August 9, 2022
The Summer Issue
We've kept busy this year, working in a research and consulting capacity with many new clients and partners. There's also been art-making! Amy Hull has curated an evening program for Indigenous youth…
March 11, 2022
Bonding over food, culture and conversations: How Sharada Eswar’s Akhara brings communities together
The first Akhara of 2022, a pandemic-induced virtual affair, coincided with Pongal, the ancient harvest festival of Tamil Nadu—some 13,300 km away from the suburb of Toronto where Sharada Eswar, the…
December 30, 2021
Let’s have a meal together in the New Year
What a year. Are you happy, and is this a holiday for you? May this week before the New Year offer a generous combination of rest and salve for your soul. I will not recap 2021 in this holiday…
August 6, 2021
Summer update
Welcome to the Summer Issue This has been a busy, compact first half of the year. We have been hard at work on our arts and wellness research, collaborating with external research partners, and…
January 11, 2021
What is Creative Morning Practice?
Developed by the Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence, Creative Morning Practice is a 6-week virtual guided arts program to support health and wellness, and mitigate the effects of stress, loneliness…
December 31, 2020
Making possible, making visible
On the other side of the world, it's already 2021. In these transitional hours between 2020 and 2021, many of us are thinking about the lives we've lived these past twelve months. The joys, the…
August 19, 2020
Thinking Forward On Immigration: A Public Report To The IRCC On Modernizing Immigration
It's ready! The public version of our recommendations to the Department of Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship of Canada is now available. Download your copy of Thinking Forward On Immigration……
June 8, 2020
What Art Has To Offer Immigration
Media Release The Laboratory for Artistic Intelligence premieres a special 30-minute program on ‘What Art Has To Offer Immigration’ during Luminato Festival Toronto 2020 on Saturday June 13 at 1pm…
March 30, 2020
Exhibition Postponed
Announcement Several days ago, Luminato Festival Toronto announced that they are cancelling the 2020 edition of the Festival. The official announcement is available here. The names of all those who…
March 25, 2020
Gone Virtual: Taking Our Creation Practice Online
Newsletter On Monday, March 9, we entered the Meridian Arts Centre to begin the first day of a 3-week creation residency supported by TO Live. On Friday, March 13, we received an email at 6:55 PM…