Community validation sessions held with sector leaders

The Culture Plan team hosted three online validation sessions with the culture sector across Ottawa, bringing together nearly 100 community cultural leaders. These sessions provided an important opportunity to hear directly from participants and ensure the Culture Plan reflects the diversity, strength, and creativity of our city’s cultural ecosystem.

Ottawa is home to more than 900 cultural groups and thousands of artists whose work shapes the cultural life of our communities. The insights shared through these sessions help strengthen the direction of the Culture Plan and support ongoing collaboration across the sector.

A What We Learned report summarizing feedback from these sessions is available. This input continues to inform the next phase of work as the Culture Plan is refined, with the goal of bringing it forward to the new term of Council.

Thank you to all participants for sharing your insights and contributing to this stage of the Culture Plan. Your collaboration continues to guide and inspire this work.