See the full Budget 2021 (HERE) Read the Media Release from the Department of Finance (HERE) April 19, 2021 The highly-anticipated Federal Budget for 2021 was released on April 19, 2021. The 2021 Federal budget “A recovery plan for jobs, growth and resilience”.  It proposes $101 billion in new...

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND YOUR COLLECTION On Wednesday, April 14th, 2021, GOG hosted the workshop Public Engagement and Your Collection. As museums and galleries are becoming cultural hubs, they must work to attract new audiences. Public programming is becoming an increasingly important part of engagement and audience development. This workshop will...

Join Executive Director, Zainub Verjee for her lecture on April 13th, 2021 from 12:30 – 1:30pm via Zoom To register click here The final report of Canada’s Massey Commission, the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts,Letters and Sciences, was released in 1951. Often referred to as the...

Ontario is declaring a third provincial emergency as the number of COVID-19 cases surges, issuing a stay-at-home order effective 12:01 a.m. Thursday, April 8th, 2021, and closing non-essential retail stores for all but curbside pickup and delivery.  The order requires all Ontarians to remain at home except for essential purposes...

The Ontario government is providing an estimated $100 million for a new one-time Ontario Tourism and Hospitality Small Business Support Grant and $100 million for a new one-time recovery program. The Ontario Tourism and Hospitality Small Business Support Grant will provide an estimated $100 million in one-time payments of...

The Ontario government is investing $105 million through the new Community Building Fund to support non-profit tourism, culture, sport and recreation organizations. The funding will be used to help these non-profits recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and meet the needs of their communities. Details have been...

The Ontario government is investing $325,000 to support the planning and development of a new Greek-Canadian heritage museum to house a collection of artifacts in Toronto. The museum will serve as a new community hub and central repository of photos, historic newspapers, books and an archive of recorded histories....

The Ontario government is providing additional support to eligible small businesses to help with the ongoing costs of the COVID-19 pandemic. Confirmed eligible recipients of the Ontario Small Business Support Grant will automatically receive a second payment equal to the amount of their first payment, for minimum total support...

The Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Labour and Member of Parliament (Hamilton West–Ancaster–Dundas), and Bob Bratina, Member of Parliament (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek), announced $206,679 in funding to help Supercrawl Productions advance the Bridgeworks Community Space project. The investment from the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund will help support renovations and refurbishments that...

The Ontario government will continue to focus on protecting people’s health and jobs through the COVID-19 pandemic when Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board, releases the 2021 Ontario Budget on March 24, 2021. The Budget will support the province’s comprehensive vaccine distribution plan, along...

The Ontario government is investing more than $2 million to support Francophone tourism across the province, ensuring Ontario’s Francophone community continues to contribute to the province’s diverse tourism sector. This funding will support a wide range of Francophone initiatives, such as safe public performances, safe in-person Francophone festivals, and...

Zainub Verjee, Executive Director of Galeries Ontario/Galleries Ontario has been appointed as a Fellow of McLaughlin College at York University. Established in 1968, McLaughlin College is York University’s Public Policy College. It is dedicated to the critical analysis of public policy and the betterment of society at all its...

Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada have a number of free resources to help organizations help Canadians stay safe, healthy and informed.  The resources in this toolkit are available at Canada.ca/ coronavirus in a variety of languages. In addition, they have a toll-free line at 1-833-784-4397 (interpretation...

The Ontario government is providing the St. Lawrence Parks Commission (SLPC) with an investment of nearly $5.5 million to support the continued operation and maintenance of its historic sites, parks and attractions. This funding will go towards repairs and renovations to keep Eastern Ontario’s one-of-a-kind tourist areas running smoothly,...

Ontario Establishes Tourism Economic Recovery Task Force. It will be chaired by former MPP and Cabinet minister Tim Hudak, and give expert advice and recommendations on how to help the province’s $36-billion tourism industry recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing strategies and advice that will help position Ontario and...

The Ontario government is investing $105 million through the new Community Building Fund to support non-profit tourism, culture, sport and recreation organizations. The funding will be used to help these non-profits recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and meet the needs of their communities. The fund will...

On Thursday, March 11, 2021, Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries hosted the workshop HOW GALLERIES CAN STRENGTHEN COLLECTIONS BY WORKING WITH ARTISTS. We were thrilled that we could present our innovative and incomparable professional development workshop to your screens, where you can learn safely from home! HOW GALLERIES CAN...

Via CBC Arts – Click HERE for article...

Click here for the list of the following 140 major and core arts organizations have been approved for funding....

This year, the province of Ontario invited written submissions to inform budget consultations to be sent to The Honourable Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister of Finance. Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries is part of an advocacy coalition called the Provincial Arts Service Organizations of Ontario (PASO/OPSA) and below is the letter...

Grey-Lockdown:  · Niagara Region Public Health  Red-Control:  ·     Chatham-Kent Public Health;   ·     City of Hamilton Public Health Services;  ·     Durham Region Health Department;  ·     Halton Region Public Health;   ·     Middlesex-London Health Unit;  ·     Region of Waterloo Public...

TORONTO – The Ontario government is expanding the number of small businesses that can apply for the Main Street Relief Grant to help offset the costs of purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) to cautiously and gradually reopen in parts of the province. Small businesses with 2 to 19 employees...

The Ontario government is launching new and improved Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) programs to help increase economic development and promote job creation in the North. The four new programs will target existing and emerging markets, support more projects in small rural communities, address the skilled labour shortage...

The government of Ontario has made changes to COVID-19 screening requirements and updates to COVID-19 screening tools. Businesses in public health unit regions that have returned to the COVID-19 Response Framework must implement active screening of patrons in certain zones. Please refer to What each zone means for information on how this may apply to your...

TORONTO — In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the government is moving to a regional approach and maintaining the shutdown in the majority of the public health regions in Ontario, including the Stay-at-Home order and all existing public health and workplace safety measures. When it is safe to do so,...

Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility – The EnAbling Change Program is a shared-cost transfer payment program providing funding to not-for-profit organizations, industry organizations, and professional associations to educate their stakeholders about accessibility, drive cultural awareness about the value and benefits of accessibility, and support regulatory compliance. The program benefits from...

Details of the plan were provided today by Premier Doug Ford, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones, and Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health. Mandatory Testing of Travelers: To address the risks associated with variants of concern to the health of...

On January 28, 2021, Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries hosted the workshop Collections and Accessibility. We were thrilled that we could present our innovative and incomparable professional development workshop to your screens, where you can learn safely from home! Collections and Accessibility The relationship between art and disability has...

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