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Mes­sage from the President

The Pres­i­dent of the CCA’s Board of Direc­tors, Kath­leen Sharpe, addresses the chal­lenges cur­rently fac­ing the CCA. Read on!

CCA Spot­light

Munic­i­pal Cul­tural Invest­ment in Five Large Cana­dian Cities -  a study com­par­ing cities with the largest num­ber of cul­tural work­ers and artists in Canada – Van­cou­ver, Cal­gary, Toronto, Ottawa and Mon­tréal.  The report was released in Jan­u­ary 2012 by  Hill Strate­gies Research.

The Visual Arts Alliance (VAA), the umbrella orga­ni­za­tion of Cana­dian visual arts associations, organized Re-visioning the Visual Arts as a col­lo­quium on the future of the visual arts in Canada. The final report on this Sep­tem­ber 2011 event is now avail­able online.

Europe and gen­der equal­ity high­lights efforts in Europe to address the issues of gen­der rep­re­sen­ta­tion, wage equal­ity and more.

The Impact of Dig­i­tal Media on the Per­form­ing Arts - a study on the impact and the oppor­tu­ni­ties pre­sented by dig­i­tal media on the Cana­dian per­form­ing arts com­mu­nity, most specif­i­cally on theatre.

Orches­tras Canada main­tains a page of links to cul­tural sta­tis­tics and research.

The National Director’s Tour

Alain Pineau is back in the office after his cross-country tour.  Details on his trav­els and con­sul­ta­tions with CCA mem­bers and arts sup­port­ers are shared in his blog.

Watch out for …

Art and the Qual­ity of Life will be the focus of an upcom­ing analy­sis by the CCA. Stay tuned.