ELAN's 13th AGM

Tuesday, August 29
Le Gésu, 1200 Bleury, Montreal H3B 3J3
Registration at 6pm, Meeting 6 :30-8:00pm, Schmoozer 8:00-9:30pm
FREE and open to all!

We’ve had a huge year and we can’t wait to share the results of our work on behalf of Quebec’s English-language artists. Come out to celebrate our community and hear what’s in store for next year. Snacks will be provided, and a cash bar will be available. To RSVP, please email admin@quebec-elan.org.

This year we have some important motions to pass that will directly influence our membership structure. Professional, Student, and Organizational ELAN members in good standing as of August 9 can vote during the business portion of the AGM. Renew your membership before August 9 to ensure that you can vote! Friend members and observers can’t vote, but are welcome to attend.

View the 2017 AGM Motions, Fee Restructure Proposal, Audited Statements and 2016 AGM Minutes.

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.