The National and International Touring Programme consists of touring major and modest exhibition projects to venues in Canada as well as the United States and overseas in historical and contemporary art.

William Kurelek, one of Canada’s most widely recognized and admired Ukrainian-Canadian artists, created a pictorial history of Polish settlement in Canada shortly before he died. The Company We Keep presents the viewer with images that, in highlighting the Polish-Canadian immigrant experience, also reveal our universal need to seek out and enjoy the company of others. Kurelek depicts individuals who cope with isolation in a new land by finding strength and solace in family, religion and community. Kurelek tells the stories of these new Canadians with his paintbrush, exploring the ties that bind in his deceptively simple yet powerful works. Booking information...

This exhibition of photographs explores the formative period in the history of multiculturalism in Canada by focusing on the work of photographer Michel Lambeth. Taken primarily in Toronto during the 1950s and 60s, Lambeth’s photographs present an idealized view of happy co-existence between immigrants and Canadians. Providing visual evidence of successful integration and diffusing tension through humour and perceptive observation, these photographs helped shape contemporary notions of diversity and Canadian identity. Booking information...

An in-depth comparative analysis of two distinct cultures: the Canadian Inuit and the Norwegian Sámi. Guest curated by Jean Blodgett, a well-known specialist in Inuit art, this exhibition presents a selection of work by Canadian Inuit artists and Sami artists from Norway, Sweden and Finland made between 2000 and 2005. Produced in close collaboration with the De Samiske Samlinger, Karasjok, Norway. Booking information...