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ELAN’s ArtEd Mental Health Initiative

The ArtEd Mental Health Initiative started in 2021 and is currently in its second year. In order to better equip Teaching Artists in meeting student needs, ELAN ArtEd offers Teaching Artists professional development in Mental Health through…
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Year in Review: ArtistsInspire Grants

ArtistsInspire Grants have continued this year to bring arts projects from a broad range of disciplines into Quebec's schools. In the 2021-22 year, 78 Teaching Artists facilitated 248 creative projects reaching a total of 24,000 students. Workshops…
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Year in Review: Advocacy

Vanessa Herrick joined ELAN as the Executive Director in February of 2022. She got down to business quickly, taking the lead on ELAN’s advocacy initiatives. In August of this year, she led the team in our first in-person Annual General Meeting…

A Year in Review: Québec Relations Project

It was an exciting year for the Québec Relations project which continues to help individuals and organizations find and access Quebec arts funding. Nick and Francisco continued to help folks with funding consultations and referrals for…
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Introducing State of the Arts: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion

The vitality and vibrancy of the English-speaking arts, culture, and heritage community here in Quebec can be seen in the innovative, thought-provoking, and quality work that is produced in this sector. From cinematographers, to museums, to…
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There’s a New Digital Studio in Town helping to bring your projects to life

We are very excited to announce one of the newest projects added to our roster: The Community Digital Arts Hub (CDAH). The Community Digital Arts Hub is a new project through ELAN and the government of Canada that offers artists and arts and…
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ArtistsInspire $1500 School Grant Applications Are Open! 

"ArtistsInspire is a fantastic way to bring all facets of art into the classroom. It was easy to navigate and there was help through the process when I had any questions. As a teacher of 22 years I must say this has been the easiest grant…
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What We Choose To Remember – Updates

The National Film Board, as part of its Filmmaker Assistance Program, has provided additional on-line editing, colour correction and audio mixing over the summer for ELAN’s feature-length documentary  What We Choose To Remember. …
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Is Supporting Youth (ages 15-29) Important to You? Paid PD Opportunity for Teaching Artists!

ELAN’s ArtEd team is excited to announce our participation in year 2 of a 3-year Youth Mental Health Initiative! The goal of the project is: “ to improve access to mental health resources and services for young English-speaking Quebecers…
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Letter from the Executive Director, September 2022

Firstly, I want to extend a sincere thank-you to all who joined us for our AGM on August 15th, we had a very successful meeting followed by a wonderful surprise party for our founder, Guy Rodgers, who is apparently retiring (lol – if you…
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ArtistsInspire $1500 School Grants: Help Us Spread The Word!

“I’ve been teaching drama for twenty years. I was in a funk. And so I thought, I need something new, something fresh. I was very, very, very pleased [with ArtistsInspire] . It got me motivated again. It was so dynamic, I wanted to participate,…

Land Acknowledgement

ELAN is an official minority language organization within a country that recognizes two languages as official. ELAN is located in Tiohtià: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.

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