INNOVATION & RESILIENCE
IN CANADA’S CULTURAL SECTOR

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Our research team prepared 29 case studies of artists and organizations using innovation to find resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can read the stories below or filter and search them in the boxes.

Kiran Ambwani

Kiran Ambwani’s Can-Asian Artistic Resilience project: Photography in solidarity with the Asian community

From the beginning of the lockdown, Kiran Ambwani wanted to use her Can-Asian Artistic Resilience…

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Video Pool Media Arts Centre

Video Pool Media Arts Centre: Nurturing community of care to impact change in the artist-run centre model

Like many artist-serving organizations, Video Pool Media Arts Centre (VP) faced challenges to con…

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Festival of Literary Diversity

The Festival of Literary Diversity: Nimble and expansive thinking

When the pandemic hit in March 2020, the FOLD quickly transitioned to a virtual festival in May. …

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rice & beans theatre

rice & beans theatre: Yellow Objects

Originally a stage play, the text of Yellow Objects was transposed into a digital installation to…

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Laïla Mestari

Fille de foin/Hay Girl, a bold partnership between Laïla Mestari and the LOBE artist centre

The partnership between Laïla Mestari and the LOBE artist centre is an example of audacity, resi…

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re:Naissance Opera

Orpheus VR project: Pushing the limits of opera

Orpheus VR “stemmed out of my own love for video games,” said Debi Wong. As a more traditiona…

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Afros In Tha City

Afros In Tha City Media Collective: Centering Black voices and experiences in Calgary and beyond

In the context of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, the writing collective signif…

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