partners
Collection X has evolved in tandem with ArtsAccess, an inter-regional outreach program designed to bring together artists, community members and cultural organizations through arts education. Together, ArtsAccess and Collection X are meant to foster creativity and build relationships through a combination of community-based and online experiences.
In Toronto, ArtsAccess is presented by the Art Gallery of Ontario in conjunction with the City of Toronto, Museums and Heritage Services; the Multicultural History Society of Ontario (MHSO); and the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). At the provincial level, ArtsAccess is being presented in conjunction with the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery; Thunder Bay Art Gallery and Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford.
ArtsAccess is a three-year initiative funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Virtual Museum of Canada, the Salamander Foundation and the J.P. Bickell Foundation.
Art Gallery of Ontario
With a permanent collection of more than 40,000 works, the Art Gallery of Ontario is among the most distinguished art museums in North America. In 2002, the AGO launched Transformation AGO, a project that involves the unprecedented growth of the gallery's collection, an innovative architectural expansion by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry and the strengthening of the museum's endowment resources. As the imaginative centre of the city, the transformed AGO aims to enrich the visitor experience and provide new access exhibitions and collections. The transformed AGO is scheduled for completion in 2008.
City of Toronto, Museums and Heritage Services
The Museums and Heritage Services section of Toronto Culture is responsible for the care and maintenance of the City of Toronto's ten historic museums as well as the acquisition, care, research and interpretation of the City's Historical Collection. This collection includes over 100,000 objects and close to one million archaeological artifacts. The mission of MHS is to foster cultural growth, understanding and expression for citizens and visitors that contribute to Toronto as a diverse, dynamic and healthy city.
Jumblies Theatre
Jumblies Theatre is a Toronto-based company that brings art to overlooked places through a creative process that actively engages the people who live there. Jumblies Theatre is guided by principles of social inclusion, the inseparability of process and product, a striving for artistic excellence and the adaptation and exploration of new artistic forms and collaborations according to shared creative passions and fascinations and shaped by the urban context.
Multicultural History Society of Ontario (MHSO)
The Multicultural History Society of Ontario (MHSO) is a not-for-profit educational institution and heritage centre established in 1976 by dedicated individuals who wanted to increase public awareness of the multicultural nature of Ontario's history. The MHSO envisions a cohesive Ontario in which citizens have an appreciation of our shared histories, as well as access to the products of our diverse heritage and the tools to eradicate stereotyping and prejudice from our places of learning and work. The MHSO is committed to highlighting the positive aspects of living in a multi-ethnic province to a wide public audience.
Regent Park Focus
Regent Park Focus is a not-for-profit organization established in 1991 as part of a government-initiated strategy to promote health in vulnerable communities across Ontario. Located in the heart of Regent Park, Canada's largest and oldest public housing community, Regent Park Focus uses media technology as a tool to employ young people, enhance resiliency, bridge information gaps, increase civic engagement, promote health and effect positive change. The work of Regent Park Focus is rooted in the belief that information and media technology plays a vital role in building and sustaining healthy communities.
Toronto District School Board
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) was created on January 1, 1998 following the amalgamation of seven individual boards of education. It is the largest school board in Canada and among the largest in North America. Approximately 53% of TDSB secondary students have English as their first language. In elementary schools, 41% of students have a language other than English as their first language. More than 47,000 (24%) of elementary students were born outside of Canada in more than 175 different countries. More than 80 languages are represented in our schools.