Speeches

Speech by Karen Kain given at the Art Gallery of Alberta

(2006-06-05) Notes for a speech by Karen Kain, Chair, Canada Council for the Arts, at the Art Gallery of Alberta

Speech by Simon Brault given at the Public Forum on Inter-arts - Rethinking arts funding outside disciplinary boundaries

(2006-03-15) Viewed from the angle of a new perspective of arts funding and the decompartmentalization of practices, what is the role of the artist in the context of a transdisciplinary approach in contemporary creation?

Rethinking the importance of culture

(2004-11-24) Excerpt from a speech to the Federal-Provincial Culture Ministers’ Conference in Halifax

Speech by John Hobday at the Chalmers Conference 2004

(2004-02-27)

Speech by John Hobday at the Orchestras Canada Conference 2003, "Soundings"

(2003-06-08) Notes for remarks by John Hobday, C.M., Canada Council for the Arts, At the Orchestras Canada Conference 2003, "Soundings"

Notes for remarks by John Hobday at the Chalmers Conference organized by the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA)

(2003-05-22) Notes for remarks by John Hobday at the Chalmers Conference organized by the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA)

Notes for remarks by Dr. Shirley L. Thomson On "Le pouvoir de la culture dans la société contemporaine" in Paris on February 28, 2002

(2002-02-28) Notes for remarks by Dr. Shirley L. Thomson On "Le pouvoir de la culture dans la société contemporaine" in Paris on February 28, 2002

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