{"id":35814,"date":"2021-02-27T08:05:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T08:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/?p=35814"},"modified":"2021-03-10T08:59:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T08:59:12","slug":"elans-history-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/en\/elans-history-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"ELAN&#8217;s History: 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-muaj7q-85c86688c5c60f9cbfa0ac119f9f1d2a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-muaj7q-85c86688c5c60f9cbfa0ac119f9f1d2a{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-muaj7q-85c86688c5c60f9cbfa0ac119f9f1d2a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h2><strong>ELAN Celebrates Five Years <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>ELAN celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2009 at the Sala Rossa. Following the Annual General Meeting (AGM), ELAN hosted a panel discussion called \u201c<strong>Resources for Emerging Artists<\/strong>\u201d, featuring visual artist Juliana Espa\u00f1a Keller, writer, performer and founder of Wired on Words Ian Ferrier, actress, playwright and director Anna Fuerstenberg, and sound recordist and musician Tod van Dyk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35827 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Board-Photo-1030x654.jpg\" alt=\"Board photo from ELAN's 2009 AGM\" width=\"1030\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Board-Photo-1030x654.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Board-Photo-scaled-600x381.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Board-Photo-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Board-Photo-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Board-Photo-1536x976.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Board-Photo-2048x1301.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Board-Photo-1500x953.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Board-Photo-705x448.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Board-Photo-scaled.jpg 1450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>ELAN&#8217;s Board of Directors at the 2009 Annual General Meeting. From left to right, back row: Kieran Krilly, Peter MacGibbon, Tim Brady, Ian Ferrier, Kirwan Cox, Guy Rodgers, Tod Van Dyk. Middle Row:\u00a0\u00a0Tawny McDuff, Sheila Plunkett, Vicki Marcok. Front row:\u00a0\u00a0Julie Keller, Chuck Childs, Anna Fuerstenburg, Jane Needles, Heidi Fleming.<br \/>\n<strong>Photo by: Monique Dykstra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Originating out of the Arts Summit held in 2004, ELAN had by this time proven the need for an umbrella group that would advocate for English-language opportunities in the arts and culture sector. It was evident that ELAN had a crucial role in addressing a lack of provincial support for English-language arts programming and the disconnection that existed between regions across Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, ELAN found that there was still clear resistance from Quebec\u2019s English-speaking community to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/portfolio-item\/english-speaking-communities-in-quebec-report-2010\/\"><span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong>self-identify<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, as Official Language minority funding for English was still seen as an existential threat to the French language. As ELAN\u2019s founding Executive Director, Guy Rodgers, <span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/portfolio-item\/articles-on-elan-establishing-an-english-language-arts-network-2010-montreal-mosaic\/\">wrote in an article<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for <em>Montreal Mosaic<\/em>, \u201c<em>It was, and continues to be, a challenge for ELAN to explain to francophone colleagues that we are not engaged in a zero-sum struggle in which our gains are their loss<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35817 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0100c-1030x673.jpg\" alt=\"Ian Ferrier, Julie Keller, Anna Fuerstenburg, Tod Van Dyk\" width=\"1030\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0100c-1030x673.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0100c-scaled-600x392.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0100c-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0100c-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0100c-1536x1003.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0100c-2048x1338.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0100c-scaled.jpg 1450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Left to right: Ian Ferrier, Julie Keller, Anna Fuerstenburg, and Tod Van Dyk<br \/>\n<strong>Photo by: Monique Dykstra<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Creating Professional Development Opportunities<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ELAN saw important progress in 2009 with regard to raising the visibility of English-language artists and relaying their concerns to federal funding bodies. As the Canada Council for the Arts <span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/portfolio-item\/cca-offical-languages\/\">reported<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, grant-writing workshops were made available for English-speaking artists in Quebec, and the concerns of Official Language minority communities in the arts were represented by ELAN during consultations with the Canada Council.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from seeking greater support from federal funding bodies, ELAN sought to create more professional development opportunities for English-speaking artists in Quebec in partnership with local community organizations. In 2009, ELAN partnered with <strong>YES! Montreal<\/strong> to co-produce an artist conference, and produced two community panel discussions that featured experts from the visual arts and music industries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/portfolio-item\/navigating-a-career-in-the-visual-arts-panel-summary-2009\/\">Navigating a Career in the Visual Arts<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u201d, hosted at the artist-run centre articule, featured artist Adad Hannah, curator Lesley Johnstone, and intermedia artist jake moore. The speakers examined strategies for visual artists to promote their work and earn recognition by gallerists, and offered critique of common myths around visual artists\u2019 education requirements and expected sources of income. \u201c<span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/portfolio-item\/your-musics-awesome-now-what-panel-summary-2009\/\">Your Music\u2019s Awesome! Now What?<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u201d explored best practices for music promotion, expectations for managers and producer fees, and the practice of pay-for-play in Montreal. These panels marked the first of many workshops that would be produced by ELAN, and directly responded to community needs that were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/2019\/10\/15\/elan-15-2008\/\"><span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong>identified<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in years prior. They would also set the stage for projects <span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/past-projects\/\">ELAN\u2019s Market Access<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/past-projects\/\">Savvy Sessions<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35829 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0093_c-1030x697.jpg\" alt=\"Monika Majewsky, former ELAN staff member \" width=\"1030\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0093_c-1030x697.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0093_c-scaled-600x406.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0093_c-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0093_c-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0093_c-1536x1039.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0093_c-2048x1386.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0093_c-1500x1015.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0093_c-705x477.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0093_c-scaled.jpg 1450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Monika Majewsky, former ELAN staff member.<br \/>\n<strong>Photo by: Monique Dykstra<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Building Regional Representation across Quebec<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ELAN collaborated with the <strong>Quebec Community Groups Network<\/strong> (QCGN) on a proposal as part of the <strong>Enhancing Access to Cultural Expression (<\/strong>EACE) project, for a community development framework in the arts and culture sectors. The EACE report <span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/portfolio-item\/writing-on-english-speaking-quebec-english-arts-and-culture-access-report-qcgn\/\">identified<\/a><\/strong><\/span> the unique needs of English-speaking regions, artist organizations and presenters across Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>While Montreal remains a hotspot for English-speaking cultural activity in Quebec, ELAN was made aware through its membership and outreach of the thriving arts scenes in the Eastern Townships, the Laurentians, and the Outaouais region, among others. Many of the challenges for the English-speaking arts communities in these regions included a lack of promotion or English-language media that would connect artists to wider audiences.<\/p>\n<p>The Magdalen Islands and the Lower North Shore, for example, had no English-language newspaper, while Quebec City offered little representation of English-speaking artists in existing French-language media. Other factors identified in EACE continue to pose challenges today for English-speaking communities outside of Montreal. The Eastern Townships described economic challenges despite an otherwise healthy presence of regional multi-disciplinary arts scenes, caused in part by the migration of professional artists from smaller villages to Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>As one means of addressing these wide-ranging but integrated needs, ELAN and QCGN partnered with the <strong>Quebec Drama Federation<\/strong> (QDF) on an initiative to develop a provincial touring circuit for English-language performing artists. The QDF Touring Project involved mapping out a provincial network of presenters and venues, identifying high-calibre artists working in the English language, and connecting artists to professional development opportunities. This pivotal project marked the first time an organization representing artists working in the English language worked to map out resources, performance artists and presenters across Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35831 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0080_c-1030x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0080_c-1030x685.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0080_c-scaled-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0080_c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0080_c-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0080_c-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0080_c-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0080_c-1500x998.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0080_c-705x469.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC_0080_c-scaled.jpg 1450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Kirwan Cox &amp; Harry Gulkin (ELAN&#8217;s Advisory Board)<br \/>\n<strong>Photo by: Monique Dykstra<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Advocacy in Official Language Minority Broadcasting<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ELAN\u2019s advocacy work in official minority language broadcasting in 2009 was crucial for shaping the future of Quebec television and radio programming. ELAN submitted<span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/portfolio-item\/writing-on-english-speaking-quebec-local-television-support-for-official-language-minority-in-quebec-2009\/\">a brief<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>to the <strong>Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)<\/strong> advocating for more regional English-speaking representation in provincial broadcasting.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cUnfortunately, the CBC no longer has earmarked funding from the Canada Media Fund (as the CTF is now called). The gradual and long running starvation of the CBC by Governments of both parties is well known. It has led to increasing commercialization of the schedule, and has had a disproportionate and negative impact on official language minorities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>CBC<\/strong> was experiencing severe cutbacks in English-language service to the rural communities that were home to around 200,000 English-speaking Quebecers. Original content in Canadian media was <span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/portfolio-item\/crtc-advocacy-lettre-au-tele-quebec\/\">steadily deteriorating<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>with increasing syndication, in favour of re-broadcasted content.<\/p>\n<p>Local media conglomerate <strong>Quebecor<\/strong> owned the major cable distributor in Quebec, <strong>Videotron<\/strong>, yet there was no English content on the Montreal VOX channel. Videotron\u2019s VOX channel was subsequently rebranded as <strong>MAtv<\/strong>, which added 20 percent English-language content in 2015, after lobbying by ELAN.<\/p>\n<p>Another contentious issue was access to the<strong> Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF)<\/strong>, intended to assist small regions, with populations under 1,000,000. The LPIF was meant to provide assistance to French-language producers outside Montreal, and English-language producers outside Toronto and Vancouver.\u00a0 For reasons that no representatives from the CRTC or the LPIF program could explain, the LPIF defined language-use according to \u201clanguage understood\u201d, which disproportionately increased Montreal\u2019s \u201cEnglish-speaking\u201d population over the 1,000,000 mark by counting hundreds of thousands of bilingual francophones. Canadian language definitions are always based on \u201cmother tongue\u201d or \u201cfirst official language spoken\u201d. CRTC\u2019s definition based on \u201clanguage understood\u201d served no obvious purpose other than to deny Quebec\u2019s English-language producers access to the LPIF.<\/p>\n<p>ELAN\u2019s submission to the CRTC was jointly support by the <strong>Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA)<\/strong>\u00a0and the <strong>Conseil du Quebec de la Guilde canadienne des realisateurs<\/strong>, who <span style=\"color: #0054a6;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0054a6;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/portfolio-item\/canadian-media-fund-advocacy-letter-to-president-and-ceo-2009\/\">also recognized<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>a \u201cserious decline\u201d in the English-language film and television industry in Quebec over the preceding decade. ACTRA pushed for the Canadian Media Fund (CMF) to grant regional status to English-language programs produced in Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>ELAN recommended changing the official definition of \u201cEnglish-speaking\u201d to those for whom English was the \u201cfirst official language spoken\u201d, to provide the most accurate measurement of the English-speaking population in Quebec. This battle was eventually won, and the population of English Montreal was correctly established at 600,000. This would have qualified Montreal\u2019s English-language producers for the LPIF, but by 2012, the fund was abolished.<\/p>\n<p>The production of original content by regional broadcasters is crucial for ensuring quality and diversity in Quebec media. Canadian media continues to face the challenge of job cuts, the adoption of commercial U.S. produced content, and increasing syndication of news under conglomerates like Postmedia, Rogers and Bell Media. While ELAN submitted the statement on regional content to the CRTC in 2009, regional and official language representation in broadcasting, online and print media remains a critical issue today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35835 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC06355-1030x773.jpg\" alt=\"ELAN's old office\" width=\"1030\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC06355-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC06355-scaled-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC06355-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC06355-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC06355-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC06355-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC06355-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC06355-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.quebec-elan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/DSC06355-scaled.jpg 1450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Executive Director&#8217;s desk in ELAN&#8217;s first office at 460 Ste Catherine \u2013 #610 shared with CRAAR (Center for Research-Action on Race Relations) and Repercussion Theatre (with a view on the Belgo Building)<br \/>\n<strong>Photo by: Guy Rodgers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELAN Celebrates Five Years ELAN celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2009 at the Sala Rossa. 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