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The CCA com­mu­ni­cates reg­u­larly with its mem­bers and the pub­lic regard­ing its work pro­mot­ing and defend­ing the arts, cul­ture and her­itage sec­tor. From time to time, Alain Pineau adds his per­sonal touch as pre­sented in this blog. Read on and share your thoughts by post­ing replies.

 

 

Two Nudges..and an Appointment

Ottawa , Sep­tem­ber 16, 2004 Nom­i­na­tions due for CCA Awards They may not have the hype of Cana­dian Idol, but the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts is seek­ing nom­i­na­tions for its pres­ti­gious awards: the Diplôme d’honneur and the Keith Kelly Award for Cul­tural Lead­er­ship.   (A detailed descrip­tion of the cri­te­ria for each award is avail­able on our web­site: http://www.ccarts.ca/en/awards/ ) These are pre­sented annu­ally to mem­bers of Canada ‘s cul­tural...

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Registration is Open for the 2004 National Policy Conference

Ottawa , Sep­tem­ber 2 2004 – Reg­is­tra­tion is now open for the CCA ‘s 2004 national pol­icy con­fer­ence, to be held at the MacKen­zie Art Gallery in Regina , Saskatchewan , on Fri­day 19 and Sat­ur­day 20 Novem­ber 2004 .   The reg­is­tra­tion form can be down­loaded from the CCA ‘s web­site or is avail­able by con­tact­ing james.missen@ccarts.ca or 613–238-3561, exten­sion 14. What is the con­fer­ence about? Enti­tled From Act to Action: Mov­ing For­ward on Sta­tus of the...

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“MOVING FORWARD” WITH 2004 NATIONAL POLICY CONFERENCE

Ottawa, August 12, 2004 — Fol­low­ing up on last year’s hugely suc­cess­ful (and sold out!) national pol­icy con­fer­ence in Hal­i­fax, Nova Sco­tia, CCA is pleased to for­mally announce that this year’s event, From Act to Action: Mov­ing For­ward on Sta­tus of the Artist , will take place at the MacKen­zie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan on Fri­day, Novem­ber 19 th and Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 20 th , 2004.   The con­fer­ence will address equity for Cana­dian artists by exam­in­ing the...

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NEW CANADIAN HERITAGE MINISTER SPEAKS OUT

Ottawa, July 22, 2004 — CCA was heart­ened by new Min­is­ter Liza Frulla’s state­ment on CBC TV’s broad­cast of The National on Wednes­day July 21 st , that the artist is at the heart of all artis­tic pro­duc­tion:   “I just want to make sure that when we’re fund­ing, we truly fund the peo­ple that make it hap­pen.   For me that’s really impor­tant because it starts with the cre­ator.”   Her fur­ther com­ment also speaks to the ques­tion of for­eign own­er­ship:   “We’re...

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LIZA FRULLA NAMED AS NEW MINISTER OF CANADIAN HERITAGE

Ottawa , July 20th, 2004 — Prime Min­is­ter Paul Mar­tin named his new Cab­i­net today, and has placed the Depart­ment of Cana­dian Her­itage in the expe­ri­enced hands of Liza Frulla, MP for the rid­ing of Jeanne-Le Ber (Québec).   CCA wel­comes this appoint­ment and looks for­ward to work­ing closely with Ms Frulla and her Depart­ment over the com­ing years. Ms Frulla was Min­is­ter of Human Resources and Social Devel­op­ment (for­merly HRDC) in the pre­vi­ous short-lived Cab­i­net....

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“I’ve always loved challenges” — Jean Malavoy joins the CCA

<span class="dquo">“</span>I’ve always loved challenges” — Jean Malavoy joins the <span class="caps">CCA</span>

Pass­ing the Flame: For­mer National Direc­tor Megan Davis Williams and the new National Direc­tor, Jean Malavoy at the CCA’s annual busi­ness meet­ing in Toronto . Ottawa , July 15th, 2004 — When the CCA’s new National Direc­tor, Jean Malavoy, speaks of his new role, it is with the fer­vour of a true believer. “Rep­re­sent­ing the inter­ests of artists across Canada is a call­ing, almost reli­gious”, he says.   “You need to have faith, and I do.” Jean comes to the...

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Jean Malavoy to head up the CCA

Ottawa , March 17, 2004 —   The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts ( CCA ) is pleased to announce the appoint­ment of Jean Malavoy as its new National Direc­tor. A search com­mit­tee com­posed of mem­bers of the Board of Gov­er­nors and for­mer st af f con­ducted a national com­pe­ti­tion to find a suc­ces­sor for Megan Davis Williams, who announced her inten­tion to leave the CCA af ter serv­ing as National Direc­tor since 1998. Mr. Malavoy will assume the reins of Canada pri­mary arts...

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2004 CHALMERS CONFERENCE “THE BEST EVER”!

Minister’s pres­ence “a coup”! Ottawa, March 2, 2004 — The fifth Chalmers Con­fer­ence, an annual gath­er­ing of rep­re­sen­ta­tives from National Arts Ser­vice Orga­ni­za­tions (NASOs) orga­nized by the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts ( CCA ), was held in Ottawa last Fri­day 27 Feb­ru­ary.   It was a sold out event and, by all accounts, a resound­ing suc­cess!   Orga­nized around the theme of “Advo­cacy and Elec­tions”, the one-day con­fer­ence opened with a...

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The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with the Canadian Cultural Observatory

The Obser­va­tory, in sup­port of its man­date to inform and advance cul­tural devel­op­ment in Canada, has recently launched Culturescope.ca. This new Web site is an inter­ac­tive hub for arts and cul­ture pro­fes­sion­als that includes a col­lec­tion of spe­cial­ized resources, as well as net­work­ing tools that enable groups of peo­ple to work together on-line. While Culturescope.ca is oper­ated and main­tained by the Obser­va­tory, which is an ini­tia­tive of the Depart­ment of...

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MINISTER OF CANADIAN HERITAGE TO MEET WITH CULTURAL COMMUNITY AT CHALMERS CONFERENCE

Keynote speak­ers confirmed Ottawa, Jan­u­ary 30, 2004 – The CCA has received con­fir­ma­tion that the new Min­is­ter of Cana­dian Her­itage, Hélène Chal­i­four Scher­rer, will be the keynote speaker at the Chalmers Con­fer­ence break­fast on Fri­day 27 Feb­ru­ary 2004. The break­fast begins at 8.30am and is open to all, indi­vid­u­als and rep­re­sen­ta­tives of orga­ni­za­tions, at a cost of $25 for those who are not CCA mem­bers; there is no charge for CCA mem­bers, and those already...

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