REMINDER! Deadline for CCA Award Nominations is Nigh.

All CCA members are invited to present nominations for the 2011 Diplôme d'honneur and the Keith Kelly Award for Cultural Leadership.[more]

Thnking Culture Forum on Oct 11, 2011 - Culture and Sustainable Communities

Come and join us for an overview of the conceptual issues facing municipalities working to integrate culture into sustainability plans, along with a brief discussion about how Agenda 21 for Culture is unfolding in European cities. Closer to home, attendees will gain an understanding of Quebec municipalities’ experience implementing Agenda 21 for Culture. [more]

FROM THE DESK of Alain Pineau: The old and the new as the House returns

I have always had mixed feelings with regards to autumn. I like the autumn because we get to meet up with our good friends and fall into routines that fit us like an old pair of slippers; I like the frenzy that comes with a new school year and the excitement of knowing what lies ahead. But at the same time, autumn can be wet and chilly and the old slippers, not so comfortable after all. [more]

CCA Bulletin - Cultural funding: where will the axe fall?

Just the facts

The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) today presents its analysis of the 2011 federal budget, which was adopted in June by the 41st Parliament, further to the May general election.

Like last year, this year’s budget analysis reveals that overall, federal funding to the cultural sector remains stable, which has more or less been the case since 2006 under successive Conservative minority governments. While the CCA characterized this ‘holding pattern’ as reassuring last year, we projected that this state of affairs would not likely endure given the tightening fiscal situation of the government, and the conclusion of stimulus spending to address the 2008/09 recession. [more]