
Photo includes participants in Obsidian Theatre's inaugural Young, Gifted & Black (YGB) cohort. Christopher-Elizabeth (YGB), Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu, Janeena Morris (YGB), Adonis King (YGB), Trinity Lloyd, Gabriel Hudson, Lennette Randall (YGB), and KayGeni. Crouched in front: Jay Northcott (YGB Program Facilitator), Fatima Adam, and JD Leslie. Photo: Zainab Ashraf
Recent Grants
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Booster Fund
Amount
$15,192
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12 months
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to boost tender, a new dance work featuring a group of performers taking an audience on a performance experience outdoors through public space, by increasing artists fees, extending the...
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$10,000
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12 months
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to support four artists/collectives participating in the CAMINOS Residencies through learning exchanges, mentorships, and a post-producing session on “where to go from here”
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$12,000
Term
12 months
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to increase the number of opera artists able to access free or reduced-cost membership through the Relief for Opera Artist Members (ROAM) Program
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$23,207
Term
12 months
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to boost artists fees and artistic creation resources for the Rhubarb Festival’s 46th edition, including boosting the festival’s overall number of programmed artists
2024
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$10,750
Term
12 months
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to boost their Aspects of Creativity program by expanding artist engagement through additional creation hours and enhanced remuneration, including new choreography performed by their...
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$21,600
Term
12 months
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to support a week of skill-development and relationship-building for IBPoC Artist-Curators in Toronto by increasing remuneration to, and the number of, participants in the project including...
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$29,593
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12 months
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to support the Festival of New Theatre by increasing fees to the creative team and lengthening the creation process by one week for three projects in the Festival
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$27,000
Term
12 months
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to support artists presented through the Citadel LIVE series by increasing artist fees for fully presented artists, offering a nominal guaranteed presentation fee for co-presented artists,...
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$10,400
Term
12 months
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to support the Mentorship in Artistic Production, which shares knowledge with early-career musicians about sustainable practices for artistic leadership and administration, by increasing...
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$11,520
Term
12 months
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to support increased remuneration for current project collaborators and add new artistic fees for exhibition sound and lighting for their HIV/AIDS and Dance exhibition
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$21,000
Term
12 months
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to support The Legacy Summit, a professional development program connecting local and international artists, by increasing accessibility for participants and engaging additional music...
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$13,248
Term
12 months
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to support artists involved in DanceWorks Signature Series 2025 by increasing artists’ remuneration and their engagement with education and outreach activities, and developing an...
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$22,320
Term
12 months
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to scale up a planned original commission of a 20-minute work by dancemaker Esie Mensah by doubling the cast, expanding the creation period, and adding two drummers providing live...
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$6,400
Term
12 months
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to increase the remuneration of two Assistant Directors enrolled in their Mentoring Program, aimed at local emerging artists who will work on Théâtre français de Toronto’s two original...
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$11,520
Term
12 months
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to support Enter the Gorshey, a youth-led performance that highlights Tibetan culture, by increasing remuneration for professional artists and arts workers who are primarily Tibetan
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$11,250
Term
12 months
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to boost their Artist in Residence (AIR) program that benefits performing artists, by increasing remuneration and their budget for materials and professional development opportunities, as...
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$23,683
Term
12 months
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to support the world premiere of Rainbow on Mars by Devon Healey by hiring two additional performers and boosting creative team remuneration, further ensuring the project’s ability to...
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$23,388
Term
12 months
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to increase fees for over 40 artists involved in their mainstage and professional development series
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$14,400
Term
12 months
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to boost artist fees and expand access to two early-phase creation programs: Explorations and The Night Shift
2024
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Booster Fund
Amount
$29,583
Term
12 months
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to boost artist fees for their 2025 run of MAHABHARATA, a two-part retelling of the ancient Indian epic featuring an all-South-Asian diasporic cast
2024
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$27,000
Term
12 months
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to boost an artist training/professional development program and an ensemble rehearsal period for a new work commissioned for the Royal Ontario Museum
2023
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$30,000
Term
12 months
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to boost fees for participants in the bcHUB, an artist residency dedicated to nurturing cultural expression and fostering artistic innovation
2023
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$30,000
Term
12 months
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to support an expanded roster of artists in the 45th edition of the Rhubarb Festival, Canada’s longest-running festival of new work
2023
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$15,450
Term
12 months
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to empower a new generation of young actors with additional classical training to excel in open-air Shakespeare performance at Dream in High Park
2023
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Booster Fund
Amount
$13,000
Term
12 months
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to boost their Theatre Entrepreneur Network and Training (TENT) program by offering increased honorariums to the participants, more facilitation and workshops, more mental health support,...
2023
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Booster Fund
Amount
$17,000
Term
12 months
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to boost time and remuneration to the artistic and production team for a series of four multi-disciplinary arts events that conclude a multi-year community arts project
2023
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$20,400
Term
12 months
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to increase artist/access worker fees for three creative teams engaged in the Canadian Festival of New Musicals
2023
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$12,750
Term
12 months
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to increase artists fees for participants in its Pure Research initiative
2023
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$10,950
Term
12 months
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to increase the number of facilitated workshops and double the honorariums for participants in their innovator program
2023
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$23,100
Term
12 months
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to increase participant honoraria and event support at a Six Nations residency and increase fees for participants at a week-long Theatre Centre residency
2023
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Booster Fund
Amount
$26,400
Term
12 months
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to support additional dancers and rehearsal hours in its creation period for Paratopia
2023
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Booster Fund
Amount
$28,500
Term
12 months
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to support four projects and boost fees for composers, performers, and mentors to emerging artists
2023
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$30,000
Term
12 months
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to support the 2024 Summer Festival by increasing fees for artists and by presenting additional emerging marginalized and/or racialized artists or companies within the programming
2023
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$12,750
Term
12 months
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to support increased professional development activities for participants in the Women in Musical Leadership program
2023
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$20,400
Term
12 months
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to increase the artist fees for participants in their residency program
2023
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Booster Fund
Amount
$12,750
Term
12 months
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to support improved housing, increased mentor fees, and amplified project documentation for participants in their professional training academy
2023
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$20,400
Term
12 months
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to support a more extensive remount period in Toronto with international artists for their production of Treemonisha
2023
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Booster Fund
Amount
$14,650
Term
12 months
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to boost training opportunities for emerging designers through assistant design contracts and mentorship with senior designers
2023
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$30,000
Term
24 months
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to support meaningful change across Arraymusic’s community and diversify the voices it includes, supports, and presents by providing a suite of professional development, leadership, and...
20222023
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Booster Fund
Amount
$30,000
Term
12 months
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to support their Caminos Residencies project where five artists/collectives will take part in a learning exchange/residency as part of the Caminos Festival from June to October 2023 to...
2022
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Booster Fund
Amount
$30,000
Term
12 months
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to support their Training Enhancement Programs, which develops emerging artistic talent in specific theatre disciplines through paid training intensives guided by leading industry...
2022
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Booster Fund
Amount
$30,000
Term
12 months
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to support a set of Symposia in their Young, Gifted and Black program that will add a public component to the program and include additional training opportunities, industry conversations,...
2022
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$30,000
Term
12 months
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to support their Creative Producers program for two years, which offers IBPOC, LGBTQ2SIA+ women, trans, and non-binary artists under 30 mentorships in creative producing for live...
2022
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$30,000
Term
12 months
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to support their Rising Tides initiative by boosting mentee renumeration/honorariums, increasing the number of, and honorariums for, participants, increasing the number of expert speakers...
2022
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$30,000
Term
12 months
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to support their Crew/Staff Training and Production Residency Program and help train and reskill nine BIPOC participants, including crew members in the latest production technologies and...
2022
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$30,000
Term
12 months
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to support their Music Incubator program, Small World Music’s signature creative and professional development program dedicated to artist career sustainability and their integration into...
2022
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$30,000
Term
12 months
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to support their national, digital Young Playwright’s Unit and their new Associate Directors Project to create mentored opportunities for next generation directors
2022
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$25,000
Term
12 months
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to support VUKA, their Black Creation Unit Cohort for early-in-craft artists and creatives, which invites all Black artists who self-identify as early-in-craft and use the art of...
2022
Initiative
Booster Fund
Amount
$30,000
Term
12 months
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to support their ThisGen fellowship program which pairs emerging BIPOC women and non-binary theatre artists with high-calibre, culturally relevant training and mentorship, and implement a...
2022