Leading up to grant deadlines, we offer online grant information sessions. Every two years, we host the Arts Champions Summit. We also sometimes organize developmental workshops for the arts sector.

• Find out about upcoming events
• Watch a recorded grant information session:

• Grant Overview (video)

• Equity, IDEA and Incubator Grants (video with closed captioning and ASL interpretation)
• Project Grants (video with closed captioning and ASL interpretation)

• Or contact us to request an information session for your community. 

Our annual Impact and Progress Reports highlight the value and impact of CRD-funded art activities and organizations. They also provide updates about progress on the Arts & Culture Support Service Strategic Plan (PDF).

• 2022 Impact Report (PDF)
  

• 2021 Progress Report (PDF)
  • 2021 Presentation (8:23 video)
  • 2021 Highlights (1:09 video)
• 2020 Progress Report (PDF)
  • 2020 presentation (7:35 video)
• 2019 Progress Report (PDF)
  • 2019 sources list (PDF)
  • 2019 presentation (video)
• 2018 Arts & Culture Progress Report (PDF)
  • 2018 sources list (PDF)
  • 2018 presentation (9:10 video)
  • 2018 progress on Building our Arts Future Together Implementation Plan with Q&A (23:20 video) recorded at the 2018 Arts Champions Summit

In January 2022, the Arts Commission approved an EDI (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) Implementation Framework. The framework describes a process to examine and adjust our policies and procedures. The goal was to better serve equity-seeking communities.*

A volunteer EDI Subcommittee led the process, and the Arts Commission approved changes. To inform our work, we gathered feedback through the 2021 Arts Champions Summit. The What We Heard Report: 2021 Arts Champions Summit (PDF) summarizes this feedback. Modifications were also in line with actions taken by arts funders across the country.

The result of this process was top to bottom adjustments of our operations and granting. Many of these changes were implemented in 2022, with more to come in 2023.

• Read about changes made through the 2022 EDI Implementation Framework (PDF).

In the next phase of the process, we will be embedding EDI initiatives and considerations into our next strategic plan.

*Note: Our definition of "equity-seeking communities" is based on the Canada Council for the Arts of "communities that face significant collective challenges in participating in society." Read the full definition in our Glossary.