CBC Getting Media Attention Workshop

Wednesday, January 17. 10am-12pm
CBC Offices
1400 Réné-Levesque Blvd E.
Montreal, Quebec

Free for a limited number of ELAN members

ELAN is pleased to bring back a very popular hands-on workshop presented by CBC Montreal’s Debbie Hynes, Manager of Communications, Marketing & Brand.

Getting Media Attention is targeted to artists who struggle with the daunting task of writing their own press releases and pitching them to the media and/or arts publicists. This workshop will provide practical hands-on advice on pitching ideas, standing out from the flood of press releases vying for attention, and shaping your story so that it captures the imagination of producers and the audiences they serve.

This fact-filled workshop is FREE for ELAN members but spots are VERY limited. To apply, send us a paragraph telling us how you could benefit from participating: admin@quebec-elan.org.

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.