Haus National Historic Site • Juana Sleizer • Judi Miller • Julie Campagna – Campagna Bronze • junctQín keyboard collective • Juniper Productions
• Justina M. Barnicke Gallery • Kaleidoscope Chinese Performing Arts Society (KCPA) • Karen Caughlin Studio • Karen Schuessler Singers • Kariya Park • katarina simunovic • Kate Brown • Kate Hilliard • Kate
Matuszewski, City of Elliot Lake • Kate Ramos • Katherine Cordero • Kawartha Youth Orchestra and the Art Gallery of Peterborough • Kersti Pascoe and Kim Evans • Kilworth United Church • Kim DiFrancesco • King
William Art Walk • Kingston Arts Council • Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre & Reelout Arts Project Inc. • Kingston City Breakers • Kingston Community Health Centres • Kingston
Frontenac Public Library • Kingston School of Art • Kingston Symphony Association • Kingston WritersFest • Kingsville Library • Kinmount Artists & Artisans Guild • Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery • Kitchener-Waterloo
Chamber Orchestra • Kiwanis Music Festival • Koliba Park & Slovak Canadian Cultural Society • Korda Artistic Productions • Korean Dance Studies Society of Canada • Korean-Canadian Society of London • Kreso
Cavlovic • Krista Robinson & Melanie Kindrachuk • Krysia Bower • Kyra and Tully with 5678 Dance Studio • Lakeshore Arts • Lakeview Legacy Foundation • Lakeview Library • Lara MacMillan & The MacMillan Music
Studio • Lasalle Library • Latitudes and Longitudes Digital Storytelling Project & The Multicultural Cinema Club at The Working Centre • Laurence Grant & the Architectural Conservancy St. Thomas-Elgin • Laurie
Stevenson Bullock • Lawrence House Centre for the Arts • Leamington Arts Centre • Leamington Library • LEDC, Kongsberg, Citi Plaza & London Public Library • Lesley Walker-Fitzpatrick • Leslie Log House • Leyla
Aysel Munteanu • Linda Renaud, Windsor Symphony Orchestra and Arts & Culture Alliance Windsor Essex County • Linda Risacher Copp • LINK Picnic Festival • Linkage Movement • Lise King • Lizardo Carvajal &
Skills for Change • Local Colour Art Gallery • Lois Scott • London & Middlesex Heritage Museum (Fanshawe Pioneer Village) • London and Southwestern Ontario Chapter of PWAC (Professional Writers Association
of Canada) • London Arts Dance Academy • London Celebrates Canada • London Chinese Business Association • London Cross Cultural Learners Centre • London Fire Department • London Health Science Centre
• London Life Insurance Company • London Model Railroad Group Inc. • London Police Service • London Public Library • London Talbot Toastmasters • London Transit • London Turkish Community • London Ukrainian
Centre • Lori Nelson • Lorna Livey • Lorne Park Library • Lorraine McDonald • Lory MacDonald Artventure Open Studio • Louise Livingstone • Loyalist Studio Tour • Lula Music and Arts Centre • Macdonald Stewart
Art Centre • MacLaren Art Centre • Maggie Doswell • Maggie Vanderweit • Magicalaurie • Maison des Arts de Russell • Mama D • Mandi Galer • Mandy Hansen • Manta Contemporary • Many Hats Literacy and
Communication & Red Bear Storytelling • Marconi Club of London • Maria Pezzano • Maria Sabaye Moghaddam • Marilyn Lawrie • Marilyn Morris • Marilynne McNeil • Marion Adler & Home Owners on Bay Street •
Marion Price • Marshall Bell, Dr. Mark Kubert, Kim Lawrence, Jessica Voigt & Danny Williamson • Martha Markowsky, SCA • Martina Munroe & Tara Begeron • Mary Anne VanWatteghem • Mary Gladwin & Liz Mayville
• Mary Kroetsch • Mary-Ann Jack-Bleach • Mashup Kid’s Inc. • MAST Artists • Masterpiece Art School • Mauro and Windsor’s Community Museum • McDougall Cottage • McIntosh Gallery, Western University •
McMaster Museum of Art • McMichael Canadian Art Collection • Meadowvale Korean United Church • Meaghan Armstrong (Le Petit Chapeau), Jill Price (Jill Price Studios) & Alana Sproule (Awkward Stage) • Melanie
Kindrachuk • Melanie Moreal • Mercedes Cueto • Metalworks Studio Institut & Production Group • Michael Gibson Gallery • Michael Johnston Music Studio • Michael Martyn • Michael von Teichman • Michele Corbeil
& Rachel Mercer • Michelle Miller • Michelle Parrish • Michlynn & Nick • Mike & Connie Leishman • Millie Cumming • Milton Public Library • Mimico Children’s Choir • Mindy Gough • MineOwn Media • Miniature
Meadowvale Village • Minto Arts Council • Minto Cultural Roundtable & the Harriston Historical Society • Mississauga Big Band Jazz Ensemble • Mississauga Central Library • Mississauga Choral Society (MCS) •
Mississauga Civic Centre • Mississauga Festival Choir • Mississauga Friendship Association • Mississauga Potters’ Guild, Learn How to Make Pottery • Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame • Mississippi Valley Textile
Museum • Mistress Nell’s Company of Players • Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre • Moirs Music Studio • Monique Lachapelle • Montague Antique Museum • Montessori Academy of London • Moonbeam Cultural
Centre & Art Gallery • Mudpuppy Gallery Artist Members • Muiraquita Capoeira • Museopark/Muséoparc • Museum London • Museum of Health Care • Museum of Ontario Archaeology • Museum on the Boyne and
the South Simcoe Arts Council • Museums of Burlington • Music & Opera Appreciation • Muskoka Chautauqua • MY Games - Mississauga Youth Games • MYC • Nancy Gareh-Coulombe • Natalie Campagnolo •
National Arts Centre/Centre national des Arts • Neil Hanscomb and Gisela Ruehe • New Acropolis Toronto • New Horizons Creative Workshops • Newcastle Village & District Historical Society • Newmarket Group
of Artists • Next Of Skin • Niagara Holistic Lifetyles Pavilion • Nicole Mullen, Stockey Centre Facility • Nora Polley • Norfolk Arts Centre • Norfolk County Public Library • North Bay & District Multicultural Centre • North
Bay Regional Health Centre • North Perth Arts and Culture Council • North Perth Public Library, NPACC • Northern Initiative for Social Action (NISA) • NorthWind Studio-Gallery • Oakville Arts Council • Oakville Galleries
• OCAD University • Oded and Pamela Ravek • Off the Wall Stratford Artists Alliance • Old Britannia Schoolhouse • Old Credit Brewing Company Ltd. • Olivier Delcourt • Onalee Groves • Ontario Crafts Council •
Ontario Geneaological Society • Orpheus Musical Theatre Society • Oshawa Community Museum • Oshawa Little Theatre • Ottawa Art Gallery • Ottawa Little Theatre • Ottawa Public Library - Beaverbrook Branch
• Ottawa Public Library - Carlingwood Branch • Ottawa Public Library - Centennial • Ottawa Public Library - Greely Branch • Ottawa Public Library – Greenboro District Library/Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa Bibliothèque du secteur Greenboro • Ottawa Public Library - Hazeldean Branch • Ottawa Public Library - Main Library • Ottawa Public Library – Nepean Centrepointe • Ottawa Public Library - Ruth E. Dickinson
Branch • Ottawa Public Library - Sunnyside Branch • Ottawa Valley Tourist Association • Ottawa Watercolour Society • Painted Turtle Art Shop • Paintlounge • Palace Theatre • Pam Gerrand • Pam MacKenzie • Pam
Staples • Pamela Woolner • Pandora’s Sox • Paola Marino • Paris Unravelled Knitting Group • Pat the Dog Playwright Centre • Patrice Baker • Patrick Mikhail Gallery • Paul Court • Paul Donat • Paul Malysa • Paul
Nopper Downtown Revitalization Coordinator, Township of Cavan Monaghan • Paul Ross Sandilands • Paul Thomas (Jet Air Craft Museum) • Paul Williams • Paul Wing • Paula Thomson • Peace Plaza • Peel Art Gallery,
Museum and Archives • Peggy Baker Dance Project & Canada’s National Ballet School • Pelham Public Library • Penn Kemp • Perth Arts Connect • Perth County Visitors’ Association • Peter Greyson • Peter Woods
& John Wanless on behalf of Trinity United Church • Peterborough Breastfeeding Coalition - Melisande Neal • Petits Chef Academy • Phatjuice from PhatDanceStudios • Phillip Rose-Donahoe • Pickering Museum
Village & the City of Pickering • Pinceles Latinos • PineRidge Arts Council • Port Credit BIA & the City of Mississauga • Port Credit Library • Port Credit Village Project • Port Hope Archives • Port Hope Public Library
• Port Hope Tourism • Portuguese Club Inc. • Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art • Prescott Farmers’ Market & Downtown BIA • Profex Images Inc. • Quattro Books • Quinte Educational Museum & Archives • Rachel’s
Home • Radford Studio • Radha Carnatic Violin Creations • Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre • Railway Caboose • Railway Museum of Eastern Ontario • Ralph Heather • Red Bear • Red Lake Local Food Initiatives •
Red Lake Pow wow Committee • Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre • Red Slam Collective • REEL Film Pictures • REEP Green Solution • Renata Janiszewska • Renison University College • Richard Gill & Cheryl
Babineau • Richmond Hill Group of Artists • Richmond Hill Public Library • Rihkee Strap • River Run Centre • Riverside Celtic College • Riverstones Studio in Springtown & CABA • RKilts • RLDHS Athletics Program •
Rob Tari Art • ROCS, in collaboration with the City of Greater Sudbury/ROCS, en collaboration avec la Ville du Grand Sudbury • Rodman Hall Arts Centre, Brock University • Ron Gostlin • Ronsdale Press • Royal
Botanical Gardens • Royal Canadian Mint/Monnaie royale canadienne • Royal Canadian Regiment • Royal Ontario Museum • Rumi Galleries • Sail Parry Sound & WPS Active Transportation Committee • Sam Shahsahabi
• Sampradaya Dance Centre • Sandra DeSalvo • Sandy Ravary • Sarah Dodge • Sarah Tacoma • Satellite Studio • Sault Ste. Marie Public Library • SAW Gallery • SAW Video Media Art Centre • SAWITRI Theatre Group
• Schinbein’s Music • Scratching at the Window • Scugog Shores Museums • Secrets of Radar Museum • Shag Rug Collective • Shannon Thunderbird • Sharon Temple National Historic Site & Museum • Sharron
Fleet, Artistic Director • Shaw Festival • Sheatre • Sheila Horrell • Shenkman Arts Centre/Centre des arts Shenkman • Sherrie Aldred • SHŌ – Art, Spirit & Performance Centre • Sinfonia Toronto • Singers at Trinity
United Church • Sirius Theatrical Company • Sloan House • Slow Food Perth County • Small Arms Building • Small Print Toronto • Smiths Falls Local Immigration Partnership • Smiths Falls Montague Aviation Museum
• Sol & Luna Fusion Bellydance • Soong Kam Wing Music & Arts Centre • St. Clair Arts Network • St. Mary’s Ukrainian Church • St. John’s Dixie Cemetery, Crematorium Chapel and Reception Centre • St. Lawrence
Shakespeare Festival • St. Marys Museum and Archives • St. Paul’s Cathedral • St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica • St. Peter’s Seminary • St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre • St. Paul’s Cathedral • Stacy Smith • Stampin’
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Up Studio • Staples • Station Gallery • Stephen Kitras • Steven Graham • Stone Meadow Farm • Storytelling Toronto • Stratford City Centre • Stratford Perth Archives, North Perth Public Library & NPACC • Stratford
Perth Museum • Stratford Public Library • Stratford Scottish Country Dance Group • Stratford Shakespeare Festival • Stratford Symphony Orchestra • Streetsville United Church • Streetsville Village Hall-Streetsville
Business Improvement • Studio III Dance Inc. • Studio22 • Sudbury Arts Council & Community Partners • Sue Kenney • Sun Life Financial • Supria Karmakar • Surfacing, Station Gallery & the Writers’ Community of
Durham Region • Susan Duxter • Susan Holland • Susan Mazzei • Suzanne Cotton • Suzette Vidale • Swing Dynamite • Tafelmusik • Tahira Badre • Taste Portuguese Cuisine • Tecumseh Library • Temagami Chamber
of Commerce • Teri Souter • Thames Art Gallery • The Aeolian Performing Arts Centre • The Art Gallery of Mississauga • The Art Group Strathroy • The Art School of Peterborough • The Artists of Lakeshore Mews •
The Arts and Cultural Alliance of Windsor Essex County • The Arts and Culture Advisory Committee • The Assembly Hall and The Music Studio • The Book Band on behalf of Seraphim Editions • The Brownstone
Café and District Media Design • The Burlington Performing Arts Centre • The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame • The Carberry Soap Co. • The Chamber Music Society of Mississauga Inc. • The City of Welland • The
Colborne Art Gallery • The Community Cup Program at the Catholic Centre for Immigrants • The Conspiracy of Three • The County of Elgin • The Cultural Arts Studio – School Of Afro-Caribbean Dance • The Danceroom
• the Downtown Rideau BIA/la ZAC du centre-ville Rideau • the FARM • The Grand Theatre • The Grange (Heritage Mississauga) • The Great Punjabi Business Centre • The Green Door Tea House • The inPrint
Collective & Graven Feather Studio • The Latcham Gallery • The Light of East Ensemble • The Lindsay Gallery • The MacMillan Music Studio • The Mississauga Masonic Temple • The National Ballet of Canada • The
Oakville Arts Council • The Oakville Players • The Other Hand Puppet Troupe • The Painted Door & Kathy Beckford • The Painted Door & Trent River Pottery • The Power Plant • The RAW Creativity Association • The
Red Lake Family Entertainment Series • The Robert McLaughlin Gallery • The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum • The School of Dance • The St. Catharines Performing Arts Centre, the Niagara Artists Centre &
Greenbelt Arts Collective • The Station Theatre • the STEPS Initiative, in partnership with Branch Out Theatre • The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival • The Town of Richmond Hill • The Tree Museum •
The Underdog Poets Academy • The Waterfront BIA • Theatre Aquarius • Theatre Collingwood • Theatre Gargantua • THEMUSEUM • Thornhill African Canadian Caribbean Association • Thorold Public Library •
Thousand Islands Playhouse & Lin Bennett • Thunder Bay Art Gallery • Thunder Bay Chinese Music and Dance Group • Thunder Bay Museum • Thunder Bay Public Library • Tim Kamino • Tim Murton • Timber Village
Museum • Tine M Schrijvers • Tom Thomson Art Gallery • Tony DeLuca • Toronto Beach Chorale • Toronto Centre for the Arts • Toronto Cultural Services • Toronto Early Music Centre and Montgomery’s Inn • Toronto
International Film Festival (TIFF) • Toronto Mendelssohn Choir • Toronto Symphony Orchestra • torontobellydancing.ca • Tottering Biped Theatre & the Burlington Arts Centre • Tourism Burlington • Tourism Middlesex
• Tova Kardonne • Town of Ajax • Town of Huntsville • Town of Oakville • Town of Oakville, Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre • Trent University, External Relations and Advancement • Tribal Sound
Creators • Trinity Port Credit • Trinity United & The Manhattan Bar and Grill • Tweed and Area Studio Tour Group • Ukrainian Seniors’ Centre • Univerrsity of Toronto Mississauga Instructional Centre • University of
Toronto at Mississauga • University of Toronto Mississauga: Communication, Culture and Technology Building • University of Windsor School of Dramatic Art • UnLab • Upfront Theatre Foundation • Uxbridge Historical
Centre • Vandana Vishwas • Vaughan African Canadian Association – CariVaughan • Vaughan IN FOCUS Exhibition at Vaughan City Hall and Vaughan Arts Space • Vaughan Public Libraries • Vicky Beverstein •
Victoria County Studio Tour Executive • Victoria Urquhart • Vine Rhymes – Smiths Falls & Area Songwriters & Poets • Viscount Woodturning • Visual Arts Centre of Clarington • Visual Arts Mississauga • W.K.P. Kennedy
Gallery • WAC • Walter Sayers • Waterloo Community Arts Centre • Waterloo Public Library • Waverley Retirement Residence • West Meadow Press • West Parry Sound District Museum on Tower Hill • West Perth
Public Library • Westdale Village BIA • Western University • Whatnot’s Craft & Ceramics Studio • Whitby Public Library • White Water Gallery • Wilderness Arts Council • Wildflowers Collective • Windsor & Essex
County Plein Air Society • Windsor International Airport • Windsor Light Music Theatre • WIndsor Printmaker’s Forum • Windsor Public Library • Windsor Symphony Orchestra • Windsor’s Community Museum • Wise
Daughters Craft Market • WKP Kennedy Gallery • Woodland Cemetery, Mausoleum & Crematorium • Words in Motion • Writers’ Community of York Region • Yellowbird Hospitality Ltd • Young People’s Theatre •
Zeba Hashmi (London Muslim Mosque) • Zen Kitchen • Zion Church Cultural Centre & the City of Toronto NEW BRUNSWICK: Alliance française de Moncton • Anngy Mallais • Arts & Culture Marketing Team at Mount
Allison University • Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada • Bathurst Heritage Museum • Beaverbrook Art Gallery • Bibliothèque publique d’Atholville • Bibliothèque publique de Cap-Pelé • Bibliothèque publique de
Petit-Rocher • Bibliothèque publique de Tracadie-Sheila • Bibliothèque publique Mgr-W.-J.-Conway d’Edmundston • Biff Mitchell • Capitol School of Performing Arts/École des arts de la scène du Capitol • CCArchives
• Centre Sainte-Anne de Fredericton • Chantal Laviolette & Justin Ryan • Charles Reynolds • Charlotte County Archives • City of Moncton/Ville de Moncton • Comité d’allaitement maternel de la Péninsule acadienne
• Commission consultative de la culture de Tracadie-Sheila Inc. • Conseil provincial des Sociétés culturelles • Emily Clark, Ypie Shaver & Amy Anderson in collaboration with the CCHS, the Woodstock Arts Council
and RiVA • Erica Sullivan • Fredericton Playhouse • Frye Festival • Galerie d’art Louise et Reuben-Cohen • Gallery 78 • Imperial Theatre • InterAction School of Performing Arts • Juliette Lang • Kellie Underhill •
L’ARCf de Saint-Jean et Le Médisanté de Saint-Jean • La Commission consultative de la culture de Tracadie-Sheila Inc. • La Maison de la Culture inc. • La Société culturelle Sud Acadie • Mgr. W.J. Conway Public
Library in Edmundston • Miramichi Art Core • Moncton Public Library • Musée acadien de l’Université de Moncton • Musée historique de Tracadie, Inc. • Owens Art Gallery • Ross Leckie • Roxanne Richard • Saint
John Arts Centre • Service des loisirs socioculturels de l’Université de Moncton • Shaun Bartone • TBA Collective and Roxanne Richard • Théâtre Capitol Theatre • Town of Quispamsis NOVA SCOTIA: Alderney
Gate Public Library – Halifax Public Libraries • Andrea Pottyondy • Andrew MacGregor • Annapolis Region Community Arts Council • Anne Murray Centre • Antigonish Culture Alive • Canadian Museum of Immigration
at Pier 21 • CLAIRE • Confucius Institute at Saint Mary’s University • Craig Gallery at Alderney Landing • Deep Roots Music Co-op • Deep Roots Music Festival • Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Music and Theatre
Departments) & the Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University • FUSION Halifax • Gallery 215 • Harvest Gallery • Heather Fraser and NSYC Committee • Inverness County Centre for the Arts • J. Frankin Wright
Gallery Committee • Jeff and Beth Parker • Jeffrey Parker • Jim Smith • Joanne Burns-Theriault & Maria Osende • Kathy Brown and Studio Rally Nova Scotia • Kathy Fisher • Keshen Goodman Public Library – Halifax
Public Libraries • Lumière Organising Committee • Lynn Misner • Mahone Bay Centre • Maritime Painted Saltbox • Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia • Nova Scotia College of Art & Design • Nova Scotia Masterworks
Awards Foundation • Old School Community Gathering Place • Province of Nova Scotia • Richard MacMichael • Sheila Woodcock • Songwriters Association of Canada • South Shore Public LIbraries • Spring Garden
Road Public Library - Halifax Public Libraries • Studio Rally • Su Rogers • Symphony Nova Scotia, Art Gallery of NS & Long and McQuade • Symposium of Art • TAMMACHAT Natural Textiles • Tangonova • Tantallon
Public Library - Halifax Public Libraries • Town of New Glasgow • Uncommon Common Art • ViewPoint Gallery • Woodlawn Public Library – Halifax Public Libraries PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: Artisans on Main •
Bluemountain Entertainment • City of Charlottetown • Confederation Centre Art Gallery • Conseil scolaire-communautaire Évangéline • Coopérative de développement culturel et patrimonial de Mont-Carmel •
Cornwall Public Library • Eptek Art & Culture Centre • Garden of the Gulf Museum • Island Artisan Boutique • Kate Sharpley • Kelly Gillis • La coopérative des artistes La Palette/The Palette artists’ co-operative • Le
comité acadien et francophone de l’Est • Le Conseil Rév.S,-É.-Perrey inc. • Lori MacAdam • Lorraine Vatcher • Marcela Rosemberg • Mary MacQueen Elliott • Montague Library Writers Guild • PEI Association for
Newcomers & the Town of Montague • PEI Hip Hop Association • PEI Writers’ Guild • Prince Edward Island Symphony Orchestra • Rebecca Boulter • Ron Zakar • Shirlee Hogan • Spotlight Theatre Company • Susan
Christensen Art Gallery • The Charlottetown Film Society • Trina O’Brien Leggott • TWiG (The Writers in Group) • Wyatt Heritage Properties NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR: Aimee Chaulk • Angela Noseworthy
& The Rooms • Anne Pickard-Vaandering • Arts and Culture Centre St. John’s • Avalon Coal Salt & Oil. • Bay Roberts Cultural Foundation • Bobbi Benson • Bride Whiffen • City of St. John’s Pipe Band, Royal Scottish
Country Dance Society & the St. Andrews Society • Corner Brook Arts and Culture Centre • Corner Brook Public Library • DanceNL • Eastern Labrador Arts Alliance • Eastport Peninsula Heritage Society Inc, • Fergus
Brown-O’Byrne & Danny Mills • Fishing for the Future Film Festival • Gander Public Library • Gillian Davidge & The Rooms • Gordon Pinsent Centre for the Arts • Gros Morne Cultural Blueprint • Gros Morne Summer
Music• Harmsworth Public Library • House of Diamonds Art Centre • Ingrid Mary Percy • Jane Rogers-Willis • Joy Barfoot • Labrador Film Foundation & Labrador Institute • Laurie Roche & The Rooms • League of
Artists of Western Newfoundland (LAWN) • Leona Rowsell • Michelle Stuckless • Mildred Brown • Mina Campbell • MRON Inc. & The Town of Heart’s Content • Norton’s Cove Studio & Janet Davis • Pam Dooley •
Pam Norman of Exit on the Rock Real Estate • Patricia Parsons • Placentia West Heritage Committee • Point Amour Lighthouse Provincial Historic Site • Pouch Cove Library Board & Pouch Cove Heritage Committee
• Provincial Seamen’s Museum • Puncheon Players • Resource Centre for The Arts • RN WAGNER • Ruth Brown of Exit on the Rock Real Estate • St. John’s Arts and Culture Centre • St. John’s Guild of Embroiderers
• St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival • St. John’s Public Libraries • Stephenville Historical Society • Suzuki Talent Education Program • The Celtic Fiddlers • The Rooms • The Ross King Memorial Public
Library Mount Pearl • Theatre Newfoundland Labrador • Theatre Program, Grenfell Campus • Valerie Hodder-Walsh YUKON: Adäka Cultural Society & Yukon International Storytelling Festival Society • Andrea
Schneider • Arts Underground • Copperbelt Railway & Mining Museum • Hathus Latin House and Gallery • Jessica Simon • Kim Dinh • Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre • Lara Melnik • Linda and Blair Thorson • Morgen
Smith • Parks Canada • Patrick Royal • The Yukon Arts Centre • Tom Connor, Connor Music Studios • Waterfront Trolley • Whitehorse Concerts • Yukon Arts Centre • Yukon Arts Centre Public Art Gallery • Yukon
Brewery • Yukon Heritage Resources Lab • Yukon Historical and Museums Society & Potluck Co-op • Yukon Public Libraries • Yukon Wildlife Preserve NORTHWEST TERRITORIES: Aurora Arts Society • Northern
Images • Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre • Yellowknife Quilt Guild
Does not include activity organizers who participated in Alberta’s Culture Days and Quebec’s les Journées de la culture.
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All statistics in the 2012 Report are taken from independent surveys conducted on behalf of Culture Days by The Strategic Counsel following the 2012 edition of Culture Days in October 2012.