Ontario ’s Cultural Attractions Offer Family Fun This season
Holiday Schedule Includes Music, Exhibitions And Interactive Activities For Kids And Adults

QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario ’s cultural attractions are offering a wide selection of festive activities and programs to entertain kids and adults during the winter holiday. [Read the full news release]

Foreign Cultural Objects Immunity from Seizure Act (FCOISA)

Are you an Ontario-based museum, art gallery or other cultural institution borrowing works of art from a foreign lender?

Do those works require protection from seizure while on display in Ontario?

You may qualify for protection under FCOISA.
Follow this link to find out more and to download an application form.

• Application Guidelines for Determination under the Foreign Cultural Objects Immunity From Seizure Act (FCOISA)
• Application for Determination under the Foreign Cultural Objects Immunity From Seizure Act
• Statutory Declaration in the matter of the Foreign Cultural Objects Immunity From Seizure Act

CULTURE MINISTER PROMOTES ONTARIO’S CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND ARTISTS
Ontario Submission Supports Ontario’s Creative Industries And Promotes Canadian Content

December 4, 2006, TORONTO — A delegation led by Ontario Minister of Culture Caroline Di Cocco today urged the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) for incentives to help Ontario’s creative industry move toward high definition and other emerging technologies.

[Read the full news release]
[Read the submission]

Visit the McMichael Canadian Art Collection

Discover a stimulating array of programs and events for people of all ages at the McMichael.

Italian Arts & Design: The 20th Century
At the ROM Until January 7, 2007

Viva Italia! Learn how the passione got into Pucci, the bella into Bulgari and the va-va-voom into Vespa. This stunning exhibition explores the diverse and complex ways that architects, artists and designers saw, interpreted and represented industrial society in Italy throughout the twentieth century. Visit the Royal Ontario Museum

The Ontario Heritage Tool Kit is a series of educational guides that explain the Ontario Heritage Act, the Planning Act, the Historic Places Initiative, and related programs.

The tool kit is designed to help municipal Councils, municipal staff, Municipal Heritage Committees, land use planners, heritage professionals, heritage organizations, property owners, and others understand the heritage conservation process in Ontario.