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From September 22nd - October 15th, 2023, Ontarians celebrated arts and culture in their communities. Whether you were an organizer or a participant, thank you for making the Ontario Culture Days Festival a success! Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetter License code: 0H2EFNBEP8GJFMF1

Betty Carpick is a multidisciplinary land-based artist, educator, and environmentalist, who offers stewardship of land and water shaped by her Cree and Eastern European heritage. Using Boreal Forest inks made by Betty, community participants made ink blots that were photographed and assembled as patterns in a galaxy for a digital projection. Following an Artist Talk at the Co. Lab Gallery, the ...

KasheDance is an Afro-Contemporary dance company with roots in Toronto and branches connecting it to the United States and the Caribbean. During theOntario Culture Days Festival, Kevin A. Ormsby, with KasheDance, will draw from Pan-Africanist-based movement and host the ‘Kultcha Live Yah’ series at Citadel Compagnie during the Festival. The series includes in-person and online workshops leading...

Betty Carpick is a multidisciplinary land-based artist, educator, and environmentalist, who offers stewardship of land and water shaped by her Cree and Eastern European heritage. Using Boreal Forest inks made by Betty, community participants made ink blots that were photographed and assembled as patterns in a galaxy for a digital projection. Following an Artist Talk at the Co. Lab Gallery, the ...

Learn more about the 2023 festival, and pick up some tips for planning your event.

Sensing Alienation, by Ontario Culture Days 2022 Creatives in Residence Qirou Yang & Sahar Askary Hemmat, explores how traditional buildings in Chinatown have been torn down and modern condos are taking over.

From Sept 23rd - Oct 16th, 1 in 10 Ontarians celebrated arts and culture in their communities. Whether you were an organizer or a participant - thank you to everyone who made the Ontario Culture Days Festival a success!

Learn more about this year's festival, and pick up some tips and tricks for your event planning.

From Sept 24-Oct 24, you showed up and showed out! 1 in 10 Ontarians celebrated arts and culture in their communities, with 1200 events taking place in 99 municipalities. Thank you to everyone who made the Ontario Culture Days Festival a success!

As tourism businesses have readapted, reviewed and reinvented throughout this pandemic, what sort of trends have been coming out of Ontario? This panel asks tourism leaders from Destination Ontario, Destination Northern Ontario, Indigenous Tourism Ontario and Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO) to discuss what has been happening in their communities, and what they predict reopening w...

This presentation builds on crisis and disaster management literature by examining possible post-COVID strategies for select North American Entertainment Destinations, whose vitality depends on a thriving entertainment scene. Drawing from industry experts’ responses to four alternative “images” of the future, Dubois will discuss how existing strategies appear limited in this particular instance...

Travel as a salve for the mundaneness of the everyday has been brought into stark relief as the pandemic leaves travellers grounded - restricted borders and fear of contagion are a nagging reminder. Travel is usually lauded for its therapeutic benefits to the traveller, and for the pecuniary endowment it can give to communities reliant on it. The hindrance to travel, highlights the evident void...

Culture and tourism share ties and values. Both sectors can work together to ensure the responsible restart of inclusive cultural tourism as Ontario recovers from the pandemic, which has weakened destinations’ competitiveness. The challenge is to collaborate and make cultural tourism relevant in the recovery efforts. Join Frederic Dimanche from the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism M...

What research exists around cultural tourism in Ontario, and where is there still much to uncover? Nik Nanos from Nanos Research lead us through a literary study of existing research, and highlights what we need to learn to support the success of our sectors. Visit: onculturedays.ca/cultural-tourism-how-the-arts-and-travel-sectors-can-bounce-back-together/

Placemaking: Enticing the Out-of-Town Visitor

Festivals and Cultural Tourism

Staycationers & Sightseers: Tourism in Ontario Municipalities

The Potential of Cultural and Creative Tourism for Placemaking

Conversation with Tanya Lukin Linklater and Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane

ONCD Day in the life: Brampton

Day in the Life: Luminato in Toronto

Day in the life: St Catharines

Day in the life: Stayner

Day in the life: Sault Ste Marie

Day in the life: St Jacobs

Day in the life: Town of Lincoln

Pruning Nature by Tamara Green: Stinging Nettle Pesto

Pruning Nature by Tamara Green: Amaranth Maple Strawberry Salad

Day in the life: St. Catherines