(1999-12-16) Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts, announced today the names of the successful grant recipients in the fourth and final competition of the Millennium Arts Fund.The 32 successful projects will receive a total of $1,330,100. Including the three previous Millennium Arts Fund competitions, the total number of projects supported is 179, for a total of $9.2 million.
(1999-12-06) The Canada Council for the Arts will step up its efforts to act as an advocate for artists and arts organizations, as well as promote arts education and public attendance at arts events.
(1999-11-30) The purpose of the project is to showcase the work of English and French language poets living in or near the Ottawa region, while at the same time making riding on an OC Transpo bus even more enjoyable for riders.
(1999-11-25) In an effort to encourage and support the creation, production and dissemination of art that transcends or combines traditional artistic disciplines, the Canada Council for the Arts has announced the creation of its new Inter-Arts Office.
(1999-11-23) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that Montreal dancer Marc Boivin and dance educator, administrator, choreographer and writer Grant Strate are the co-winners of the 1999 Canada Council for the Arts Jacqueline Lemieux Prize.
(1999-11-16) Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director, the Canada Council for the Arts, announced the winners of the 1999 Canada Council for the Arts Governor General's Literary Awards at a press conference held today at the National Library of Canada. Each winner received a cheque for $10,000.
(1999-11-10) TORONTO, Ontario,.Canadian artists Roseline Delisle, Susan Low-Beer, Les Manning, Michael D. Massie, and Mariette Rousseau-Vermette have been named Finalists for this year's $20,000 Saidye Bronfman Award.
(1999-11-10) Ottawa, 10 november 1999 - Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts, has announced the appointment of Donna Balkan to the position of Senior Communications Manager, effective November 1.
(1999-11-10) Ottawa, 10 November 1999 - The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that Dan David (Ottawa, Ontario), Connie Fife (Vancouver, British Columbia) Walter Nanawin (Wassagamak, Manitoba) and Anna Marie Sewell (Edmonton, Alberta) are the four winners of the Prince and Princess Edward Prize in Aboriginal Literature.
(1999-11-05) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that the former Canada-Japan Book Award has been given a new name, broader selection criteria and enhanced value, effective immediately.
(1999-10-12) Announcement at a press conference hosted by the Council's Chairman, Jean-Louis Roux at the
National Library of Canada 395 Wellington Street in Ottawa 10:00 am
(1999-10-08) The Canada Council for the Arts is currently undertaking a study to determine what effect grants made to individual artists and creators have on their subsequent careers.
(1999-10-01) The Canada Council for the Arts, the Canadian Music Centre and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada announced today that Alexina Louie is the winner of the 1999 Jules Léger Prize for new chamber music.
(1999-09-28) The Director of the Canada Council, Shirley Thomson, and the President of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, Michel Agnaïeff, today announced the appointment of David A. Walden as Secretary-General of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.
(1999-09-28) Dr. Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts, announced today the appointment of Ms. Viviane Gray as Aboriginal Arts Coordinator.
(1999-09-23) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that it will host the World Summit on the Arts and Culture, an international conference of national arts councils and other cultural institutions to be held in Ottawa, 1-3 December 2000.
(1999-09-20) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that Benoît Lachambre of Montreal, Artistic Director of the Compagnie Par B.L.eux, is the co-winner of the 1998 Canada Council for the Arts Jacqueline Lemieux Prize.
(1999-08-25) The Canada Council for the Arts today announced that composer Stewart Gabriel Goodyear, of Thornhill, Ontario, is the winner of this year's Sylva Gelber Foundation Award.
(1999-08-25) The Canada Council for the Arts announced two architecture awards today. Peter Yeadon of Toronto is the winner of the 1999 Prix de Rome in Architecture and the architectural firm of Croft-Pelletier of Québec is the winner of the 1999 Ronald J. Thom Award.
(1999-08-19) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that the 1999 Duke and Duchess of York Prize in Photography has been awarded to Greg Staats of Toronto. The award will be presented in the autumn at a date still to be confirmed.
(1999-08-11) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the names of the ten grant recipients of the 1999 Jean A. Chalmers Fund for the Crafts competition.
(1999-08-06) Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council are pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Watters, CA, to the position of Secretary Treasurer, effective October 1, 1999.
(1999-08-05) The Canada Council for the Arts is pleased to announce that Lucille Chung is the recipient of the 1999 Virginia Parker Prize.
(1999-07-23) Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of The Canada Council for the Arts, announced today the names of the successful grant recipients in the third competition of the Millennium Arts Fund.
(1999-07-15) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that Denise Djokic from Halifax, Nova Scotia, is the winner of the competition for the loan of the 1824 McConnell Nicolaus Gagliano Cello from the Canada's Council's Musical Instrument Bank.
(1999-06-25) The Canada Council for the Arts today announced that two additional 1999 Killam Research Fellowships have been awarded.
(1999-06-21) Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts, announced today the creation of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.
(1999-06-10) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that the recipient of the 1999 John G. Diefenbaker Award is Professor Albrecht Riethmüller, Chairman of the Musicology Department at the Freie Universität Berlin.
(1999-05-27) Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director, are pleased to announce the winners of the 1999 Killam Prizes, Canada's most distinguished annual awards given in recognition of outstanding achievements by Canadians in any of the disciplines in the natural sciences, health sciences and engineering.
(1999-05-06) Jean Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director, today announced the appointment of Victoria Henry as Director of the Art Bank, effective 31 May 1999.
(1999-04-12) Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman, and Shirley L. Thomson, Director of The Canada Council for the Arts, announced today the names of the successful grant recipients in the second competition of the Millennium Arts Fund.
(1999-04-08) The Canada Council for the Arts today announced that Joysanne Sidimus, from Toronto, Executive Director of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre, is the winner of the Canada Council for the Arts Jacqueline Lemieux Prize.
(1999-04-06) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the establishment of a new program designed to increase access to Council funding for a new generation of emerging professional artists who have never received a grant from the Council.
(1999-03-09) The Canada Council for the Arts is pleased to announce that internationally renowned law scholar Michael J. Trebilcock has been awarded the 1998 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
(1999-03-09) The Canada Council for the Arts is pleased to announce that Jeanne Lamon, renowned baroque violinist and Music Director of Tafelmusik, has been awarded the 1998 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize in the Arts.
(1999-02-25) Last week 11,602 writers, translators and illustrators received $8,059,252 from the Public Lending Right (PLR) Commission.
(1999-02-16) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation has generously donated two fine Italian cellos to the Council's Musical Instrument Bank.
(1999-02-10) The Killam Selection Committee at its January meeting awarded $1.1 million to 16 outstanding Canadian researchers in the 31st annual competition for Killam Research Fellowships, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
(1999-02-05) At a news conference at Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, François Colbert, Vice-Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts and Chairman of the Glenn Gould Prize jury, and Stanley Witkin, President of The Glenn Gould Foundation, today announced that renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma is the laureate of the C$50,000 Glenn Gould Prize.
(1999-02-05) Every three years, The Glenn Gould Prize is presented to an individual from anywhere in the world who has earned international recognition for making an exceptional contribution to music and its communication by modern communications technologies.
(1999-02-02) Shirley L. Thomson, Director of the Canada Council for the Arts, today announced that the Council's budget for all programs of support for touring and dissemination activities will reach $18.2 million for 1998-1999-an increase of over 109% since the publication of the Council's Strategic Plan (The Canada Council for the Arts: A Design for the Future) in March 1995.
(1999-02-02) The Killam Selection Committee at its November 1998 and January 1999 meetings awarded $1.77 million to 26 outstanding Canadian researchers in the 32nd annual competition for Killam Research Fellowships, which are administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
(1999-02-01) Donna Scott, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, today announced plans for the distribution of the first $25 million of the $125 million of new funds promised to the Council by the government.
(1999-01-20) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the establishment of a pilot program designed to increase access to Council funding for innovative literary practices which are not based on conventional book or printed magazine formats, such as dub and rap poetry, poetry performance, storytelling, electronic magazines, and literary expression published or broadcast electronically.
(1999-01-11) The Canada Council for the Arts is pleased to announce that Richard Raymond is the recipient of the 1998 Virginia Parker Prize.