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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

Are you interested in implementing anti-oppressive practices within your arts organization? Our next Québec Relations webinar is for you! Join us on May 26th from 5 to 7 PM as we welcome representatives from articule, an open-access artist-run…
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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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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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ArtistsInspire School Grants: Supporting Youth Mental Health Through The Arts

  "[Spoken Word Artist Rachel McCrum] brought us each agency, by helping students discover the power of words to be able to shape one’s experience of struggle… [M]any students cite Rachel’s virtual visits and lessons as the most…
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Québec Relations Webinar: An Introduction to SODEC Funding for Film Projects

  Interested in learning more about SODEC funding opportunities for filmmakers in Quebec? Join us on Wednesday, February 23rd at 10:30 AM where Loaded Pictures’ president Sergeo Kirby will present a one-hour session to guide you through…
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Letter from the Erstwhile Executive Director, February 2022

  When I said goodbye last March, after 17 years of nurturing ELAN from a compelling idea to the dynamic organization it is today, it was an emotional departure, as final farewells always are.  I certainly never expected to return…
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Introducing Vanessa Herrick: ELAN’s new Executive Director

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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.