Our Background

Why stay in a box?
Especially when the traditional elements within that box i.e. theatre!
are becoming more distanced from everyday reality, and increasingly ineffective in apprehending and giving shape to that reality.

Why not experiment with core theatre processes

• of embodiment (acting)
• of witnessing (audience)
• of narrative ideas (in play and performance)

outside the usual performance / audience relationship in a traditional theatre space.

Beginning in 1982
using a street theatre / social action
model of theatre

creating plays from Canadian history (Baldwin)
and the Bible (Genesis / David)

and building an ensemble of artists / actors
through plays on social issues
(Urban Critters / Youth and Alcohol / AIDS / Women in Canada)
in the Toronto District School Board

and applications to management issues in
Corporations and Government
(Men and Women Working Together / Equity / Change Management)

moving to theatre beyond theatre
stepping out of the box

experimenting in fields of Watersheds and Ecosystems,
Health Promotion and
Crime Prevention Through Social Development

to Peer Leadership programs
addressing issues of bullying, relational aggression,
anger management, and substance abuse
in school communities

and specialized programs for
suspended and expelled students

Trinity has worked with the following organizations…

• Bruce Grey Catholic District School Board
• Canada’s National Ballet School
• Canadian Centre for Management Development
• Canadian Public Health Association
• Canadian Safe School Network
• Canadian Teachers Federation
• Centennial Academy, Montreal Quebec
• CIBC Wood Gundy

A series of keynote presentations were created in which senior managers took part as actors in a dialogue on Men and Women Working Together.

• City of Toronto
• Cape Breton District Health Authority
• District of Niagara School Board
• Dow Chemical Canada
• Enbridge Consumers Gas
• Environment Canada
• General Motors Canada
• Glaxo Canada
• Halifax Regional School Board
• Health Canada
• Halton Regional Health Department
• Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario
• IBM Canada
• Imperial Oil
• International Joint Commission
• Justice Canada
• National Crime Prevention Centre
• Niagara Institute
• Norvartis (formerly Ciba Geigy)
• Ontario Attorney General
• Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth
• Ontario Federal Council
• Ontario Human Resources Secretariat
• Ontario Power Generation Inc.
• Ontario Self Help Network
• Ontario Service and Safety Association
• Ontario Solicitor General
• Ottawa Carleton District School Board
• Parent Action on Drugs
• Public Service Commission of Canada

Trinity created a presentation on being an Executive in the Public Service for use in moderating a panel discussion. As well a wrap up presentation was designed to facilitate discussion of the day’s events.

• Royal Bank
• Suncor Group
• Toronto District School Board
• Toronto Region Conservation Authority

A series of art and theatre based public meetingsenhanced and facilitated discussion to gather public input.

• University of Windsor

Trinity created Diversity at Work, a learning program comprised of on-site research, focus group work and the inclusion of staff in the interactive presentations.

• Vancouver School Board
• Wellington Catholic District School Board
• Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
• World Health Organization
• World Vision

World Vision Canada, Foster Children Canada, Save the Children Canada and Christian Children Fund. Trinity submerged their art techniques into a pattern of work at a conference aimed at integrating young women who were survivors of abuse from seventeen different countries – creating a sanctuary for them to overcome language and cultural differences and share their stories