Agenda Reflects Timeliness of CCA Conference

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The complete agenda for the CCA’s upcoming conference Mapping Canada’s Cultural Policy: Where do we go from here? is now available on our website.

The CCA’s two day national policy conference brings together the key players and stakeholders in cultural policy in Canada -- individual artists, cultural organizations and industries, labour groups and government bureaucrats.

Conference delegates will tackle key questions such as:

• Could it be that Canada already has a national cultural policy without knowing it?
• What will the cultural environment of tomorrow be?
• Do existing policies equip Canada for the future?
• Where do we go from here?

Among the agenda highlights are two concurrent workshops that will examine specific issues relating to artists/creators’ issues and those relevant to producers/cultural industries. Discussions will focus around three CCA documents that will be sent to delegates in advance of the conference: an overview of Canada’s cultural policy, and two papers relating to specific issues facing each group.

Keynote speaker Paul Hoffert will kick off the conference with a provocative presentation on new approaches to production and dissemination of culture and the arts which will provide a backdrop to the delegates’ discussions. The conference will also have a dynamic edge through “graphic facilitation” provided by facilitator David Hasbury – a process of reflecting back conference discussions through words and images, plus on-the-spot “rapportage” by spoken word artist Greg Frankson summarizing each session in his own way.

This conference is crucial to the sector’s advocacy process as it will lead to the CCA’s Strategic Action Plan for the coming 18 months or so. Make your voice heard – be part of the discussion. Ensure your priorities inform advocacy with our new government!