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.
National Cultural Strategy Workshop
Taking place in Ottawa on March 12, 2009, the National Cultural Strategy Workshop was a productive day of discussion on the short-term and long-term challenges now facing the Canadian cultural sector. The CCA brought stakeholders together from around Canada to continue the process of consensus building initiated through the 2008 Regional Forums. Over 110 people from all disciplines, organizations and regions participated in the event by Anne L’Ecuyer from American...
read moreArtists: Powering the Creative Economy
The CCA’s 2010 National Policy Conference, Artists: Powering the Creative Economy?, gathered over 150 delegates from across the country for two days of intense discussion, debate and exchange. The theme focused on the creative economy and the policy structures needed for Canadian artists and creators to thrive within this emerging framework. Read the full conference summary here.
read moreCulture: what should go into the next federal budget?
CCA Bulletin 24/11 July 11, 2011 Culture: what should go into the next federal budget? As is the case each summer, the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Finance has launched its annual national consultation on what should be included or excluded in the next federal budget. This year’s process is taking place in parallel with the secretive Strategic and Operational Review which is currently underway within all government departments and agencies. The objective of the review is...
read moreProvincial Cultural Policy: Then and Now
Date: June 20, 2011 Time: 5 pm — 6:30 pm Location: University of Ottawa, Desmarais Building, 12th floor, Room 110 Provincial interventions in the cultural policy field have been extensive over the past several decades, yet have been largely ignored in comparative studies of policy and administration. This session will highlight the first major comprehensive Canadian study of the evolution of cultural policy and administration in all ten provinces and three...
read moreWho will be on the Heritage Standing Committee?
CCA Bulletin 22/11 June 15, 2011 Just the Facts The 41st Parliament resulting from the May 2 general election is getting set up. While a number of MPs are still moving in and out of their offices, reflecting the sea of changes that has brought 111 new members to Parliament Hill, responsibilities are slowly being assigned. On June 13, we learned a bit more with the announcement of the various standing committees in the House of Commons. Understandably, the CCA is...
read moreThrone Speech and Federal Budget: it’s almost business as usual
CCA Bulletin 21/11 June 7, 2011 Just the Facts On Friday, June 3, the Governor General gave a speech from the throne heralded by many as primarily ceremonial. The speech toed a safe line without introducing any new drastic policy measures, and we saw the same approach again in yesterday’s tabling of the federal budget by the Minister of Finance, the Hon. James Flaherty. Minister Flaherty tabled his second 2011 federal budget, The Next Phase of Canada’s Economic Action...
read moreThe cultural sector and the new Conservative cabinet
CCA Bulletin 19/11 May 24, 2011 Just the Facts On May 2, 2011, Canadians went to the polls and elected a Conservative majority, the first majority government in seven years. On Wednesday, May 18, the first cabinet under the 41st Parliament was sworn in at Rideau Hall, the residence of the Governor General of Canada. The new cabinet is comprised of 38 ministers, with nine new faces and 10 women. On June 2, Parliamentarians will convene for a first time to elect the...
read moreParticipate in the 2011 census and the National Household Survey!
CCA Bulletin 18/11 May 4, 2011 Just the facts In addition to being federal election day, Monday marked the debut of the 2011 mandatory short-form census . On May 2, 2011, the eight-question document began to make its way by mail to approximately 15 million households across the country. According to the Statistics Act, all Canadian residents are legally required to complete the census questionnaire. The census questionnaire can be completed online or on paper. To ...
read moreArts, Culture and Heritage Organizations Present Common Platform for Election 2011
Ottawa, ON (April 21, 2011) — Over 70 national, provincial and municipal cultural organizations from across the country have come together to sign a common platform in the context of the 2011 federal election, in which they ask federal parties to make more sustained commitments to Canadian arts, culture and heritage. This common platform, the first ever achieved by the sector, was established after a series of consultations and discussions led by the Canadian Conference ...
read moreFederal Election 2011: Public Cultural Investments under Canada’s 40th Parliament
CCA Bulletin 17/11 April 20, 2011 In 2008, the CCA published a bulletin analyzing the investments made under Canada’s 39th Parliament in the arts, culture and heritage sector. In order to give you a broad perspective, we used several years’ worth of budget analyses to explain funding to the sector. In today’s bulletin, we will aim to do the same thing. By using funding figures from the Department of Heritage, its agencies and programs, we will break down themes...
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