Last winter the Secretariat for Relations with English-speaking Quebecers approached ELAN and six other community organizations (representing heritage, youth, seniors and diversity) about a project idea. Quebec’s English-speaking community is ignored by the French-speaking majority much of the time, but sometimes hits the radar in a negative way. Both of these situations make it a […]
Call for Writers! ELAN’s Inclusion Committee is seeking a writer to pen their next article! Theme: Disability Arts Practices in Quebec during COVID-19 The article will showcase talented artists from a variety of disciplines based in Quebec, and who identify as disabled, differently-abled, D/deaf, neuro-diverse, an individual with mental illness, and/or chronically ill. About the […]
Art remains of utmost value to the education of our youth, to how they learn, and how they engage with the world and themselves. ELAN ArtEd also continues to ensure that Artists are remaining engaged, and able to collaborate and contribute in this new milieu. ArtistsInspire experiences have undergone a transformation, but the program remains […]
Initiative by ELAN’s Inclusion Committee Written by June Park Edited by Li Li During May’s Asian Heritage Month, mandated social distancing and regulations due to Covid-19 continue, with artists and companies of all disciplines dealing with cancellations, closures, and shut downs. Artists have been forced to adapt and find innovative ways of supporting each other […]
By Christie Huff, Lead Learner at ELAN ArtEd We’ve been through many weeks of “The Things We Didn’t Choose”, although Rob Lutes didn’t write the song for COVID-19, it’s been helpful to me as I struggled with my roles and the uncertainty in this challenging time. In lieu of an in-person tour of three Gaspé […]
ARTS2U has completed the validation of its business planning phase VABM (Validate ARTS2U Business Model) project which was funded by Innovation Science Economic Development Canada. The research has detailed revenue and cost structures to define more completely the ARTS2U business model. ARTS2U conducted comparative modelling of National and regionally based services and investigated product and data […]
It is time to start thinking about what the post-COVID-19 world will look like. Registration is now open for our webinar on May 8 at 2 PM, the first of a new series offered by ELAN’s Québec Relations project. Whether you run an arts organization and could use tips for identifying the funding programs most […]
Photo by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin. Left to right: 2019 AGM host and professional film actor: Jimmy Blais. Board members: Kakim Goh, Roger Sinha. Past Board President: Bettina Forget. Current Board President : Li Li, and Executive Director: Guy Rodgers. When we were children, how many of us realized that the story of the Pied Piper of […]
The situation surrounding COVID-19 has undoubtedly caused major disruptions and a great deal of uncertainty for all of us in the English-speaking arts community. Now more than ever, arts organizations face the challenge of ensuring financial stability while also finding themselves with downtime due to event cancellations, office closures and social distancing. While ELAN’s offices […]
Carylye Elementary school’s World Globe, a vision of our earth, created with the guidance of artist Emily Read. Photo by Christina Mallozzi. “Art gives us the opportunity to be kind, respectful and collaborative, and gives kids the opportunity to shine!” -Deirdre Potash The impact of COVID-19 has been significant on arts and education, as […]
Guy Rodgers attending the Creative Resilience Panel event. Photography by Nasuna Ulin-Stuart The show must go on… but maybe not in any way that we have ever experienced, or can currently imagine. The COVID-19 pandemic’s ultimate impact on our personal and professional lives is impossible to estimate. Right now, ELAN is busy collecting and […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has struck with remarkable rapidity and is affecting every aspect of our lives: as artists, cultural workers, quarantined travelers, parents of young children, and caretakers of aging parents. To maintain the safety of ELAN’s staff, our work will be conducted remotely until further notice. Presently, our main focus will be working closely […]
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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