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Inner City Angels artists in schools

Founded in 1969 by a group of educators and artists responding to a need for arts resource for inner city children, Inner City Angels is an arts education charity that engages Toronto's inner city and priority neighbourhood children in innovative and affordable creative arts experience guided by professional artists. We are inspired by the belief that the arts play an integral role in our personal growth and creative potential and that we all share in the responsibility of ensuring arts and learning for all children. We are located at Toronto's Distillery Historic District. Our outreach takes us to schools and communities throughout the Greater Toronto Area.

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Esprit Orchestra

Esprit Orchestra, Canada's leader in the performance of new orchestral music, presents an annual series of educational and outreach events and performances.
It was formed in 1983 by Music Director and Conductor Alex Pauk to bring new music to Canadians and to champion new music by Canadian Composers. Esprit remains Canada's only full-sized orchestra devoted exclusively to new music.

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Art Gallery Of Ontario

Founded in 1900 by a group of private citizens as the Art Museum of Toronto, the Art Gallery of Ontario is one of the largest art museums in North America, with a physical facility of 486,000 square feet. Currently under construction, the AGO's new facility will boast 583,000 square feet, and will re-open in 2008 with an innovative architectural design by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry.

Collection
The AGO currently has more than 68,000 works in its collection, spanning from 100 AD to the present. Highlights include:

More than 40% of the collection vividly documents the development of Canada's art heritage since pre-Confederation, including one of the largest and finest Inuit art collections in the world. The collection includes pivotal works by Cornelius Krieghoff, Lucius O'Brien, James Wilson Morrice, Tom Thomson, the Group of Seven, David Milne, Emily Carr and Paul-Emile Borduas.
Major holdings of the work of pre-eminent Canadian artists Paterson Ewen, Betty Goodwin, Greg Curnoe, David Blackwood, Kazuo Nakamura and American artist Robert Motherwell.
The world's largest public collection of works by internationally renowned British sculptor Henry Moore.
Masterpieces of European art, including works by renowned artists such as Anthony van Dyck, Thomas Gainsborough, Auguste Rodin, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and René Magritte.
A collection of photographs representing the emergence of the medium in its artistic, cultural and social diversity. Works by 19th-century British, French, American and Canadian photographers, and 20th-century modernists, including one of the foremost collections of works by Josef Sudek.
A contemporary collection illustrating the evolution of artistic movements in Canada, the U.S. and Europe, including major works by Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Mary Kelly, Jannis Kounellis, Jenny Holzer, General Idea, Joanne Tod, Jeff Wall, Rebecca Belmore and Luciano Fabro.

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Heritage Toronto

Heritage Toronto celebrates, interprets, and advocates for our cultural, architectural, archaeological and natural heritage. Heritage Toronto is a charitable organization that works with the citizens of Toronto to advocate for, preserve and promote a greater appreciation for our city's rich heritage. Through partnerships with local community groups and volunteers, Heritage Toronto works to heighten awareness of our shared history by providing city-wide programs and services.

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Kids Up Front Foundation (Toronto)

Kids Up Front is a Toronto-based organization that provides at-risk children and youth with access to sports, entertainment and cultural events through the distribution of unused tickets.

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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is a not-for-profit, professional theatre company dedicated to the promotion of Queer Canadian Culture. We are dedicated to producing, developing, and supporting queer theatrical works.

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Ducks Unlimited Canada

Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) has been committed to wetland conservation for more than 70 years. Despite this, wetland loss continues across Canada. Up to 70 per cent of Canada's wetlands have disappeared in settled areas of the country.
Ducks Unlimited Canada is a private non-profit organization that conserves restores and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North America's waterfowl, other wildlife and people.

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TVO Donations

TVO MISSION: TVO is Ontario's public educational media organization and a trusted source of interactive educational content that informs, inspires, and stimulates curiosity and thought.
TVO VISION: To empower people to be engaged citizens of Ontario through educational media.
TVO MANDATE: To help Ontarians become more engaged with our friends, families and our world, and to become more active citizens. In doing this, we can help build a stronger, more cohesive society. TVO uses its media resources to support the following priorities of the Ontario Ministry of Education: Contribute to school readiness and help kids to be successful learners; Increase the involvement of parents in their children's education; Encourage active citizenship and public engagement.

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ArtsCan Circle

ArtsCan Circle is a charitable Canadian organization dedicated to linking creative artists with Aboriginal youth at risk in isolated communities of Northern Canada.

The organization began with the work of Mike Stevens and now sends teams of musicians and artists to remote Aboriginal communities to engage the youth in hands-on workshops in music, drama and visual arts.

ArtsCan Circle is committed to returning annually or more frequently to each participating community to continue to build relationships and we hope to gradually expand to include more communites. We strive to honor and validate the community's culture by incorporating Aboriginal languages, traditions and stories from within each community in the art and music workshops.

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SING CANADA HARMONY SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Sing Canada Harmony believes "vocal music (particularly four-part a cappella harmony in the Barbershop Style) plays a vital role in the development of healthy, creative and responsible members of Canadian society".

Sing Canada Harmony knows the results of the research. We know the importance of singing in the lives of all Canadians, but particularly young Canadians. We know how singing improves their performance and thinking in the sciences and arts; how it reduces substance abuse; how it aids in skills needed in the workplace such as: flexibility, the ability to solve problems and communicate, the ability to learn new skills, to be creative and innovative, and we know that singing helps all of us to strive for excellence, to be the best we can. If you sing or if you have read the research you already know that singing does all of these things and more. And as singers, we care. We care for choral and small group singing, we care for the people of all ages who sing and we care for other Canadians. It is that caring and our beliefs in the benefits of vocal music that motivate us.

Sing Canada Harmony raises funds for scholarships to fund the attendance of Canadians at learning institutions, or in programs or courses such as scholarships for Harmony College North, colleges, universities, Leadership Academies (formerly: COTS), Top Gun quartet coaching Harmony Explosion Camps and similar learning experiences for Canadians of all ages. The aim is to bring vocal music experiences into Canadian schools and communities Together we can improve the quality and quantity of music leadership in order to deliver better singing opportunities for children and young people. In addition to individual gifts Sing Canada Harmony has three channels for contributions so anyone can support vocal music in your schools and communities: the Ambassadors of Song, the President's Council, and the Founder's Club.

TEACH THE CHILDREN TO SING: We invite others to support vocal music in the schools of your community and in your communities at large and support the men and women who make it happen: the music educators, the chorus and choir directors and everyone who helps children to sing.
Sing Canada Harmony wants to:
ENSURE THERE IS SOMEONE TO SING TOMORROW!

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Manifesto Community Projects

Manifesto Community Projects is a youth-led organization devoted to fostering collaboration in Toronto's artist community in order to provide powerful platforms and resources for growth and exposure. The focal point of its activities is the annual city-wide Manifesto Festival of Urban Music & Art, in addition to a variety of community initiatives including workshop programs, art exhibitions, and fundraising events.

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