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Québec Relations: Resources to help arts organizations find funding

The situation surrounding COVID-19 has undoubtedly caused major disruptions and a great deal of uncertainty for all of us in the English-speaking arts community. Now more than ever, arts organizations face the challenge of ensuring financial…
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ELAN's ArtEd Program: Connecting through the Arts

Carylye Elementary school’s World Globe, a vision of our earth, created with the guidance of artist Emily Read. Photo by Christina Mallozzi.   “Art gives us the opportunity to be kind, respectful and collaborative, and gives…
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Director's Message - April

Guy Rodgers attending the Creative Resilience Panel event.  Photography by Nasuna Ulin-Stuart   The show must go on... but maybe not in any way that we have ever experienced, or can currently imagine. The COVID-19 pandemic’s ultimate…
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In Response to COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has struck with remarkable rapidity and is affecting every aspect of our lives: as artists, cultural workers, quarantined travelers, parents of young children, and caretakers of aging parents. To maintain the safety of…
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2020-2021 provincial budget

The 2020-2021 provincial budget was announced last week and offered some much needed good news for artists. Overall, the culture and communications portfolio will receive an additional $1.4 billion in spending, which represents a 12.6% increase…
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Québec Relations: New searchable funding platform & webinar

Over the past year, ELAN’s Québec Relations project has identified a wide range of funding sources available within the provincial government that respond to the diverse needs of English-speaking arts organizations. Based on this extensive…
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ELAN's ArtEd Program: March Magic - The Power of the Word

"The first thing I learned was about artists' stories, and the second thing I learned was to never give up.” - Student: hip-hop music workshop participant at Jimmy Sandy Memorial School   The ACE Board at Jimmy Sandy Memorial…
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Director's Message - March

Photo from Arts, Culture, and Heritage Working Group on February 11, 2020. Front row: Stephanie Azam (Telefilm), Peggy Lianis (Telefilm), Chuck Childs (Centaur Theatre Company), Guy Rodgers (ELAN Quebec), Danielle Azoulay (Department of Heritage…
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Access and Alternatives: Community Resources

Tony Alfonso from AMI-Quebec. All photos by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin. The Access and Alternatives panel brought together the threads of conversations held throughout the Creative Resilience series, addressing the issues of scarcity and access…
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Access and Alternatives: Panel Summary

From left to right: Lisa Ndejuru, Courtney Kirkby, Aimee Louw, Emily Enhorning, Lital Khaikin. All photos by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin. January 30, 2020. Introduction to Access & Alternatives Creative Resilience was a series of events that…
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Resilience Theatre: Workshop Reflection

Stills from videos by Daybi. On January 22, Lisa Ndejuru and Joliane Allaire facilitated the Resilience Theatre workshop, the third event in the Creative Resilience series. Through this workshop, participants confronted the ways in which…

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