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Since the time of publishing in June 2021, investigations have revealed an estimated 7,403 unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools. The information below was updated as of June 1, 2021.

Earlier this month, we learned of 215 stolen lives. Today we have learned of 751 more. Each an undocumented loss. It is time to face the ongoing realities of colonization.

If you need support please reach out to the  Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line , available 24/7: 1-866-925-4419 .

If you want to support please donate to  the Indian Residential School Survivors Society  and sign the petition for a national day of mourning: https://www.change.org/p/justin-trudeau-call-for-a-national-day-of-mourning-for-the-lost-children-of-residential-school


If you would like to learn more about the history of residential schools in Canada and the ongoing realities of colonization please visit:

Improving onboarding in the arts: research and guidelines for arts organizations

By laterskatersgang • October 10, 2023
In the spring of 2022, Canadian Stage and Luminato invited Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO) to gather information related to production processes and practices for onboarding artists, artistic directors and those who support artists. Luminato and Canadian Stage invited CPAMO to conduct research, focus groups, interviews and document review on an international […]

How To Festival: Luminato 2023

By laterskatersgang • June 6, 2023
Start your summer with a bang: Luminato Festival Toronto begins June 7! Experience Luminato Festival Toronto June 7 – 18 with art and culture across the city. This year, we explore ideas centered around the importance of home. Through heartfelt cultural stories in the form of street art, opera, theatre, visual art, and music, we […]
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Luminato’s Holiday Gift Guide

By laterskatersgang • December 1, 2022
The holiday season is upon us and we’re gearing up for all the gift giving and shopping that will ensue in the following weeks. Are you dreading the massive lines and crowds in malls and shopping centers? So are we, that’s why we curated a unique list of gift items for any and every arts […]
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A Glimpse of Luminato 2023

By laterskatersgang • November 22, 2022
Today we’re thrilled to share our first installment of the 2023 festival program featuring exceptional productions coming to the stage from June 7th to June 18th, 2023. With two world premieres, a new vision for a seldom seen opera, a rare revival of a seminal dance work and a hit from the touring circuit, June’s […]

An Important Announcement from Luminato’s Artistic Director, Naomi Campbell

By laterskatersgang • October 19, 2022
Cover photo of Naomi Campbell, Artistic Director (left) and Celia Smith, CEO (right) by Cassandra Popescu. Naomi Campbell has decided that Luminato’s 2023 festival will be her final festival as our Artistic Director. For over a decade, Naomi Campbell has been part of Luminato and this June will mark her fifth year as the Artistic […]
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Visual Artist Katharine Harvey Explores a New Medium with Drone Performances

By laterskatersgang • October 14, 2022
What if great art could come to life, defy gravity, and fly through the sky? That’s exactly what Katharine Harvey is bringing to Toronto’s skyline in Turning in the Light, an artwork that will be presented at Light Up Downsview: A Drone Performance by Katharine Harvey on November 12, 2022.  Katharine Harvey is a contemporary Canadian […]
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The Slaight Family Foundation Commits $15M to Rejuvenate Theatre Companies

By laterskatersgang • September 28, 2022
Banner image of Jeremy Dutcher performing in Biziindan! Luminato 2019 by Jeremy Mimnagh. Supported by Slaight Music. Thank you to our long-term supporter, Gary Slaight and the Slaight Family Foundation, for your $15M transformational gift to support theatres and artists recovering from pandemic closures. We’re honoured to be in the company of incredible Canadian theatre […]
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Aminatta Forna on Toni Morrison

By laterskatersgang • June 13, 2022
“The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn’t shaped properly so you have scientists […]

Truth in Timbre: On Reading Toni Morrison- Kerry Clare

By laterskatersgang • June 10, 2022
It’s only been in the last few years that I’ve started to read the novels of Toni Morrison— Beloved, Sula, Jazz, and just recently her debut The Bluest Eye—and for me, this has been a process of becoming, of watching the possibilities of literature unfolding. Mesmerizing, and also disorientating. I’ve found understanding these novels to […]
The luminato festival is taking place in toronto from june 9 to 19.

How To Festival: Luminato 2022

By laterskatersgang • June 8, 2022
Long days. Warm nights. It’s summer in Toronto and Luminato 2022 is here! We could not be more excited to reignite the city with 11 days of music, dance, theatre, art, literature, and much more. There is so much to see and do across the city region. Here is your guide to your best Luminato experience. Kick […]
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