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ArtistsInspire $1500 School Grants: Offering 300 English public schools engaging Arts & Culture Experiences in 2020-2021, whether virtual or in-person

ELAN ArtEd’s Team is working hard to prepare for and communicate the 2020-2021 ArtistsInspire experience with educators, featuring multiple, sustained interactions with experienced Artists adept at virtual facilitation.  Please help us by…
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Director's Message - September, 2020

Guy Rodgers speaking at ELAN's 2020 AGM via Zoom.  Photo: Juan Velasquez ELAN held its 16th Annual General Meeting on August 24. It was our first online AGM and the first AGM not followed by a schmoozer. This is the year of doing things…
Québec Relations Updates!
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Québec Relations Webinar #5: Taking the Next Step for Funding -- Registering your Not-For-Profit Organization

Are you an individual artist or collective looking to develop your practice and pursue new opportunities but not sure how to move forward? Or maybe you’re feeling limited by the funding available to you and wondering how you can access a larger…
ARTS2U
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ARTS2U: Focusing on live broadcasts this summer!

ARTCAST pilot project will be a series of live broadcasts taking place in August and September that will showcase Quebec artists performing in small venues. The initiative will undertake a comparative analysis of services that offer solid…
Teachers and Artists: A symbiotic relationship
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Teachers and Artists: A Symbiotic Relationship

ArtistsInspire pivoted from April to July 2020 to offer arts and learning online for people of all ages. We are delighted that our participants include many teachers! From Toy Theatre to Doodle Challenge and Spoken Word, teachers attended…
Disability, arts practice, and COVID-19 in Quebec by Renée Yoxon. An Inclusion Committee Meeting
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Disability, arts practice, and COVID-19 in Quebec 

Initiative by ELAN's Inclusion Committee Written by Renée Yoxon As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, artists everywhere have had their livelihoods impacted. In Canada, no province has been harder hit than Quebec. Quebec’s Premiere,…
Guy Rodgers with ELAN staff in their daily morning check in
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Director's Message - August, 2020

Screenshot of Guy Rodgers meeting with ELAN staff via Zoom (Top left to right: Deborah Forde, Guy Rodgers, Nick Maturo. Centre left to right: Aysha White, Sufia Duez, Juan Velasquez. Bottom left to right: Emily Enhorning and Swati Khanna)   ELAN…
ARTS2U
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ARTS2U: ARTSCAST Pilot Project

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, ARTS2U project will be including live broadcast events to its arts event listings. The ARTSCAST Pilot Project addresses in depth details regarding inclusion and added value of live broadcasts to ARTS2U.…
Quebec Relations, image with people on their devices getting updates2020
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Québec Relations: Free Grant Writing Assistance for CALQ COVID-19 Programs

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) has announced two significant new programs to support artists and arts organizations as they adapt their work during COVID-19, and it’s crucial to get your applications in as early as possible…
ArtistInspire is Expanding2020
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ArtistsInspire is expanding!

Are you a professional Artist, Artisan or Arts organization with experience facilitating in-person &/or virtual, interactive arts & culture activities for children, youth, adults, and/or seniors?  The English Language Arts Network’s…
Guy Rodgers with Bettina Forget, Kristelle Holiday, and Amy MacDonald2020
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Director's Message - July 2020

ELAN's Executive Director: Guy Rodgers with past Board President: Bettina Forget, past Board Treasurer: Kristelle Holliday, and past Program Manager: Amy Macdonald at ELAN's 2019 AGM and 15th anniversary celebration. In a normal year,…
Seeing English-Language Families in Engaging Stories
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The SELFIES (Seeing English-Language Families in Engaging Stories) Project: and how you can win $100 by suggesting a favourite work of art!

Last winter the Secretariat for Relations with English-speaking Quebecers approached ELAN and six other community organizations (representing heritage, youth, seniors, and diversity) about a project idea to explore community identity through…

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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.