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Now You Know brings you real Toronto experiences from some of our most influential and impactful voices, reflecting the breadth and diversity of Toronto’s creative and cultural industries.

Sculpting, photography, and illustration, Briony Douglas does it all while finding ways to advocate for meaningful causes through her work.

A multifaceted artist and activist, Sarain Fox is working to amplify the narratives of Indigenous peoples — as told in their own voices.

Kairo McLean, the youngest JUNO reggae nominee to date, draws inspiration from the genre’s lasting themes of love and peace — then puts his own spin on it. But, even as he’s being recognized on Canada’s biggest stage, Kairo still manages to be a Toronto kid.

While the country currently commemorates National Indigenous History Month, multimedia artist Jay Soule’s Indigenous pop art shines light on Settler Canada’s atrocities — past and present — all year long.

As she oversees the vision of Toronto Fringe, executive director Lucy Eveleigh is tasked with simultaneously maintaining the theatre festival’s original mandate of accessibility and redefining what that means today.

Internationally renowned Edward Burtynsky has devoted his career to documenting how our insatiable desire for consumption impacts our environment. Burtynsky's most ambitious project takes him into uncharted territory as a visual artist to illustrate the devastation's increased sense of urgency.

Already an international celebration of arts and ideas, Luminato is now expanding in a different way as festival artistic director, Naomi Campbell, looks to engage geographical and cultural communities beyond the downtown hub.

To reprise her Broadway role in Toronto’s onstage version of Harry Potter, Sara Farb is back in the city that raised her. It’s an opportunity to not only look ahead at the trajectory of Canadian theatre but also to reflect on the role it’s played in her career.

Filmmaker Charles Officer has travelled the world, but his devotion to telling Toronto’s untold stories, and his dedication to community, proves there’s no place like home.

Fifteen Dogs, a Crow’s Theatre production, is much more than a canine adventure set in Toronto. It asks the profound question: If dogs were given humanity’s intelligence, would they be happier than us?

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