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CCA RELEASES STUDY OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON CULTURE">CCA RELEASES STUDY OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON CULTURE

Bul­letin 31/05 Ottawa, July 8, 2005 — The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts is pleased to announce the release of a new report on gov­ern­ment fund­ing for the arts.  The report, titled “Gov­ern­ment Spend­ing on Cul­ture in Canada, 1992–93 to 2002-03 ”, was com­mis­sioned by the CCA from Hill Strate­gies Research Inc. The report exam­ines spend­ing on cul­ture by fed­eral, provin­cial, and munic­i­pal gov­ern­ments in Canada, focus­ing largely on changes in spend­ing between the years 1992–93 and 2002-03.  It also pro­vides a more detailed overview of...

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CCA Releases Study of Government Spending on Culture">CCA Releases Study of Government Spending on Culture

report on gov­ern­ment fund­ing for the arts. The report, titled “Gov­ern­ment Spend­ing on Cul­ture in Canada, 1992–93 to 2002–03”, was com­mis­sioned by the CCA from Hill Strate­gies Research Inc. The report exam­ines spend­ing on cul­ture by fed­eral, provin­cial, and munic­i­pal gov­ern­ments in Canada, focus­ing largely on changes in spend­ing between the years 1992–93 and 2002-03. It also pro­vides a more detailed overview of gov­ern­ment cul­tural spend­ing for fis­cal year 2002-03. Using Sta­tis­tics Canada’s Sur­vey of Gov­ern­ment...

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RIGHT HONOURABLE PAUL MARTIN AND HONOURABLE STEPHEN HARPER RESPOND TO CCA’S MAY 6TH OPEN LETTER">RIGHT HONOURABLE PAUL MARTIN AND HONOURABLE STEPHEN HARPER RESPOND TO CCA’S MAY 6TH OPEN LETTER

Ottawa, July 6, 2005 — On May 6, the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) sent an open let­ter to all the major polit­i­cal party lead­ers and the media.  The let­ter asked the fed­eral polit­i­cal par­ties to work together to ensure that key aspects of the bud­get, such as Tomor­row Starts Today, are passed before a fed­eral elec­tion is called. In the past few weeks, NDP  Leader Jack Lay­ton and Con­ser­v­a­tive Party of Canada (CPC) Her­itage Critic Bev Oda have sent responses detail­ing the posi­tions of their respec­tive par­ties vis à vis bud­get...

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Government Spending on Culture in Canada, 1992–93 to 2002-03

Kelly Hill, Hill Strate­gies Research Inc. July 2005 This report exam­ines spend­ing on cul­ture by fed­eral, provin­cial and munic­i­pal gov­ern­ments in Canada . The report’s prin­ci­pal focus is the change in gov­ern­ment spend­ing on cul­ture between 1992 –93 and 2002 — 03. A brief overview of gov­ern­ment cul­tural spend­ing in 2002-03 is also pro­vided.  Gov­ern­ment cul­tural spend­ing by cul­tural sec­tor, by level of gov­ern­ment and by province, as well as per capita spend­ing amounts, are exam­ined in this report. Unless oth­er­wise noted,...

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Important board and staff changes at the Canadian Conference of the Arts

June 30, 2005 OTTAWA – The Board of Gov­er­nors of the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts is pleased to announce that Andrew David Ter­ris has been appointed as Interim National Direc­tor of the CCA. In order to accept this key posi­tion, Mr. Ter­ris has stepped down as CCA Pres­i­dent and resigned from the Board. The Board has filled the vacancy by elect­ing Vice Pres­i­dent Robert Spick­ler as Pres­i­dent and Karl Siegler, Chair of the CCA’s Pol­icy and Plan­ning Com­mit­tee, as Vice Pres­i­dent. “With the depar­ture of our National Direc­tor, Jean Malavoy,...

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CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF THE ARTS LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR NATIONAL DIRECTOR">CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF THE ARTS LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR NATIONAL DIRECTOR

Bul­letin 29/05 Ottawa, June 28, 2005 — The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) has begun an aggres­sive search for a dynamic new National Direc­tor to lead its efforts on behalf of Cana­dian artists and cul­tural orga­ni­za­tions. The full text of the job post­ing can be found below. Please help with the search by for­ward­ing the post­ing to your own net­work of orga­ni­za­tions and indi­vid­u­als. The dead­line for appli­ca­tions is August 19th, 2005.

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IMPORTANT BOARD AND STAFF CHANGES AT THE CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF THE ARTS">IMPORTANT BOARD AND STAFF CHANGES AT THE CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF THE ARTS

Bul­letin 28/05 Ottawa, June 24, 2005 — The Board of Gov­er­nors of the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts is pleased to announce that Andrew David Ter­ris has been appointed as Interim National Direc­tor of the CCA. In order to accept this key posi­tion, Mr. Ter­ris has stepped down as CCA Pres­i­dent and resigned from the Board. The Board has filled the vacancy by electing Vice Pres­i­dent Robert Spick­ler as Pres­i­dent and Karl Siegler, Chair of the CCA’s Pol­icy and Plan­ning Com­mit­tee, as Vice President. “With the depar­ture of our National Direc­tor,...

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New president and vice-president to guide Canadian Conference of the Arts

OTTAWA – The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce the elec­tion of Andrew David Ter­ris as pres­i­dent and Robert Spick­ler as vice-president of its board of governors. Mr. Ter­ris, who has worked as an artist, designer, researcher, writer, admin­is­tra­tor and con­sul­tant over the past 35 years, brings an impres­sive wealth of knowl­edge and lead­er­ship to the CCA. He was the author of Pub­lic Pol­icy and Cul­tural Devel­op­ment in Nova Sco­tia, a 1990 report which even­tu­ally led to the cre­ation of the Nova Sco­tia...

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Jean Malavoy leaving Canadian Conference of the Arts

OTTAWA – Jean Malavoy, the cur­rent National Direc­tor of the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts, will be leav­ing the CCA on June 21s t, 2005, after one year at the helm of Canada’s old­est and largest arts advo­cacy organization. About his deci­sion to leave, Malavoy said: “I am not a per­fect fit for the CCA. Although I am very pas­sion­ate about Cana­dian cul­ture and the place of the artist within our soci­ety, I feel that my resources and exper­tise will be bet­ter uti­lized towards what I excel in: orga­niz­ing cul­tural events and...

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NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT TO GUIDE CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF THE ARTS">NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT TO GUIDE CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF THE ARTS

Bul­letin 26/05 Ottawa, June 3, 2005 — The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce the elec­tion of Andrew David Ter­ris as pres­i­dent and Robert Spick­ler as vice-president of its board of governors. Mr. Ter­ris, who has worked as an artist, designer, researcher, writer, admin­is­tra­tor and con­sul­tant over the past 35 years, brings an impres­sive wealth of knowl­edge and lead­er­ship to the CCA. He was the author of Pub­lic Pol­icy and Cul­tural Devel­op­ment in Nova Sco­tia, a 1990 report which even­tu­ally led to the cre­ation of...

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