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The Economic Spring for Culture
CCA Bulletin 05/12
There is summer, the harvest season, the cold season and the season of budgets. Over the last two weeks we have read four provincial budgets and tomorrow will be the federal budget. This bulletin is to do a quick recap of the place of culture and arts of the most recent provincial budgets presented in spring 2012, those in Quebec, Saskatchewan, Ontario and New Brunswick.
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The National Director’s Blog There are big changes happening at the CCA. Read Alain Pineau’s latest blog post Reinventing the CCA: an update to learn more about our ongoing efforts to implement our new strategic plan. CCA Spotlight Read CCA Board member and Alberta Craft Council Executive Director, Tom McFall’s perspective on the recent Culture Forum 2012 that took place in Alberta. Alberta: business and culture, two preoccupations of the Redford conservative...
read moreReinventing the CCA: an update
Reinventing the CCA: an update
There are big changes happening at the CCA. Read Alain Pineau's latest blog post to learn more about our ongoing efforts to implement our new strategic plan.
read moreMarch 27th is World Theatre Day
This year John Malkovich is the message author of the 50th World Theatre Day. Message of the 50th anniversary of World Theatre Day “I’m honored to have been asked by the International Theatre Institute ITI at UNESCO to give this greeting commemorating the 50th anniversary of World Theatre Day. I will address my brief remarks to my fellow theatre workers, peers and comrades. May your work be compelling and original. May it be profound, touching, contemplative, and unique. May...
read moreStudy on Employment Standards and Human Resource Management Tools
On March 7, 2012, the Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) published a report on employment standards and human resources in artist-run media arts organizations. It appears that base salaries in these centers are lower than those in other not-for-profit sectors. The study has found that: Employees are young and highly skilled Two thirds of employees are required to work overtime, up to 10 to 20 hours; Spending on benefits is low; Employee turnover is high, with over 40% of all employees in their...
read moreWIPO Treaty on performances in the audiovisual sector
Actors and actresses are now demanding that their rights be enshrined in a Treaty. After the disappointment of the failed Diplomatic Summit of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000, Beijing will be the host of the next Summit in June, which will most probably adopt the new Treaty. Actors from around the world are saying :...
read moreCanadian content regulations
The loss of Pierre Juneau, father of Canadian content regulations served as the pretext for a good debate on the regulations in the National Post last month. Marni Soupcoff, Lorne Gunter and Matt Gurney of the National Post agreed in large part that government generally should not get involved in the arts. They then argue that the absence of quotas in the broadcast and music industries in the U.S. and the United Kingdom is somewhat healthy. They also claim that “CanCon requirements look most...
read moreAlberta: business and culture, two preoccupations of the Redford conservative government
by Tom McFall, Executive Director of the Alberta Craft Council and CCA Board member The weekend of February 26 may prove to be a turning point for Alberta’s culture sector. That weekend Alberta’s new Premier Alison Redford and Culture and Community Services Minister Heather Klimchuk hosted almost 400 of Alberta’s culture and business leaders at Red Deer College for an important discussion about the future of culture in Alberta. Culture Forum 2012 gathered a cross-section of...
read moreC-11 Legislative Committee on copyright: week one
CCA Bulletin 04/12
The first week of consultations on Bill C-11 saw the first 24 witnesses invited to present their views. The process is moving quickly and will continue at this pace as the government fast tracks the Bill.
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Message from the President The President of the CCA’s Board of Directors, Kathleen Sharpe, addresses the challenges currently facing the CCA. Read on! CCA Spotlight Municipal Cultural Investment in Five Large Canadian Cities - a study comparing cities with the largest number of cultural workers and artists in Canada – Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal. The report was released in January 2012 by Hill Strategies Research. The Visual Arts Alliance...
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