FIXT POINT

What FIXT POINT does

FIXT POINT Arts and Media is a Toronto-based not-for-profit arts and media organization founded in 2006 and incorporated in 2011, operating with 1-10 employees. The company's core work centers on community-engaged oral history collection, audio storytelling production, and site-specific performance creation, anchored by a proprietary storygathering methodology developed through years of touring. Its flagship projects are The Tale of a Town, a site-specific theatre and media initiative developed with the National Arts Centre of Canada that has interviewed over 3,500 Canadians across every province and territory, and the Empathy Squad, a national volunteer program that has run eight cohorts training young women and non-binary youth in audio storytelling. Complementary training programs include the Storygathering Training Workshop (offered free to participants with Ontario150 support), Gaulier's Master Clown Workshop delivered in partnership with École Philippe Gaulier, and the 50+ Audio Storytelling Training program adapted for virtual delivery.

FIXT POINT serves a hybrid set of stakeholders: community members and neighbourhood residents who share stories, youth and emerging artists who are trained in oral history methodology, local cultural institutions that co-present site-specific installations, and professional artists seeking new community-engaged methodologies. The company distributes audio content freely via SoundCloud and broadcasts Tale of a Town material through TVO's Main Street Ontario series.

FIXT POINT operates as a grant-funded non-profit with no commercial pricing model. Revenue derives from government and foundation grants, including the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario150, Canada Service Corps, and the National Arts Centre of Canada. Programs are delivered through scheduled community events, the storymobile (mobile recording booth), and virtual Zoom-based training. The company has national reach across Canada but no disclosed commercial revenue, and operates with a small core team.

Name

FIXT POINT

Legal name

FIXT POINT Arts and Media

Website

https://fixtpoint.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FIXT POINT Arts and Media is a Toronto-based not-for-profit that uses a proprietary storygathering methodology to collect oral histories, produce audio storytelling, and deliver site-specific performances, serving community members, youth, and cultural institutions across Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Arts and Storytelling Services

NAICS

Performing Arts Companies (7111), Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking) (MPAGABAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Children’s & Youth Educational Entertainment (Edutainment) (EDAGALAK), Interactive Multimedia Learning Content (Video, Audio, Interactive Lessons) (EDAFACAG)

Keywords

• Community storytelling
• Oral history programs
• Audio storytelling training
• Site-specific theatre
• Community engagement arts

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Not-for-Profit / Grant Funding: FIXT POINT is a not-for-profit organization incorporated in 2011. The company operates primarily through government and foundation grants, including funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario150, Canada Service Corps, and the National Arts Centre of Canada.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

FIXT POINT Arts and Media is a Toronto-based not-for-profit that produces community-engaged oral history and audio storytelling projects across Canada. Its core offerings are site-specific theatre and media projects (The Tale of a Town), a national youth volunteer audio storytelling program (Empathy Squad), and training workshops that teach community outreach, interviewing, narrative shaping, and audio editing skills. Programs are delivered through in-person community events, a mobile Storymobile recording booth, and virtual classroom sessions, with audio works distributed via SoundCloud and TVO.

Product overview

FIXT POINT Arts and Media is a Toronto-based arts organization that operates primarily as a project-based company rather than a software product company. Its core offerings consist of The Tale of a Town (a site-specific theatre and media project capturing community memories across Canada's main streets), the Empathy Squad program (a national volunteer initiative creating connections through storytelling and active listening), and several training programs including the Storygathering Training Workshop, Gaulier's Master Clown Workshop, and the 50+ Audio Storytelling Training program. The company also produces audio content through its various cohorts and showcases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Tale of a Town: A site-specific theatre and media project developed in collaboration with The National Arts Centre of Canada that captures the collective community memory of Canada's main streets through storytelling and performance installations.
• Empathy Squad

Products and services

• The Tale of a Town A site-specific theatre and media project that captures the collective community memory of Canada's main streets through scheduled and impromptu interviews with residents, business owners, and community stakeholders; developed in collaboration with the National Arts Centre of Canada and broadcast via TVO's Main Street Ontario series.
• Empathy Squad A national volunteer program for youth that creates meaningful connections and mutual understanding through public engagement, facilitated conversations, active listening, and audio storytelling that captures and preserves community memory. Eight cohorts have been completed.
• Storygathering Training Workshop A training workshop that teaches FIXT POINT's storygathering and creation methodology to artists, covering outreach strategies, interviewing techniques, narrative shaping, and audio art creation.
• 2018 Storygathering Workshop Audio Showcase A showcase of audio works produced by young women and non-binary youth trained in FIXT POINT's storygathering program, covering community-driven topics from public transit to immigrant family stories.
• Gaulier's Master Clown Workshop A two-week intensive training course on bouffon taught by Philippe Gaulier of École Philippe Gaulier (France), delivered in Toronto (and in Chicago and Los Angeles) through FIXT POINT's partnership with the school.
• 50+ Audio Storytelling Training (Digital Storytelling Training) A digital storytelling training program delivered via virtual classroom sessions and field-work interviewing, teaching participants interview and recording techniques and community engagement through oral history collection.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,500 Canadians interviewed across all provinces and territories
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• National Arts Centre of CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe National Arts Centre of Canada is a key collaboration partner in developing The Tale of a Town – Canada, a site-specific theatre and media project that captures the collective community memory of Canada's main streets. This is a flagship, multi-year national initiative.
• TVOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTVO serves as the broadcast partner for The Tale of a Town through the Main Street Ontario television series, bringing community storytelling content to a broad Ontario audience through television broadcasting.
• Dames Making GamesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDames Making Games partnered with FIXT POINT as a supporter for the 2018 Storygathering Workshop, contributing to the training ecosystem for emerging audio artists.
• École Philippe GaulierminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2011 and 2012, FIXT POINT partnered with École Philippe Gaulier (Paris, France) to bring Master Clown instructor Philippe Gaulier to North America for workshops in Toronto, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
• Local Cultural Institution PartnersmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFIXT POINT partners with local cultural institutions across Canada to co-deliver oral history programming and present site-specific storytelling installations. Program partners include Museum of Vancouver and others referenced in training materials.
• Making Room Community ArtsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaking Room Community Arts partnered with FIXT POINT on the Empathy Squad Cohort 3 project 'Dark Side of the Moon,' supporting a community story circle on sacred spaces in Toronto.

Scale indicators5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• StoryCorps: US-based non-profit dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing oral histories from Americans. Closest direct analogue to FIXT POINT's Tale of a Town project — both collect community oral histories at scale, build a national archive, and distribute via broadcast/podcast partners.
• The Moth: Non-profit storytelling organization that produces live storySLAM events and a flagship podcast. Comparable to FIXT POINT on the audio storytelling production and live performance dimensions, though Moth focuses on curated personal narratives rather than community oral history.
• StoryCenter: US non-profit focused on digital storytelling workshops and community-based narrative production. Directly comparable to FIXT POINT's Storygathering Training Workshop and 50+ Audio Storytelling Training — both teach audio production and oral history methodology to non-professional community members.
• Making Room Community Arts: Toronto-based community-engaged arts organization that partnered with FIXT POINT on the Empathy Squad Cohort 3 'Dark Side of the Moon' project. Comparable as a small, community-led performing arts non-profit working on participatory storytelling in Toronto.

Others

• Toronto Arts Council: Municipal arts funder in Toronto and part of FIXT POINT's broader arts-funding ecosystem. Not a competitor but a relevant stakeholder peer for understanding the funding landscape FIXT POINT operates within.
• TVO: Ontario's educational broadcaster and broadcast partner for FIXT POINT's Main Street Ontario series. Functions as a distribution channel rather than a peer; included because its media-reach profile materially shapes FIXT POINT's audience footprint.
• Museum of Vancouver: Western Canada's largest civic museum and a referenced program partner for FIXT POINT's storygathering training materials. Comparable as a cultural institution that hosts site-specific community programming, though its scale is materially larger.
• National Arts Centre of Canada: Canada's national performing arts presenting organization and a core strategic partner of FIXT POINT for The Tale of a Town. Not a competitor; included as the closest anchor institution in FIXT POINT's ecosystem and a benchmark for national performing-arts scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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