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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.

 

 

FROM THE DESK of Alain Pineau:CCA to embark on comprehensive consultative process with members and arts and cultural sector

Ottawa, Novem­ber 18, 2005 – Within the first two weeks of my man­date as the new National Direc­tor of the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts we have seen the unveil­ing of the Eco­nomic Update by the Min­is­ter of Finance, and the spec­tre of a fed­eral elec­tion is now loom­ing in the not-too-distant future. Once the writ drops, leg­is­la­tion to revise the Copy­right Act (Bill C-60) and the Not-For-Profit Cor­po­ra­tions Act (Bill C-21) will die on the Order Paper, plus the work of the Stand­ing Com­mit­tee on...

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The Canadian Conference of the Arts Welcomes a New National Director

Bul­letin 44/05 Ottawa, Novem­ber 9, 2005 – 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...

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Celebrating the CCA — 60 Years Strong!

Bul­letin 39/05 Ottawa, Octo­ber 12, 2005 – The Board of Gov­er­nors of the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) met in Ottawa on Sep­tem­ber 29 and 30, 2005, amidst cel­e­bra­tions to mark the organization’s 60th anniversary. The fes­tiv­i­ties began with a recep­tion and din­ner in the Salon Room of the National Arts Cen­tre on Sep­tem­ber 28.  The gala evening fea­tured per­for­mances by clas­si­cal Chi­nese dancer William Lau, new music soprano Jan­ice Jack­son, and the Cadenza String Quar­tet, a...

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The Canadian Conference of the Arts announces its National Arts Awards winners for 2005

Bul­letin 36/05 Ottawa, Sep­tem­ber 13, 2005 – The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce Nini Baird and Roch Car­rier as its national arts award win­ners for 2005.  The 2005 National Arts Awards cer­e­mony will take place at the National Arts Cen­tre in Ottawa on Sep­tem­ber 28, 2005 from 6-9pm.   The Keith Kelly Award for Cul­tural Lead­er­ship will be pre­sented to one of Canada’s long time arts advo­cate Nini Baird. A West Van­cou­ver res­i­dent for many years, Nini Baird has devoted...

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60th Anniversary Gala of the Canadian Conference of the Arts

Bul­letin 35/05 Ottawa, Sep­tem­ber 7, 2005 -  The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) is host­ing its 60th Anniver­sary Gala on Wednes­day Sep­tem­ber 28, 2005 at the National Arts Cen­tre (NAC) in Ottawa in hon­our of every­one who has played key roles in the CCA over the years – board, staff, life mem­bers, award win­ners, fun­ders, donors, par­lia­men­tar­i­ans and you, our mem­ber­ship. The evening will com­mence with cock­tails and per­for­mances at 6pm in the Salon Room of the NAC, fol­lowed by...

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KEITH KELLY RETURNS TO THE CCA

Bul­letin 35/05 Ottawa, August 12, 2005     - The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts is pleased to announce that Keith Kelly has assumed the posi­tion of Cul­tural Pol­icy Con­sul­tant, effec­tive August 2nd, 2005.  Keith has been actively involved in cul­tural pol­icy for over twenty-five years. While work­ing for the fed­eral gov­ern­ment, Keith served as Sec­re­tary of the Sta­tus of the Artist Task Force, Gen­eral Sec­re­tary of the Cana­dian Advi­sory Com­mit­tee on the Sta­tus of the Artist, and...

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FINANCE COMMITTEE CALLS FOR PRE-BUDGET SUBMISSIONS

 Bul­letin 32/05 Ottawa, July 26, 2005 - The date of the next fed­eral bud­get is cur­rently the sub­ject of much spec­u­la­tion – as is the date of the next fed­eral elec­tion with the pos­si­bil­ity of Par­lia­ment being pro­rogued this fall, and the like­li­hood of a cab­i­net shuf­fle. Accord­ing to a July 14 arti­cle in the Globe and Mail, Finance Min­is­ter Ralph Goodale is aim­ing for the usual bud­get win­dow in February/March, but the depart­ment will be “ready for an ear­lier one if...

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CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF THE ARTS LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR NATIONAL DIRECTOR

Bul­letin 29/05 Ottawa, June 28, 2005 — The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) has begun an aggres­sive search for a dynamic new National Direc­tor to lead its efforts on behalf of Cana­dian artists and cul­tural orga­ni­za­tions. The full text of the job post­ing can be found below. Please help with the search by for­ward­ing the post­ing to your own net­work of orga­ni­za­tions and indi­vid­u­als. The dead­line for appli­ca­tions is August 19th, 2005.

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IMPORTANT BOARD AND STAFF CHANGES AT THE CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF THE ARTS

Bul­letin 28/05 Ottawa, June 24, 2005 — The Board of Gov­er­nors of the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts is pleased to announce that Andrew David Ter­ris has been appointed as Interim National Direc­tor of the CCA. In order to accept this key posi­tion, Mr. Ter­ris has stepped down as CCA Pres­i­dent and resigned from the Board. The Board has filled the vacancy by electing Vice Pres­i­dent Robert Spick­ler as Pres­i­dent and Karl Siegler, Chair of the CCA’s Pol­icy and Plan­ning Com­mit­tee, as Vice...

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NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT TO GUIDE CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF THE ARTS

Bul­letin 26/05 Ottawa, June 3, 2005 — The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce the elec­tion of Andrew David Ter­ris as pres­i­dent and Robert Spick­ler as vice-president of its board of governors. Mr. Ter­ris, who has worked as an artist, designer, researcher, writer, admin­is­tra­tor and con­sul­tant over the past 35 years, brings an impres­sive wealth of knowl­edge and lead­er­ship to the CCA. He was the author of Pub­lic Pol­icy and Cul­tural Devel­op­ment in Nova Sco­tia, a 1990...

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