Government
CALQ (Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec/Quebec Arts Council)
Links to all Quebec regional arts councils (mostly French)
CALQ (Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec/Quebec Arts Council)
Links to arts organisations in Quebec
CAM (Conseil des arts de Montréal/Montreal Arts Council)
Montreal Arts Council
Canada Revenue Agency
Income tax information for artists
Développement culturel de Montréal
Information on cultural events, resources, and funding programs
Law
Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency
Information and resources on copyright law and digital rights, as well as a free on-line copyright law course.
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Information on research and applications of intellectual property laws in Canada.
Copyright Board Canada
List of collective copyright societies
Media & Publications
Access Copyright
Provides access to copyright protected works.
ADEL (Auteurs dramatiques en Ligne)
Online library of Canadian plays in French. Users can download them for a small fee.
SODEP (Société de développement des périodiques culturels québécois)
Links to online arts magazines
Online Resources and Directories
Artist Help Network
A free information service helping artists manage their careers
Artists in Canada
Links to associations, networks, and services for artists working in Quebec
Broken Jaw
Links to writing, and publishing resources
Culturescope: The Canadian Culture Observatory
Information service for those interested in Canada's cultural development. Culturescope is the "interactive hub" of the Canadian Cultural Observatory.
Fuel 4 Arts
Online community which provides practical career information to artists, with a special emphasis on marketing and promotion.
Montreal Express
Online directory similar to the yellow pages
Purple Crayon
Small web-based community maintained by a children's book editor, with a wealth of information helpful to children's authors and related professionals.
Rhizome
Online platform for the global new media art community. "Our programs support the creation, presentation, discussion and preservation of contemporary art that uses new technologies in significant ways."
WorkInNonProfits
Online database of services and resources related to non-profit businesses and organisations
YES Montreal
Links to handy resources for Montreal's English-speaking artists
Organisations, Workshops, etc
AFM (American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada)
Largest organisation in the world representing the interests of professional musicians with many local chapters and North American branch of the FIM (see below)
artists.ca/FCA (Federation of Canadian Artists)
A non-profit organisation, dedicated to the promotion and professional development of artists. Based in BC.
CAMMAC
"CAMMAC is a registered charity devoted to creating opportunities for musicians of all levels to make music together in a relaxed, non-competitive atmosphere."
Canadart
Small corporation supporting artistic creativity in Canada by creating an ongoing listing of artists and the businesses and organisations that support them.
CBAC (The Council fo Business and the Arts in Canada)
Dedicated to helping arts organisations and businesses reach their full potential by encouraging creative partnerships between the two.
CMC (The Canadian Music Centre)
A centre housing a music lending library with Canada's largest collection of Canadian concert music, an on-demand printing and binding service, and music repertoire consultations.
Creative City Network
An organisation of municipal employees across Canada working on arts, culture and heritage policy, planning, development which hopes to encourage these employees to be more effective in cultural development in our communities.
Creators' Rights Alliance Canada
Coalition of national artists' associations and collectives devoted to the defense, promotion and protection of the interests of Canadian creators in relation to intellectual property.
FIAM (International Federation of Multimedia Associations)
International non-profit seeking to unite multimedia associations worldwide.
FIM (International Federation of Musicians)
International NGO representing unions of musicians worldwide, technicians and specialist workers in the audio-visual and performing arts spheres, as well as authors (writers, script-writers, film-makers, photographers, authors of graphic works etc.).
Montréal Film & Television Commission
Created to "coordinate all logistical aspects of film and television shoots on its territory and promote Montréal to foreign producers as the best location, production and post-production center.
The Art Collective
A group of artists based in Montreal who are experimenting with collaborative art-making, in collaboration with the Studio Arts department of Concordia University's Faculty of Fine Arts.
VAO (Visual Arts Ontario)
Membership driven, non-profit arts service organisation that addresses the interests of artists of all career levels, as well as arts organisations and the art-interested public.
Theatres, Galleries, Museums, Promoters, Workshops
ADAC (Art Dealers Association of Canada)
A non-profit and the "largest representative" of major private commercial galleries in Canada, who in turn represent "the country's leading artists".
AGAC (Association des galeries d'art contemporain)
Links to artist resources
Theatre Quebec
Site containing up-to-date information on theater/multimedia events in Quebec.
Other
(CSDM) La Commission Scolaire de Montreal
French courses in oral and written communication for adults
Al and Malka Green Artists' Health Centre
Subsidized health care, workshops, counselling, and alternative and complementary medicine for artists. Located in Toronto.
Ethiquette: The Responsible Consumer Network
A directory of ethical products and services, and general information about ethical consumption in Quebec.