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On behalf of the City of Mississauga and Members of Council, I would like to offer my best wishes to the staff, volunteers and organizers of the 13th annual TD Mosaic Festival.The TD Mosaic Festival showcases what our City was bu-ilt on, diversity, multiculturalism and inclusion. The festival also highlights the important and lasting contributions that our growing South Asian community has made toward ele-vating the quality of life for all of our residents.Mosaic Festival is Mississauga’s premier multidisciplinary arts and culture festival and showcases the best local and international South Asian dance, music, and artistic talent.In Mississauga, we celebrate the diversity of our citizens, their cultural backgrounds, and faiths. Over half of Missis-sauga’s residents were born outside of Canada and our re-sidents speak a remarkable 200 different languages from over 150 countries.Diversity is one of our biggest and most dynamic strengths as a world-class city. It links us culturally and economically with global communities.Once again, congratulations to the entire team from the 2018 TD Mosaic Festival for your commitment to ensure the longest running South Asian Festival at CelebrationSquare is a much anticipated and complete success ye-ar-after-year.

Warmest Regards,

Bonnie Crombie, MBA, ICD.DMayor, City of Mississauga

CCAI looks forward to another successful year with TD Mo-saic festival 2018. Governed by a voluntary Board of Direc-tors, Canadian Community Arts Initiative works year-round to promote arts and culture in Canada. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the outgoing directors, Ricky Bajaj, Farrell Tremblay and Leo Dias for their service to the board and the festivals. On behalf of CCAI board and exe-cutive team, I wish to welcome Samantha Angel, Ajay Gup-ta and Usha Pudokkotai who have joined us as advisors to the board to bring new accolades to our organization.After last year’s tremendous success, TD Mosaic festival 2018 brings to you the roaring and melodious voice of Ri-cha Sharma from India and Humera Channa from Pakistan. We also bring to you, the brilliant Mohsin Shaukat Ali for his debut on Canadian festivals platform. The list does not end here since we also bring to you Abhimanyu and Vidha lal, Kathak Maestros from India and many more renowned local and international artists.Last year, to encourage budding artists from GTA we had introduced a new segment and had named it “Rising Stars”. Witnessing its huge success and acceptance, we continue with that baton in our hand and once again open TD Mo-saic’s prestigious platform for the emerging artists this year.Demetrius Nath has been appointed as the new Festival di-rector for Rock the Coliseum (RTC) and brings new energy and fresh ideas to our Indie Music festival.TD Mosaic has series of events that lead up to the festi-val including collaborations with various organizations in-cluding MISAFF the film festival of Mississauga. CCAI will be renaming its annual Art Service Award to “Jim Tovey Award of Excellence in Art Service” to honor the memory of late Jim Tovey, Councilor of Mississauga Ward One and a long time benefactor and close friend of arts community of our city. Past president of Mississauga Arts Council, Brian Crombie gets the award.In the end we thank our esteemed funders and sponsors for their continued support that allows us to present finest quality projects all year round.Enjoy TD Mosaic and Rock The Coliseum 2018

Shaifali RanjanChairCanadian Community Arts Initiative

Richa Sharma Born in Faridabad, India, Richa Sharma is well loved Bollywood singer and performer. She trained as a vocalist at young age under the tutelage of Pandit Aaskaran Sharma, and went on to add Gazal, Pop, Punjabi and Rajasthani folk songs to her repertoire, thus making her voice reach out to more and more people in a variety of disciplines.

Initially she dedicated her music to devotional songs and bhajans , till her voice quality was noticed by leading music composers and directors and thus started her Bollywood journey.

She made her debut in Bollywood with Sawan Kumar’s Salma Pe Dil Aa Gaya in 1996 and followed it up by a number of films until the big hit came by in the form of Taal where she sang for Academy award winning composer, A.R Rahman.

Thereafter successful carrer bloomed followed with her hits in Zubaida, Saathiya, Heera Pheri, Khakee, Baghban, Soch, Kal ho nah Ho, Saawariya, Om Shanti Om, “Umrao Jan”, recently “Padmavat” “Bombay Talkies” and award winning “Sajda” for “My Name is Khan”. With singing credits for more then 50 successful Bollywood films, Richa continues to make her mark with her powerful voice in live concerts and TV talent shows as judge and performer. In March 2011, Richa Sharma and her family inaugurated the Saibaba Temple in Faridabad, Haryana and launched her first Saibaba devotional album Sai Ki Tasveer released by SaReGaMa India.

Richa Sharma is a much sought after celebrity judge on various Music shows and contests on major networks and has inspired a new generation of aspiring singers by encouraging them with her support. Richa also ramins one of the busiest Bollywood playback singer with her new upcoming projects.

Richa has never performed in Canada to a large audience and TD Mosaic 2018 is her first major appearance as a Bollywood celebrity artist in Canada.

We are pleased to present Richa Sharma in full concert on Saturday 4th August 2018 at the Main stage of TD Mosaic Festival in the Celebration Square Mississauga.

RICHA SHARMA

Visual Arts at Mosaic Festival V.I.R.S.A

Canadian Community Art Initiative, selected senior Canadian artist Charles Pachter to represent Canada in one of the last of Canada 150 events and Cross Pollination project that CCAI initiated two years ago.This project engages mostly non south Asian Canadian artists in various artistic projects in South Asia, such as artist residency, teaching and directing assignments, exhibition and workshops and performances.Charles Pachter was a natural choice as he is a prolific Canadian artist whose main focus is Canada and its representational icons.This exhibition was organized by CCAI, for the Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka in collaboration with the Canadian High Commission Dhaka, Winners Creations Bangladesh and Mr. Durjoy Rehman.Upon arrival, Mr Charles Pachter attended the special Canadian wine and Cheese reception, hosted by well know art Collector and business man, Mr Durjoy Rehman where representatives from all major embassies were in attendance including the first secretary of

Canadian High Commission, along with Ambassadors of USA, Germany, European Union, Holland, Kuwait, India, France, Turkey, Spain ,Thailand, China and other members of the diplomatic corps in Dhaka.The exhibition was opened by the honourable minister of culture of Bangladesh and the head of Cultural agency of Bangladesh at the Bangladesh National Museum on 6th February 2018. In his opening address, the minister congratulated Canadian High Commission on taking the initiative of supporting this important cultural exchange and introduction of Canadian icons to Bangladeshi audience. The admission to the show was completely free and according to the museum numbers, a thousand people attended the show every day. This included students groups and also non Bangladeshi visitors who were attending the Dhaka Art Sumit at the same time.Another reception was also arranged by the Dhaka Art Sumit for Charles Pachter at the residence of Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani, where guests of Dhaka Sumit got an opportunity to enjoy the company of dynamic artist himself.Charles Pachter was also invited to the International School Dhaka to give a talk to the student of visual arts and this talk was very well received.Special envoy of the PrimeMinister , Bob Rae who happened to be in Dhaka at that time also attended the show and met with Pachter.A catalogue was printed for this show with special essay written by his long time friend and Canadian author Margret Atwood. This exhibition was made possible by the travel grant from Canada Council, grant from Global Affairs Canada, operational funding for CCAI by OAC and sponsorship of Winners Creations Bangladesh.

Quintessential CanadianA retrospective show of works by Charles Pachter.

Aroosa Naz Rana is a visual artist and an Educator, works and lives in Lahore, Pakistan.Over the one decade, Rana’s practice included many diverse ideas and ways of production. Rana’s art is a constant query about” who is a viewer and who is being viewed” and the position of a viewer in her art works. She acknowledges that before the advent of advanced technologies, fact and fiction resided in two distinguishable categories. Her works of art challenge viewers in the same way that they are challenged by contemporary technologies – to decipher fact from fiction.Recent shows include; Colombo Biennale | 2016 – “Stills of Peace and everyday life” | Museum Capitolare di Arti | Italy | 2014 - “Exit” Dhaka Art Summit |2014 - “Crossing Over” Delhi | India| 2013 – “Suspended Disbelief” | Pakistan | 2013 – “Subverting Desire” | Pakistan | 2007Aroosa Rana is a faculty member at the school of visual Arts and Design at the Beaconhouse National University in Lahore, Pakistan.Rana is presenting her photographic montage at TD Mosaic 2017 during the outdoor festival on 3 and 4 August on the large outdoor screens. Her work is exclusively made for this festival and alludes to the diversity and immigrant communities of Canada and its global position. Rana will be presenting an artist talk at the Art Galley of Mississauga on August 18.

AROOSA NAZ RANA

Ishrat Suhrwardy and Luc Bihan will conduct clay and Pottery workshops for children and Youth on Sat 4th August at the Celebration Square.

We are delighted to bring back one of the most talented singer from Pakistani film and independent music scenario. A name that needs no introduction when it comes to popular Pakistani music, Humera Channa ,from a very early age she developed her musical talents through training. With a voice that was always appreciated by her teachers, Humera Channa made her place in Pakistani music scene early in her career and has over the years mastered gazal as well as folk singing. She has sung playback for many films and is reinventing her style with Coke Studio Pakistan.

Humera won a number of awards for her musical performances and is versatile singer in many local and regional languages and dialects. She is also “Pride of Performance” winner, the highest civilian award for service to arts in Pakistan. You will enjoy her full concert performance on TD Mosaic Stage on Friday night where she will sing her selections from her famed Coke Studio to various popular film and TV collections.

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HUMERA CHANNA

Perfoming with Humera Channa

Nadeem Ali and Avengers BandNadeem Ali is a well-known composer and singer from Pakistan who established the Avengers band in 2000 to meet the rising need of new immigrant South Asian community in Canada for their traditional music and songs. An M.A in Psychology from Govt. College Lahore, Pakistan, Nadeem also studied music and completed it with distinction in his class. Trained with the great Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, performing as a young musician with him all over the world, Nadeem also had the honor of performing with legends like Lata Mageshkar, Madam Noor Jahan and many other notable artists.We are pleased to welcome Nadeem Ali with his talented band on Mosaic stage as a returning artist where in the past he performed as the headliners in 2006 when first Mosaic Festival took place.

ABHIMANYU LAL & VIDHA LAL

Abhimanyu Lal and Vidha Lal are Disciples and Son and Daughter-in-law of Sangeet Natak Academy Awardee Guru Smt. Geetanjali Lal of Jaipur Gharana. Both learnt this art form under the tutelage of their Guru. Smt. Geetanjali Lal at the National Institute of Kathak, New Delhi and later continued their training under guru shishya parampara. Vidha Lal and Abhimanyu Lal are ‘A’ grade artists from Delhi Doordarshan and an Outstanding empanelled artists of I.C.C.R, Delhi.Performing extensively in all major dance festivals in India and abroad to name a few ( National) Chakardhar Mahotsava 2016, Pt. Ravishankar Dance Festival 2016, NCPA Mudra Dance festival Mumbai 2015, Nimaar Utsav2015, Ganga Mahotsava 2015, Mahabodhi Mahotsava 2015, Sharavan Mahotsava 2015 etc. (International), Gharana Mahotsava Los Angeles, Riturang festival Dubai 2015, Europalia Dance festival 2013, International Dance festival Sydeny, Olympics 2012 London , BRICKS summit, ASIEAN summit organized by I.C.C.R. etc.Both have been awarded Sri Krishana Gana Sabha endowment award and Nritya jayantika award from Guru Mayadhar Raut Odissi Dance school.Vidha Lal was awarded with National Devdasi Award, Kalpana Chawala Excellence Award, Jaidev Yuva Pratibha Puraskar, and registered her name in the Guinness Book of World Records for taking 103 spins in a min. They had the opportunity to perform at London Olympics 2010 in London at special programme organized by I.C.C.R and Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India.They have been conducting many workshops organized by SPIC MACAY and IRCEN in govt. schools of India.Presently Abhimanyu Lal is teaching at the National Institute of Kathak Dance, New Delhi and Vidha Lal is the founder Director of AV DANCE COMPANY KATHAK RESONANCE and teaches at the Devi Durga Kathak Sansthan , New Delhi.TD Mosaic festival is honoured to invite back this talented duo after 10 years to Canada for another inspiring performance on mainstage and a master class for dancers at the Sampradaya Dance Academy in Mississauga.

Mohsin Shaukat Ali started singing at the age of 4 and received training from his father, the Legendry Punjabi Folk & Sufi Singer Shaukat Ali Khan and uncle Inayat Ali Khan. His command on traditional ragas and strength of voice soon made him one of the protégées in Punjabi classical and folk traditions. Pakistan Television gave him his first break as professional singer and he continued to scale accolades with his expertise in various genre of musical performance.Mohsin also mastered the playing of various musical instruments that enabled him in composing his own selection of songs. His three albums received both critical and monetary success. It includes his sufi selction in “Madine Jaan Waliyo”, folk songs in “Dhol Makhna” and mixed selection in “Aslamo-E-Elakum”. Currently Mohsin is working on his fourth album in Canada, that aims to attract the diverse audience to his music.He has performed his musical magic in various major hubs of South Asian populations internationally and now calls Canada his home since he moved here a couple of years ago.We at TD Mosaic festival are pleased to present him for the first time at a major festival in Canada, launching his performance career on new stage of recognition. Mohsin will be performing with the Avengers band led by Nadeem Ali on the mainstage of Mosaic Festival on August 3, Friday night at the Celebration Square.

MOHSIN SHAUKAT ALI

Denique is one of a kind performer. His imaginative and creative performance has made him a musical marvel. Both his music and his performance style have hypnotic quality - an ethereal genre-busting musical individual who is an artist of the future, buzzing with magic and completely multi-dimensional in the way he uses performance, technology, fusion, fashion, video and art to compliment his music. A pop chameleon, Denique works best outside the box, challenging a new territory of sound that we’ve yet to discover. Combining his Celtic roots with an electric modern punch, he takes traditional music to a new level and redefines what it means to be a fiddler.We at Mosaic Festival are pleased to invite Denique from Montreal to perform his magic at Mosaic Stage. Denique will present a special performance where he will fuse for Dancers in both classical Kathak as well as high energy Bollywood dancers.

DENIQUE

Just like Delhi belongs to everyone and is known for its diversity, this band caters to the melodic needs of diverse audiences and renders melodies in different Indian languages with perfection.‘Delhi Express’ is an Indo-Canadian band put together by Jaasmaan Rathore, who is also the lead singer of the band. Being a multi-lingual band, ‘Delhi Express’ focuses on delivering fresh and unique interpretation of Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Punjabi classics and folk songs.All the band members are talented and experienced musicians who have worked alongside legends like Yesudas, KS Chitra to name a few. Moreover, Jaasmaan is working alongside Mr. Pravin Mani, who has been long time associate of Legendary AR Rahman.‘Delhi Express’ will soon be coming up with their interpretation of AR Rahman classics and also some folk Punjabi and Carnatic music in their upcoming recording. Definitely, soon you will see ‘Delhi Express’ coming up with their original melodies too.Just like Delhi, this band has a unique flavour to their music.

DEHLI EXPRESS Featuring JAASMAAN RATHODE BAND

Mah e Mir is a 2016 Pakistani biographical film directed by Anjum Shahzad, produced by Khurram Rana, Sahir Rasheed, Badar Ikram and written by Sarmad Sehbai. The film is based on the life of the famous poet Mir Taqi Mir, role played by Fahad Mustapha. Film also stars Iman Ali, Sanam Saeed, Ally Khanand Manzar Sehbai in lead roles.[7] It was the Official submission as the country’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. Mah-e-Mir is a story that follows the struggle of a contemporary poet and draws parallels with events in Mir’s life. The film was co-distributed by Hum Films and Eveready Pictures on May 6, 2016 nationwide.

An Evening with Sarmad Sehbai, presented by CCAI in collaboration with Greeniche Canada.Sunday 5th August at the Living Arts Centre Mississauga at 5;30 pm.

LITERARY ARTS

A poet, playwright and a drama director, Sarmad Sehbai is known in Pakistan and abroad for his original and innovative approach towards art and culture. A masters in English Literature from Government College (GC) Lahore, he joined PTV in the 1968. In 1970s as head of PTV’s play-writing department. He was the part of those visionary creators, who despite heavy censor of dictator Zia’s policy, presented sophisticated political content and vibrant social realism, which is still remembered as the golden period of PTV drama. His contemporary interpretations of Saadat Hassan Manto’s short stories ‘Naya Qanoon’ produced in 1997 received the PTV Award for the best writer and director. His documentary on Truck Art and Highway Culture of Pakistan entitled ‘Mughals of The Road’ was shown in Hamburg Museum Germany, 1999, at the Oslo Film Festival, 1999, and at the Film Festival in Russia , 2008. He was selected as Pakistan delegate for the prestigious Theatertreffen 2009 by the Goethe Institute, Berlin.He is the writer and director of ‘Fankar Gali’, a 90-minute video film about struggling street artists, shown on national and international channels. His visual interpretation of classical music ‘Classic One’ was shown at Gold Festival, Prague, 1991 and at SAARC Festival, New Delhi, 1993.Published and performed in English, Punjabi and Urdu in Pakistan, India, Norway and London, his poetry has evolved a new poetic idiom, skillfully blending the native ethos of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro in Urdu language. He held positions of Script Editor of PTV Lahore, Course Director of PTV Academy Islamabad, Director of Audio Visual Documentation, National Institute of Folk Heritage, Islamabad, Controller Playwright Department PTV Islamabad, and Head of the PTV Drama Department.After retiring from PTV, he has been teaching screenwriting and theatre courses at National College of Arts and writing and directing for various TV channels. His drama serials ‘Jalpari’ and ‘La’were recently aired on GEO and Hum channel. A year long mega budgeted serial Mor-Mahal is currently aired by two leading channels of Pakistan National TV and Geo and his feature film ‘Mah e Mir was released in Pakistani cinemas on May 6th 2016. It has been shown in more than 11 international festivals and has won five prestigious awards. It was also the official nomination from Pakistan for Oscars by the Oscar committee. In Washington south Asian film festival held in Sept. 2016 he was given Lifetime Achievement Award.

Screening of Mahemir, a film written and directed by Sarmad Sehbai on Friday July 27 at the Living Art Centre at 7 pm.

Panwar Music and Dance Productions (PMDP) is a non profit and charitable organisation incorporated in 2009. PMDP aspires to enrich the lives of Youth, adults and communities at large. The company creates innovative and traditional pieces that involve the artistic directors Hemant and Vaishali Panwar and their professional team of dancers and musicians.The company proudly specializes in presenting Kathak – A classical dance form with its roots in North India, along with Classical Hindustani Music. The artistic Directors Hemant and Vaishali Panwar were given an honour award by RANA Canada for their contribution in promotion and preservations of Kathak dance in Canada. Many of the company’s work are choreographed by Hemant Panwar who is an exceptional Singer and composer of numerous dance dramas.PMDP is recipient of CCAI Excellence in Arts Award 2015.CCAI is pleased to collaborate with Panwar Dance in presenting another innovative performance on mainstage and a master class with Vidha and Abhimanyu Lal at the Sampradaya Dance Creations.

HEMANTAND VAISHALI PANWAR

Jadoo Entertainment is a leading Bollywood fusion dance company established since 2007 providing services from a dance class to Musical productions production. Not only has Jadoo been involved in various events around the gta such as raptors half time show, Canada’s go talent and Iifa (indian international film awards), they have also heavily participated in charity and community events like Mosaic, Red Cross, and Carassauga promoting South Asian culture and diversity.Based in Brampton, Jadoo entertainment is a professional dance company that is engaged in the welfare and artistic development of local youth.

LORENSZ FRANCKE

JADOO ENTERTAINMENT

It is our pleasure to present another talent with South Asian roots who has turned his admiration of a pop icon into his passion of performance. Lorensz is an Elvis Tribute Artist from Scarborough Ontario. Lorensz is an Ardent fan of the King of Rock N’Roll Elvis Presley. He has been playing Guitar and singing Elvis songs from an early age . Started by listening to Elvis Records, and CDS,and watching Elvis Movies at an early age, since his Mom Audrey, was an ardent fan of Elvis Presley.Offering a great crowd pleasing style, Lorensz engages his audience performing Elvis Early years,He is a true entertainer, and performs with confidence and charisma on Stage. New, fresh, and alive with energy, Lorensz Francke is the whole package in one talented Tribute Artist.Winner of Two Spirit of Elvis Awards in Canada. Lorensz can perform all three era’s of Elvis’s musical Career, namely 50”s, 60’s and 70’s. He is based in Toronto.

Representing the biggest Bollywood Dance Academy in the world, the SHIAMAK Toronto Dance team consists of some of the brightest and most promising talent in the GTA. Handpicked by Shiamak Davar himself, they have made their mark all over Ontario with power packed performances that explode with energy and keep the audiences wanting more and more!The SHIAMAK Toronto dance team has performed at shows such as the IIFA Awards, Just for Laughs, Toronto International Film Festival, TOIFA awards, as well as performed alongside Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Jermaine Jackson and more.Perfomring for vaious international dignitaries and corporate events, Shiamak remains the longest running act with TD Mosaic Festival in its 13th year. Shiamak Toronto Dance team continues to be the festival grand finale for all these years where audience dances to the latest Bollywood hits along with the Shiamak team.

Visit www.shiamak.ca/toronto for more information.

SHIAMAK TORONTO DANCE TEAM

Born and raised in the Middle East, Hamza lived in Saudi Arabia till the age of 16 performing in over 50 stage shows all over the Middle East.He is well versed in Arabic, English and Hindi featuring a variety of songs (Hindi, English, Arabic, etc..) for everyone ranging from teenagers to mature audience.At 16 he left for Canada to study and continued performing at many underground clubs in Toronto, and lately on the festival circuit.He moved to Mumbai to pursue a serious career in music and since then he has done a lot of work ranging from underground music to mainstream Hindi film playback.He has worked with noted musicians and directors in Bollywood music industry. He is currently back in Canada and working on a new album with trilingual original tracks.

Rising Star HAMZA FAROOQUI

Raas Haddipa Soma Bhattacharjee Monani from Mumbai India is a Entrepreneur of “WELLSURE INDIA “a Company of Wellness Industry in India. With masters in economics from Mumbai University, Soma is managing an NGO, Seva Bhavi Charitable Trust in Gujarat. Specialising in Dance Forms Like bhangra and freestyle Bollywood dancing since age of 4, Soma received classical dance training in Bharatnatyam and various folk disciplinsSaumya Sinha ACE, AFAA and AFLCA approved program licensed Masala bhangra workout instructor and a Licensed zumba Instructor, Saumya is also a Certified nutritionist for performers and sportsmen. She is the founder of Saumya’s fusion fitness and has instructed for number of years at Various Fitness centers in Mumbai.

RAAS HADDIPA

Ali Kazmi is a Canadian actor of Pakistani descent. He appears in English, Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi language films and TV series. Apart from acting he has also worked as a host, director, producer and model.Kazmi was born to Rahat Kazmi and Sahira Kazmi , a leading actors, drama writers and producers, in Karachi , Pakistan. He began his career as a child actor and his first one on screen was when he was 2, it was love at first sight. His first professional appearance as a teenager was in 1995 TV series Zikr Hai Kai Saal Ka on PTV Home and then continued playing supporting or minor roles in television which includes Manzil (2006). After completing his studies from Karachi , he moved to Canada and began acting and modeling there by appearing in TV series, commercials and plays. He also worked at China Syndrome Productions as a director and producer. One of his initial major roles was as a villain in the film The Dependables (2014). He also worked in Mehreen Jabbar’s “Jackson Heights” which gave him a status of international actor.He also appeared in Liam Neeson’s TV series Taken(2016, Mehreen Jabbar ‘s Dobara Phir Se (2016) and the animated film The Breadwinner(2017) produced by Angelina Jolie, an academy award contender from Canada. His acting received critical acclaim in award winning Baaghi , a TV seriel and is currently working on many seriels and film projects internationally and in Pakistan.

ALI KAZMI

SHIVANI & SHALINI DIXITFestival EMCEEsA renowned name in the south Asian radio and entertainment industry of GTA, Shalini and Shivani Dixit are beloved and popular drive time RJs.Shivani works with SHON Media on CINA radio 1650 AM, broadcasting since 2009, hr popular morning show. Born and raised in north of India, she is passionate about dance , music and theatre since childhood. A Doctorate degree in political science and diploma in Indian classical vocal music and dance, Shivani has worked as a talk shows host, a radio TV anchor and news broadcaster with National television of India and various other channels. Here in GTA, besides being a successful RJ she is also an Event planner with “Lamha” events.Shalini Dixit is an innovative and a committed professional, with a passion for creativity and interactive shows - be it on the Radio,Television or live events. After earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Science and a Master’s in Computer Applications , she worked with various companies in her field and then decided to shift her focus to journalism and entertainment media With many years of experience as a Radio Host, TV Show presenter and a news anchor, Shalini has covered several community events and special features, Working as stage performer in drama, music, dance and as Master of Ceremonies she has also been contributing articles & features for the print media, in Canada & India, as a freelance journalist. With this experience , she launched her media house “Media Mugals Inc” in 2010. Shalini Dixit currently hosts two successful shows on SHON EXPRESS, Masti Ki Railgadi on CMR FM 101.3 and Radio SHON CINA Radio 1650 AM as “producer” and “host”.

Talented, energetic, passionate and diverse are just some of the many words that describe The Band Destiny (TBD). TBD is a Toronto based West Indian Crossover band that was formed in 2007.Three time winners of the CMEA award for Top Soca Band in Canada, the band includes Stephen Nanan, (Founder/Keyboardist), Curtis B (Vocalist), Kiran Dindial (Drummer), Kamela Singh (Keyboardist/Vocalist), Vijai Ramdath (Engineer), Celine Nanan (Rhythm &Machines), Darren Armoogam (Guitarist/Vocalist) and Logun (Vocalist).Together they makeup The Band Destiny, creating a fusion of music that incorporates Soca, Reggae, R&B, Chutney, Remixes and Bollywood.Currently The Band Destiny is gearing up for 2018, where you can expect amazing performances, new music as well as a number of collaborations. They’re a cohesive unit that brings together their musical talents to create music that unifies all people.TD Mosaic is pleased to welcome them back after 4 years to celebrate the ongoing Carribana Festival of Toronto during the first weekend of August. This is the tribute of our festival to the communities of Caribbean and Latin region, who trace their ancestry from Indian subcontinent.

DESTINY BAND

Featuring Syed Tauseef

This talented roster comprises of rotating artists, singers and musicians who are part of the Madnetism Arts Inc. who come together to perform and produce music and art. The band works on chemistry that brews between all creative people involved in the process. The Mad Band comes up with creative arrangements and their performance genres vary from Eastern to Western music. Be it spiritual music or a party atmosphere, The Mad Band is known to win hearts!Saad Arif is currently the creative head of the platform, arranging music and sets with the singers and musicians. The Mad Band at this year’s Mosaic Festival includes GTA artists like Saad Arif, Ankita Nandawat, Palak Bhatt Gandhi, Hira Hussain, Shehryar Ahmed, Anoos Javed, Swapnil Dave, all on stage together, performing live to enthral audience with their talented group.!

Tropicana QueensDancer Tatiana Diakos formed Tropicana Queens in 2013. Her elegant dancers have created an exciting repertoire of high energy Brazilian, Bollywood, Disco and Caribbean dancing and TD Mosaic festival is pleased to present Tropicana Queens to celebrate the on going Caribana festival this week.

At Dawn’s EdgeMixing the beautiful and the heavy. Ena-moured by the grandiose sound of orche-stral arrangements and cultural motifs, yet unwilling to part with the aggressive and electronic qualities of metal, At Dawn’s Edge relentlessly pushes the bounds of groove and symphony.

Lady IndigoLady Indigo has created an eclectic alter-native sound that is all their own. The band has been garnering a reputation around To-ronto as an energetic and quirky live band that is sure to deliver an exciting show.

FXRRVSTWe strive to be a charitable and environ-mentally conscious band, doing all we can to give back. All our merchandise (including our CDs) are eco-friendly and part of the cost goes to different local and internatio-nal charities. Since day one, we’ve understood that if we ever became a successful band, it was because of others. So its only fair that we share our success with everyone and help those who really need it. Hope you like our music and thanks for the support.

MONOWHALESExploding onto the scene with a DIY ethos and an unforgettable live show, MO-NOWHALES first made waves with their breakout single “Home” in August 2016. A love letter to their hometown, the song and video quickly became a viral hit. While the song garnered over 122,000 streams on Spotify and radio play across Canada, the video would go on to be viewed over a million times and land the band appearan-ces on Global News, CP24, and CBC Radio One. Known best for their live performances, MONOWHALES have shared the stage with Coleman Hell, The Beaches, The Pack AD, and Kardinal Offishall to name a few.

DJ CARE FAILURECare Failure is the singer, sole songwri-ter, guitarist, and creative Force behind the band Die Mannequin. She has been nominated for two Juno Awards, and has released albums and toured all over the world since 2007 touring with bands such as Guns N Roses, Marilyn Manson, the Deftones, Sum 41, Finger Eleven, Amanda Palmer’s Dresden Dolls, and played with a slew of amazing legends like the Foo Fi-ghters, Motorhead, Kiss, Rage Against the Machine, and so many more. She starred in Bruce McDonald’s Hard Core Logo 2, and the documentary The Rawside of Die Man-nequin, which was a documentary feature on her band. She is currently concluding the recording of her new album which is hoped to be released before the end of 2018. Care F. started DJing between al-bum cycles in 2011, and has continued to spin at clubs in Canada and Europe.

ALESSIA COHLEince the release of her FACTOR funded album ‘Talk To Me’ and the release of her EP “Wild Eyed Wanderer”, Alessia Cohle has emerged as one of Canada’s brightest country stars. Alessia has opened for Brett Kissel, been a part of the CCMA house band, shared the stage with artists such as Meghan Patrick, Jason Blaine, and more, and is the recipient of the 2018 Marty Award.

DAVID BOYD JANESHis first single “Summertime Feeling” broke the Top 100 on mainstream Cana-dian Country Radio in its first 3 weeks and his music can be found on all major music platforms.

EYE STEALToronto-based EYE STEAL is the solo project of Remi Monroe. EYE STEAL crea-tes beauty out of pain and self-destruction, by forging an intense, driving assault mar-ried to powerful vocals. His live performan-ces and videos only emphasize the intensi-ty of his music.

JAMMER’S WAFFLE HOUSEJammer’s Waffle House is an Indie Rock band founded through a strong passion tomake music and entertain. Since the begin-ning, JWH has provided a strong variedrepertoire spanning across many genres and flourishing by providing their ownunique spin on each song. During a live performance Jammer’s Waffle House always provides a high energy and fun set that engages the audience no matter the age or size.

LAWLESS SONSThree gentlemen from the town of Streetsvil-le coming through your ears like a wrecking ball of power.

NO BIG DEALWe’re NO BIG DEAL from Streetsville, Onta-rio. We bring joy, raw energy, and loud music to as many stages as we possibly can.

THE DREAMBOATSThe Dreamboats are bringing back good ol’ Rock n’ Roll! With a sound that is equal parts Chuck Berry and The Wonders, this quartet of handsome Canadian boys deli-vers a high energy, nostalgic show that has audiences singing and dancing the night away!

POLARITYPOLARITY is a female fronted progressive rock group from the Mississauga/Toronto area. Their music blends ethereal ambient sounds with aggressive rock metal elemen-ts. They’ve been establishing their name within the local Toronto music scene for 9 years and have just released their latest album ACTION POTENTIAL (Co-Produced by Chris Creglia and Canadian Grammy winning producer David Bottrill who also produced bands TOOL, GODSMACK, SILVERCHAIR). The band recently signed a management deal with ANTISKEPTIC ENTERTAINMENT who’s worked with wor-ldwide artists such as PERIPHERY, SUMO CYCO, THE FLATLINERS and COMEBACK KID. Along with a few festivals and local gigs this summer, they’re looking towards touring in the fall and eventually follow up with another new release.

SAUGASSONSaugasson is a young and upcoming ar-tist from Mississauga, Ontario. His talents consist of singing, rapping, song-writing, dancing, engineering and producing. Sau-gasson strives to be more than just succes-sful in music, but also to be known as a ta-lented artist who cares about his craft. He is influenced by many artists including but not limited to, Xxxtentacion, Drake, Party-NextDoor, Croosh and many more.

SCOTTY IVScooty IV represents the other side of the hip hop scene in Toronto.

THIS IS A CRISISThis Is A Crisis hails from the gritty base-ments and dirty venues of Oshawa, ON. Comprising a high energy live show with a crushing dual guitar attack and trio of vo-cals, T!AC channel punk rock energy with heavy metal intensity.

B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S Canadian Community Arts Initiative

SHAIFALI RANJAN

Shaifali Ranjan was appointed the Chair by the Board of Directors in 2015. Ranjan works in the financial in-dustry as expert in leading sizable IT programs. Always engaged with te-chnology and management, Shaifali involves herself with art and culture by providing hands on support to or-ganizations such as Mosaic. Formally trained in Kathak dance from India she has performed on many occasions and events. Having joined Mosaic team in 2013, Shaifali has carved a unique space for her passion by expanding her volunteer work in the field of art and culture through various projects of CCAi including MISAFF, Mosaic Fest and RTC.

ARSHAD MAHMOOD

Arshad Mahmood is the founder and director of CCAI. Arshad has banking and marketing background and suc-cessfully runs an independent mor-tgage brokerage company. He is a member of the Canadian National Exhibition Association and has served as Associate Director and a member of CNE Finance Committee. He is the past President of the board of Art Gal-lery of Mississauga. His dedication to

community welfare and development of youth interests has enabled him to help establish MOSAIC festival as a prominent event for the South Asian community. He was short listed for Top 25 Canadian Immigrants Awards in 2010. He is recipient of Queen Dia-mond Jubilee Medal for his services in the field of art and culture and the Mayor McCallion Volunteer of the Year Award 2012.

NAIN AMYN

Nain Amyn has been associated with theatre and artistic and educational activities for a number of years. She served as the past general manager for SAWITRI, a non-for profit Missis-sauga based theatre group. Her vision and hard work has been recognized by her peers and colleagues on professio-nal levels and she is keen to improve the life and adjustment of immigrant women and youth in the community through various projects in Canada and internationally. Nain recently cura-ted an international show at Cosmos II Gallery in Dhaka.

TAHIR ASLAM GORA

A prominent writer and TV Host, Pu-blisher and social activist, Tahir is the recipient of the Queen Diamond Jubi-lee Medal for his services in the field of journalism and cultural pluralism. He is a strong proponent of freedom of spe-ech and serves as Director of Canadian thinkers forum, Progressive Muslim Institute of Canada and other literary and important community awareness projects. He regularly contributes to Huffington post as columnist and ad-vocates for the pluralism in Canadian diaspora. He is a published author of many books in fiction and poetry. He is also the CEO of TAG TV in Missis-sauga.

VIERA KONONENKOVA

Viera is an entrepreneur, owner of suc-cessful financial firm and a mortgage broker. She holds Master’s Degree in Economy. She is member of multiple professional and cultural organiza-tions. Viera is passionate about pro-moting South Asian culture in diffe-rent communities. She is indefatigable explorer of influences that South Asian culture has on Western music, cuisine, fashion and culture in general. Viera is strong advocate of pluralism and loud non-South Asian voice, who is on a mission to remind other communities, that there is a lot that South Asia has given to the rest of the world and that there is still so much more to see and explore. Vira has been involved as vo-lunteer for major festivals like Water-front festival and Pamperfest. She also serves as Chair for MISAFF, the only film festival of Mississauga.

fession, Ajay has been passionately en-gaged with arts and cultural industry as a TV host, MC and creative head for a number of community events in cul-ture and arts.Gupta is also involved in writing and direction of a number of Community theatre and stage plays in Canada, Since moving to Canada , Gupta has dedicated his time to various volun-teer activities for the uplift of artistic expression. Ajay brings energy and dedication to CCAI team as an expe-rienced production and creative hand and we welcome him as the new advi-sory Board member.

Usha Pudokkotai

Usha Pudukkotai is a well respected name in South Asian Diaspora as jour-nalist and researcher of culture. Editor of Namaste Newsline, Pudukkotai, has been published in popular South Asian newspapers of Toronto – The Weeken-der, Update Weekly and India Journal to name a few.She has worked on important, special projects like the G20 Summit in Toron-to, Invictus Games in Toronto and an-nual events like TIFF, Carassauga and Carabram etc. In addition to live co-vrage of political leaders like Narendra Modi, Stephen Harper, Justin Trudeau, she has interviewed important perso-nalities in the Arts and Entertainment Industry.As contribution to the community, she has been volunteering at the Heritage School for the past decade, teaching children about their culture and heri-tage.

B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S Canadian Community Arts Initiative

SAMANTHA ANGEL

Samantha Angel works as a creative marketing consultant in Mississauga, with a focus on effective communica-tions. Design thinking serves as a foun-dation for Samantha’s approach to solving problems whether that expe-rience in design, civic engagement and creative pursuits to her clients’ ne-eds. Samantha serves on the Board of the Mississauga Arts Council. Previou-sly she served as chair of the Western GTA Summit, co-chair of the Summit’s Live Task force and Innovation Task for-ce, and Co-chair of Mississauga Con-nects.

KAMAL AHUJA

Kamal Ahuja is a senior leader in IT in-dustry, for many years. He is currently managing a very large provincial initia-tive for the government of British Co-lumbia. A well-travelled individual who has unique insights and a keen interest in cultural diversity and fusion of arts. He has a background in technology management and has lived and wor-ked on both sides of Atlantic for many years. He is also an advisor to the In-dian Heritage & Cultural promotion group in Vancouver.

SAHIB RANA

Sahib Rana, an entrepreneur and the co-founder and senior Vice Presi-dent of Pro-Lending Mortgages, is a well-rounded and developed person who has taken extensive initiatives among the community. His keen inte-rest in cultural diversity and Canadian community development has been shown through his personal initiatives within various charities such as Ex Di-rector of St. John’s Ambulance, Vice President for Canadian Eyesight and recipient of Community Service Award by TREB etc. Aside from his commu-nity initiatives, Sahib spends time gol-fing and enjoying with loved ones. He’s always figuring out new ways to empower cultural diversity in Canada. His 25 year journey from India to Cana-da, has been enjoyable and rewarding however he continues to strive for the best and make this country an even better place. Today he continues his path towards creating a positive image in the community and actively helping out charities.

AJAY GUPTA

Born in India , educated at the Jamia Millia Islamia and an Engineer by pro-

now has the exciting opportunity to help organize the festival and engage others with this dynamic festival.

ASHWIN AYER Logistics Coordinator

Ashwin is a Software Engineer working in financial technologies with a passion for mu-sic. He joined the Mo-saic Festival in 2008 as a young volunteer with the goal of completing his 40 volunteer hours for high school. Se-eing the sense of trust

and responsibility given to all volunteers, Ashwin was continuously drawn back to the festival and grew out of the reserved and shy attitude to become a leader to younger volunteers ; first as a volunteer supervisor and now in the role of Logistic Coordinator. As the Logistic Coordinator, Ashwin supports all coordinators, ensuring that all facets of the festival are running in an orderly manner by allocating resources as required.

MALHAR PATILSecurity Coordinator

Malhar Patil is a Gra-duate from Seneca Aviation, and a licen-sed commercial pilot. He also competes in powerlifting regularly with a continuing pas-sion in sports. He has been with Mosaic for 6 years and continues to be a supervisor this

year and has promised all a plane ride after the festival.(we made this up hoping he will do it when he sees it in print!)

ZAINUB QURESHILogistics Supervisor Zainab is on her way

to completing her undergrad in clinical psychology at the University of Toron-to. She is passionate about arts and culture and surrounds herself with people that ce-

lebrate it. Zainub is an avionics enthusiast and is currently working towards becoming

TRUPAL GOSWAMIFestival Coordinator

Trupal Goswami joi-ned the Mosaic family in 2007 as a volun-teer and worked his way up to becoming the Festival Coordi-nator. Trupal love’s basketball and is cur-rently working as a welding inspector. As

the festival coordinator, he has helped de-velop an enviable team of volunteers that have served as the backbone of the festival on their way to become the next leaders of the festival.

SUMIT AHUJAMainstage Programing Director

Sumit Ahuja, a pro-fessional in the field of event management & P.R. owner of Me-diaWorks!!, Sumit Ahuja is an exuberant, passionate and de-dicated events guru. Her past work expe-rience with Wizcraft

entertainment has added to her strengths and Sumit’s hat is adorned with many fe-athers. Sumit holds special regard for the seniors and aspires to make a meaningful difference in their lives. She serves as a Council member of United Way of peel. She is one of the pioneering members of the Mosaic Festival team and has been part of the mosaic family since the very first year of the festival.

DHRUV NAIK Volunteer Coordinator

Dhruv Naik joined the MOSAIC family in 2008 as a volunteer and with his pleasant professionalism rose in ranks to become Volunteer Coordina-tor since 2016. He studied Hotel Mana-gement, and works at

Courtyart Marriot. Dhruv loves dancing and is also a dance instructor and chorographer for Jadoo Entertainment Mississauga.

HUNAIN AMIR Volunteer Supervisor

Hunain Amir is a 3rd year student studying Information Techno-logy at York Universi-ty and specializing in Security and Cloud. Hunain is currently completing his COOP this year at RBC as an IT Risk Analyst. He has been with Mosaic for

7 year and holds the supervisory position.

SANA RAEESASocial Media Marketing & Backstage Volunteer Supervisor

Sana Raeesa is a 4th year student studying at Ryerson University graduating with a Ba-chelors of Technolo-gy. She has been with Mosaic for 5 years and started out as a volun-teer. Her passions in-

clude basketball, reading, and boxing.

FAZAL AHMAD MUSAVolunteer Supervisor

Fazal Ahmed Musa has recently gra-duated high school as an IBT student and is planning to attend the University of Leeds for Law in the United Kingdom. Starting out as a volunteer, Fazal has now been a part

of the MOSAIC team for 3 years. He enjoys

playing rugby and is an avid fan!

UDITA GANGWANISocial Media Supervisor

Udita Gangwani’s story is a is a high school student, uni-versity-bound to study business at the Schuli-ch School of Business. She volunteered with TD Mosaic in 2017 and as a part of the marketing team, she

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a licensed private pilot. As part of the lo-gistics team, she is responsible for the behind the scenes aspect of the festival.

HUMAIRA IMTIYAZVolunteer supervisor

Humaira Imtiyaz com-pleted her studies in Graphic Communi-cations Management at Ryerson University. Humaira showcases her creativity through photography, art & henna designs. She has brought these

skills to the digital marketing aspect of the festival. Humaira has been part of the Mosaic family since 2012 where she began as a volunteer. Over the years she has pro-vided invaluable contributions in various areas of the festival and is currently the as-sistant volunteer coordinator.

RAHIM JETHAAdmin & Hospitality Coordinator

Rahim Jetha is an acti-ve member of many Arts and Cultural Communities in To-ronto and the GTA. He specializes in Media Relations, Event Ma-nagement, and Event Logistics. He was also

the past Programming Director for Desi’s Rock segment of the Festival. Rahim works in Administration, Hospitality and as Sa-les Coordinator for CCAI. Rahim overseas the entire festival to make sure and ensure that everyone finds Mosaic Festival a home away from home, fun, enjoyable and are well fed.

REBECCA TISDALE & JONATHAN MACIASMedia Coordinators

Black Umbrella Pho-tography, husband and wife duo, Rebec-ca and Jonathan Ma-cias, specialize in pho-tographing Events, create portraits and document weddin-gs around the GTA. Black Umbrella Pho-

RAKHSHAN MUSHTAQ Tech / Design & Advertising Coordinator

Rakhshan Mushtaq and Neverland video-graphy services have had a long association with CCAI . Rakhshan is the Owner & Ope-rator of Neverland Vi-deography, provides full video production services including

concept development, production, and post production in GTA.He has been an Official Videographer of Mosaic Fest & MI-SAFF since 2012 and his excellent skills at editing and capturing the event have ear-ned him praise form the festival artists and sponsors.

PRANAY RANJANBackstage Coordinator

Pranay Ranjan is in the 4th year of Electrical Engineering student at the Uni-versity of Waterloo. Pranay has worked with companies such as Pepsi, Intel, Lexus and BlackBerry for their various software

needs. At Mosaic, Pranay is involved with logistics and backstage, working with vo-lunteers and artists for another great year.

Manahil SarfarazVolunteer Supervisor

Manahil Sarfraz joi-

ned the mosaic family

in 2017 after years of

attending the festi-

val as a guest. Later

in 2018 worked her

way up to becoming

a member of the exe-

cutive team, as a volunteer supervisor. She

is a second year student in the life science

program at the University of Toronto, Mis-

sissauga. Her role at mosaic is to supervise

the volunteers and the volunteer booth at

the festival, among many other things.

tography are the Official Photographers of Mosaic, RTC and MISAFF. They started working as young volunteers with a new-born baby during the first Rock the Coli-seum. They complete their 12 years with the festival.

DEMETRIUS NATH Festival Director “Rock the Coliseum”

Owner of antiskeptic entertainment, De-metrius Nath has led countless marketing & promotions cam-paigns for music, film & brands. Some of the artists worked with include Alexisonfire, Arkells, Bush, Cancer

Bats, City and Colour, Dolly Parton, Feist, Melanie C, Paul Brandt, The Sheepdogs, Tokyo Police Club, The Used & Underoath.

MITASHNA DHIMANVolunteer Supervisor

Mitashna Dhiman joi-ned the Mosaic family in 2012 as a volunteer and is now a back-stage supervisor. She likes to dance and watch Netflix and is currently working at an accounting firm as a co-op student. As a volunteer she has

helped to ensure smooth backstage ope-rations as assistant to the coordinator.

Osama UsmaniOfficial Photographer

A self-taught, por-trait/lifestyle photo-grapher from Toron-to. He picked his first film camera when he was a kid and slowly fell in love with pho-tography. Everything got more serious when he got his first

DSLR camera and since then he is pursuing photography professionaly. He have been working in the Toronto area as a lifestyle photographer for the past couple of years, during this time he have had the privilege

to work with various agencies and clients.

The Festival Teams include

Asma Mahmood Artistic Director

Trupal Goswami Festival Coordinator

Sumit Ahuja Programing and Stage Manager

Demetrius Nath Festival Director

(Rock the Coliseum stage)

Dhruv Naik Volunteer Coordinator

Rahim Jetha Senior Administrative

Assistant/ Hospitality Coordinator

Rakhshan Mushtaq Tech, Design &

Advertising Coordinator

CQK Accountants

Argent Law Legal Advisor

Artistic Director:ASMA ARSHAD MAHMOODAsma Mahmood is the cofounder of CCAI and its projects. She is past Chair and fe-stival director for the organization. A ma-sters in visual arts from York University, Asma is a visual artist and curator with an illustrious career in international and na-tional artistic programing and exhibitions. Asma is the past Chair of Art City board, Founder Director of SAVAC, past Board member of Mississauga Arts Council and Canadian Community Arts Initiative and MISAFF and artistic Director for Prome-nade gallery in Mississauga. Asma has received many accolades as visual artist and arts activist including artist of the year by MMM and Queens Diamond Jubilee medal in 2015. As the artistic Director for CCAI , Asma has created various landmark projects like Cross Polination, Virsa and Mississauga Project , a visual arts program.

SCHEDULE TD MOSAIC 2018

Friday Aug 3, 2018Stage open 4:00 pm

Destiny Band and Samba Dancers Tropicana Queens

VIP opening receptionVidha and Abhimanyu Lal

Mohsin Shaukat AliAvengers BandHumera Channa

DeniqueHemant and Vaishali Panwar

Jadoo DanceBhangra grand finale

Saturday Aug 4, 2018Stage open 3:00pm

M.Cs Ali Kazmi ( actor, presenter)Shalini Dixit and Shivani Dixit of CINA radio

Dance workshop Shiamak Toronto Raas Hadippa

Avengers band featuring Humera ChannaLorensz Frnkce ( Desi Elvis)

Delhi Expressions Featuring Jaasmaan RathoreMad Band featuring Saad and Amitha

Hamza Farooqui BandVidha lal and Abhimnyu lal

Bollywood Singing sensation Richa Sharma full concert Shiamak Toronto Dance Grand Finale

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSOn behalf of the Board of Directors of Canadian Community Arts Initiative, Festival Executive Team and the volunteers of Mosaic Festival we extend a special thanks to the City of Mississauga Culture Division and the Celebration Square’s won-derful team especially Maduba Ahmad and Toniya, Tech staff led by Dan Vassey, and James Wier.Mayor Bonnie Crombie and the members of the Mississauga City Council for their support, Our media partners and sup-porters who have spread the word for us. Thank you to the Parents and families of all our volunteers who have encouraged your children to choose the finest event to work with.. Special thanks to the management of Novotel hotel Mississauga Clint and Frank Russo, for their hospitality and accommodation for our artists and team. To Living Arts Centre, CEO, Natalie Liu, Carla Lopes, Asma Ansari and Live Cuisine for their hard work in making our events a great experience for all. Special Thanks to Rakhshan Mushtaq Neverland Videography for the most hardworking wheels of this well oiled machine.For the beautiful Festival team tee shirts we give our profound thanks to Our sponsor DTGlobal and Nadir Zulfiqar.A huge big thanks to our Funders, Department of Canadian Heritage , Province of Ontario, Ministry of Art, Culture and Sports, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Trillium Foundation, Our sponsors, TD Bank and Greeniche for your generous support of the communities that has enabled us to make TD Mosaic such a success.

We look forward to seeing you again in 2019.

Brian Crombie

Brian has been supporting and promoting the Arts community in Mississauga, recently as the President of the Mississauga Arts Coun-cil for the last three years and on the Board of MAC for the past seven years. He also serves on the Board of Colours of Love Internatio-nal Concert and is Chair of Transit Alliance in Toronto.

He was the founder and Co-chair of the Mississauga and Western GTA Summits.Brian has an MBA from the Ivey School of Business. He graduated with an MBA as a Baker Scholar from Harvard Business School and is currently completing a DBA at Case Western Reserve University and the International School of Management. His research topic is Social Capital in In-novative Clusters in times of Financial Duress. Brian speaks on this research in an inspirational instructional talk: Com-munity and the Power of Co.CCAI is pleased to recognize and honour , Brian Crombie for his continued support for the Art and Culture and ef-forts for the enhancement of Cultural diversity of Canada. He is being honoured this year with the Jim Tovey award for Excellence in Art Service.

Canadian Community Arts Initiative recognizes some of the most prolific talents in the field of Art and culture every year during its annual awards Gala. The organization recognises that these awards are a way to encouraging and recogni-zing the hard work and dedication of those individuals who are committed to the development and enhancement of artistic and cultural experience of Canadians.CCAI is renaming its annual Art Service Award as Jim Tovey Award of Excellence in Art Service to honor the memory of late Jim Tovey, Councilor for ward one in Mississauga. A long time benefactor and close friend of arts community of our city, Jim Tovey suddenly passed away this year in February 2018.

Jim Tovey Award for Excellence in Art