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Letter from the Executive Director, July 2022

Join us for a Party in the Park! It is an exciting time for us around the office (and zoom space) as we are getting ready for our first in-person Schmoozer on July 20 in Park Jarry. In a great stroke of luck, we will be sharing the park with…
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Apply Now: ArtistsInspire $1500 School Grants

Calling on all Artists and allies to help us encourage all eligible Quebec schools to apply for year 4 of ArtistsInspire! “ArtistsInspire is a fantastic way to bring all facets of art into the classroom. It was easy to navigate and there…
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What We Choose To Remember – Exclusive Offer for ELAN Members and ELANews Subscribers

  For the past two years ELAN has partnered on a project about identity and belonging with five other community organizations: Black Community Resource Centre, LEARN, Seniors Action Quebec, Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network and…
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Letter from the Executive Director, June 2022

Dear Members, It is so nice to see you all! It seems like many of us have been out and about this past month, and I am really enjoying meeting many of you at shows and events. If we cross paths anywhere, I encourage you to say hello, as I…
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We Belong Together: Celebrating Quebec English Communities

Join us on May 30 from 12PM to 5PM, at Concordia’s 4th Space and online via Zoom for a celebration of Quebec’s English-speaking communities. ELAN is partnered with  six other community organizations for a multi-year project about identity…
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Letter from the Executive Director, May 2022

Happy spring everyone! There is such excitement in the air with so many live events and gatherings scheduled, it is time to put on our best and brightest outfit, leave the house (I know - but you can do it) and enjoy some amazing Quebec culture.   …
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Québec Relations Webinar: Anti-Oppressive and Non-Hierarchical Practices for Arts Organizations

***This event has now passed. Click here to view the recording of the webinar.***   Are you interested in implementing anti-oppressive practices within your arts organization? Our next Québec Relations webinar is for you! Join…
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ELAN ArtEd’s Youth Mental Health Initiative

Supporting Students Through Supporting Teaching Artists As Teaching Artists, we are often alone, carrying deep emotional experiences the youth share with us or dealing with conflicts or complicated group dynamics. This is a very meaningful…
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Teaching Artists As Art Educators, Community Members And Role Models

Teaching Artists hold a special place in schools as guests who bring new and exciting ways of relating with students. When a Teaching Artist returns to the same school for multiple projects, they become members of the school community, developing…
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What We Choose to Remember to Open Hudson Film Festival

ELAN’s feature length documentary What We Choose To Remember will be launched as the opening film of the Hudson Film Festival on May 13.  Director Guy Rex Rodgers will participate in a Q & A  after the afternoon and evening screenings. Keep…
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Québec Relations Webinar: Ministère de la Culture – Applications For Cultural Offerings in Educational Settings

***This event has now passed. Click here to view the recording of the webinar.*** If you’re an artist in the Culture in the Schools Repertoire or part of an organization that works with children and youth, the next Québec Relations webinar…
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Letter from the Executive Director, April 2022

As we come out of yet another dark winter, I want to start this spring season with some good news.  We have earned it, as the members of the arts and culture community have been badly impacted by the enforced isolation of the last two years…

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ELAN is an official minority language organization within a country that recognizes two languages as official. ELAN is located in Tiohtiak:ke, the original name for Montreal in Kanien’kéha, the language of the Mohawk—also known as Mooniyang, which is the Anishinaabeg name given to the city by the Algonquin. While we are based in this city, our projects have also taken place in many regions across Quebec.

We acknowledge the colonial origin of English and French in Canada, and recognize that both languages benefit from official status throughout the land. The province that we know as Quebec is an amalgamation of the traditional territories of the Innu and Inuit nations, Algonquian nations, as well as the Mohawk nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Kanien’kéha and Anishinaabemowin are but two of the original languages of this province; Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, and Innu-aimun are also among the many Indigenous languages spoken across Quebec as majority languages, all well before French and English.

ELAN acknowledges the important work being done by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to revive the traditional languages of these territories, and their advocacy for the official status of Indigenous languages.