{"id":15699,"date":"2017-10-31T22:46:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T22:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/?p=15699"},"modified":"2019-05-08T17:46:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T17:46:54","slug":"directors-message-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Director&#8217;s Message &#8211; November 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Culture is an unpredictable, volatile business. Just ask any of the three Quebec <strong>Ministers of Culture and Communications<\/strong> who have held the portfolio in the past 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00e9l\u00e8ne David launched Quebec\u2019s Cultural Policy review, then moved to Higher Education in the 2016 cabinet reshuffle. ELAN would like to thank David\u2019s successor Luc Fortin for making a valiant effort to walk the tightrope of promoting French-language culture while recognizing that English-speaking artists have also made important contributions. Now the Cultural Policy dossier has been entrusted to a new face, Marie Montpetit. We wish her well and expect she will respect the commitments made by her predecessor.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the optimism surrounding <strong>CALQ\u2019s<\/strong> 2016-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calq.gouv.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CALQ_planactiondiversite20162019.pdf\">Cultural Diversity Action Plan<\/a> (FR only) turned to confusion, disappointment, and anger for many culturally diverse artists and organizations when this summer\u2019s funding results were announced (see this article in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/culture\/actualites-culturelles\/509612\/racisme-au-calq\">Le Devoir<\/a>). During the question period at CALQ\u2019s annual information session for arts service organizations, I asked CEO Anne-Marie Jean if she was aware of the negative response. She replied that a Cultural Diversity Action Plan does not mean that every culturally diverse organization will be funded. Fair enough. But that doesn\u2019t explain why award-winning culturally diverse artists and organizations were cut or not funded.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the <strong>Quebec Drama Federation<\/strong>, a venerable service organization, has been granted one final year of reduced funding before being cut completely. How could such a drastic decision be made without asking the English theatre community if it collectively benefits from the work QDF does?<\/p>\n<p><strong>CALQ has agreed to meet with QDF and PACT (Professional Association of Canadian Theatres)<\/strong> to discuss hard questions about what it means to value cultural diversity. We hope these meetings will restore confidence in how CALQ&#8217;s decisions are made.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guy Rodgers<br \/>\nExecutive Director<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culture is an unpredictable, volatile business. Just ask any of the three Quebec Ministers of Culture and Communications who have held the portfolio in the past 18 months. H\u00e9l\u00e8ne David launched Quebec\u2019s Cultural Policy review, then moved to Higher Education in the 2016 cabinet reshuffle. ELAN would like to thank David\u2019s successor Luc Fortin for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":15700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Director&#039;s Message - November 2017 - ELAN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A not-for-profit organization that connects, supports, and creates opportunities for English-speaking artists and cultural workers of all disciplines from every region of Quebec.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Director&#039;s Message - November 2017 - ELAN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A not-for-profit organization that connects, supports, and creates opportunities for English-speaking artists and cultural workers of all disciplines from every region of Quebec.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ELAN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-31T22:46:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-05-08T17:46:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Elan_par_KingaMichalska-34-of-45-e1509481435353.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1194\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"496\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andre Elan Quebec\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andre Elan Quebec\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/directors-message-november-2017\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/directors-message-november-2017\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Andre Elan Quebec\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4aaafbe7c737c481f7cc144f5237888f\"},\"headline\":\"Director&#8217;s Message &#8211; November 2017\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-31T22:46:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-08T17:46:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/directors-message-november-2017\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":308,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/directors-message-november-2017\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Elan_par_KingaMichalska-34-of-45-e1509481435353.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/directors-message-november-2017\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/directors-message-november-2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"Director's Message - November 2017 - ELAN\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/directors-message-november-2017\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/directors-message-november-2017\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Elan_par_KingaMichalska-34-of-45-e1509481435353.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-31T22:46:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-08T17:46:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"A not-for-profit organization that connects, supports, and creates opportunities for English-speaking artists and cultural workers of all disciplines from every region of Quebec.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/directors-message-november-2017\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/directors-message-november-2017\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/directors-message-november-2017\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Elan_par_KingaMichalska-34-of-45-e1509481435353.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/Elan_par_KingaMichalska-34-of-45-e1509481435353.jpg\",\"width\":1194,\"height\":496},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/directors-message-november-2017\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/new-home\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Director&#8217;s Message &#8211; November 2017\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"ELAN\",\"description\":\"English Language Arts Network\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ELAN - English Language Arts Network\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/elan-logo-360.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/elan-logo-360.jpg\",\"width\":360,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"ELAN - English Language Arts Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4aaafbe7c737c481f7cc144f5237888f\",\"name\":\"Andre Elan Quebec\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7ea082d3d909c4cb837bac18df8ab3523b4a3b6bc196bc83d5ca7f186807bf4e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7ea082d3d909c4cb837bac18df8ab3523b4a3b6bc196bc83d5ca7f186807bf4e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7ea082d3d909c4cb837bac18df8ab3523b4a3b6bc196bc83d5ca7f186807bf4e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andre Elan Quebec\"},\"description\":\"The English-Language Arts Network (ELAN) is a not-for-profit organization that connects, supports, and creates opportunities for Quebec\u2019s English-speaking artists and arts communities. ELAN members are individuals and organizations from a wide array of artistic disciplines, cultural and geographic backgrounds, and linguistic and cultural communities. Together this network reflects an evolving Qu\u00e9bec identity and celebrates the province\u2019s cultural, artistic, and social diversity.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quebec-elan.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/elan-quebec\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Director's Message - November 2017 - ELAN","description":"A not-for-profit organization that connects, supports, and creates opportunities for English-speaking artists and cultural workers of all disciplines from every region of Quebec.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Director's Message - November 2017 - ELAN","og_description":"A not-for-profit organization that connects, supports, and creates opportunities for English-speaking artists and cultural workers of all disciplines from every region of Quebec.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/","og_site_name":"ELAN","article_published_time":"2017-10-31T22:46:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-05-08T17:46:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1194,"height":496,"url":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Elan_par_KingaMichalska-34-of-45-e1509481435353.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Andre Elan Quebec","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andre Elan Quebec","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/"},"author":{"name":"Andre Elan Quebec","@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4aaafbe7c737c481f7cc144f5237888f"},"headline":"Director&#8217;s Message &#8211; November 2017","datePublished":"2017-10-31T22:46:51+00:00","dateModified":"2019-05-08T17:46:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/"},"wordCount":308,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Elan_par_KingaMichalska-34-of-45-e1509481435353.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/","url":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/","name":"Director's Message - November 2017 - ELAN","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Elan_par_KingaMichalska-34-of-45-e1509481435353.jpg","datePublished":"2017-10-31T22:46:51+00:00","dateModified":"2019-05-08T17:46:54+00:00","description":"A not-for-profit organization that connects, supports, and creates opportunities for English-speaking artists and cultural workers of all disciplines from every region of Quebec.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Elan_par_KingaMichalska-34-of-45-e1509481435353.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Elan_par_KingaMichalska-34-of-45-e1509481435353.jpg","width":1194,"height":496},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-november-2017\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/new-home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Director&#8217;s Message &#8211; November 2017"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/","name":"ELAN","description":"English Language Arts Network","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/#organization","name":"ELAN - English Language Arts Network","url":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/elan-logo-360.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/elan-logo-360.jpg","width":360,"height":70,"caption":"ELAN - English Language Arts Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4aaafbe7c737c481f7cc144f5237888f","name":"Andre Elan Quebec","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ea082d3d909c4cb837bac18df8ab3523b4a3b6bc196bc83d5ca7f186807bf4e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ea082d3d909c4cb837bac18df8ab3523b4a3b6bc196bc83d5ca7f186807bf4e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ea082d3d909c4cb837bac18df8ab3523b4a3b6bc196bc83d5ca7f186807bf4e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Andre Elan Quebec"},"description":"The English-Language Arts Network (ELAN) is a not-for-profit organization that connects, supports, and creates opportunities for Quebec\u2019s English-speaking artists and arts communities. ELAN members are individuals and organizations from a wide array of artistic disciplines, cultural and geographic backgrounds, and linguistic and cultural communities. Together this network reflects an evolving Qu\u00e9bec identity and celebrates the province\u2019s cultural, artistic, and social diversity.","url":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/author\/elan-quebec\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15767,"href":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15699\/revisions\/15767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}