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From Economy to Ecology: A Policy Framework for Creative Labour

Cre­ativ­ity func­tions as an impor­tant leit­mo­tif in think­ing about the cre­ative econ­omy. How­ever, eco­nomic argu­ments about the speci­ficity of cul­tural value and its dif­fer­ence from eco­nomic value (Caves, 2000; Hes­mond­halgh, 2007; Throsby, 2001) or about the role of the arts, artists and the eco­nomic activ­i­ties of the pro­fes­sional arts are not well grounded in the­o­ries of inno­va­tion or cre­ative indus­try pol­icy for­mu­la­tions. This arti­cle accepts that the most impor­tant pos­tu­late in the cre­ative econ­omy is that it is...

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The place of arts and culture in Canadian foreign policy

Rachael Maxwell Sep­tem­ber 2007 In 2007 Rachael Maxwell com­pleted a three month intern­ship with the CCA as part of her research for her MA in Cul­tural Pol­icy and Arts Man­age­ment at the Uni­ver­sity Col­lege of Dublin. Ms. Maxwell’s research was used in prepa­ra­tion for a Novem­ber 2007 sym­po­sium on the topic of cul­tural diplo­macy. Titled: The Place of Arts and Cul­ture in Cana­dian For­eign Pol­icy, this paper presents a broad per­spec­tive on the evo­lu­tion of pub­lic diplo­macy around the world and in Canada. The paper takes into account...

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Broadcasting Policy: The Perfect Storm — A Review of Broadcasting Policies in Selected Countries

Susan Deer in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Garry Neil August 2007 Around the world, new tech­nolo­gies are chang­ing broad­cast­ing and telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions. As con­sumers inte­grate these tech­nolo­gies into their lives, some gov­ern­ments have begun to adapt­their Broad­cast­ing and Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions reg­u­la­tions; oth­ers rec­og­nize the cur­rent leg­isla­tive frame­work is out­dated, but have not yet devel­oped a new reg­u­la­tory struc­ture. Thus, reg­u­la­to­ryregimes for the Broad­cast­ing and the Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions sec­tors...

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The Status of Status

Garry Neil Feb­ru­ary 2007 Sta­tus of the Artist is a term describ­ing a cat­e­gory of leg­is­la­tion and pro­grams intended to improve the cir­cum­stances of pro­fes­sional artists.  Since the approval of the 1980 UNESCO Rec­om­men­da­tion con­cern­ing the Sta­tus of the Artist, there have been efforts in several Cana­dian juris­dic­tions to imple­ment such policies.   While Cana­dian stud­ies in the 1980s rec­om­mended gov­ern­ment actions on a range of policy issues, includ­ing income tax, health and safety, copy­right, insur­ance, pen­sions,...

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FROM OF THE DESK of Alain Pineau: Update on CCA’s 2006 Federal Election Advocacy">FROM OF THE DESK of Alain Pineau: Update on CCA’s 2006 Federal Election Advocacy

CCA Bul­letin 03/06 Decem­ber 8, 2005 The fed­eral elec­tion cam­paign is now in full swing and the CCA is on the case. If you are inter­ested in the pro­mo­tion and pro­tec­tion of the arts and cul­tural sec­tor in Canada,keep an eye on your email and take action!!  In the course of the next sev­eral weeks, this is what you can expect to see from the CCA elec­tion desk: · a pro­file of how each fed­eral party fared in the last Par­lia­ment, what was achieved, what wasn’t and what is promised for the future, · key issues for the cul­tural sec­tor from the...

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The Canadian Conference of the Arts announces its national arts awards winners for 2006

Ottawa, ON (August 23, 2006) — The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce that its Diplôme d’honneur will be pre­sented to phil­an­thropist and the­atre pro­ducer, Bluma Appel, while the Keith Kelly Award for Cul­tural Lead­er­ship will be given to one of Canada’s long time arts advo­cates, Pat Durr. The 2006 CCA National Arts Awards cer­e­mony will be hosted by the Lieu­tenant Gov­er­nor of...

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CCA Releases its Analysis of the 2006 Federal Budget — How would culture fare under a majority Conservative government?">The CCA Releases its Analysis of the 2006 Federal Budget — How would culture fare under a majority Conservative government?

Ottawa, ON (August 3, 2006) — The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) has released its annual in-depth Annual Fed­eral Bud­get Analy­sis. The doc­u­ment exam­ines fed­eral fund­ing to the Depart­ment of Cana­dian Her­itage (DCH), cul­tural agen­cies and crown cor­po­ra­tions in Cana­dian Heritage’s port­fo­lio and other note­wor­thy devel­op­ments. It also addresses other fis­cal poli­cies that were included in the 2006 ...

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Some good news for Canada’s arts and culture sector announced in 2006 Federal Budget

Ottawa, ON (May 2, 2006) — The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) is encour­aged by the announce­ment of new monies for the Canada Coun­cil for the Arts con­tained in the 2006 Fed­eral Bud­get unveiled today by the Hon. Jim Fla­herty, Min­is­ter of Finance. This announce­ment comes on the heels of months of sus­tained advo­cacy by mem­bers of the country’s arts and cul­tural sec­tor, who were seek­ing a dou­bling of the Canada Council’s ...

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CCA conference provides opportunity to influence new government’s cultural priorities">CCA conference provides opportunity to influence new government’s cultural priorities

Ottawa, ON (Feb­ru­ary 10, 2006) — Rep­re­sen­ta­tives of Canada’s arts and cul­tural sec­tor from all dis­ci­plines and regions of Canada will gather in Ottawa March 2 to 4, 2006 to dis­cuss key sec­toral pri­or­i­ties and estab­lish strate­gies to influ­ence the cul­tural pol­icy of the new Gov­ern­ment of Canada. “Map­ping Canada’s Cul­tural Pol­icy: Where do we go from here?” will pro­vide a three-day forum for del­e­gates from across Canada to col­lec­tively iden­tify pol­icy issues that must be on the government’s agenda in order to...

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MANAGING CHANGE”, THE CATCHPHRASE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY?">MANAGING CHANGE”, THE CATCHPHRASE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY?

CC Bul­letin 08/06 Feb­ru­ary 1, 2006 Musi­cian, writer and hi-tech wiz­ard Paul Hof­fer­twill kick off CCA’s March 2006 National Pol­icy Con­fer­ence, Map­ping Canada’sCultural Pol­icy: Where Do We Go From Here?, with a provoca­tive break­fast­p­re­sen­ta­tion that will scram­ble your eggs! In an inter­view with National Direc­tor, Alain Pineau, Hof­fert out­lined anum­ber of fun­da­men­tal trends which he sees chal­leng­ing the cul­tural sector.Here are some high­lights from this interview: “Glob­al­iza­tion is a threat to local cul­ture but it...

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