Canada/European Union negotiations – the latest news

Steve Ver­heul, Canada’s chief nego­tia­tor, gave an account to civil soci­ety rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the lat­est rounds of dis­cus­sions by tele­con­fer­ence on Thurs­day, May 3. Over­all, things are not pro­gress­ing as quickly as hoped. Nego­ti­a­tions are prov­ing to be dif­fi­cult on a num­ber of fronts, notably because the Euro­peans must first har­mo­nize their posi­tion inter­nally (at the national and sub national level) before try­ing to come to an agree­ment with us. Fur­ther talks are planned for the months of June and July with hopes to be...

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Audience development: a matter of the heart

Denis J Bertrand, consultant for audience development of art for the 50Carleton firm and previously the general director of Théâtre Action (2000-2004), pens his first monthly column on audience development, trends, and observations. Share your passion.

Editor’s Note

Is it pos­si­ble to tra­verse a coun­try that does not end with­out per­ceiv­ing ghosts? Yves Thériault,Tayaout, son of Agaguk   As Alain Pineau has been telling you in his most recent blogs, we have numer­ous projects in devel­op­ment at the moment. One of the projects that I have been work­ing on lately is search­ing for con­trib­u­tors for our mag­a­zine. I know few peo­ple who have time to read every­thing and under­stand the issues and browse through hun­dreds of pages of reports and stud­ies, so we have decided to do that for you and ask the experts to...

Beware of Amazon

By Dou­glas Gibson   Most read­ers are aware that Ama­zon is becom­ing an increas­ing force in the book busi­ness. Very few are aware just how dom­i­nant it is becom­ing. In fact, the adjec­tive “dom­i­nat­ing” seems appro­pri­ate here. As in “bul­ly­ing”. Let me explain how this has affected me, as a Cana­dian author. In Feb­ru­ary of this year Ama­zon was engaged in re-negotiating its terms with the IPG organ­i­sa­tion. IPG is a North Amer­i­can dis­trib­u­tor that han­dles scores of pub­lish­ers, most of them fairly small. Among them is my own...

Arts and Education

By John Hobday The first CCA con­fer­ence that I attended was in late 1967. As I recall the three key top­ics of con­cern were:  the lack of ade­quate gov­ern­ment sup­port to build on the suc­cess of Cen­ten­nial Year; the fail­ure of the media to pro­vide suf­fi­cient cov­er­age of the arts; and the lack of empha­sis on arts edu­ca­tion in our schools. Since then, the qual­ity and quan­tity of arts edu­ca­tion in Canada has, with a few excep­tions, diminished. Study after study that I have read, con­fer­ence after con­fer­ence I have attended, made strong...

May 2012: John Hobday

Our current featured member is John Hobday, a great personality of the Canadian arts and cultural scene. He has made an enormous impact on the sector including here, at the Canadian Conference of the Arts. He has received numerous awards for his contributions and now has an annual award that bears his name, given out to recognize outstanding arts managers.

The Sprint Continues

The Sprint Continues

It’s the last magazine before our June 18th annual general meeting in Ottawa and like in a suspense film, I’m about to prepare my annual report without knowing quite how it will end! In a few weeks, another crucial step towards the future of the CCA will be realized...

Annual General Meeting

Dear Members of the Canadian Conference of the Arts,

It is with pleasure that I invite you to the Canadian Conference of the Arts’ Annual General Meeting which will take place in Ottawa on Monday, June 18, 2012 from 4:00 to 5:30 pm at the Capital Hill Hotel, 88 Albert Street (between Elgin and Metcalfe).

Given the current challenges facing the CCA, this will give you an opportunity to meet the Board of Governors, and to be informed on the CCA’s activities, plans, priorities and progress so far...

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Yes, we're still here, and it’s high time that I reported our recent weeks’ activities!

Just like Mark Twain (and many others since), the CCA would like to say that rumours of its death have been greatly exaggerated! Upon hearing the recent news, some may have jumped to the conclusion that the CCA was folding its tent. Neither the board nor the staff has thrown in the towel and we’re working at full steam ahead...

Fallout from the Federal Budget… Continues

CCA Bulletin 08/12

The CCA continues to identify the cultural impacts of federal budget. On April 30th, several departments and agencies announced a third wave of cuts to the federal public service. Today, the statistics we need and impacts on collective memory.