The Canadian Conference of the Arts Welcomes a New National Director

OTTAWA – The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts, the most impor­tant interest-based coali­tion aimed at
pro­mot­ing arts and cul­ture in Canada, is pleased to announce the appoint­ment of Alain Pineau as National
Direc­tor.
Mr. Pineau comes to the CCA with an impres­sive track record in broad­cast­ing, cul­tural indus­tries and
vol­un­teerism in the arts. At the Cana­dian Broad­cast­ing Cor­po­ra­tion, he was amongst other things
Man­ag­ing Edi­tor of National News for French radio, Vice Pres­i­dent, Plan­ning and Reg­u­la­tory Affairs and
Asso­ciate Vice Pres­i­dent for Regional Broad­cast­ing Oper­a­tions. Until very recently, he was found­ing
direc­tor of Galaxie, CBC’s first for profit music dis­tri­b­u­tion net­work. Dur­ing his career with the pub­lic
broad­caster, he has worked in Mon­tréal, Paris and Ottawa. Mr. Pineau holds a bachelor’s degree from the
Uni­ver­sité de Mon­tréal and a mas­ter from Oxford. He sat on the board of Opera Lyra Ottawa for 12 years
and from 1992 to 2005, he rep­re­sented the CBC on the Board of Gov­er­nors of the Gov­er­nor General’s
Per­form­ing Arts Awards Foun­da­tion.
CCA Pres­i­dent Robert Spick­ler wel­comes Alain Pineau’s appoint­ment: “Alain comes to us with a great deal
of expe­ri­ence in pub­lic broad­cast­ing as well as in vol­un­teerism in the cul­tural area. His abil­i­ties, com­bined
with his infec­tious energy and enthu­si­asm, have made him a unan­i­mous choice for the Board. The Board
of Gov­er­nors has asked Alain to revi­tal­ize links with the arts com­mu­nity and the cul­tural indus­tries of
Canada in order to pro­mote pub­lic debate on the cul­tural community’s major issues.“
Alain Pineau, who took office on Novem­ber 7, says: “I look for­ward to the chal­lenges ahead. I assume the
duties of National Direc­tor know­ing that the CCA is a forum for the exchange of ideas on cul­ture, a
dynamic envi­ron­ment to reflect on the devel­op­ment of cul­tural poli­cies and, for the gov­ern­ment of Canada,
the main voice for the arts and cul­ture com­mu­nity. I know I can count on the sup­port of a skilled Board of
Gov­er­nors and a moti­vated staff to help me achieve the stated objec­tives. “
Mr. Spick­ler also wishes to express the Board’s pro­found grat­i­tude to Andrew David Ter­ris, who served as
act­ing Direc­tor in the last few months, as well as the entire CCA staff in Ottawa for ded­i­cat­ing all its
ener­gies to the ser­vice of the orga­ni­za­tion and its mem­bers.
Sixty years strong, the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts is the national forum for the arts and cul­tural com­mu­nity
in Canada. It serves as a leader, author­ity, and cat­a­lyst to ensure that artists can con­tribute freely and fully to a
cre­ative, dynamic, and civil Cana­dian soci­ety.
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