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  • Tour of Friends of Ruby Home - transitional housing site for LGBTQI2S youth
    Wednesday, May 4, 2022

    exeQutive members and their guests will visit the Friends of Ruby Home transitional housing site for a guided tour and then gather for food and beverages either on the rooftop terrace, weather permitting, or indoors. Friends of Ruby is a welcoming space supporting LGBTQI2S youth (aged 16-29) through transitional housing, counselling, practical assistance and multiple activities.

  • Gardiner Museum - Shary Boyle: Outside the Palace of Me
    Wednesday, March 9, 2022

    exeQutive members and their guests will visit to the Gardiner Museum for a guided tour of the Shary Boyle: Outside the Palace of Me exhibition.  Following the tour and a visit of the museum, we'll meet for cocktails at the newly renovated Writer's Room Bar in the Park Hyatt.

  • Holiday Dinner for Members of exeQutive
    Thursday, December 9, 2021

    exeQutive members will gather over dinner to celebrate the holidays.

  • Picasso: Painting the Blue Period
    Wednesday, November 10, 2021

    A landmark celebration, Picasso: Painting the Blue Period is the first exhibition in Canada to focus on the early works of the modernist master Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). 

    Concentrating on the years 1901-1904, Picasso: Painting the Blue Period tells the story of how Picasso, then a fledgling painter in his late teens and early twenties, formulated his signature Blue Period style as he moved back and forth between the cities of Paris and Barcelona. 

  • exeQutive members' dinner
    Thursday, September 16, 2021

    Celebrate the end of summer and reconnect with members of exeQutive over wine and good food.

  • What's Happening at Pride Toronto
    Wednesday, June 2, 2021

    To help kick-off Pride month, Sherwin Modest, Executive Director of Pride Toronto, will join members of exeQutive for a virtual cocktail (or mocktail) and update us on what's happening at Pride Toronto for 2021 and the ongoing visioning for a re-invented (and hopefully in person!) Pride in 2022 and beyond.

  • Stephen Lewis Foundation / Programs to support LGBTI people in Africa
    Tuesday, May 4, 2021

    Although we’re bombarded with daily stories on local pandemic impacts, we are less informed on the difficult situation in Africa which is particularly dire for LGBTI people.  On May 4th, members of exeQutive will hear from leaders on the ground in Africa with a special virtual panel coordinated by the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

  • Friends of Ruby
    Thursday, April 8, 2021

    exeQutive members heard from the Carol Osler (Executive Director), Ed Clark (Director; and former President and CEO of TD Bank) and others from Friends of Ruby (formerly known as the Egale LGBTQ2 Youth Shelter) about operations at the shelter and how the architecture of the shelter has helped improve the mental health of LGBTQ2 youth who are living there, using its facilities, and dealing with COVID-19.  

  • Reflections on Canada's Efforts to Protect the Rights of LGBTQ2 People
    Tuesday, March 9, 2021

    Randy Boissonnault former MPP and former Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada on LGBTQ2 Issues will discuss his experiences as an MPP, the Federal government’s LGBTQ2-focused accomplishments, and what LGBTQ2 leaders can do to influence further action.

  • Diversity and Inclusion at the AGO
    Monday, February 8, 2021

    To mark Black History Month, members of exeQutive and their invited guests will have a conversation about diversity and inclusion at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The discussion will be led by Stephan Jost, Michael and Sonja Koerner Director, and CEO;  Dr. Audrey Hudson, Richard & Elizabeth Currie Chief, Education & Programming; Alain Graham, Interim Chief: People and Dr. Julie Crooks, Curator, Arts of Global Africa and the Diaspora.