At the top of the session, we were joined by Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research, who shared the latest findings from the Arts Response Tracking Survey (ARTS). The fifth edition of the ARTS provides valuable insights into culture-goers’ sentiments toward the return to in-person activities and their views on corporate sponsorship within the arts. Download the report.  The s...

Meet the 2021 Business / Arts Award Recipients! The annual Business / Arts Awards celebrate the power of partnership by profiling exceptional leaders and volunteers in the business and arts community. This year’s honourees have each demonstrated an exemplary commitment to Canada’s arts sector and we are thrilled to share their stories with you! We are honouring recipients with the release of fiv...

Learn about the origins of our five prestigious awards and see the people who have previously received these honours. The Edmund C. Bovey award is named after our first board chair.   [su_row] Edmund C. Bovey Award Named after our first chairman, The Edmund C. Bovey Award recognizes a business professional and/or philanthropist who has demonstrated a lifetime of significant p...

Over the past year, Business / Arts has hosted dozens of online sessions and provided urgently needed information, resources and hope to thousands of arts organizations nationwide. ...

This session featured Karran Sahadeo, Business / Arts’ creative director, and Jason Maghanoy, head of business development at St. Joseph Communications Media, for a conversation on the evolution of marketing and engagement strategies over the past year. Using examples from Toronto Life and Business / Arts, Jason and Karran provided a peek into the thought process that led to the s...

The Executive Leadership program is a mentorship and professional development program offered to promising arts professionals who are interested in transitioning into leadership roles in some of Canada's largest arts, culture and heritage institutions. Developed specifically in response to the need to nurture a talent pool of Canadian arts leaders, this program will provide participants with persona...

As a special edition of B/A’s Speaker Series, we are excited to offer a unique, crossover event with the 2021 Canadian Arts Summit. The April edition of the Speaker Series features the panel discussion: Advocacy: The State of the Arts in Canada, previously held at the 2021 Canadian Arts Summit.   Moderated by Nichole Anderson Bergeron, this panel addresses one of the Summit’s key pillars of ad...

At the top of this session, Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research, shared the latest findings of the Arts Response Tracking Survey, a partnership between Business / Arts, the National Arts Centre and Nanos Research, which polled over 1,000 Canadians to gauge their attitudes on returning to and supporting the arts across Canada. We were also joined by leaders from three arts o...

Wellness in Arts Organizations, the February edition of Business / Arts' Speaker Series, addressed the mental strain experienced by many in the arts and cultural sector. During this session, we spoke with three organizations that are putting their team, community, and the sector first as they create policies, practices, and programming which address mental health and its impact. The goal of this ses...

Business / Arts is thrilled to announce the second intake for our Executive Leadership program. This program was initially developed in response to a need and demand to nurture a talent pool of arts leaders in Canada and prepare them to transition and extend their current leadership to take on roles in leading some of Canada’s largest arts institutions. The goal of this program is to provide mentorsh...