Harper Government Invests in Culture in the Greater Toronto Area

News Release

MARKHAM, April 11, 2012 - Arts and culture organizations in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) will continue to create jobs and growth, boost tourism, and attract visitors from around the world, thanks to investments from the Government of Canada. The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, alongside representatives from the cultural community, announced today support for 111 arts, culture, heritage, and official-language projects across the GTA.

“Our Government received a strong mandate from Canadians to invest in projects that are important to Canada’s cultural identity and integral to its heritage,” said Minister Moore. “By supporting arts and cultural projects in the Greater Toronto Area, our Government is delivering on its commitment to strengthen our economy and provide better access to the arts.”

Supporting Canadian culture means supporting Canada’s economy, as arts and culture represents $46 billion in the Canadian economy and over 630,000 jobs. Arts, culture and official language organizations contribute to the cultural vitality of communities and enrich the quality of life of all Canadians. The funding announced today supports a wide range of organizations across the GTA, including Le Théâtre français de Toronto, the Toronto Dance Foundation, the Markham Jazz Festival, Soundstreams Canada, and the Canadian Opera Company.

“As Soundstreams enters its 30^th season, we are keenly aware that the ongoing support of the Government of Canada—who was with us from the beginning—has contributed significantly to our growth and success,” said Chris Lorway, Executive Director of Soundstreams Canada.

The Government of Canada has provided total funding of $20,209,843 through 10 programs of the Department of Canadian Heritage: the Canada Arts Presentation Fund, the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage program, the Museums Assistance Program, the Canada Arts Training Fund, the Canada Music Fund, the Canada Interactive Fund, the Canada Book Fund, the Canadian Studies Program, and the Enhancement of Official Languages Program. For more information about the projects, see the attached backgrounder.

For more information (media only), please contact:

Sébastien Gariépy
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage
and Official Languages
819-997-7788

Jillian Lum
Manager of Regional Communications
Ontario Region
Canadian Heritage
416-973-2050
Jillian.lum@pch.gc.ca

Media Relations
Canadian Heritage
819-994-9101
1-866-569-6155
media@pch.gc.ca

BACKGROUNDER

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage The Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage program provides Canadians with more opportunities to take part in activities that present local arts and culture and celebrate local history and heritage.
City	Organization and Project	Amount (Fiscal Year)
Toronto	Arts For Children and Youth – BIG BAM BOOM: AFCY Youth Arts Festival	$4,500 (2012–2013)
Burlington	Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival Inc. – Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival	$78,400 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc. – Asian Heritage Month Festival	$12,500 (2012–2013)
Mississauga	Carassauga Festival Inc. – Carassauga Multi Cultural Festival	$41,200 (2012–2013)
Oakville	Carousel of Nations Multicultural Association – Carousel of Nations Multicultural Festival	$4,100 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Dance T.O. – International Dance Day – Toronto Festival 2012	$9,000 (2012–2013)
Toronto	East Danforth Creative Collective – Art of the Danforth	$4,800 (2012–2013)
Rexdale	Expect Theatre Inc. – urbanNOISE Festival	$17,000 (2012–2013)
Markham	Federation of Chinese Canadians in Markham – Taste of Asia Festival 2012	$19,700 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Friends of Humewood House – Humewood House Centennial Celebration	$5,700 (2011–2012) $3,030 (2012–2013)
Markham	Markham Jazz Festival – Markham Jazz Festival	$10,100 (2012–2013)
Markham	Markham Village Festival Corporation – The 34^th Annual Markham Village Music Festival	$10,100 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Muhtadi International Drumming – 2012 Muhtadi International Drumming Festival	$9,500 (2012–2013)
Toronto	St. Christopher House – Celebrating 100 Years	$5,050 (2011–2012) $12,380 (2012–2013)
Mississauga	Streetsville Founders’ Bread and Honey Festival Incorporated (The) – Streetsville Founders’ Bread and Honey Festival	$20,800 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival (The) – Toronto International Dragon Boat Race Festival	$10,900 (2012–2013)
		TOTAL: $278,760

Canada Arts Presentation Fund The Canada Arts Presentation Fund gives Canadians increased access to the variety and richness of Canada’s culture through professional arts festivals, presentations of live professional performances, and other artistic experiences.
City	Organization and Project	Amount (Fiscal Year)
Toronto	Ashkenaz Foundation – Ashkenaz Foundation/Ashkenaz Festival	$60,000 (2012–2013) $20,000 (2013–2014)
Toronto	b Current Performing Arts Corp. – rock.paper.sistahz Festival	$15,000 (2012–2013)
Toronto	CCMC Music Gallery – Concert Season and Festival 2012/2014	$52,000 (2012–2013) $52,000 (2013–2014)
Oshawa	Conseil des organismes francophones de la région de Durham (COFRD) – Saison culturelle 2012–2013/2013–2014	$15,000 (2012–2013) $15,000 (2013–2014)
Markham	Corporation of the Town of Markham – Programming support	$50,000 (2012–2013) $50,000 (2013–2014)
Oakville	Corporation of the Town of Oakville – The Big Ticket Series featuring the Family Series, Drama & Dance, Learning with the Arts	$65,000 (2012–2013) $65,000 (2013–2014)
Toronto	Dance Matters Dance Productions – Dance Matters	$9,000 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society –2012–2013 Multidisciplinary Performance Series	$20,000 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Dusk Dances Inc. – Dusk Dances	$28,000 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Moonhorse Dance Theatre – Older and Reckless	$14,000 (2012–2013) $18,000 (2013–2014)
Toronto	Music Toronto – 2012-2013-2014 Concert Seasons	$80,000 (2012–2013) $80,000 (2013–2014)
Toronto	New Adventures in Sound Art – 2012–2014 New Adventures in Sound Art Presentation Programming	$30,000 (2012–2013) $30,000 (2013–2014)
Toronto	New Music Concerts – New Music Concerts 2012–2013 Presentation Activities	$18,000 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Northern Visions Independent Film and Video Association – Images Festival 2012 and Images Festival 2013	$65,000 (2012–2013) $65,000 (2013–2014)
Toronto	Soundstreams Canada Concerts – Soundstreams	$120,000 (2012–2013) $120,000 (2013–2014)
Toronto	Théâtre français de Toronto – 2012–2013 and 2013–2014 seasons	$80,000 (2012–2013) $80,000 (2013–2014)
		TOTAL: $1,316,000

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund The Canada Cultural Spaces Fund program seeks to improve physical conditions for artistic creativity and arts presentation or exhibition. It is also designed to increase access for Canadians to performing, visual, and media arts, and to museum collections and heritage displays.
City	Organization and Project	Amount (Fiscal Year)
Toronto	B.A.A.N.N. Theatre Centre – Carnegie Library Renovation	$1,200,000(2012–2013) $600,000 (2013–2014)
Toronto	Theatre Museum Corporation – Feasibility Study for Theatre Museum Canada at 355 King Street West	$28,500 (2011–2012) .
Toronto	Toronto Dance Foundation – Capital Improvements to 80 Winchester Street: Phase 1	$248,000 (2012–2013)
		TOTAL: $2,076,500

Canada Arts Training Fund The Canada Arts Training Fund contributes to the development of Canadian creators and future cultural leaders of the Canadian arts sector by supporting the training of artists with high potential through institutions that offer training of the highest calibre.
City	Organization and Project	Amount (Fiscal Year)
Toronto	Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio – Professional arts training	$300,000 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Collective of Black Artists (COBA) – Professional arts training	$55,000 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Kaha:Wi Dance Theatre – Professional arts training	$40,000 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Native Earth Performing Arts – Professional arts training	$50,000 (2012–2013)
Thornhill	Nrtyakala: Indian Classical Dance – Professional arts training	$140,000 (2012–2013) $140,000 (2013–2014)
		TOTAL: $725,000

Canada Interactive Fund The Canada Interactive Fund supports the creation of online, interactive Canadian cultural content and applications that are developed by official-language minority, Aboriginal, ethnocultural, and other not-for-profit cultural organizations.
City	Organization and Project	Amount (Fiscal Year)
Toronto	Centre for Aboriginal Media – imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Online and Mobile Interactive Initiative	$46,200 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Ontario Museum Association – The Insider’s Look at Ontario Museums (ILOM) and the Mobile Insiders Look at Ontario Museums (MiLOM)	$55,100 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Soundstreams Canada Concerts – The Soundstreams SoundMakers Project	$253,635 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Théâtre français de Toronto – Creation of an interactive platform for artists and productions by Théâtre français de Toronto	$58,000 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Toronto International Film Festival Inc. – Body Mind Change: The Worlds of David Cronenberg	$43,573 (2011–2012) $362,636 (2012–2013)
		TOTAL: $819,144

Canada Book Fund – Support for Organizations and Support for Publishers streams The principal objective of the Canada Book Fund is to ensure access to a diverse range of Canadian-authored books in Canada and abroad. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by fostering a strong Canadian book industry that publishes and markets Canadian-authored books.
City	Organization and Project	Amount (Fiscal Year)
Toronto	1097488 Ontario Ltd. o/a Master Point Press – Publishing support	$85,950 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Annick Press Ltd. – Publishing support	$282,308 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Association of Canadian Publishers - PD Seminars & Subsidy Program	$132,888 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Association of Canadian Publishers – Strategic Planning	$50,000 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Between the Lines Incorporated – Publishing support	$39,018 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Book and Periodical Council – Internship	$7,125 (2011–2012) $2,625 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Canadian Children’s Book Centre – Canadian Children’s Book News (two editions) 20000+	$50,000 (2011–2012) $50,000 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc. – Publishing support	$110,104 (2011–2012)
Toronto	CCNM Press Inc. – Publishing support	$21,676 (2011–2012)
Burlington	C.G. Publishing Inc. – Publishing support	$65,704 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Chestnut Publishing Group Limited Partnership – Publishing support	$45,516 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Coach House Books Inc. – Publishing support	$49,783 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Coach House Books Inc. – Publishing internship	$8,880 (2011–2012) $3,600 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Curriculum Plus-Bailey Press Ltd. – Publishing support	$32,931 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Diaspora Dialogues – Diaspora Dialogues Literary Festival	$15,000 (2011–2012) $30,000 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Dundurn Press Limited – Publishing support	$214,471 (2011–2012)
Toronto	ECW Press Ltd. – Publishing support	$224,000 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Emond Montgomery Publications Limited – Publishing support	$347,036 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Emond Montgomery Publications Limited – Business planning	$50,000 (2011–2012)
Markham	Fifth House Ltd. – Publishing support	$64,849 (2011–2012)
Richmond Hill	Firefly Books Ltd. – Publishing support	$449,035 (2011–2012)
Markham	Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited – Publishing support	$179,889 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Groundwood Books Limited – Publishing support	$225,294 (2011–2012)
Toronto	House of Anansi Press Inc. – Publishing support	$192,777 (2011–2012)
Oakville	Howard Aster and Assoc. Corp. Ltd. o/a Mosaic Press – Publishing support	$22,531 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning – Book Summit 2012	$15,000 (2011–2012) $20,000 (2012–2013)
Toronto	International Readings at Harbourfront – 2011 International Visitors Programme at the International Festival of Authors	$20,000 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Irwin Law Inc. – Publishing support	$119,162 (2011–2012)
Toronto	James Lorimer & Company Limited – Publishing support	$123,809 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Kids Can Press Ltd. – Publishing support	$524,076 (2011–2012)
Toronto	League of Canadian Poets – Marketing and Promotion of Canadian Poetry 2011-2012	$28,250 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Lingo Learning Inc. – Publishing support	$159,333 (2011–2012)
Toronto	LitDistCo – LitDistCo Technology Project	$39,100 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Literary Press Group of Canada – Sales and Marketing Project	$221,663 (2011–2012)
Toronto	McArthur & Company Publishing Limited – Publishing support	$100,610 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario – Open Book	$70,000 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Owlkids Books Inc. – Publishing support	$117,077 (2011–2012)
Markham	Pembroke Publishers Limited – Publishing support	$130,017 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Playwrights Canada Press Ltd. – Publishing support	$47,906 (2011–2012)
Markham	Red Deer Press Inc. – Publishing support	$86,396 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Robert Rose Inc. – Publishing support	$422,987 (2011–2012)
Oakville	Rubicon Publishing Inc. – Publishing support	$255,401 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Salon du Livre de Toronto	$20,000 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Second Story Feminist Press Inc. – Publishing support	$106,360 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Southern Ontario Library Services – First Nations Communities Read 2012	$24,707 (2012–2013)
Toronto	The Toronto South Asian Review – Publishing support	$8,476 (2011–2012)
Markham	Thomas Allen & Son Limited – Publishing support	$82,498 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Thompson Educational Publishing Inc. – Publishing support	$177,558 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Thompson Educational Publishing Inc. – Technology internship	$12,733 (2011–2012)
Toronto	University of Toronto Press – Publishing support	$459,102 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Word on the Street Canada Inc. (The) – The Word on the Street Canada Inc.	$100,000 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Writers’ Trust of Canada – Writers’ Trust Awards	$20,000 (2011–2012) $20,000 (2012–2013)
Toronto	Writers’ Union of Canada (The)– PD Project ("How to Be Your Own Publicist", "OnWords" Conference panels, Write magazine articles)	$46,757 (2011–2012) $55,917 (2012–2013)
		TOTAL: $6,687,885

Canada Music Fund The Canada Music Fund provides support for established Canadian music entrepreneurs to build a strong, sustainable industry. It enables these entrepreneurs to offer a wide range of choices that enrich the Canadian musical experience in the long term, to become increasingly competitive nationally and internationally and to play a leading role in the global digital economy.
City	Organization	Amount (Fiscal Year 2011–2012)
Toronto	Arts & Crafts Productions Inc	$650,000
Toronto	Canadian Independent Music Association	$445,000
Toronto	Canadian Music Centre	$34,000
Toronto	Dine Alone Music Inc.	$413,240
Toronto	Distort Inc.	$281,340
Toronto	Last Gang Records Inc	$408,265
Toronto	Maplecore Ltd.	$618,859
Toronto	2204253 Ontario Inc. (Casablanca)	$40,000
		TOTAL: $2,890,704

Canadian Studies Program The Canadian Studies Program encourages Canadians to learn about Canada’s history, civic life, and public policy. The Program supports the development and/or enhancement of learning materials, the organization of learning and developmental experiences, and the establishment and maintenance of networks that give Canadians opportunities to enhance their understanding of Canada, thus building an informed and engaged citizenry.
City	Organization and Project	Amount (Fiscal Year)
Toronto	Historica Dominion Institute – Canadian Encyclopedia / Encyclopedia of Music in Canada.	$1,250,000 (2011–2012) $1,250,000 (2012–2013) $1,250,000 (2013–2014)
		TOTAL: $3,750,000

Museums Assistance Program The Museums Assistance Program provides funding to Canadian museums and related institutions for projects that foster excellence in museum activities and that facilitate access to the treasures of our collective heritage.
City	Organization and Project	Amount (Fiscal Year)
Toronto	Centennial Centre of Science and Technology – Imaginate	$170,600 (2011–2012) $70,800 (2012–2013)
		TOTAL: $241,400

Enhancement of Official Languages Program The Enhancement of Official Languages Program is designed to foster among Canadians a greater understanding and appreciation of the benefits of linguistic duality.
City	Organization and Project	Amount (Fiscal Year)
Mississauga	Canadian Parents for French – Ontario Gotta Love That French: I am Bilingual Tour	$30,000 (2011–2012)
Mississauga	Canadian Parents for French – Ontario Core operational funding	$294,450 (2011–2012)
Toronto	Français pour l’avenir/French for the Future Inc. Project French For The Future	$550,000 (2011–2012) $550,000 (2012–2013)
		TOTAL: $1,424,450

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