Recent Advocacy Initiatives

MANO/RAMO is the voice of the Ontario media arts sector! It is our role to advocate for improved working conditions, funding equity, and opportunities for media artists across the province and to raise awareness and understanding of the media arts.

We are just beginning our work in shaping the future of Ontario's media arts sector. Make sure your voice is heard and that the issues you are concerned about are on the agenda. Please contact us (can we make "contact us" a hotlink) with any advocacy issues you would like to bring to our attention or campaigns that we can promote to our membership.

May 19 — Sustaining Collectives and Emerging Organizations in the Arts

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As part of an ongo­ing series of dis­cus­sions respond­ing to the needs of arts groups in the COVID-19 cri­sis the Media Arts Net­work of Ontario part­nered with Crit­i­cal Dis­tance Cen­tre for Cura­tors to host con­ver­sa­tions with emerg­ing arts orga­ni­za­tions and col­lec­tives. This open let­ter pro­pos­es a pro­gram to address one of the core issues iden­ti­fied […] Read More

Statement of Solidarity – On the Payment of Artists

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Since mid-March 2020 MANO has been meet­ing with mem­ber orga­ni­za­tions and media arts groups from across Cana­da to dis­cuss the impacts of the COVID-19 cri­sis. This work includes numer­ous sub-com­mit­tees and affin­i­ty groups address­ing spe­cif­ic issues, the clar­i­fi­ca­tion of pay scales for the dis­sem­i­na­tion of artists work online has been one group. This state­ment of sol­i­dar­i­ty […] Read More

Call for Proposals – Documenting Cuts

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Dead­line: Mon­day July 29th, 2019 The Media Arts Net­work of Ontario (MANO) is call­ing for pro­pos­als from Ontario artists for a com­mis­sion of short video works for online dis­sem­i­na­tion. These short videos will look at the impacts of provin­cial gov­ern­ment cuts to var­i­ous sec­tors in Ontario such as arts and cul­ture, legal aid, or edu­ca­tion. These […] Read More

ODSP and Arts Grants Questionnaire

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ODSP Action Coali­tion, Media Arts Net­work Of Ontario, Work­man Arts, ACTRA Toron­to, and Tan­gled Art + Disability ODSP and Arts Grants Questionnaire Are you an artist and a recip­i­ent of ODSP? We need your help!  The ODSP Action Coali­tion, Media Arts Net­work Of Ontario, Work­man Arts, ACTRA Toron­to, and Tan­gled Art + Dis­abil­i­ty are work­ing togeth­er […] Read More

Cultural Platforms and Responses to Questions from MANO/RAMO Regarding the June 12, 2014 Ontario Election

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On May 8, 2014 MANO/RAMO sent a let­ter request­ing details from four par­ties run­ning in the upcom­ing Ontario elec­tion. Respons­es were received from the Ontario Lib­eral Par­ty, the Ontario NDP, and the Ontario PC Par­ty; the Green Par­ty of Ontario did not respond. Below are the ques­tions sent to each par­ty. The let­ters are attached: Let­ter […] Read More