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Hamilton Spectator
6 days ago
- Hamilton Spectator
August long weekend: Here's how to Explore Ontario museums for less (or free) with the Canada Strong Pass
If you're making plans for your August long weekend, some museums and galleries in Ontario can now be visited for free or at a reduced cost this summer with the newly introduced Canada Strong Pass. The Canada Strong Pass , which became available on June 20, allows Canadians to visit 'some of the country's most iconic places' for free and at discounted admissions, with perks set to go on until Sept. 2. According to , the pass isn't a physical one that you need to purchase, sign up for, or collect. All you need to do is visit any participating Parks Canada site, museum, gallery, or VIA Rail to instantly benefit from its perks. This is available to all visitors, whether you're a Canadian citizen, resident or visiting from abroad, and acts as an 'invitation to experience Canada's cultural and natural richness.' The discounts cover your admission, however, some participating sites that include guided tours or special rates may come at an additional cost. A post shared by Art Gallery of Ontario (@agotoronto) Apart from Parks Canada and VIA Rail perks that were previously revealed, a number of museums and galleries will offer free admission for children and teens aged 17 and under, and a 50 per cent discount for young adults aged 18 to 24. The Canada Strong Pass applies to all national museums, as well as participating provincial and territorial museums and galleries. Here are the museums and galleries in Ontario that you can enjoy these perks at until Sept. 2. A post shared by Royal Ontario Museum (@romtoronto) If you meet the eligibility requirements, your general admission will be free or at 50 per cent off. Museums reserve the right to request proof of age upon admission. Tickets can be purchased or reserved online and in person. Due to space limits, be sure to check directly with the museum or gallery you have chosen before planning your visit.
Calgary Herald
17-07-2025
- Calgary Herald
Canada Strong Pass expands to save you money at even more museums and galleries
Children and young adults will be able to visit many more museums and galleries for free or at a discounted rate this summer — thanks to the Canada Strong Pass. Article content On Thursday, the Government of Canada announced that 86 provincial and territorial museums, galleries and botanical gardens will now be participating in the program. Article content Article content These institutions will offer free admission for children aged 17 and under and 50 per cent off admission fees for youth aged 18 to 24. The Art Gallery of Ontario and Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria and Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax are just a few of the latest additions. Article content Article content The same discounts apply for national museums as well. Article content Article content The Canada Strong Pass was first launched on June 20 and also provides free admission for all visitors to national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas across the country until Sept. 2. Article content In addition, the pass includes a 25 per cent discount on camping fees at Parks Canada sites. Via Rail tickets are also free for kids 17 and under, when accompanied by an adult, and 25 per cent cheaper for young adults between the ages of 18 and 24. Article content 'It has been about a month since Canadian families began exploring our country with the Canada Strong Pass. I welcome the enthusiastic response of provincial and territorial governments in joining this initiative at a time we need to be united and strong,' Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture Steven Guilbeault said in a news release. Article content Article content 'Museums are where stories are told, art is preserved, and traditions live on. They help shape our understanding of history and culture. I invite all Canadians to choose Canada this summer and enjoy the benefits of the Pass until Sept. 2,' he continued. Article content The best part of the Canada Strong Pass is you don't need to do anything. There's no physical pass to buy or complicated registration hurdles. Just show up at select attractions and enjoy the benefits. The Pass is open to everyone in Canada – whether you're born here or just visiting.
Vancouver Sun
17-07-2025
- Vancouver Sun
Canada Strong Pass expands to save you money at even more museums and galleries
Children and young adults will be able to visit many more museums and galleries for free or at a discounted rate this summer — thanks to the Canada Strong Pass . On Thursday, the Department of Canadian Heritage announced that 86 provincial and territorial museums, galleries and botanical gardens will now be participating in the program. These institutions will offer free admission for children aged 17 and under and 50 per cent off admission fees for youth aged 18 to 24. The Art Gallery of Ontario and Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria and Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax are just a few of the latest additions. The same discounts apply for national museums as well. Plan your next getaway with Travel Time, featuring travel deals, destinations and gear. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Travel Time will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. The Canada Strong Pass was first launched on June 20 and also provides free admission for all visitors to national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas across the country until Sept. 2. In addition, the pass includes a 25 per cent discount on camping fees at Parks Canada sites. Via Rail tickets are also free for kids 17 and under, when accompanied by an adult, and 25 per cent cheaper for young adults between the ages of 18 and 24. 'It has been about a month since Canadian families began exploring our country with the Canada Strong Pass. I welcome the enthusiastic response of provincial and territorial governments in joining this initiative at a time we need to be united and strong,' Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture Steven Guilbeault said in a news release. 'Museums are where stories are told, art is preserved, and traditions live on. They help shape our understanding of history and culture. I invite all Canadians to choose Canada this summer and enjoy the benefits of the Pass until Sept. 2, ' he continued. The best part of the Canada Strong Pass is you don't need to do anything. There's no physical pass to buy or complicated registration hurdles. Just show up at select attractions and enjoy the benefits. The Pass is open to everyone in Canada – whether you're born here or just visiting. Visit Canada Strong Pass for more information and a list of participating museums and galleries.
Toronto Star
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
She's one of the most important artists Canada has ever produced — the AGO pays tribute to Toronto's Joyce Wieland
Starting next week, the Art Gallery of Ontario will pay tribute to one of Canada's great visionaries, an artist who not only became the first living woman to receive a solo exhibition at the AGO but whose ashes are buried just steps from the museum in Grange Park. 'Heart On' celebrates Joyce Wieland, who was born in Toronto in 1930, and worked and lived in the city for much of her life. She received her solo exhibition at the AGO in 1987 and died in 1998, just shy of her 68th birthday.
CBC
08-05-2025
- CBC
Group of Seven painting 'comes home' to Cape Breton in recognition of miners' struggle
A 100-year-old painting by Group of Seven artist Lawren Harris is on exhibition now in Sydney, N.S., just in time for the anniversary of the event that led to the killing of coal miner William Davis. The famous painting is called Miners' Houses, Glace Bay and the exhibition's official opening was May 2 at the Eltuek Arts Centre. Melissa Kearney, the centre's artistic director, told Information Morning Cape Breton she was awestruck when she first saw the piece at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2016. "[My] first instinct was everybody back home has to see this painting, because it so quite literally stops you in your tracks in its significance of this place and our history and the images, the symbolism, the icon of company houses and it being on the edge. Everything from the lighting to the homes themselves just screams Cape Breton Island." Miners' Houses, Glace Bay is on loan from the Art Gallery of Ontario until June 28. It's got its own exhibition space in the centre, which is a refurbished convent that dates back to 1885. Kearney said the painting represents Harris's final depiction of an urban industrial scene before his shift to northern landscapes. Harris was in Cape Breton reporting for the Toronto Star newspaper during a lengthy coal miners' strike in 1925 and was inspired to start the painting here, before returning to his studio in Toronto to finish it. "In his career, [Harris] felt so bent and moved by what he saw that I think that was a breaking point for him as an artist and so [it is an] extremely significant painting for Canadians and especially for us," Kearney said. After Harris left but before the strike was over, miner William Davis was shot and killed by mining company police. The event is recognized across the province every June 11 as William Davis Miners' Memorial Day. Kearney, whose grandfathers and great-grandfathers were miners, said the painting evokes a number of themes. She said the houses can, at first glance, appear to be gravestones on the edge of a cliff, a sight that's not uncommon on Cape Breton Island. She said it's also reminiscent of the old coal mining life. The painting is devoid of people, but Kearney said she assumes they are all working, either in the homes or in the mines underground. Kevin Edwards, a member of the Men of the Deeps coal miners' choir and a former miner himself, saw the painting for the first time at the opening and said he was amazed. He said one of the choir's goals is to maintain the history and culture of those who worked underground — the life-and-death struggles of the industrial way of life — and the painting serves a similar purpose. "For me, it has a very eerie, subtle feel to it, knowing the background and the history of it. It means so much not only to the coal mining industry, but to the labour movement and basically human rights," Edwards said. "That single event back in 1925, Bill Davis and others were injured or killed and maimed … and it meant so much, but they had the courage and the strength to go and to stand up against the police and the hired goons … and it's very, very meaningful." Lachlan MacKinnon, a history professor at Cape Breton University, said the painting helps tell the story of the coal miners' strike and Davis's death and the impact on the labour movement. "That was a really important moment in our island's history, because of the way that local workers, local coal miners and their families came together to challenge the ways that they were being exploited by their employer at the time," he said. The painting may appear bleak to some, but it portrays much more and still resonates, even though the coal mines closed in 2001, MacKinnon said. "In a sense, you see the kind of the starkness of the moment. It evokes that sense of poverty, of exploitation, of sort of living on the edge in a way, which certainly the coal communities in the 1920s were," he said. "On the other hand, I think that there's something that evokes solidarity. The images of the houses, their similarities one with one another, the way that they're crowded together and sort of the vibrant colours, I think evokes sort of a sense of togetherness, of drawing close and sort of resiliency, which I think resounds quite well in a place like Cape Breton, where those values and those ideas continued long after 1925 and indeed after the closure of the mines altogether."
