ELAN is looking for your help to build a jury for a new micro-grant project UPDATES: The Trellis Micro-grant (TMG) project, supported by The Department of Canadian Heritage’s Official Languages Support Programs, seeks to highlight English-language Arts and Artists to make them visible to a broader community, and build bridges between Québec’s English-speaking minority and […]
UPDATES: Arts and culture provide opportunities for communities to have their voices heard, to pass on their stories, to share their concerns with the world, and in the process, build a sense of belonging that is unique to its language, geography, and/or defined community, and consequently its symbols. The Trellis Micro-grant project, supported by The […]
ELAN’s Executive Director, Miranda Castravelli spoke with The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications to advocate on behalf of all artists to respond to the question “does the CBC still have value?” As we know, many regional communities and linguistic minorities will be negatively impacted without a place to showcase their events, access publicity opportunities, […]
The City of Montreal is putting forward their culture plan for the next 5 years (2025-2030). Please join us in letting them know that English artists, and the arts in general are an important part of the city, and must not be forgotten! Dear members, As some of you may have heard, the city of […]
Dear members, It is with great pleasure that I address you officially for the first time. With its combination of advocacy, artistry and outreach, ELAN has long been positioned as an important hub at the centre of the greater arts community. ELAN also offers its members a genuine place where their voices will be heard, […]
Big news from ELAN! It is my great pleasure to announce that ELAN has hired Miranda Castravelli as our new permanent Executive Director! Miranda (she/her/hers) joins us with a diverse background, having worked in arts, education, sales, and technology, including several years in the film industry. Notably, Miranda served as President of the Women’s Art Society of Montreal […]
Between January and March 2018, ELAN’s Digital Solutions research project surveyed artists, arts organizations, publicists, journalists, media specialists and technical specialists, and hosted two focus group sessions. This research was funded byInnovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. The objective of this digital solutions research is to better understand the problem that inhibits artistic producers from […]
CALQ’s Vivacité Grant Writing March 13, Online (12-1:00PM) Please join us to learn more about applying for CALQ’s Vivacité grant, which supports professional artists and writers from culturally diverse backgrounds. June Park, an experienced grant-writer, arts consultant, and cultural connector, will be facilitating this workshop. Friday SOTA Series Cultural Resurgence in the Arts: Igniting the Eighth […]
Une version anglaise suivra. Le English-Language Arts Network (ELAN), la Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF), la Québec Drama Federation (QDF) et l’Association des éditeurs de langue anglaise du Québec (AELAQ) souhaitent contester les conclusions d’un récent rapport publié par le député du Bloc Québécois, Mario Beaulieu. Ce rapport exprime des préoccupations quant à l’allocation de fonds […]
It has been quite the year! Looking back on 2023, it’s hard to believe we managed to do so much. It’s been a packed year and, as usual, there’s so much to be proud of! Below you can check out the overview of the incredible work our projects have done in the English-language arts community in […]
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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