Steps TAC has taken to advance equity measures
2019
- Works with CABR (Confronting Anti-Black Racism) beginning 2019 to develop Anti-Black Racism analysis tool for grant program managers
2018
- Implements a voluntary self-identification form for grant applicants
- Establishes an Equity Steering Committee to oversee implementation of goals of Equity Framework
- Expanded the TAC Accessibility Grant – up to $5,000 towards accessibility accommodations for artists incurred during a project – to all TAC project programs
- Introduced Application Accessibility Support
2017
- Approves the Equity Framework, which ensures 50% (or more) of the TAC Board, adjudication panels and committees are persons of colour or Indigenous people.
- Creates the Newcomer And Refugee Artist Mentorship and Newcomer and Refugee Arts Engegement programs
2015
- Creaties the Indigenous Arts Projects program
2014
- Expands the individual music grant program to significantly increase opportunities for Black and equity seeking musicians
2013
- Becomes sole funder of Artreach - Toronto’s youth arts high engagement grant program for youth belonging to one or more equity priority groups
1994
- Publishes Culture Force report by Sharon Fernandez
1993-94
- Launches Fresh Arts, a youth arts initiative, that supported racialized and Indigenous youth
1992
Publishes Cultural Equity by Betty Julien