In 1999, the Patrick Harvie Arts Fund (PHA Fund) was established by the Harvie family in memory of their son Patrick, a JICS alumni, to enhance the arts education and arts experiences for the students of the Lab School by involving professionals from the arts community. It has supported school-wide events such as presentations by touring theatre groups, musicians, dancers and story-tellers, and trips to local theatre productions and to the Stratford Festival.

 

The fund is operated by the Jackman ICS Parents’ Association, a registered charity. Tax receipts are issued for all donations. Please make cheque payable to the Jackman ICS Parents’ Association and kindly submit at the front desk in reception.

 

Donations to the JICS PHA Fund extend the connection to the Arts by helping to purchase items such as our school piano, drum sets, and a pottery kiln along with subsidizing our unique “Artist-in-Residence Program”:

• Clay Potter, Carolynn Bloomer (2009/10)

• Drummer, Kwasi Dunyo (2010/11)

• Soulpepper Theatre Company Workshops (2011/12)

• Photographer, Marina Dempster (2012/13)

• Story-teller, Dan Yashinsky (2013/14)

• Stratford Festival Production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (2014/15)

• Mural Painter, Christi Belcourt of the the Métis Nation & Story Teller, Isaac Murdoch from Serpent River First Nation; Singer, Dione Taylor (2015-2016)

• Stratford Festival Production of "Twelfth Night" (2017)

• Visual Artist, Kelly Jazvac (2017-2018)

• Clay Potter, Paul Stewart (2023, 2024)

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In 2023-2024, we launched an exciting initiative to create school-wide, arts-based diversity-learning experiences for all students by organizing a series of assemblies and events that celebrated our rich diversity. Here are some of the highlights:

 

• Orange Shirt Day/Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Musician Nathan Roy, Anishinaabe from the Wikwemikong First Nation, and Grammy-nominated Bear Creek Drum Group Singer.

• Islamic Heritage Month: Performances by internationally renowned singer/instrumentalist Maryam Tollar and percussionist Naghmeh Farahmand (Persian Daff/Frame Drum).

• Hindu Heritage Month Diwali Assembly: Tabla artist, Dhaivat Jani.

• Festivals of Light (celebrating Hanukkah, Diwali, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Yalda Night, Winter Solstice, Yule): Fancy shawl and jingle dress dancer Nichole M. Leveck (Wyandat/Algonquin) and singer/drummer Isaiah Cada (Ojibwe).

• Black History Month: Ngoma presentation and dance workshop by Carnival Spice & Everything Nice Dance Group. Steelpan workshop with Winston “Pappy” Frederick.

• Lunar New Year: Wai Mo Lion Dance Performance.

• Asian Heritage Month: Toronto Chinese Orchestra performance and workshop. Junior Grades workshops with Emmanuelle Châteauneuf, a Filipino-French Canadian graphic artist and writer.

• Pink Shirt Day: Fay and Fluffy Storytellers Assembly.

• International Francophone Week: Njacko Backo African Voyage Dance Performance.

• PRIDE: Queer Songbook Orchestra.​​​

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