Ontario Science Centre

Description

Our mission at the Ontario Science Centre is "To delight, inform and challenge visitors through engaging and thought-provoking experiences in science and technology." To turn the mission into reality, we've completed a $47.5 million transformation of the Science Centre - Agents of Change – was completed in 2007.
In June 2008, the Science Centre hosted the 5th Science Centre World Congress in Toronto. This was first time the event was held in North America. The Congress is a gathering of science centre leaders from around the world who meet every three years to discuss shared challenges and the role of science centres in increasing public engagement with science. A pivotal outcome of the Congress was the Toronto Declaration, which established a new benchmark for science centres. For the first time, the science centre community made a collective global statement of beliefs and commitment. The Declaration identified an inspirational agenda to guide the field until the next world congress to be held in South Africa in 2011.