Here are some great events happening in Ontario, Canada:
- Most events are FREE
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S.P.O.T. – Art and Technology Centre: Official opening of youth centre in Malvern community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada-
Staff and local youth leaders will join Councillor Raymond Cho (Ward 42 Scarborough-Rouge River) and members of the community on Wednesday to officially open the Art and Technology Centre, known as the SPOT (Success, Power, Opportunity, Teamwork), with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on:
Wednesday, June 5
Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Remarks: 11 a.m.
Location: The S.P.O.T., Malvern Public Library, 30 Sewells Rd. (North of Neilson Rd and Sheppard Ave E.)
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The 350-square-metre (3,770-square-foot) S.P.O.T. centre is a Youth Challenge Fund legacy initiative created in partnership with the City of Toronto, the Toronto Public Library, East Metro Youth Services (as operator of the ProTech Media Centre – funded by Microsoft and Renewed Computer Technology) and United Way Toronto
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The Centre boasts a performance space, recording studio, media lab, and programming space
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The S.P.O.T., “a youth-led initiative, serves as a safe place where young people between the ages of 14 to 25 can develop their creative voice while acquiring skills for long-term individual and community success“
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Contact info:
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Email: info@malvernspot.ca
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Phone: 647 225 7708
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This video presents “Algonquin Pow Wow,Pikwakanagan First Nation of Golden Lake, Ontario”:
- Pikwakanagan First Nation of Golden lake, Ontario, Canada
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Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership’s image: Pow Wows
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Experience Ontario Aboriginal Tourism Destinations
- Summer destinations involving Aboriginal culture, customs and traditions include:
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Taste traditional foods such as bannock, corn soup or blueberry tea in Ottawa
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Experience Manitoulin Island’s majestic scenery on horseback while an Anishnaabe guide shares the legends of the land
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Go for a hike and wonder at the mysteries of ancient petroglyphs carved into marble rock face hundreds of years ago just northeast of Peterborough.
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In downtown Toronto, view beautiful pieces of Inuit art in a setting that evokes the Arctic landscape
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Canoe Temagami’s ancestral waterways and take photographs of loons, beavers and moose.
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In Midland, time travel to a reconstructed Iroquoian longhouse and learn about Ontario’s earliest European settlers and the Huron Wendat People.
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Watch a moving spectacle of drums and swirling colours at summertime powwow celebrations across the province
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- Did you know?
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“Ontario” stems from a Huron word “Onatari:io,” meaning beautiful lake
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The top five Aboriginal languages spoken in Ontario are Ojibway, Oji-Cree, Cree, Inuktitut and Mohawk
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In 2011, Ontario tourism brought in over $23 billion and supported more than 300,000 direct and indirect jobs
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Get a copy of the “Aboriginal Culture in Ontario” brochure at an Ontario Travel Information Centre
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Learn about more Aboriginal tourism destinations at ontariotravel.net/aboriginal
- Summer destinations involving Aboriginal culture, customs and traditions include:
This video presents “Classic Vacations – Ontario Tourism”:
- A video ” showing the beautiful and alluring province of Ontario, Canada”
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Tourism Day: Friday June 7
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As a kick-off to Tourism Week (June 10-16), Yonge/Dundas Square (Toronto) will be “abuzz with live activity showcasing some of the fantastic things to do in Ontario this summer“
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Find out about summer theatre, trails, friendly cities, resorts, RVing, parks for camping, outdoor adventures, festivals and events, and attractions
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Have a chance to meet a Blue Jay player and throw a pitch
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Meet the characters from the Wizard of Oz (Dorothy, Tin Man, Lion, Scarecrow, and Toto) and lots more
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Breakfast Television will be on-hand from 6:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. to help celebrate tourism in Ontario and give out lots of prizes
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Activities will continue throughout the day till 3:00 p.m.
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Don’t miss your opportunity to win one of 4 grand prizes and lots of giveaways throughout the day
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“Post-Oil City – The History of the City’s Future” Multimedia Exhibition: ends on July 31, 2013
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Exhibition, film program and talks around shrinking footprints at:
Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON
FREE admission
Phone: 1 416 596 7670
Email: office@toronto.goethe.org
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- Opening hours: Mon – Fri 9am–5pm, Sat 8am–4pm, Sun & holidays 10am–4pm
- “The exhibition “Post-Oil City: The History of the City’s Future,” as well as the accompanying catalogue edited by ARCH+, present innovative projects in Asia, Africa, and America that address urgent questions: How will the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy affect the process of urban planning and the city? How will the use of renewable energies affect urban metabolism and the politics of sustainability and mobility?“
- A collaboration between IfA (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations) and ARCH+ (Journal for Architecture and Urbanism)
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The exhibition has been touring Stuttgart, Berlin, Vienna, Tokyo, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, New Delhi and Bangalore
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Curated and edited by Nikolaus Kuhnert and Anh-Linh Ngo
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Part of the Goethe-Institut‘s focus on City+Climate
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- Please click her for more info about the “Post-Oil City – The History of the City’s Future” Multimedia Exhibition
City of Toronto Contact Info
Phone within Toronto city limits: 311
Phone outside city limits: 416-392-CITY (2489)
(can be used within Toronto if you can’t reach 311)
TTY customers: 416-338-0TTY (0889)
Fax: 416-338-0685
E-mail: 311@toronto.ca
If your matter is urgent, please call them. They are open 24/7.
Always call 911 for emergencies.
Enjoy!
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- Nikon Canada is the Official Camera Partner for Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival May 2013 (One grand prize winner of the Field of Vision Photo Contest will be selected by public community voting on their website from June 7 to 14, 2013)
- You’re Invited: Toronto’s Great Events May 18 – 21 and Victoria Day May 20, 2013 (Heritage Toronto Tours April – October 2013)
- You’re Invited: Spring & Green Events in Ontario May 10 – 12, 2013 (ROMwalks May 1, 2013 – October 20, 2013)