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Director’s Message – May 2021

Change. We fear it. We embrace it. As the third wave of COVID-19 has rolled in, some of us are starting to acknowledge and accept our new reality. Our worlds and the way we live within them have dramatically shifted. We must remain adaptable,…
ELAN History Series: 2018
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ELAN History Series: 2018

Guy Rodgers speaking at QUESCREN Press Conference.  Photo by: Marc Bourcier  Inclusive Mandate, Wrapping up AAQ At the 2018 Annual General Meeting, ELAN renewed its mandate to be more open and inclusive: the use of English was changed…
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ARTSCAST Live Broadcast SPRING 2021

Stay up to date with our upcoming events schedule! Wednesday, April 7, 8:00 p.m. (EST)  Teke Teke @ Société des Arts Technologiques (SAT) Reminiscent of 1960’s – 70’s era psychedelic Japanese soundtracks, though vibrantly modern…
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Waves of Change: Episode 2

What characteristics define that nebulous character – the English-speaking Quebecer? Is it determined by history - the number of years/generations that your clan has lived in this territory? Is it about language? Are your Anglo-Québécois…
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ArtED Program Call for Submissions for eligible BIPOC, LGBTQ2 and Regional Artists. Deadline: May 31, 2021

Call for Submissions especially geared to BIPOC, LGBTQ2 and Regional Artists. Deadline: May 31, 2021 ELAN’s ArtEd program connects professional Artists who identify as members of Quebec’s English-speaking communities from every discipline…
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ELAN History Series: 2019

15th AGM ELAN's 2019 AGM Board photo. Back row, left to right: Isak Goldschneider, Roger Sinha, Patrick Lloyd Brennan, Keith Henderson, Quinten Sheriff, Blair Mackay, Paul Bracegirdle, and Tim Piper. Front row, left to right: Purna…
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Québec Relations: We Want to Hear from You!

ELAN’s Québec Relations project launched three years ago to assess the English-speaking arts and culture community’s funding needs and to help artists and organizations navigate the provincial funding system. In that time, your feedback…
ELAN History Series: 2017
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ELAN History Series: 2017

New Funding for Staff, New Offices, New Initiatives First day after moving ELAN from shared space at 610 to our very own office at 708. Arts Alive! Québec assistant, Sarah Lozinski. Photo by Guy Rodgers   2017 was a momentous…
ELAN History 2016
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ELAN History Series: 2016

A New Look: Connect, Support, Create 2016 was an exciting year for ELAN, with several multi-year projects underway and new branding for the organization. ELAN introduced a new logo that conveys movement, optimism, and rayonnement (radiance).…

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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 Anishinaabeg 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.