ArtReach Toronto
ArtReach is a program designed to support arts initiatives that engage youth who have experienced exclusion in under-served areas of Toronto.
www.artreachtoronto.ca

Art Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre
Art Starts is committed to using the arts to help build healthier communities. We design and deliver high quality, meaningful, artistic experiences for people from all walks of life.
www.artstarts.net

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Established in 1979, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is a Canadian, not-for-profit professional theatre company dedicated to the promotion of gay, lesbian and queer theatrical expression. www.buddiesinbadtimestheatre.com

Cahoots Theatre Projects
Cahoots Theatre Projects is dedicated to the creation, development, and production of new Canadian plays that reflect our cultural diversity. Diversity means more than race or nation of origin or ethnicity. It also encompasses gender, sexual orientation, ability, language, and class. www.cahoots.ca

Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts, reporting to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage, is a national arm's-length agency which fosters the development of the arts in Canada through grants, services and awards to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations, as well as administering scholarly awards, and having under its aegis the Public Lending Right Commission and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO
www.canadacouncil.ca

Canstage Theatre Company
CanStage is committed to creating and producing the best in Canadian and international contemporary theatre, attracting and developing the best artists and plays in Canada and promoting its Canadian productions in international markets. www.canstage.com

Children’s Peace Theatre
CPT programs use the practice of theatre to engage in conflict with courage, compassion and creativity believing that peace is found in the heart of conflict and that peace is always possible. www.childrenspeacetheatre.org

Factory Theatre
Factory Theatre devotes itself exclusively to producing Canadian plays.
www.factorytheatre.ca

Laidlaw Foundation
Foundation supports youth becoming fully engaged in the civic, social, economic and cultural life of diverse and environmentally healthy communities by providing funding support to youth run/related projects.
www.laidlawfdn.org

Mobile Jam Fest
Mobile Jam Fest is the world’s first international youth culture festival.
www.mobilejamfest.com

Nightwood Theatre Company
Nightwood Theatre forges creative alliances among women artists from diverse backgrounds in order to develop and produce innovative Canadian Theatre www.nightwoodtheatre.net

Ontario Arts Council
The OAC is the province of Ontario’s primary funding body for professional arts activity.
www.arts.on.ca

Paprika Festival
The Paprika Festival is an annual juried festival that seeds, develops and presents works of theatre written, devised, directed, performed, designed and stage managed by young artists under 21
www.paprikafestival.com

Queen West Arts Centre
An arts space located in western downtown for Toronto’s artistic community, QWAC rents space for rehearsals, presentations and classes to a number of community and arts based groups such as The Toronto Youth Theatre.
www.qwac.ca

Soulpepper Theatre Company
Soulpepper is an artist-founded, classical repertory company with a three-tiered mandate: to present history's great stories in vital Canadian interpretations, train the next generation of theatre artists and to enrich and inspire our community's youth through mentorship and access. www.soulpepper.ca

Summerworks
SummerWorks is now the Ontario's premier festival of cutting-edge, exciting, professional theatre. It is the breeding ground for the mainstage shows of the future and the hub for Toronto's most dynamic, dedicated theatre professionals.
www.summerworks.ca

Tarragon Theatre
The Tarragon is primarily a playwright's theatre. Its mandate is to develop, encourage and produce new work; to attract or train artists and technicians to interpret new work; and to inform and develop an audience for new work.
www.tarragontheatre.com

The Theatre Centre
The Theatre Centre aims to develop, create and promote exciting, interdisciplinary, innovative, accessible, high quality theatre through creative collaboration between artists, staff and community. www.theatrecentre.org

Theatre Direct
Our aim is to engage young people through compelling, inventive and uncompromising theatre. Our major area of focus is the development, production and presentation of Canadian plays, which provoke, challenge, question and empower our audience.
www.theatredirect.on.ca

Toronto Arts Council
Toronto Arts Council is an arm's length body that supports the development, accessibility and excellence of the arts in Toronto.Toronto Arts Council offers grants programs to the city's arts organizations and professional artists. www.torontoartscouncil.org

Toronto Arts Online
A great resource for current cultural events in Toronto. Browse by Neighborhood! www.torontoartsonline.org

The Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival
Toronto’s largest, unjuried theatre festival. Provides all artists, emerging and established, with the opportunity to produce their play no matter the content, form or style, and to make the event as affordable and accessible as possible for the members of the community.
www.fringetoronto.com

The Toronto Youth Theatre (TYT)
TYT is a registered charity that is dedicated to giving students the chance to work and perform in a professional theatre setting. www.torontoyouththeatre.org

URBAN ARTS
offers a range of activities designed to stimulate artistic creation at the grassroots level. Arts programs which focus on Theatre, Photography, Breakdancing, Community Advocacy, Poetry and Music.
www.urbanartstoronto.com

Apathy is Boring
Apathy is Boring is a national non-partisan project that uses art, media and technology to encourage active citizenry, outreaching to a broad demographic of youth about how to be more involved in their communities and the democratic process.
www.apathyisboring.com

Citizen Shift
Citizen Shift is an interactive platform where you can explore social issues through: films, photography, articles, blogs and podcasts. Focusing on a new theme every month, this is a space for you to engage with other activists and creative people and share your media.
citizen.nfb.ca/onf/info?spid=22

Do Something
Do Something is an online community where young people learn, listen, speak, vote, volunteer, ask, and take action to make the world a better place. www.dosomething.org

For Youth Initiative
FYI is a by youth for youth agency that uses popular culture to bring critical theory and social systemic change to the street.
www.foryouth.ca

Global Action Youth Network
GYAN is a youth-led organization that unites the efforts of young people working to improve our world. The Network connects many thousands of organizations in over 190 countries and a growing membership is now helping to shape the future direction of GYAN.
www.youthlink.org

Grassroots Youth Collaborative
The Grassroots Youth Collaborative (GYC) was formed in May 2004 to advocate for policies that empower young people to have a voice and contribute to their communities.
www.grassrootsyouth.ca

Oxfam International Youth Partnerships
OIYP is a global network of young people working with their communities to create positive, equitable and sustainable change.
www.iyp.oxfam.org

Peace Child International
Peace Child International empowers young people to take responsibility for peace, human rights and the environment through education, leadership development and direct participation in the events that shape our world community.
www.peacechild.org

Rescue Mission Canada
Rescue Mission Canada is an incorporated, non-profit organization empowering passionate, committed Canadian youth to take action on world issues, and supporting international cooperation through interaction and travel.
www.rescuemissioncanada.org

Schools Without Borders
SWB provides hands-on/project-based learning experiences for today's youth.
www.schoolswithoutborders.com

Shoot Nations
Shoot Nations is a joint partnership between Plan UK and Shoot Experience to encourage young people to express their thoughts on issues of power, control and participation through photography and drawings. Shoot Nations aims to use these art forms as tools of cross-cultural, language-free communication. www.shootnations.org

South Etobicoke Youth Assembly
A group of youth who work together to make their voices heard and make a positive difference in the community.   They organize events to showcase youth talents, creativity and ideas (ex. Ruckus), host workshops on leadership, teamwork, youth issues and create opportunities for experiential learning. www.lampchc.org/Programs-Services/seya.php

S.O.Y. (Support Our Youth)
Supporting Our Youth (SOY) is an exciting, dynamic community development project designed to improve the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and transgendered youth in Toronto through the active involvement of youth and adult communities. www.soytoronto.org

St. Stephen's Community House Youth Arcade Drop-in
The Arcade is a supportive environment that challenges youth to THINK and ACT critically within their communities. A positive, youth-driven space with a variety of programs including “Venus”, a multi-media project for young women. www.ststephenshouse.com/youth.shtml

Taking it Global
TIG is an online community that connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities. It's the world's most popular online community for young people interested in making a difference, with hundreds of thousands of unique visitors each month. www.takingitglobal.org

TYC (Toronto Youth Cabinet)
The TYC is a volunteer-based organization that is the official voice for youth at City Hall.
www.thetyc.ca

Youth Action Network/le reseau d'action jeunesse
The YAN is dedicated to helping youth become more informed and actively involved in order to move towards a just and sustainable society. We strongly believe in the ability of youth to affect change in the world. www.youthactionnetwork.org

YWCA Girls Programs
The YWCA offers programs exclusively for young women and girls that encourage them to speak out, get help, and learn. www.ywcatoronto.org/girls_family/be_girl.htm