Preliminary Annual Report 2011–2012

President’s and National Director’s Messages Finan­cial Statements

BCE/Astral, a Transaction with Multiple Dimensions">Audiovisual: BCE/Astral, a Transaction with Multiple Dimensions

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CCA Bulletin 13/12

In mid-September, the CRTC will be holding hearings to study BCE’s acquisition of Astral’s holdings. Why is this deal important for the cultural sector?

CCA Makes its Recommendations to the Finance Committee">Federal Budget 2013: The CCA Makes its Recommendations to the Finance Committee

CCA Bulletin 12/12

On June 8th, the Standing Committee on Finance initiated its pre-budget consultations by inviting all Canadians to submit their priorities for the 2013 federal budget. The CCA submitted its recommendations today and hopes to have the opportunity to appear before the Committee.

Five Supreme Court Copyright Decisions: Consumers 4.5 — Artists and Creators 0.5

CCA Bulletin 11/12

Last Thursday, the Supreme Court delivered five judgments which have a considerable impact on the interpretation of copyright law in Canada. The Court’s decisions were based on the previous version of the Copyright Act, Bill C-11 not yet having been adopted at the time of the hearing, last December...

Building Bridges: Cultural Industry Leaders Meet Educators and Trainers

The Cul­tural Human Resources Coun­cil (CHRC) will once again be “Build­ing Bridges” between cul­tural lead­ers and educators/trainers at its national HR Forum in Toronto on Sep­tem­ber 27 and 28, 2012. Reg­is­ter Now! The focus of this unique gath­er­ing of cul­tural lead­ers, key edu­ca­tors and pol­icy mak­ers from across the coun­try will be train­ing needs and gaps in the sector. Through pre­sen­ta­tions on best practices, thought­ful dis­course and provoca­tive discussion, the Forum will high­light exam­ples of industry/education col­lab­o­ra­tion...

A Fruitful Summer

A Fruitful Summer

Our last edition of The Magazine before the summer! We will be taking a break from the magazine for the summer, but we will be holding up the fort and keeping vigil for any news...

Editor’s Note

“The pur­pose of art is the grad­ual life­long con­struc­tion of a state of won­der and seren­ity.” Glenn Gould, musician Here it is! Our last issue before the fall. Yes, the mag­a­zine takes a break for the sum­mer, but we will be hold­ing up the fort and keep­ing vigil for any news over the sum­mer. We will keep you informed via our Bulletins. Our Fea­tured mem­ber this month and for the sum­mer is the Cul­tural Human Resources Coun­cil (CHRC). The Coun­cil is also in a tran­si­tion phase and is in the process of prepar­ing for a forum that will take place...

CCA President’s Blog – Time for Change!">CCA President’s Blog – Time for Change!

As I indi­cated in my report to the June 18th Annual Gen­eral Meet­ing, the last year has been a very busy one for all of us and now, the CCA has entered what is prob­a­bly the most crit­i­cal phase of it re-birth process. We are fac­ing a period of rad­i­cal change as we rein­vent the busi­ness and gov­er­nance mod­els of the CCA to make it a strong and inde­pen­dent voice. In our efforts to trans­form this unique instru­ment serv­ing the Cana­dian arts, cul­tural and her­itage sec­tors, we can build on an impres­sive list of strengths. We have a chal­leng­ing but...

The Cultural Human Resources Council

The Cultural Human Resources Council: Building Bridges and a Future

Our new featured member is particularly close to our hearts. We are paying tribute to an organization that got its wings from the CCA: the Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC).

Content is King? Depends on Your Point of View

Did you know it was Bill Gates who said the oft repeated media catch­phrase: Con­tent is king? In a 1996 arti­cle by the same name he wrote, “Con­tent is where I expect much of the real money will be made on the inter­net, just as it was in broad­cast­ing. The tele­vi­sion rev­o­lu­tion that began half a cen­tury ago spawned a num­ber of indus­tries, includ­ing the man­u­fac­tur­ing of TV sets, but the long-term win­ners were those who used the medium to deliver infor­ma­tion and entertainment.” In his arti­cle in The Atlantic in July 2011 Jonathan A. Knee, from...