March 2022 - ELAN

ACE: Stories, E-Newsletter, ELAN's ArtEd Program, Project News

ArtistsInspire School Grants: Deadline Extension!

“How do we Stay Connected in a world pandemic? Bringing teachers, students and artists together virtually or in-person allows us to create unique and meaningful projects. These experiences connect, revive and inspire us!" Teaching Artist…

ARTS2U, E-Newsletter

ARTSCAST Post Pandemic Action Plan – Survey Results collected!

Thanks for your participation! The ARTSCAST Post Pandemic Action Plan, Issues and ways forward, Artist and Producer has gathered responses with regard to the relaunch of live events along with additional opportunities to include digital value…

E-Newsletter, Québec Relations

Québec Relations Webinar: Register for this year’s CALQ grant-writing workshop!

Spring is right around the corner, and it’s the perfect time to start working on that grant application for your next big project. Québec Relations has everything you need to make the process as smooth as possible! Join us for our next webinar…

Director's Letter, E-Newsletter

Letter from the (New) Executive Director

I am so pleased and honoured to be writing this to all of you as the new Executive Director of ELAN. When I decided to join the exceptional team at ELAN I had no illusion of the challenges that the arts and culture community faces, and the…

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.