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Director’s Message – February, 2021

Photo by: Monique Dykstra Photo flashback: Guy Rodgers with Peter McFarlane, and Ian Ferrier at ELAN's 2004 Quebec Arts Summit. We are travelling through uncertain times and uncharted territory. Day-to-day disruptions have stretched into…
ELAN board meeting via zoom
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Director’s Message – January, 2021

Zoom screenshot of an ELAN board meeting circa spring, 2020. Left to right / top to bottom: Karen Cho, Guy Rodgers, Blair MacKay, Louise Campbell, Bettina Forget, Paul Bracegirdle, Tim Piper, Kakim Goh, Li Li, Swati Khanna, Deborah Forde, Roger…
ARTS2U and Artcast2020
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ARTSCAST: The stream flows on!

ARTSCAST is reaching out to the artist community to participate in the next wave of ARTSCAST events. The public wants to see your show, and ARTSCAST wants to host! Fill out the form on Facebook or Instagram to be part of our next series.…
Guy Rodgers with Anne-Marie Jean CEO of CALQ at ELAN's AGM 2019
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Director’s Message – November, 2020

Guy Rodgers with Anne-Marie Jean  CEO of CALQ at ELAN 2019 AGM.  Photo by Nasuna Stuart-Ulin Artists are remarkably resilient people and quick to create solutions in difficult situations. That is an admirable strength in normal times.…
Update from Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
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CALQ Update: Special Measure for the Dissemination of Quebec Performances

On October 27, 2020 the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) announced special measures and support it will provide concerning the dissemination of Quebec Performances during COVID-19. Deadline to apply is November 16 at 10 AM.…
Left in photo is Edmund Nash. Centre is Guy Rodgers Right is René Marquez.2020
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Director’s Message – October, 2020

Left to right: Edmund Nash, Guy Rodgers, and René Marquez at the MainFilm Schmoozer, 2019. Photo by Laurence Ly. Covid-19 has hit artists with a force that is impossible to fully evaluate. We were taking baby steps toward reopening theatres,…
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ArtistsInspire $1500 School Grants: Offering 300 English public schools engaging Arts & Culture Experiences in 2020-2021, whether virtual or in-person

ELAN ArtEd’s Team is working hard to prepare for and communicate the 2020-2021 ArtistsInspire experience with educators, featuring multiple, sustained interactions with experienced Artists adept at virtual facilitation.  Please help us by…
Québec Relations Updates!
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Québec Relations Webinar #5: Taking the Next Step for Funding — Registering your Not-For-Profit Organization

Are you an individual artist or collective looking to develop your practice and pursue new opportunities but not sure how to move forward? Or maybe you’re feeling limited by the funding available to you and wondering how you can access a larger…
ARTS2U
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ARTS2U: Focusing on live broadcasts this summer!

ARTCAST pilot project will be a series of live broadcasts taking place in August and September that will showcase Quebec artists performing in small venues. The initiative will undertake a comparative analysis of services that offer solid…
Guy Rodgers with ELAN staff in their daily morning check in
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Director’s Message – August, 2020

Screenshot of Guy Rodgers meeting with ELAN staff via Zoom (Top left to right: Deborah Forde, Guy Rodgers, Nick Maturo. Centre left to right: Aysha White, Sufia Duez, Juan Velasquez. Bottom left to right: Emily Enhorning and Swati Khanna)   ELAN…
Guy Rodgers with Bettina Forget, Kristelle Holiday, and Amy MacDonald2020
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Director’s Message – July 2020

ELAN's Executive Director: Guy Rodgers with past Board President: Bettina Forget, past Board Treasurer: Kristelle Holliday, and past Program Manager: Amy Macdonald at ELAN's 2019 AGM and 15th anniversary celebration. In a normal year,…
Seeing English-Language Families in Engaging Stories
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The SELFIES (Seeing English-Language Families in Engaging Stories) Project: and how you can win $100 by suggesting a favourite work of art!

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 to explore community identity through…

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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