Media Centre
Welcome to the CCA’s Media Centre. This is your one stop shop to find our latest press releases, useful statistics and other information.
Quebec gets a move on!
In November 2011, we received two new reports examining the impact of digital technologies on Quebec. The first from SODEC, Porte grande ouverte sur le numérique, reports on a consultation undertaken in 2010. The second report comes from the Quebec Council of Arts and Letters (Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec or CALQ) and a summary is provided below. SODEC: Doors Wide Open on Digital This report details the impact of the digital technologies on the cultural industries in Quebec:...
read moreAgenda 21
Minister Christine St-Pierre announced on December 5th that Quebec would be the first province to adopt its own Agenda 21 on Culture. Agenda 21 allows us to carve a place for culture in all political actions of the government; Quebec is the first province in the world to integrate this idea into their sustainable development plans. The move is a response to the Convention on the protection and promotion of diversity of cultural expression from UNESCO that pushes states to integrate...
read moreDigital New Brunswick
A new funding application process was created in New Brunswick for the film industry after consultations with the television, new media and film sectors in November. This may help to rectify some of the loss after the province cancelled a tax credit program for audiovisual productions last spring. For films this could mean between 25–30% of the production expenditures spent in the province could be covered. Accepted projects will also receive half of the funds immediately after being awarded...
read moreCreative Europe
Europe : A 1.8 billion Euros investment in culture to stimulate the economy On November 23, the European Commission unveiled a plan to boost cultural and creative sectors. With a proposed budget of €1.8 billion for the period 2014–2020, it would be a much-needed boost for the cultural and creative industries, which are a major source of jobs and growth in Europe. The new program would allocate more than €900 million in support of the cinema and audiovisual sector (area covered by...
read moreCulture 3.0. : Impact of Emerging Digital Technologies on the Cultural Sector (October 2011),
The goal of the widely expected CHRC study Culture 3.0: Impact of Emerging Digital Technologies On the Cultural Sector was to assess the impact of digital technologies on the eight cultural sub-sectors and recommend priority solutions to address the challenges and leverage the opportunities arising from digital technologies. The study is the evolution of the 2010 Cultural HR Study: Trends and Issues Report, which found digital technologies was the third most important...
read moreThinking Culture: Thinking Festivals
The CCA regrets to announce that this forum is cancelled. Alas!
read moreOur National Director Takes Off!
Alain Pineau took off on a cross-Canada tour on January 9 to meet with supporters of Canadian arts and culture, including CCA members of course. Take a gander at this page for more details on tour stops!
read moreFROM THE DESK OF Alain Pineau: A little of this, a little of that …
CCA Bulletin 33/11 December 1, 2011 Well, this week has been a little different than others. For once, I was able to put aside my primary preoccupation of the last few months – the reinvention and financial autonomy of the CCA (I will come back to that at the end of this bulletin!) – to participate in other forums where the stakes were just as important. This started Monday morning with a half-day session on the importance and the challenges of public broadcasters. This event was...
read moreFederal budget: Economic and Fiscal Update and the Second Set of Supplementary Estimates
CCA Bulletin 32/11 November 17, 2011 Just the facts Last week, the government released its Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections. One main message emerged from the document: owing to continued weakness in the global economy, downward revisions for economic growth in Canada and considerable economic uncertainty going forward, the government will not return to fiscal balance until 2015–2016, a year later than projected in Budget 2011. This does not alter the seriousness...
read moreFROM THE DESK OF Alain Pineau: Time for an update!
CCA Bulletin 31/11 November 15, 2011 How time flies! This fall is particularly busy for all of us: I’m not not sure exactly why, but it seems that everyone is running on an accelerating treadmill! So it is time again to keep you posted on a number of current files. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Let’s start with the negotiations between Canada and the European Community. I participated in the briefing session organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs and...
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