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Thinking Canada Guest Blog
Introduction For the second year in a row the CCA is playing host to EU students taking part in the Thinking Canada program. During the program, students spend three and a half weeks touring Canada and learning about our various institutions before participating in a two month internship. We asked this year’s students, Eszter Szenczi from Hungary and Sandra Siewert from Germany, to share some of their initial impressions and some of what they have learned so far in their...
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Introduction For the second year in a row the CCA is playing host to EU students taking part in the Thinking Canada program. During the program, students spend three and a half weeks touring Canada and learning about our various institutions before participating in a two month internship. We asked this year’s students, Eszter Szenczi from Hungary and Sandra Siewert from Germany, to share some of their initial impressions and some of what they have learned so far in their...
read moreCanada Council for the Arts Calls for Public Engagement in the Arts
Canada Council for the Arts Calls for Public Engagement in the Arts
In a discussion paper released on October 16, the Canada Council for the Arts calls for public engagement in the Arts. The publication was made at the Council’s Annual Public Meeting and accompanies the release of its Annual Report. The 29-page document, titled Public Engagement in the Arts, is an overview of current approaches...
read moreCanada’s 150th Anniversary: An Opportunity to Look Backwards
Canada’s 150th Anniversary: An Opportunity to Look Backwards
After 37 meetings, spanning from fall 2011 to spring 2012, the Standing Committee on Heritage published on September 24th a 63 page report on Canada’s 150th anniversary. The Committee made a total of 19 recommendations to the government...
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An overview of cultural policy in the UK A Tale of Coalition, Cuts, Creative Industries & Cultural Olympiad
In March 2011, the House of Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport released a study on funding arts and heritage. The report’s summary begins with a statement which can be construed as this government’s cultural policy platform: “Arts and heritage in Britain are among our greatest assets. They bring great cultural and economic benefits and everybody should have access to them.” “Since the Second World War, most arts and heritage organisations have operated on a mixed...
read moreThe New CCA: A New Style of Governance
The New CCA: a new style of governance
Like I wrote in my last blog, we are working very hard to identify what the new CCA will be. We are working to ensure it will be a CCA the entire cultural sector can be proud of and one that responds to the needs of its members. We are systematically examining our model of governance to ensure the sector feels a sense of belonging and participation in the decision we make as was recommended in the Five Year Strategic Plan adopted by the board last March.
read moreArts, Games and Change
Arts, Games and Change
Our first fall Magazine edition enters the season gracefully.
Is it really purely by coincidence that we have two articles making reference to the Massey-Lévesque Report in this month’s edition of the Magazine? Obviously, the issue is topical: it is raised by our featured member of the month and in a letter to the editor taken from the Globe and Mail...
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“A man without culture is like a zebra without stripes” (African Proverb) Our first fall Magazine edition enters the season gracefully. We have another article from Denis Bertrand’s continuing column on how to know your audience… social media cannot do it alone! Is it really purely by coincidence that we have two articles making reference to the Massey-Lévesque Report in this month’s edition of the Magazine? Obviously, the issue is topical: it is raised by our featured...
read moreCanada must refuel for cultural creativity
A new strategy is needed to connect creative talent with business and technology From the op-ed page of The Globe and Mail/September 4, 2012-Page A17 Culture is lost at Canada’s economic crossroads. The Massey Report of 1951 created our first cultural “Road Map” by boldly recommending the establishment of a Canada Council to support our creative and interpretive artists. Its recommendations also strongly encouraged a National Library and the growth of our core national cultural...
read moreThe Secret Ingredients for Audience Development: Will Power and Patience
Share your Passion. Develop your Audience. Last month, through a facebook post, The Cultural Human Resources Council announced the Conference Board of Canada’s 2010 service data on Environmental Trends and Issues for the Cultural Sector. The Conference Board identified 15 trends or issues. You won’t be surprised to learn “Changes to government spending” and “Changes to government policy” came at the top of the list. In contrast, at least five issues are related to arts marketing...
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