KESKUS International Estonian Centre has secured $750,000 funding from the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).
The additional funds will bolster the $41 million projected budget of the project that was initially estimated to cost $18 million.
KESKUS International Estonian Centre has secured $750,000 funding from the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).
The additional funds will bolster the $41 million current budget of the project that was initially estimated to cost $18 million.
A new cultural center by the name of Keskus is set to be developed in the heart of Toronto, Canada, in the near future, which aims to connect Estonians worldwide. Keskus is planned to finish development by 2022 - 100 years from the start of diplomatic relations between Estonia and Canada. The idea was first presented around the start of 2017 when the practical reality of the existing Estonian house, so dear and important to the community, depreciating and not covering its own costs came to us, Estonian Arts Centre board chairwoman Liisa Käärid told ERR.
The initial project of the Estonian center in Toronto was however initiated by two members of the Estonian Foundation in Canada in the fall of 2014.