An exploration at the intersection of art and disability. An exhibition at the Yukon Arts Centre featuring 33 suitcase sculptures reflecting the life of each individual artist.
TOZ Services
TOZ Day Program
The TOZ Day Program provides community-based, person-centred supports for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Supports are individualized around each person’s strengths, goals, interests, and support needs, with a focus on creating meaningful days and supporting people to develop valued roles within their community.
People supported through the program are referred by case managers with Yukon Government Disability Services.
TOZ Progressive Art Studio (TOZPAS)
Established in 2024, the Teegatha’Oh Zheh Progressive Art Studio (TOZPAS) is Yukon’s first dedicated art studio for artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities. TOZPAS provides dedicated daily studio sessions, time, space, and high-quality materials for artists to develop their individual art practices and pursue lives and careers as exhibiting artists.
The studio facilitates opportunities for mentorship, integrated artist-led workshops, community partnerships, and public exhibitions, supporting artists to exhibit their work, develop relationships, and strengthen their professional pathways within Yukon’s broader arts community.
“The energy and creativity within the studio are truly remarkable, and the work being produced is exceptional. My experience there was one of the most inspiring moments in art that I have encountered.”— Dr. Aubyn O’Grady
Advocacy Through Arts
Advocacy Through Arts grew from years of disability arts and advocacy work through YNKLUDE and has continued through TOZ since 2021. The initiative brings together Yukon artists to collaboratively create work centred on lived experience through visual art, film, music, dance, writing, and live performance. Through their work, artists explore identity, discrimination, disability, and belonging.
2022–2023
Draw Us In
The Suitcase Stories art installation and the premiere of Draw Us In, a three-part short film series, at the Tintina Air hangar.
2023–2024
Yukon School & Community Inclusion Residency
Artists led collaborative residencies across four Yukon schools, working with students through visual art, music, dance, film, and performance.
2026–Onward
The Sound of All of Us
The Sound of All of Us continues our exploration of creation through lived experience and what it means to come together and find our one voice.
