(1997-12-08) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that, at a meeting in Ottawa this weekend, the board approved a plan for distributing the first $25 million of the $125 million in new funds announced by the government.
(1997-11-18) Donna Scott, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, announced today the laureates of the 1997 Canada Council for the Arts Governor General's Literary Awards. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.
(1997-11-07) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that Michael Cunningham of Vancouver is the winner of the Ronald J. Thom Award for Early Design Achievement.
(1997-10-22) During a special live broadcast of CBC Radio One's This Morning, the Canada Council for the Arts announced today the names of the nominees for the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards, in English and French, in the categories of fiction, poetry, drama, nonfiction, children's literature (text and illustration), and translation.
(1997-09-16) The Board has decided that the Canada Council for the Arts will continue to operate the Art Bank indefinitely.
(1997-09-10) The Canada Council for the Arts is pleased to announce that Lara St. John, from London, Ontario, and Judy Kang, from Edmonton, are the winners of the competition for the loan of two Stradivarius violins from the Canada Council for the Arts' Musical Instrument Bank.
(1997-08-13) The Canada Council for the Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Miles Morrisseau, of Kettle Point, Ontario, to the position of First Peoples Programs Officer, Writing and Publishing and Theatre Sections.
(1997-08-11) The Canada Council for the Arts, theCanadian Music Centre and the CBC/SRC announced today that Omar Danielis the winner of the 1997 Jules Léger Prize for new chamber music.
(1997-08-05) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the names of the twelve grant recipients of the 1997 Jean A. Chalmers Fund for the Crafts competition.
(1997-07-17) The Canada Council for the Arts is very pleased to announce that three magnificent violins have been made available to its Musical Instrument Bank for a two-year loan.
(1997-06-20) The Canada Council announced today that Quebec City architect Pierre Thibault is the winner of the 1997 Canada Council for the Arts Prix de Rome in Architecture.
(1997-06-07) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that Aiyyana Maracle of Vancouver is the winner of the 1997 Canada Council for the Arts John Hirsch Prize.
(1997-06-05) The Canada Council for the Arts today announced that Montreal dancer and choreographer Harold Rhéaume is the winner of the 32nd Jacqueline Lemieux Prize.
(1997-05-30) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that Benoît Vermeulen is the winner of the 1997 Canada Council for the Arts John Hirsch Prize.
(1997-05-23) In a unique partnership announced today, a new program - Artists and Communities - was launched, supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, The Laidlaw Foundation, and the Toronto Arts Council.
(1997-05-22) In a unique partnership announced today, a new pilot program - Artists and Communities - was launched, supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Vancouver Foundation, the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver Parks and Recreation Board, and the Assembly of British Columbia Arts Councils.
(1997-05-22) The Canada Council for the Arts and Bell Canada are pleased to announce that the winner of the 1997 Bell Canada Award for outstanding achievement in video art is video artist Jan Peacock. The prize will be presented to the laureate on 12 June 1997 in Banff, as part of the 18th Banff Television Festival.
(1997-05-15) The Canada Council for the Arts is pleased to announce that James Ehnes, violinist from Brandon, Manitoba, is the winner of the 1997 competition for the loan of the 1717 Windsor-Weinstein Stradivarius from the Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank.
(1997-04-15) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that it will re-establish a writer-in-residence program and bring about several changes to its Writing and Publishing programs to improve the promotion of Canadian books.
(1997-03-19) The House of Commons and the Senate took time out today to honour the foresight of their predecessors in passing legislation to create the Canada Council in March 1957.
(1997-03-04) The Canada Council announced today that the recipient of the 1997 John G. Diefenbaker Award is Dr. Jens Brockmeier, Professor of Psychology at the Free University of Berlin in Germany and at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Under the terms of the Award, Jens Brockmeier will spend up to a year in Canada, during which he proposes to perform research into the cognitive and conceptual implications of literacy.
(1997-02-25) Donna Scott, Chairman, and Roch Carrier, Director, today announced plans by the Canada Council for the Arts to mark its 40th anniversary year.
(1997-02-19) Donna Scott, Chairman of the Canada Council, and Roch Carrier, Director, are pleased to announce the winners of the 1997 Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prizes.
(1997-01-31) Roch Carrier, Director of the Canada Council, is pleased to announce the appointment of Anne Valois to the position of Head of the Canada Council's Dance Section.
(1997-01-28) The Board of the Canada Council for the Arts announced today that it will continue to protect its budget of grants to artists and arts organizations.
(1997-01-22) The Canada Council is pleased to announce that internationally renowned anthropologist Pierre Maranda has been awarded the 1996 Canada Council Molson Prize in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
(1997-01-22) The Canada Council is pleased to announce that internationally renowned and respected writer Mavis Gallant has been awarded the 1996 Canada Council Molson Prize for the Arts.