{"id":26309,"date":"2019-03-01T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/?p=26309"},"modified":"2019-05-08T17:44:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T17:44:19","slug":"directors-message-march-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/directors-message-march-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Director&#8217;s Message &#8211; March 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Guy Rodgers presenting at the 2019 State of the Arts Activation Conference\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo by Sufia Duez\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ELAN is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2019.\u00a0 The world around you will have changed little or much during that period depending on your age and personal milestones. One benchmark that most of us share is Facebook, which also came into existence in 2004.\u00a0 It is surprisingly difficult to remember the \u201cpre-FB\u201d world, back when we were still using message boards and fax machines. I am not going to claim that ELAN\u2019s impact is comparable to Facebook \u2013 for better or worse \u2013 but our local environment has changed dramatically in several ways.<\/p>\n<p>ELAN was created as a network for English-speaking artists whose main issue was language. One pragmatic ELAN objective was to build bridges with our French-speaking neighbours. A more daunting but less\u00a0tangible problem was a country neatly divided into English Canada and French Quebec. ELAN devoted its first decade to documenting an English-language cultural renaissance in Quebec, to making English-speaking artists visible outside Quebec, as well as making the case that we could be both proud Quebeckers here at home and important ambassadors for Quebec culture.<\/p>\n<p>Many of ELAN\u2019s younger members see language as a minor issue or a non-issue, which is a testimonial to how far we have progressed. Part of this change was possible because our world is becoming much more receptive to diversity and inclusion. As ELAN becomes less preoccupied with language issues, we have turned our attention to broader issues of diversity and inclusion, which have been the focus of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/state-of-the-arts\/\">State of the Arts<\/a> project. Many of you have already participated in State of the Arts activities, and are welcome to participate in additional upcoming events in March. More information about those events will be shared in our future newsletters, our website, and through our social media channels. As we celebrate ELAN\u2019s accomplishments over the past 15 years, we are also charting a new course for the decades that lie ahead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guy Rodgers<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guy Rodgers presenting at the 2019 State of the Arts Activation Conference\u00a0 Photo by Sufia Duez\u00a0 ELAN is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2019.\u00a0 The world around you will have changed little or much during that period depending on your age and personal milestones. 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