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Co-chairs, Vanessa Yeung & Claire MacNamara © 2020 Torontoartsandevents The Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) held its big sexy POGO PJ Party in Toronto on February 6, 2020 at Ricarda’s to raise money to continue to make a difference in the lives of children and their families.  POGO provides ongoing advanced care for children…

From Artist Project 2019 © 2019 TorontoArtsandEvents Artist Project welcomes its 13th year with the most exciting show yet with over 300 top contemporary artists from Canada and abroad. Starting February 20th, 2020, guests have the unique opportunity to meet and buy one of a kind pieces directly from artists at the Better Living Centre….

The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) held the Ontario Economic Summit 2019 at Hotel X & Beanfield Centre, in Toronto (for the first time in a decade) from November 13 – 15, 2019.  Amongst rapid change in the global business environment, Ontario is faced with how to ensure its future:  this conference is an opportunity…

PDAC, the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, held its 87th annual International Convention, Trade Show & Investors Exchange in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from March 3 to 6, 2019.  According to its web site, “PDAC exists to protect and promote the interests of the Canadian mineral exploration sector and to ensure a robust mining industry…

Ian Williams, accepts the Scotiabank Giller Prize © 2019 TorontoArtsandEvents Ian Williams is the winner of the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his debut novel, Reproduction. In a live televised broadcast on Monday, November 18th, 2019, he graciously accepted the grand prize of $100,000. This year’s broadcast was hosted by iconic Canadian singer-songwriter and actress…

© 2019 TorontoArtsandEvents Photo from IDS 2019 January 16-19, 2020 www.toronto.interiordesignshow.com For four days each January, the Interior Design Show (IDS20) shapes the industry for the year to come – in North America and beyond. IDS Toronto celebrates and promotes design in Canada and across the world. Experiential and transformative, we bring together compelling concepts,…

Brunico Communications Ltd. held the 12th annual Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) at the Marriott Hotel Eaton’s Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on October 16 & 17, 2019.   CIX was a two day technology conference where investors, innovative companies, entrepreneurs and facilitators meet to discuss the financing, the development and the implementation of new technologies.     Attendees…

HAVIAH MIGHTY – © 2019 Dustin-Rabin Haviah Mighty won the 2019 Polaris Music Prize for the album 13th Floor and with it $50,000 at the Carlu in Toronto.   The event featured performances by nine of the 10 Polaris nominees; namely, Marie Davidson, Elisapie, FET.NAT, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Les Louanges, Haviah Mighty, PUP, Shad and Snotty Nose…

The annual Toronto International Film Festival was held September 5 to 15, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario. According to TIFF, it is the “leading public film festival in the world, screening more than 300 films from 60+ countries every September. Our programmers have earned a reputation for excellence, and a diverse array of films is shown:…

Martin Luther King had a dream!  In 1967, so did the creators of Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival – to showcase Caribbean Canadian culture in Canada! The result was called Caribana which they based on the huge and exciting Trinidad & Tobago Carnival.  The founders of Caribana envisioned it as a gift of culture to Canada.  This…