Thank you to everyone who cast their vote to support a project through the Volunteer Endowment Trust. The results are in! 85 votes were cast, and we’re thrilled to share that AGO volunteers chose to fund ongoing research and exhibition support for The Montgomery Collection of Caribbean Photographs The Montgomery Collection is an incredible project, […]

Thank you to Prints & Drawings volunteers Susan Davidson, who sent along this recommendation for free learning resources, (click here) recently launched by the University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies. We like the looks of The University Lecture Series (offered on Demand), in particular: Toronto Through the Lens of Public Sculpture and Art & […]

For those of you who missed our recent AGO Volunteers Connector call with Stephan, we recorded the talk for you to listen to at your own leisure. We really appreciated Stephan’s candour and transparency in sharing his insights on this strange time. With that in mind, please note that this is an exclusive AGO volunteers […]

Hello everybody! Do you feel it? The crisp cool mornings and evenings of a slowly encroaching late summer dare I say early Fall?!? For many this is a long awaited time of cooler temperatures, sharpened pencils and the smell of autumnal leaves. For others (such as myself) the school anxiety and the loss of the […]

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Mindfulness workshop last week, as part of the AGO Volunteers Connector series, skillfully lead by Volunteer Council Member Barbara Glaser, and Gallery Guide (and expert facilitator!) Anne Hart. They’ve put together a resource list we’re sharing here (see also the Full list emailed earlier last week) and […]

Dear Everyone, I think that is safe to say that the past five and a half months have been nothing like any of us have ever experienced. It has been a time of tremendous uncertainty. There are lots of unknowns except for one thing – the pandemic is not yet over.  Since March, most of […]

Hello Everyone, We’re ending this week on a glorious summer day. I hope everyone is making the most of summer. Last week, my family and I went on a quintessential Canadian road trip to Ottawa and then Quebec City. We visited the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa (and saw former staff member and current […]

Hello Volunteers, We’re thrilled to be co-leading this Volunteer Connector Zoom call, focused on Mindfulness. We will start with discussion, a short meditation and a creative mindfulness exercise! As part of the creative exercise, if you’d like to participate, please bring with you to our call: A sketchbook, or 2 large pieces of paper, a […]

On Wednesday, August 12th at 5pm there will be a an exclusive volunteer-led talk with our Director and CEO, Stephan Jost! To join this week’s Volunteer Connector zoom call, simply click on this link: https://klick.zoom.us/j/96143710048?pwd=VUE3K2tJVXdTOWJqdEt3SjF4bXk2Zz09 at 5pm on Wednesday, August 12th (you cannot register in advance – just click on the link to join.) If you can’t connect directly by clicking on this link, […]

Hello Volunteers, You’ll recall earlier this year (March 2020), the Volunteer Council conducted an online vote, allowing volunteers to choose a project to support with our Volunteer Endowment Trust funds (more details below). The Gallery’s closure due to co-vid 19 interrupted our vote. The pandemic has also altered the Gallery’s timelines, so we’ve updated our […]