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Home / OpenAI Researcher Access Program

OpenAI Researcher Access Program

This section highlights our work supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, which was instrumental in advancing The Arts Incubator, along with our food security, cultural and creative entrepreneurship, and creative leadership mentorship programming. Through this program, we were able to explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in community-based research, generative AI for creative industries, and AI-powered tools for participatory storytelling, strategic planning, and program design.
Advancing Community Innovation and Creative Leadership with Support from the OpenAI Researcher Access Program
With access to cutting-edge AI research tools, including machine learning models, natural language processing, and generative design platforms, our team has deepened its capacity to lead innovation across the intersections of AI, the arts, and community resilience. The program has supported a new wave of youth-led initiatives, empowering participants to experiment with ethical AI, creative coding, digital storytelling, and AI-enhanced collaboration in the context of climate adaptation, food systems innovation, and Northern community development.

Artists learned how to use ChatGPT for creativity, collaboration, and efficiency in a practical AI workshop.
Workshops

An Introduction to ChatGPT

Artists learned how to use ChatGPT for creativity, collaboration, and efficiency in a practical AI workshop.
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Led by Jamie Bell from Art Borups Corners and The Arts Incubator Winnipeg, the “What the F&# is Vibe Coding?!?”* workshop introduced artists and creative professionals to the emerging concept of vibe coding — the fusion of emotion, intuition, and artificial intelligence in creative work. Through demonstrations of Google AI Studio and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Canvas, participants discovered how AI can serve as a collaborator in art-making, storytelling, and design. The session highlighted how these tools are reshaping the creative process, allowing artists to prototype ideas, experiment freely, and build digital experiences that reflect both human feeling and technological innovation.
Workshops

What the F&# is Vibe Coding?!?

Learning to use AI tools for the arts and community projects The “What the F&# is Vibe Coding?!?”* workshop was delivered on July 5, 2025 as…
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The dedication of recreation professionals makes moments like these possible. New technologies, including AI, offer promising ways to support these practitioners, freeing up time for direct community engagement and enhancing their ability to deliver impactful programs.

Northern Recreation Capacity and AI

How can AI can enhance recreation capacity, address workforce shortages, and drive innovation in community programs, aligning with the Framework for Recreation in Canada (2024…
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Rebuilding capacity in the wake of social disintegration and economic disruptions requires a comprehensive understanding of their unique challenges. This article explores the critical need to assess community needs through inclusive engagement methods, ensuring that recovery strategies are tailored to foster social cohesion and economic stability.

Building Foundations for Stronger Communities and Programs

In the wake of societal shifts and economic disruptions, many small and northern Canadian communities face unprecedented challenges.
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Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell

A long-time advocate for community-based arts and research, Jamie’s work has focused on fostering stronger relationships through outreach and engagement.
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Tony Eetak is an emerging youth artist and culture connector originally from Arviat, Nunavut and a founding member of the @1860 Winnipeg Arts collective. With a growing interest in photography, music and visual arts, Tony has been a dedicated volunteer for participatory arts events in his community, working for more than five years with organizations and projects including the Arviat Film Society, Global Dignity Canada, Inclusion in Northern Research, Our People, Our Climate and Niriqatiginnga. In 2021 he completed his first Creativity for Entrepreneurship online college course through University of Minnesota Duluth Continuing Education and with support from the UMD Cultural Entrepreneurship program. In June 2022 Tony presented some of his creative photography and experiences for the Auviqsaqtut Inuit Studies Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the Our People, Our Climate project and support from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. In 2023, Tony was a founding member of Niriqatiginnga, a Winnipeg-based non-profit program that explores arts-based and participatory approaches to addressing food security. Also, in 2023 Tony was named a National Role Model by the non-profit organization Global Dignity Canada.

Tony Eetak

Tony Eetak is an emerging youth artist and culture connector originally from Arviat, Nunavut and a founding member of Art Borups Corners and the @1860 Winnipeg Arts collective. 
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Nuclear Waste Management

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is inviting residents and land users in the area of Canada's proposed Deep Geological Repository for used nuclear fuel to participate in a Diet and Land-Use Survey. The information collected will help inform local perspectives as the project moves through the federal regulatory process.

The survey can be completed online or through an in-person interview at the Ignace Learn More Centre. It is open until September 7, 2026, and participants will have the opportunity to enter a draw to win one of twenty C$125 gift cards redeemable at local businesses.

ART BORUPS CORNERS SOCIETY

Art Borups Corners is a non-profit arts incubator based in Melgund Township, Northwestern Ontario. We bring artists, youth, and local residents together through hands-on creative projects, workshops, and storytelling rooted in everyday life in the North. Our focus is on making space for people to try things, share skills, and build confidence through art that grows out of where they live.


We’re also a place for testing ideas and working across different ways of making — from land-based practice to digital work and everything in between. Much of what we do happens through partnerships and shared projects, connecting local creative work with wider conversations while keeping things grounded, practical, and community-led.


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ESTABLISHED WITH FUNDING FROM

Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Logo

This program was seeded with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse program. This program allowed us to explore strategic arts innovation, capacity building and new technologies. Programming was also supported by the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program and the Province of Ontario. We thank them for their support.

PROGRAMMING SEEDED BY

Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program
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