DXC connects, celebrates and equips people who are taking action to strengthen democracy. Co-produced by OCAD University, The Open Democracy Project and the Dais at TMU, Canada’s premier democracy summit offers three days of dynamic programming that includes inspiring keynote speakers, thought‑provoking expert panels, and hands‑on participatory workshops; created to both examine and tackle today’s most urgent civic issues.
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DemocracyXChange 2026 Final Report
The DXC26 Final Report provides an overview of the seventh annual summit that brought together more than 950 leaders, innovators, artists, policymakers, researchers, and community changemakers to gather in Toronto for three sold-out days of dialogue and action. Explore the key themes, stats and highlights from Canada's largest democracy summit.
DXC26 By The Numbers
Integrity of Information
How and where people get their sources of information continues to evolve. We’ll examine the latest tools that people are turning to, the ongoing policy debates and the chaos that ensues in this quickly moving space.
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Building an economy that serves democracy
DXC26 invites changemakers to reimagine the role of the economy in strengthening democracy. When people see the economy working for them, confidence in democracy grows. In this defining moment, we'll explore how we can work together to secure economic sovereignty, grow opportunity and deepen civic trust in Canada and beyond.
Democracy Futures Workshop
Unbound: Canada’s Sovereignty and
Democracy Futures
How might Canada respond to shifting threats to our cultural, economic, and digital independence?
This interactive facilitated workshop brought participants together in small groups to identify emerging vulnerabilities across the four critical domains of sovereignty, cultural, economic, digital, and territorial. Using foresight tools and collaborative design methods, participants had the opportunity to translate insights into strategic proposals to strengthen democratic resilience in Canada. From diagnosing today’s pressures to imagining tomorrow's possibilities, participants crafted a Civic Sovereignty Charter for 2035 and developed provocative “design jailbreak” prompts that challenge assumptions and open new pathways for action.
Read the complete Democracy Futures Workshop 2026 Report.
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Making The Future
Strengthening democracy's future depends on equipping young leaders with the context, confidence and network of peers to drive meaningful change.
At DXC26, the Dais convened Emerging Leaders for a sold-out workshop to explore how rising living costs, digital disruption, and declining institutional trust are reshaping civic life, and how young people are responding.
Across four sessions, participants examined why young voters are shifting politically; how the attention economy shapes civic power; and how precarious work is being turned into community organizing and democratic participation. The day closed with We the People: A Freestyle Social with Anthony Morgan, turning debate into connection and inviting participants to rethink what democracy really means in a polarized world.
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