Canada Council for the Arts' New Website

The Canada Council for the Arts has been undergoing major changes. Council’s New Funding Model, which will begin rolling out in Spring 2017, is joined by a new online application system as well as significant website updates. Here are a few core changes related to Official Language Minority Communities (English-speaking Quebecers, that’s you).

Strategic Funds – Find information about the Official Languages Fund and Market Access Strategy for Official Language Minority Communities, along with application guides.

Official Languages – Get links to the Annual Review on Official Languages and read Canada Council’s Official Languages Policy.

Commitments – Read Canada Council’s Strategic Plan commitments, along with information on those related to Official Languages.

While deadlines for the new Canada Council programs don’t start until April, why not take the time to register for the online application portal in the meantime? Registrations must be made at least 30 days before you apply for a grant.

Land Acknowledgement

ELAN is an official minority language organization within a country that recognizes two languages as official. ELAN is located in Tiohtià:ke, the original name for Montreal in Kanien’kéha, the language of the Mohawk—also known as Mooniyang, which is the Anishinaabeg name given to the city by the Algonquin. While we are based in this city, our projects have also taken place in many regions across Quebec.

We acknowledge the colonial origin of English and French in Canada, and recognize that both languages benefit from official status throughout the land. The province that we know as Quebec is an amalgamation of the traditional territories of the Innu and Inuit nations, Algonquian nations, as well as the Mohawk nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Kanien’kéha and Anishinaabemowin are but two of the original languages of this province; Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, and Innu-aimun are also among the many Indigenous languages spoken across Quebec as majority languages, all well before French and English.

ELAN acknowledges the important work being done by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to revive the traditional languages of these territories, and their advocacy for the official status of Indigenous languages.