June 2018 - ELAN

Director’s Message – July 2018

Guy Rodgers with Patrick Lloyd Brennan, Managing Director of Quebec Drama Federation Photo by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin July is a month for the great outdoors, staycations, or whatever form of great escape is most therapeutic for you. It is also…

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ELAN’s 14th AGM & Call for Board Nominations

Save the date! ELAN's next AGM will take place on Monday, August 27! ELAN's board consists of two members per discipline (music, dance, visual arts, film and video, theatre, writing and publishing) plus two members to represent the regions…

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Job Opportunities – July 2018

Circus Arts TOHU is hiring various positions. Click here for details. Film/Media Wapikoni Mobile is hiring a Youth Outreach Worker and Filmmaker Mentors for a four-week contract between MAY - OCTOBER 2019. Click here for details. …

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ELAN & FRINGE Schmoozer Recap in Photos

We thank everyone who came out on June 11, 2018 for the ELAN & FRINGE Schmoozer! We had a great time meeting, speaking and 'schmoozing' with all of you! Here are a few photos from the event:

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Artists Illuminated: Sharon Smith

Elegant Orchids by Sharon Smith. Painted at her family cottage by Lake Magog. Infinite curiosity; infinite creativity. By: Sufia Duez After two phones calls with Sharon Smith, I asked her if we could meet in-person for an interview.…

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.