ELAN Advocating before the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications

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…

Tell the City of Montreal: Your art matters

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…
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A Letter from Miranda Castravelli, ELAN’s new Executive Director

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…
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Announcing ELAN’s New Executive Director

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,…

ELAN’s 20th Annual General Meeting Package

Digital Solutions Project

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…

Upcoming SOTA on EDI Workshops

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.…
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Déclaration commune en réponse à un rapport publié par Mario Beaulieu, député / Joint Statement in Response to Report Released by Mario Beaulieu, M.P.

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…
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2023 Year in Review

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…
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Compétence Culture and ELAN: Cultural Human Resources Action Plan 2023–2028

Compétence Culture launched the Human Resources Action Plan for Culture 2023–2028 for the English-speaking community in October 2023. "The Action Plan for Human Resources in Culture 2023-2028 was developed iteratively through an unprecedented…
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ELAN Project News October 2023

Letter from the Interim Executive Director Halloween is still a few weeks away, but October is already shaping up to be a positively monstrous month for ELAN! First for anyone who hasn’t already registered, we hope to see you at Day…
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ELAN Board Nomination Form

ELAN is accepting nominations for its Board of Directors. In order to nominate someone for the board, please fill out the following form and send to Nick Maturo (nick.maturo[at]quebec-elan.org) by August 1, 2023. Currently, we have openings…

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.

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