Transforming Cultural Equity in Canadian Arts

Please join us for the virtual launch of the  “Transforming Cultural Equity in Canadian Arts,” proudly supported by the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) and co-presented with Diversity Arts Australia (DARTS) and the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing. The video will be followed by a Panel Discussion with Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO) and the Nunavut Independent Television Network (NITV/Uvagut TV). This event is free and open to the public.

Abstract:  Diversity Arts Australia (DARTS) and the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA), in partnership with the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing at Toronto Metropolitan University, invite you to an Imagine Talk conversation on cultural equity and systems change in the arts.

This session brings together cultural equity leaders from Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO) and the Nunavut Independent Television Network (NITV/Uvagut TV) to explore how organizations are actively shifting power within the arts and media sectors.

Through two case studies, speakers will discuss practical approaches to:
-Shifting decision-making power within arts organizations
-Building long-term equity systems rather than one-off initiatives
-Supporting Indigenous, racialized, and marginalized artists and communities
-Developing leadership pathways that transform who leads and who makes decisions
-Creating media and arts platforms that strengthen language, identity, and visibility
-Responding to funding inequities and institutional resistance

Facilitated by DARTS, this conversation draws from the Imagine Case Studies Project, which documents 72 international case studies from 42 countries focused on cultural practice and structural change in the arts.

Funding Acknowledgement: Diversity Arts Australia (DARTS) is funded by Creative Australia and Create NSW. The Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing at Toronto Metropolitan University is funded by the Government of Canada through the Canada Excellence Research Chairs.