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Resources: Funding Agencies
Canada Council for the Arts
Offers a broad range of grants and services to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations in dance, interdisciplinary and performance art, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts, and writing and publishing.
Canadian Conference of the Arts
The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) is the national forum for the arts and cultural community in Canada. It provides research, analysis, and consultations on public policies affecting the arts and the Canadian cultural institutions and industries.
Canadian Heritage
Offers a broad range of grants and services to Canadian arts and culture organizations that promote Canadian content, foster cultural participation, active citizenship, participation in Canada’s civic life, and strengthen connections among Canadians.
International Federation of Arts Councils & Culture Agencies
The first global network of national arts funding bodies. Provides a listing of international resources.
Ontario Art Council
Ontario Arts Council offers more than 50 funding programs for Ontario-based artists and arts organizations, through funding from the Ontario government. Grants provide assistance for a specific activity, support for a period of time, or for ongoing operations.
The Actors’ Fund of Canada
The Actors’ Fund of Canada provides encouragement and short-term financial aid to help entertainment industry workers maintain their health, housing, and ability to work after an illness, injury, or sudden unemployment.
Resources: Foundations
Canadian Writers Foundation
The foundation provides financial assistance to Canadian writers who are in financial distress.
Community Foundation of Ottawa
Community Foundation of Ottawa is committed to seeding, nurturing, supporting, and strengthening the community. Grants are made to not-for-profit organizations in all sectors that are recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency as registered charities.
Metcalf Foundation
The foundation gives funding through its performing arts program to help sustain the vibrancy of the professional performing arts. It focuses on supporting dynamic leaders who are contributing to positive change, innovative approaches, and encouraging dialogue and learning.
Ontario Arts Foundation
A vehicle for private giving to the arts through endowments and awards.
Trillium Foundation
Working toward building healthy and vibrant communities throughout Ontario by strengthening the capacity of the voluntary sector through investments in community-based initiatives.
Resources: Advocacy
Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal
Its mission is to contribute to Canada’s cultural community, encouraging professional relations between artists and producers.
CARFAC National
Non-profit corporation that gives voice to Canada’s professional visual artists.
Creative City Networks of Canada
An organization of people employed by municipalities across Canada working on arts, culture, and heritage policy, planning, development, and support. It exists to connect the people who share this working environment so they can be more effective in cultural development in their communities.
Cultural Careers Council Ontario
Information on human resources, funding, and job opportunities.
Culture Online: Made in Canada
A completely Canadian site that provides information and updates on what’s happening in the Canadian Cultural scene.
Culture, Heritage and Recreation
Offers a variety of government-wide programs and services.
Ministry of Culture
The Ministry of Culture encourages the arts and cultural industries, protects Ontario’s heritage and advances the public library system in order to maximize contribution to the province’s economic and social vitality.
Resources: Professional Development
A.C.T. (Acting for Cinema and Television)
A.C.T’s mission is to help nurture and grow the pool of actors in Ottawa by providing training for participants at all levels of talent and experience.
Algonquin College School of Media and Design
The School of Media and Design offers a kaleidoscope of creative career opportunities including animation, graphic design, photography, theatre arts, advertising, public relations and more.
Canada Council for the Arts: On the Road
An online learning tool for presenters and touring artists in dance, music, theatre, young audience, and spoken word.
CARFAC Ontario
CARFAC Ontario is a professional association of visual and media artists that offers publications and workshops on legal and economic issues facing artists.
Cultural Careers Council Ontario
Cultural Careers Council Ontario (CCCO) addresses human resources and career development needs and issues for Ontario’s arts and culture community. Provides a job board, publications, HR resources, and links to various sites focused on funding, development, advocacy, education, and health and safety.
Cultural Human Resourses Council
Created in 1995 to strengthen the Canadian Cultural Workforce, the council provides project and career development tools, internship support, and a job recruitment site among other things.
Dance Umbrella
The Dance Umbrella of Ontario (DUO) is a service organization that provides quality management and administrative support to professional dance artists in Ontario and actively works to facilitate their success. DUO fosters a healthy dance community by promoting communication between and interaction among dance artists, dance organizations, dance presenters, funders, and the public.
Hill Strategies
Hill Strategies Research is a Canadian company that aims to provide top-quality, highly-relevant and insightful research for the arts. Provides articles, statistical reports, and summaries of research findings.
HR Council for the voluntary / non-profit sector
By providing leadership, knowledge, and opportunities for collaboration, the HR Council aims to contribute to the development of a sustainable, vibrant, and confident voluntary/non-profit sector workforce.
Ontario Artist
Provides sources of funding, professional development opportunities, legal assistance, and marketing advice.
Resources: Health & Safety
CARFAC Ontario
Workshops and downloadable resources.
Health Canada
Guidelines for the safe use of arts and crafts materials.
