Featured Event
O Canada! … Oh Ohio! Trade & Investment Seminar
March 6 | 8 – 5 p.m.
Enjoy networking and exploring exporting, importing and investment opportunities between Ohio and Canada.
Week of March 2 – 8
Nod to Canada “Bocce on Ice” at The Ribbon – Glass City Metropark
Week of March 2 – 8, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. | 7 – 9 p.m. (times may vary as Bocce on Ice is available beyond O Canada! Fest week)
Bocce on Ice is a fun, winter-ready activity for all skill levels, and a great option for those who don’t ice skate. Instead of rolling bocce balls, players slide curling-style dysks toward a puck target (called the jack). Teams take turns aiming for the puck, scoring points based on how close they get. The first team to 12 points wins!
Learn more about renting a court or spectating off-ice or inside Market Hall at the Garden restaurant and bar area – visit MetroparksToledo.com.
Experience the perfect blend of curling and bocce ball on the ice at The Ribbon.
March 6
O Canada! … Oh Ohio! Trade & Investment Seminar
8 – 5 p.m.
The first-ever seminar will feature experts on trade, investment and finance from the Government of Canada, the Detroit-Windsor Bridge Authority, and the legal, banking and accounting/tax sectors. Paul Zito, VP for International Development for RGP Northwest Ohio and recipient of the 2024 President’s E-Award for Export Services, will serve as moderator and showcase decades of experience in exports to and investment from Canada.
Enjoy networking and exploring
exporting, importing and investment
opportunities between Ohio
and Canada.
Working Schedule is as follows:
8 a.m.
Registration/Networking
9:15 a.m.
Start with Welcome Remarks: Bruce Rumpf, CEO, Job1USA and Christine Michaels-President & CEO, ConnecToledo
9:30 a.m.
Welcome Remarks Toledo Mayor Kapszukiewicz
9:45 a.m.
Welcome Remarks from City of Windsor
10 a.m.
Economic Impact of Gordie Howe Bridge: Katie Bosco–Manager Outreach & Engagement, Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority
11:15 a.m.
Toledo: The Glass City but So Much More! – D.Paul Zito, VP International Development, RGP Northwest Ohio
12:00 p.m.
Lunch & Networking
12:15 p.m.
Doing Business in Canada, PNC Bank
1:00 p.m.
Networking Break
1:15 p.m.
Ohio/Canada Trade & Investment – Dan Ujczo, Associate General Counsel, Cenovus and Honorary Consul of Canada
2:15 p.m.
Colin Bird, Consul General , Consulate of Canada in Detroit
3:15 p.m.
Q&A
3:45 p.m.
Panel Discussion with Consul General Colin Bird, Dan Ujczo, Katie Bosco and Dave Olsen
4:30 p.m.
Reception
Featured Artist, Violin
Sofia Gubaidulina: Fairy-Tale Poem
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
7 p.m. – Special pre-concert reception. Details to follow.
8:00 p.m. – Concert
Sibelius’s Violin Concerto occupies rare territory – technically demanding, deeply expressive, and long admired by audiences. Canadian Kerson Leong returns to pour his talent into this haunting and expansive work. Sofia Gubaidulina’s Fairy-Tale Poem offers its own kind of magic: a whimsical wonderland full of strange colors and storybook tension. The program closes with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, a deeply introspective work spanning a range of emotions – from quiet melancholy to vibrant, almost frenetic intensity.
To buy tickets or learn more visit ArtsToledo.com.