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Arts Education and the CCA
CCA Bulletin 23/10 August 31, 2010 Just the Facts As educational institutions across the country rev up their programs for the fall semester, many arts educators, practitioners and patrons wait with bated breath to see how enrolments will fare. Programs in arts education are as diverse as the country itself. They offer a plethora of essential learning outcomes including creative development, self expression, aesthetics and bolstering self-determination. Creative...
read moreThe Canadian Conference of the Arts Launches New Cultural Forum Series
Ottawa, ON (August 25, 2010) –The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce the launch of Thinking Culture, a new forum series focused on arts, culture and heritage issues. Presented in partnership with the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Continuing Education, Centre on Governance and School of Political Studies, the forums will explore the complexities of culture in Canada and abroad and how it continues to affect society. This series will provide...
read moreRemuneration for charity staff: the CCA joins chorus of concern over Bill C-470
CCA Bulletin 22/10 August 23, 2010 Just the Facts As reported in CCA Bulletin 16/10, Bill C-470 passed second reading in the House of Commons in April and is now on its way to hearings by the Standing Committee on Finance. Introduced by the Hon. Albina Guarnieri, Liberal MP for Mississauga East – Cooksville, this bill would allow the Minister of National Revenue to deregister any charitable organization, public foundation or private foundation that paid any employee...
read moreCCA urges the government to keep investing in arts and culture beyond Canada’s Economic Action Plan
CCA Bulletin 21/10 August 16, 2010 Just the Facts On Friday August 13, the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) submitted its pre-budget brief for 2011 to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. In it, the CCA frames the manner in which the federal government should invest in arts and culture, and emphasizes the need for the government to continue its commitment of stable funding for arts and culture as we come to the end of Canada’s Economic Action Plan. The CCA...
read moreThe Long-Form Census Controversy and the Arts
CCA Bulletin 20/10 July 20, 2010 Just the Facts On June 26, as Canadians were focused on the G-8 and G-20 meetings in Toronto, the government discretely announced its decision that the long-form census would no longer be compulsory. The census, which is sent every five years by Statistics Canada to a fifth of Canadian households, would be replaced by a voluntary survey of a full third of Canadian households. The short version of the national census, which contains only eight ...
read moreWhat are the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Priorities for 2010-11?
CCA Bulletin 19/10 July 19, 2010 The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) is still working on its detailed Analysis of the 2010 Federal Budget, which is delayed as we wait for answers from the government on a number of issues. As part of its Budget Analysis on arts, culture and heritage, the CCA examines the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Report on Plans and Priorities published in the spring. This document is the expenditure plan for the Department. It provides...
read moreArts, Culture and a National Digital Strategy
CCA Bulletin 18/10 July 12, 2010 Just the facts In a brief filed as part of the nation-wide consultation launched last May, the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) urges the government to make content creation a centrepiece of the national strategy for the digital economy. The consultation, which was due to end on July 9, has been extended to July 13, midnight. The CCA’s fundamental approach to a national strategy is based on the belief that infrastructure, wires, ...
read moreCanadian Conference of the Arts Announces Details for National Policy Conference
Ottawa, ON (June 29, 2010) – The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) has announced details for its upcoming National Policy Conference, Artists: Powering the Creative Economy?, taking place November 1–3, 2010 at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The conference will feature panels, presentations and whiteboard sessions exploring policies and issues affecting the arts, culture and heritage sector within the creative economy. As Canada and other countries move towards an...
read moreFROM THE DESK of Alain Pineau: CCA’s Year in Review
CCA Bulletin 17/10 June 25, 2010 The House has adjourned, the weather is warm and muggy and the earth has shaken in Ottawa. It’s now late June and after our wrap-up of the parliamentary session, it is time to review what the CCA has accomplished over the past year. The CCA’s accomplishments were discussed last week in Ottawa during its annual general meeting and during a board meeting. While the board meeting was occupied in good part by discussions on important policy issues like...
read moreThe House of Commons is off for the summer
CCA Bulletin 16/10 June 22, 2010 Just the Facts Last week, members of the House of Commons left the Hill for the summer, with MPs returning to their ridings to mull over the work ahead in the fall. Meanwhile, the Senate is still trying to deal with the massive omnibus budget bill, C-9. Members of its Finance Committee are saying that they will stay as long as it takes to get through the 904 page document. So, from the arts and culture perspective, what has been accomplished in the...
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