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Letter from the Executive Director, July 2021

  (La version Français suivra) Executive Director’s Message – July 2021 The Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island are in tremendous pain.The last several weeks have been difficult and unsettling for us all and as a community of…
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ARTSCAST, June 2021

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ELAN’s Waves of Change Project: The Final Two Episodes

This month we release the final two episodes of ELAN’s Waves of Change project, a 200-year (1820-2020) oral history of Quebec’s English-speaking communities, created on the 50th anniversary of the FLQ Crisis. Waves of Change is a story about…
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Letter from the Executive Director, June 2021

Summer is upon us and with that comes long-awaited picnics in the park, breezy evening walks, BBQs with family and friends, and all of the joys of this uplifting season. As the province leaps forward into “déconfinement,” and our beloved…
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Director’s Message – May 2021

Change. We fear it. We embrace it. As the third wave of COVID-19 has rolled in, some of us are starting to acknowledge and accept our new reality. Our worlds and the way we live within them have dramatically shifted. We must remain adaptable,…
ELAN History Series: 2018
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ELAN History Series: 2018

Guy Rodgers speaking at QUESCREN Press Conference.  Photo by: Marc Bourcier  Inclusive Mandate, Wrapping up AAQ At the 2018 Annual General Meeting, ELAN renewed its mandate to be more open and inclusive: the use of English was changed…
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ELAN History Series: 2019

15th AGM ELAN's 2019 AGM Board photo. Back row, left to right: Isak Goldschneider, Roger Sinha, Patrick Lloyd Brennan, Keith Henderson, Quinten Sheriff, Blair Mackay, Paul Bracegirdle, and Tim Piper. Front row, left to right: Purna…
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The Second Wave: Le Vote Ethnique

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