
Year in Review: Community Digital Arts Hub
The Community Digital Arts Hub officially opened its doors in November! These studio spaces in Montreal offer artists and arts, culture & heritage organizations access to affordably-priced studio spaces. Within their first few weeks of…

ELAN’s ArtEd Mental Health Initiative
The ArtEd Mental Health Initiative started in 2021 and is currently in its second year. In order to better equip Teaching Artists in meeting student needs, ELAN ArtEd offers Teaching Artists professional development in Mental Health through…

Year in Review: ArtistsInspire Grants
ArtistsInspire Grants have continued this year to bring arts projects from a broad range of disciplines into Quebec's schools. In the 2021-22 year, 78 Teaching Artists facilitated 248 creative projects reaching a total of 24,000 students. Workshops…

Year in Review: Advocacy
Vanessa Herrick joined ELAN as the Executive Director in February of 2022. She got down to business quickly, taking the lead on ELAN’s advocacy initiatives. In August of this year, she led the team in our first in-person Annual General Meeting…

A Year in Review: Québec Relations Project
It was an exciting year for the Québec Relations project which continues to help individuals and organizations find and access Quebec arts funding. Nick and Francisco continued to help folks with funding consultations and referrals for…


Introducing State of the Arts: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
The vitality and vibrancy of the English-speaking arts, culture, and heritage community here in Quebec can be seen in the innovative, thought-provoking, and quality work that is produced in this sector. From cinematographers, to museums, to…

There’s a New Digital Studio in Town helping to bring your projects to life
We are very excited to announce one of the newest projects added to our roster: The Community Digital Arts Hub (CDAH). The Community Digital Arts Hub is a new project through ELAN and the government of Canada that offers artists and arts and…

ArtistsInspire $1500 School Grant Applications Are Open!
"ArtistsInspire is a fantastic way to bring all facets of art into the classroom. It was easy to navigate and there was help through the process when I had any questions. As a teacher of 22 years I must say this has been the easiest grant…

What We Choose To Remember – Updates
The National Film Board, as part of its Filmmaker Assistance Program, has provided additional on-line editing, colour correction and audio mixing over the summer for ELAN’s feature-length documentary What We Choose To Remember. …

Is Supporting Youth (ages 15-29) Important to You? Paid PD Opportunity for Teaching Artists!
ELAN’s ArtEd team is excited to announce our participation in year 2 of a 3-year Youth Mental Health Initiative! The goal of the project is:
“ to improve access to mental health resources and services for young English-speaking Quebecers…

Letter from the Executive Director, September 2022
Firstly, I want to extend a sincere thank-you to all who joined us for our AGM on August 15th, we had a very successful meeting followed by a wonderful surprise party for our founder, Guy Rodgers, who is apparently retiring (lol – if you…