Our model for ELAN Membership is Pay-What-You-Can, which we hope will make membership more inclusive and accessible for everyone. This means that our members determine how much they pay for an ELAN membership. If you are unable to pay a fee you are still very much welcome to join ELAN’s community of members!
Your membership fees help ELAN:
ELAN Members
Attend an Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meetings are a space where important motions that affect ELAN’s membership services are put forth. Student, Professional, and Organizational ELAN members in good standing are eligible to vote.
Nominate a Board Member
ELAN members in good standing, are welcome to nominate a fellow artist and/or cultural worker for ELAN’s board of directors.
Participate in Surveys and Focus Groups
We solicit feedback from our members on a regular basis to learn more about the needs and concerns of Quebec’s English-speaking arts community.
Social Media
ELAN shares members’ work and events via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram — over 6,200 followers.
Newsletters
Share news and events via ELANews, our monthly newsletter that is sent to 2400+ subscribers (members and public). ELAN Members also receive the Member Exclusive newsletter, with priority access to events, discounts and codes shared by our partners, and so much more!
Minute Market
Present and promote your work in 60 seconds at one of our networking events, also known as a Schmoozer.
Member Directory
Feature your professional profiles through ELAN’s Membership Directory, frequented by partner organizations, artists, and others seeking an artist for a specific opportunity.
Community Calendar
ELAN Members can submit and share events through our Member Exclusive Community Calendar.
Click below to discover some of the resources we’ve made available!
We partner with local Quebec businesses, arts organizations, venues and suppliers to help you create!
“ELAN has become a real eye-opener for me in terms of increasing my awareness about issues affecting artists of all disciplines. ELAN staff are so friendly and supportive. I appreciate the fact that the schmoozers are held in different locations each time, and have had a variety of themes; member participation is encouraged via the Minute Market and submissions to ELANews; and conferences and events, in both urban and regional areas, aim to increase solidarity among Anglophone artists as well as provide information about resources.”
— Shelley Freeman, Visual Artist.
“The CBC workshop on “Getting Media Attention” as well as the lectures given by QAHN were very informative, but also emotionally interesting explorations. I appreciate my experience with Elan and their continued efforts to support anglophone artists in Quebec; and very much look forward to continuing my journey with them.”
— Gigi Retzo, Visual Artist.
“I moved into Quebec and Montreal in 2017, joined ELAN in 2018, and have truly appreciated the variety of work it encompasses. I was lucky to be encouraged to propose a pitch for a “Public Expert Project” as part of this year’s “State of the Arts” events, and after pitching got support to receive some funding toward the project’s execution. I wouldn’t be moving forward the same way in my continuing arts education and practice in Quebec without ELAN.”
— seeley quest, Writer, Performer.
ELAN is an official minority language organization within a country that recognizes two languages as official. ELAN is located in Tiohtiak: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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