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...

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National Conference for Visual Artists & Art Lawyers

June 8th – 10th, Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa

Those of you who fol­low us on Twit­ter and/or Face­book may have already heard of the upcom­ing Art + Law con­fer­ence orga­nized by CARFAC National that will be held in Ottawa from June 8–10...

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...

The National Director’s Tour

Alain Pineau is back in the office after his cross-country tour. Along his route he vis­ited Vic­to­ria, Van­cou­ver, Saska­toon, Regina, Win­nipeg, Cal­gary, Edmon­ton, Fredric­ton, Saint John, Monc­ton, Char­lot­te­town, Québec, Hal­i­fax and St. John’s. Details on his trav­els and con­sul­ta­tions with CCA mem­bers and arts sup­port­ers are shared in his blog. The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts would like to thank its sup­port­ers who hosted and assisted in the orga­ni­za­tion of the pub­lic con­sul­ta­tions across the coun­try....

Thinking Culture: Thinking Festivals

The CCA regrets to announce that this forum is cancelled.  Alas!

Our National Director Takes Off!

Alain Pineau took off on a cross-Canada tour on January 9 to meet with supporters of Canadian arts and culture, including CCA members of course. Take a gander at this page for more details on tour stops!

Past Thinking Culture Forums

2011 Where is the Cana­dian Pub­lish­ing Indus­try Going? Speaker: Dou­glas  Gibson Date: Novem­ber 17, 2011 Time: 5:00 — 7:00 pm Loca­tion: Uni­ver­sity of Ottawa, Des­marais Build­ing, 12th floor   Cul­ture and Sus­tain­able Communities Speak­ers: Nancy Duxbury, Michel-Rémi Lafond Date: Octo­ber 11, 2011 Time: 5:00 — 7:00 pm Loca­tion: Uni­ver­sity of Ottawa, Des­marais Build­ing, 12th floor, Room 120   Provin­cial Cul­tural Pol­icy: Then and Now Speak­ers: Mon­ica Gat­tinger, Diane Saint-Pierre, M. Sharon Jeannotte Date: June 20, 2011 Time: 5:00...

Where is the Canadian Publishing Industry Going?

Speaker: Dou­glas  Gibson

Date: Novem­ber 17, 2011

Time: 5:00 — 7:00 pm

Loca­tion: Uni­ver­sity of Ottawa, Des­marais Build­ing, 12th floor

Culture and Sustainable Communities

    Date: Octo­ber 11, 2011 Time: 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Loca­tion: Uni­ver­sity of Ottawa, Des­marais Build­ing, 55 Lau­rier Avenue East, 12th floor, Room 12120   This ses­sion will pro­vide insight into the evo­lu­tion of an increas­ingly impor­tant issue on Canada’s cul­tural landscape. Come and join us for an overview of the con­cep­tual issues fac­ing munic­i­pal­i­ties work­ing to inte­grate cul­ture into sus­tain­abil­ity plans, along with a brief dis­cus­sion about how Agenda 21 for Cul­ture is unfold­ing in Euro­pean cities. Closer to home,...

The Role of the Arts and Culture in Public Diplomacy

Arts and cul­ture play a cen­tral role in the diplo­matic strate­gies of numer­ous coun­tries, which see the pre­sen­ta­tion of their cul­ture abroad as a chance to tell the world who they are and to cre­ate a pos­i­tive image use­ful in pur­su­ing their goals. At a time when pub­lic diplo­macy is the sub­ject of renewed inter­est on the part of the gov­ern­ments of many West­ern democ­ra­cies, it is fit­ting to reflect upon the role that arts and cul­ture could play in Canada’s for­eign pol­icy. On Novem­ber 22, 2007, the CCA held a one-day sym­po­sium in...