Ontario Culture Days

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Ontario Culture Days is a province-wide fall festival of events that occur throughout Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] Hundreds of art, cultural and heritage events take place in the three-week-long festival. [3] [4] Some events are free and some charge an entrance fee. [5]

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History

The festival started in 2010 [6] and was originally three days in length. [7] It was initially organized by Canadian Arts Summit. [8] Since 2020, the festival has incorporated a "Creatives In Residence" program. [9] Since 2021, [9] the festival has included hubs of events in towns and cities. [4]

The 2021 festival occurred between September 24 and October 24. The Re-Imagine theme was described as an invitation to participants to reconsider the role of art and culture in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. [10]

The 2023 festival occurred between September 22 and October 15 [11] and included eight hubs including Caledon, [11] St. Catharines [12] and Thunder Bay. [13]

The 2024 Culture Days occurred between September 20 and October 13. The festival featured hubs in Brant, [14] Niagara Region and St. Catharines, Gananoque and Thousand Islands, Guelph, Manitoulin Island, Halton, Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie,  Scugog, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vaughan, and Windsor. [15]

Spotlight Awards

Since 2020, Ontario Culture Days has organized Spotlight Awards. [16] Since 2023, the Spotlight Awards has included Warren Garrett Inclusive Programming Award, named after one of the organization's founding board members. [16] The awardees are selected by a jury based on programatic impact. [16]

YearAwardEventLocationOrganizerRef.
2024Best In-Person ProgramStories of Peace Award Ceremony Bancroft Canadian Peace Museum [16]
2024People's ChoiceNature's Threads Barrie Ebru Winegard [16]
2024Best Collaborative ProgramParis Birds for Diversity Paris Carolina Saenz from La Trenza Tacos, Lisa Franklin from Forest and Folk, and Mountain WoodWork Canada [16]
2024Warren Garrett Inclusive Programming AwardPerforming the Apocalypse: A Performance Art Workshop with Megan Arnold Guelph Jude Akrey [16]
2023Best In-Person ProgramDance Together Festival York Dance Together Festival [17]
2023People's ChoiceWorld of Threads Oakville World of Threads Festival [18]
2023Best Collaborative ProgramA Place I Call Home HaltonOakvilleFaisal Anwar [19]
2023Warren Garrett Inclusive Programming AwardDaniel's Cafe Vaughan Daniel Xia [17]
2022Best In-Person ProgramArohaFest Diwali CelebrationOttawa National Arts Centre [20]
2022People's ChoiceSisters in Spirit VigilVaughanCity of Vaughan, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation [20]
2022Best Collaborative ProgramReshaping RuinsGuelphThe City of Guelph Museums & Culture [21]
2022Best Digital ProgramLet's honour our mother tongue!TorontoYannis Lobaina [20]
2022Inclusive ProgrammingRadical ConnectionsOttawaRadical Connections Unmasked Connections [20]
2021Best In-Person ProgramON THE TABLE: Controlled Collaborative Chaos Halton Hills Pauline Gladstone [22]
2021People's ChoiceHoneymoon – My Pocketbook of I Love You'sVaughanMadeline Fiore [22]
2021Best Digital ProgramHealing the Scars of Colonialism Milton Arts Milton, Grandmother's Voice [22]
2021Inclusive ProgrammingEngaging in ASL and BeyondMiltonArts Milton, E.C. Drury School for the Deaf [22]
2020AccessibilityBe Moved by ArtOttawaCJ Fleury [23]
2020Creative SolutioneeringCurbside Concerts Featuring "The Vaudevillian"MiltonArts Milton, Rick Imus [23]
2020Participation From a DistanceCome TogetherMiltonArts Milton, House of Chords [23]
2020People's ChoiceHalton Mural ProjectMiltonArts Milton, Pflag [23]

Organization

The festival is organized by a nonprofit organization also called Ontario Culture Days. [24] The organization's Executive Director is Ruth Burns. [25]

It is one of six provincial festivals organized by Toronto-based organization Culture Days. The other five festivals are Alberta Culture Days, B.C. Culture Days, Saskatchewan Culture Days, Manitoba Culture Days, and Journées de la culture (in Quebec). [26]

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