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Please see the following release from Keith Beecroft, Public Health Promoter at Peterborough Public Health, shared on Friday, March 11: “Good afternoon everyone – We hope that your Friday is off to an uneventful start and the prospect of a restful weekend is on the horizon for you. Before jumping into the updates, we wanted […]

COVID-19 Health Regulations Loosening, Local Arts Events, New Research, Grant Grant Deadlines, and More Hello Everyone, It’s March, and as days start to get longer and temperatures start to rise, we are also seeing perhaps the most dramatic loosening of COVID-19 restrictions since the beginning of the pandemic, as the Government of Ontario ends (at […]

Help is Available! Hello Everyone, As the seemingly never-ending winter and pandemic drag on, we are hearing from artists, arts administrators, and board members alike that they are beyond weary, stressed out, burnt out and anxious. That’s a tough climate to make art in, and we all need art more than ever. So, EC3 has […]

Featuring Artists, Events, Organizations, And Social Justice Resources Hello Everyone, Every February, people and organizations across Canada participate in Black History Month. It’s an opportunity to focus on the legacy and contributions of Black Canadians in our society. The theme for Black History Month 2022 is “February and Forever: Celebrating Black History today and every […]

COVID-19 Health Regulations Loosening, New Research Projects, Local Home Viewing, Grant Deadlines, and More Hello Everyone, Between COVID-19 shutdowns, school closures, winter storms, and pandemic illnesses, it’s been a challenging start to 2022! Thankfully, we’ve made it through January, and starting today, public health restrictions are beginning to ease, and many arts and culture organizations […]

New Restrictions and Expanded Benefit Programs Hello Everyone, We once again find ourselves starting a new year with rising COVID-19 infection numbers and increasingly restrictive public health regulations, resulting in many arts and culture organizations closing their doors or reducing capacity, and many employed in our industry with canceled gigs and reduced hours. Thankfully, these […]

Open Call for Peterborough’s Biennial Multidisciplinary Arts Festival Hello Everyone, EC3 is very excited to announce the return of Artsweek, which will be taking place June 10 to 18, 2022. Artsweek is Peterborough’s “festival of the arts” – an extravaganza of music, literary and spoken word arts, puppetry and kid’s programming, media arts, visual arts, […]

With Links to Video Recordings, PowerPoint Presentations, and More Hello Everyone, Thank you to everyone who came out to There’s a New Law in Town: the Ontario Not-for-profit Corporations Act (ONCA), the two-part webinar for nonprofit corporations and groups considering nonprofit incorporation, which EC3 co-presented with Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) and their staff lawyer […]

Government COVID-19 Relief Program Extensions, Recent Research, EC3 Programming, Grant Deadlines, and More Hello Everyone, It’s the end of November, and the countdown to the holidays has begun. It’s a busy time in the arts, with more and more arts programming returning to in-person gatherings, combined with the rush to get things done before the […]

Upcoming Webinar On Not-for-profit Law, And EC3’s Annual General Meeting Hello Everyone, As we move through November, EC3 is excited to announce (and invite you) to two upcoming events: our Annual General Meeting is happening on December 2, and EC3 is hosting a Two-Part Webinar on not-for-profit incorporation and the new ONCA legislation on November […]