Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we're kind of a unique organization in the world. We act as a developer. We develop both affordable housing for artist-led families as well as these community cultural hubs. We also act as a bit of an intermediary, working to build a shared vision and value between urban dev

Canadian Heritage committee  McConnell has supported some of our work, but there's not a direct parallel. There are other artist studio providers, like Cité des Artistes in Montreal, that are—

Canadian Heritage committee  —for specific projects, or are specifically focused on artists' studios. This is work that is trying to find the sweet spot between developers and the activists, policy, and philanthropy.

Canadian Heritage committee  We've made an organizational commitment to growing the practice of creative placemaking globally. Our ambition is to mainstream this practice over the next five years, working both within Canada and internationally. Within Canada, we teach a university course through the Univers

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much for inviting me to speak to you today. My name is Tim Jones, and I'm the CEO of Artscape in Toronto. I'm going to sort of make five recommendations to you today with respect to community cultural hubs, and I want to first start by thanking the government an