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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…
Vanessa Herrick
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Introducing Vanessa Herrick: ELAN’s new Executive Director

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The ins & outs of Using Music Online with accelerando.media

  ***This event has now passed. Click here to view the recording of the webinar.*** Get to Know the Ins and Outs of Using Music Online with accelerando.media The pandemic meant lost opportunities for many artists but also created new…
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Waves of Change Updates, December 2021

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Episode 23: A Celebration in Song, Spoken Word & Step – We’re All in this Together

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ARTSCAST : Update December 1, 2021

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ELAN ArtEd: Supporting Artists, Students and Teachers Through School Grants

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Waves of Change project Report for November 2021

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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.