IETM is the International network for contemporary performing arts that advocates for "the value of the arts and culture in a changing world and empower performing arts professionals through access to international connections, knowledge and a dynamic forum for exchange." (www.ietm.org)

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Explore the library guide to find tools, resources, books, and research tools to help you with your business model canvas.

This page provides links to tools for planning your social enterprise including modelling tools, websites, and books.

The Creative Independent (TCI) is a growing resource of emotional and practical guidance for creative people (from website).

Check out their How to Guides that include topics such as budget, outreach, pricing, and developing a community of practice.

In this guide, you’ll find a number of resources that will help you find your footing in the arts sector. Designed by the senior-level Arts Management class at the University of Toronto, it includes job boards, blogs, post-secondary academic programs, volunteer and intern opportunities, and stories about real people in the arts field. Take special note of the ‘READY to chat’ list - these arts professionals from all areas of the field are eager to
meet you.

Operating from the Youth Business Centre, BizStart is a full time, online six month entrepreneurship training program that assists youth to start a business (from website).

Business in the Streets (BITS) is a Toronto not-for-profit organization providing youth facing barriers access to top-tier business training, peer mentorship, micro-financing, and ongoing business supports (from website).

SKETCH is a community arts enterprise engaging diverse young people, ages 16-29, from across Canada, who live homeless or on the margins and navigate poverty to:
- experience the transformative power of the arts
- build leadership and self-sufficiency in the arts
- cultivate social and environmental change through the arts
(from website).

UforChange provides young people in Toronto with a series of high-impact, hands on creative workshops led by a team of professional creative mentors. Explore their creative programs DJ, Fashion, Photography and more.

Another local organization that strives to "support the professional lives of artists, creatives and cultural workers, and the organizations that support and engage them, through skills development, research, and career resources." (from website).