What is ECO-STAR North?
A Framework for Decolonizing Northern Innovation and Building Data Sovereign Creative Economies Across the vast, culturally rich landscapes of Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario and the broader…
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Ontario Arts Council
The Arts Incubator, in partnership with the Art Borups Corners Collective, is proud to deliver innovative programming that strengthens Northern and Northwestern Ontario arts. With the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council, these initiatives bring mentorship, workshops, digital arts, and land-based practices to communities including Borups Corners, Dyment, Dryden, Ignace, Thunder Bay and Ottawa.
We are deeply grateful to the Ontario Arts Council for their ongoing investment in the creativity and resilience of artists across Northern Ontario. Their support makes it possible for the Arts Incubator to connect local and Indigenous voices, nurture emerging talent, and build sustainable opportunities that reflect the realities of rural and remote communities.
E is for Environment
How can your project honour the land, the water, and the air it depends on?
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C is for Customer
When you genuinely put the Customer at the center of your universe, every decision becomes clearer.
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O is for Opportunity
If your idea is a seed, Opportunity is understanding the entire landscape where it might grow
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S is for Solutions
Understanding the ECO-STAR North Methodology for Innovation Alright, this is it—the big idea! The 'Solution' is the tangible 'what' of any project. It's your well-crafted…
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T is for Team
Understanding the ECO-STAR North Methodology for Innovation No hero completes their quest alone, and no great idea is built by a single person. The 'Team'…
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R is for Results
How will you know if you’ve succeeded? Results are how you measure the impact of your work.
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Our Work is to Reshape the Space
Our work must begin with a critical reading of the spaces we seek to change. Who designed this space? For whom? Who feels safe here,…
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We Begin with the Land.
All Innovation is an Act of Place-Making Before the first line of code is written, before the first brushstroke is made, before the business plan…
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