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British Columbia native wins the Virginia Parker Prize

The 2013 Virginia Parker Prize has been awarded to an extraordinary opera singer Layla Claire. The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that the soprano is the recipient of the $25,000 prize, awarded annually to a Canadian classical musician under the age of 32 who demonstrates outstanding talent and musicianship.

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Ojibway writer and sustainable community researcher win Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes

Ottawa, May 28, 2013 – Richard Wagamese and Ann Dale and have been awarded this year’s Canada Council Molson Prizes. Ojibway author and journalist Richard Wagamese is recipient of the Molson Prize in the arts. Mr. Wagamese is known for his profound, compelling stories about Aboriginal...

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Seven outstanding artists receive the Canada Council's Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Awards

Ottawa, May 22, 2013 – The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the seven award-winning and internationally renowned artists...

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Research

The Value of Presenting: A Study of Performing Arts Presentation in Canada

The Value of Presenting: A Study of Performing Arts Presentation in Canada commissioned by CAPACOA is the culmination of two years of...

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Performance: Timothy Chooi, 2012 MIB winner

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Artist Story

Yann Martel'sLife of Pi

Yann Martel’s bestseller Life of Pi won the Man Booker Prize, has been translated into several languages and made into a major motion picture. Read how the Council’s support helped the Canadian author to bring the story to life.

A Tribe Called Red, Igloofest 2013, Montréal. Photo: Eva Blue.

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The Canada Council goes to market

If you’re reading this, then the switch has been flipped on our new Market Access website module! This component went live on the...