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

May 29, 2013

Ottawa, May 28, 2013 – Richard Wagamese and Ann Dale and have been awarded this year’s Canada Council Molson Prizes. Ojibway...

Robert Sirman Speaking Points for Culture Days National Congress

May 24, 2013

CULTURE DAYS NATIONAL CONGRESS Fairmont Royal York, Toronto, May 24, 2013 Why are we here? To share what we’ve learned from the...

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

May 22, 2013

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

Simon Brault's Remarks, Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO

May 4, 2013

At the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Toronto. Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. I would like to thank the Canadian Commission for...

Values, the Public and Smart Growth in the Arts

Apr 19, 2013

Simon Brault, Vice-Chair, Canada Council for the Arts Notes for a presentation given at the international conference, Sustainability...

Toronto theatre community leader wins Canada Council John Hobday Award

Apr 16, 2013

Ottawa, April 16, 2013 – The 2013 winner of the John Hobday Award in Arts Management is Claire Sakaki, the Producer and...

Laureates of the 2013 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Announced

Apr 10, 2013

Montreal, April 10, 2013 – Andrew Dawes, Daniel Lanois, Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Viola Léger, Eric Peterson and Menaka Thakkar...

The Canada Council for the Arts announces $500,000 in Killam Prizes

Apr 2, 2013

Ottawa, April 2, 2013 – The winners of the 2013 Killam Prizes are international authorities and pioneers in the fields of...

Exhibition on Nunavut will represent Canada in Venice

Mar 26, 2013

Ottawa, March 26, 2013 – “Arctic Adaptations: Nunavut at 15” has been selected through a national juried competition...

Artists Selected to Join Team Canada at the VII Games of La Francophonie

Mar 18, 2013

Montreal, March 18, 2013 - The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, on behalf of the...

Canada's best visual media and fine craft artists win awards for life's work

Mar 8, 2013

Montreal, March 12, 2013 – The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the winners of the 2013 Governor General’s...

The Canada Council for the Arts announces the 2013 Killam Fellowship winners

Feb 27, 2013

Ottawa, February 27, 2013 - This year’s Killam Research Fellowships are awarded to leading Canadian researchers who are working on a...

Save the date! The Governor General's Award's in Visual and Media Arts will be announced March 12

Feb 26, 2013

The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts celebrate Canadian arts at its best. Join the Canada Council at the...

New Secretary-General for Canadian Commission for UNESCO announced

Jan 23, 2013

Ottawa – Myriam Montrat has been appointed as the new Secretary-General of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (United Nations...

Aboriginal identity at the centre of 2013 Prix de Rome winning project

Jan 22, 2013

Ottawa, January 22, 2013 – The 2013 winner of the Canada Council for the Arts’ Prix de Rome in Architecture for Emerging...

Exciting new partnerships for the National Reading Campaign

Jan 17, 2013

We are pleased to announce that TD Bank Group and the Canada Council for the Arts / Conseil des arts du Canada have each made major funding...

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