ArtsBuild Ontario

10/14/2026

What’s next for cultural spaces in our cities? 🏢✨ Join us for SPRE 110: The Future of Social Purpose Real Estate — What’s Next?
Unlike our online webinars, SPRE 110 is an IN-PERSON panel discussion happening right here in Toronto!
This is a unique opportunity to get real-time, live back-and-forth engagement with sector leaders as we explore what the future holds for community-held and creative real estate. Bring your questions, ideas, and vision! 💬🙌

🗓 Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2026
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST
📍 Location: 163 Queen Street East (2nd Floor), Toronto, ON

🎙 Facilitator: Kendra Fry
🗣 Panelists: Denise Bolduc, Tonya Surman & Matti Siemiatycki
🎟 Space is limited for this live session! Register today at the link in our bio. 🔗🔗

10/12/2026

10/07/2026

Join us for SPRE 109, the next session in ArtsBuild Ontario’s Social Purpose Real Estate for Arts Spaces learning series!

Explore new perspectives, gain practical insights, and connect with conversations shaping the future of creative spaces.

Learn more and register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/government-and-advocacy-within-social-purpose-real-estate-tickets-1996642342996

09/30/2026

Today, ArtsBuild Ontario recognizes the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

We honour Residential School Survivors, their families and communities, and remember the children who never returned home.

Today is a time for reflection, learning and continued commitment to reconciliation.

09/29/2026

Coming up next week! 📅

Join us online for SPRE 108: Accessibility as a Core Design and Governance Principle and explore how accessibility can be embedded into the way we plan, design and operate our spaces.

October 6 | 1:00–2:30 p.m.

Register now: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1996640851535?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/24/2026

The rehearsal space at 44 Gaukel is open to the public and available for short-term rentals, whether you're an individual artist, performer, or creative group.

Need a space for your next rehearsal?

Learn more and book through www.artsbuildontario.ca/spaces/44gaukel/rehearsal-space-short-term-rental/

09/15/2026

✨ What’s next for Social Purpose Real Estate this Fall? ✨
Following today’s session, we’re excited to share the remaining lineup for our SPRE Learning Modules! Join sector leaders, advocates, and practitioners as we explore critical themes shaping the future of creative infrastructure:

SPRE 108: Accessibility as a Core Design and Governance Principle
🗓️ October 6, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT (Online)
💡 Exploring how accessibility goes beyond physical infrastructure to become a foundational practice in design, leadership, and governance.
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Facilitator: Sean Lee
​Panelists: Luke Anderson, Eliza Chandler, Yvonne Felix

🏛️ SPRE 109: Government and Advocacy within Social Purpose Real Estate
🗓️ November 3, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT (Online)
💡 Navigating municipal policies, public funding, and systemic advocacy to secure community-driven creative spaces.

​Facilitator: Kendra Fry
​Panelists: David Maggs, Janis Bomberry, Patti Pon

🔮 SPRE 110: The Future of SPRE: What’s Next?
🗓️ December 2, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EST (In-Person)
📍 Location: 163 Queen Street East, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON
💡 A forward-looking conversation on scaling social finance, sustainable models, and the evolution of social purpose real estate in Ontario.

​Facilitator: Kendra Fry
​Panelists: Denise Bolduc, Tonya Surman, Matti Siemiatycki

👉 Register for upcoming modules in our 🔗 in bio

09/08/2026

We’ve added three new webinars from the City of Toronto, Economic Development and Culture to our online resource library, offering practical insights for organizations developing and managing creative and cultural spaces.

📁 Capital Projects Panel Discussion
Explore key considerations for planning, budgeting, project management, and fundraising for capital construction projects.

📁 Creative & Cultural Hub Operating and Governance Models
Learn about collaborative operating and governance models from organizations across Canada, including Progress Lab, 221A, CSPACE, and PHI.

📁Property Management for Arts Spaces
Hear insights from Olga Schellenberg, Director of Community Services at ArtHubs Toronto, on property management for arts spaces.

These sessions offer practical insights and examples to help organizations navigate the challenges and opportunities of developing sustainable creative and cultural spaces. Find them on ABO’s website www.artsbuildontario.ca/learning/webinars/ and explore our other resources!

09/04/2026

Less than two weeks to go!

In collaboration with The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University, we are excited to launch the SPRE Arts Space Lab on September 18.

The SPRE Arts Space Lab is an 8-week hybrid Certificate program for arts leaders across Ontario navigating the challenges of creating and sustaining creative spaces. Participants will explore real estate, funding, sustainability, equity and advocacy while developing a Space Vision Plan and Pitch Deck for their organization.

And there’s still time to join us! 80% bursary funding is now available, reducing the $500 program fee by $400.

Learn more, register and apply for bursary funding through https://learn.artsbuildontario.ca/.

This project is made possible with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.

09/03/2026

Meet the panelists for SPRE 107: Indigenous Relationships to Land and Cultural Spaces.
Join facilitator Christine Friday alongside panelists Bonnie Couchie, Don Kavanaugh and David R. Maracle for a conversation exploring Indigenous relationships to land, cultural spaces, community wellbeing and social purpose real estate

📅 September 15, 2026

🕐 1:00–2:30 p.m.

💻 Online

Register now to join the conversation through https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/indigenous-relationships-to-land-and-cultural-spaces-tickets-1995078857569.