Harbourfront Centre's core mission is to build a stronger city and country through creating understanding amongst diverse peoples.
Harbourfront Centre awarded 2008 Governance Award for Diversity, Maytree Foundation
"Toronto is the most culturally diverse city in the world, organizations and institutions should reflect the people they are serving."
Ratna Omidvar
Maytree Foundation President
We believe that cohesive communities are built through nurturing what we hold in common and in celebrating our differences. The Centre's mandate is to create an avenue of under- standing among our Canadian populations, who hail from around the globe, through the window of creative and cultural expression. Understanding each other through the way we express ourselves in music, art, theatre, craft, dance and more will ensure that we create a more cohesive city and country for the future. Harbourfront Centre's strategy for community engagement has a proven track record and continues to build bridges among the diverse communities that make up Toronto and Canada.
We help build communities through:
- Working closely with 450 volunteer based organizations each year to present their creativity to a broad based public.
- Engaging more than 2000 volunteers from all backgrounds, as active organizers. Linking diverse cultures together to encourage understanding of similarities and commonalities.
- Attracting the largest audiences of any public attraction, representative of the diverse demographic of Canada and the GTA.
- Exploring and celebrating the cultural backgrounds of populations from around the globe.
- Ensuring that the Centre’s activities are accessible to all through maintaining a free and open public site.
1 donation of $10,000 helps Harbourfront Centre initiate a community based cultural festival which will attract upwards of 75,000 people
1 donation of $25,000 will support extended outreach for our volunteer programme, engaging citizens from all backgrounds
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