Press Releases and Announcements

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• COVID-19 May 8 Update 

  May 08, 2020

• COVID-19 November 13 Update 

  November 13, 2020

• COVID-19 November 27 Update 

  November 27, 2020

• COVID-19 October 16 Update 

  October 16, 2020

• COVID-19 September 21 Update 

  September 21, 2020

• COVID-19 Statement for the Arts Community 

  March 12, 2020

• Creating the Black Arts Program 

  August 25, 2021

• Creative Capital Gains: An Action Plan for Toronto 

  May 04, 2011

  May 4, 2011 Creative Capital Gains: An Action Plan for Toronto was presented to Toronto's Economic Development Committee on May 4 by Co-Chairs Robert Foster, Karen Kain, and Jim Prentice.

• Creative Capital Gains Approved in unanimous vote at City Council! 

  May 20, 2011

  Introduced by Councillor Michael Thompson (Chair of the Economic Development Committee) and spoken to by many Councillors representing a broad cross-section of the city, the the Creative Capital Gains report was unanimously endorsed by City Council May 18, 2011.

• Creative Capital Initiative to Update Toronto City's Culture Plan 

  January 28, 2011

  January 28, 2011- "Toronto's cultural sector employs nearly 133,000 people and annually generates $9 billion in GDP,” Councillor Thompson said. “Between 1991 and 2007, creative occupations grew at more than twice the rate of the general labour force. Given the changes that have occurred in the economy, Toronto's city governance philosophy and the city's cultural sector since 2003, it is time to take a fresh look at our Culture Plan.”