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 collaborative and citizen-led approach. Nearly 1,500 artists, artisans, civil servants, entrepreneurs, cultural workers, and employees were involved in the Culture in Action project. From March 2022 to March 2023, surveys, studies, conferences, workshops, and discussion groups fueled discussions around four major themes:

Social safety net
Better protected labor force through laws and programs.

Working conditions
A valued and healthy workforce

Training and skills development
A more qualified workforce

Equity, diversity, and inclusion
A diverse and inclusive workforce

Going beyond specific interests to unite around common issues, the driving forces of the cultural sector have charted the path to their future by producing this Plan for ‘Better working, creating, and living in a constantly evolving environment‘.”

Click here to consult the Cultural Human Resources Action Plan.

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.