(2002-12-12) Minister of Canadian Heritage Sheila Copps today announced the appointment of John Hobday as Director of the Canada Council for the Arts.
(2002-12-11) The Canada Council for the Arts presents a free concert event: Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass, Hugh Fraser and the Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation, Vic Vogel and Le Jazz Big Band, together with jazz musicians Jane Bunnett, Lorraine Desmarais and Ingrid Jensen
(2002-12-09) Artists Catherine Richards (media arts) of Ottawa and Alan Storey (visual arts) of Vancouver are the first recipients of two fellowships of $75,000 per year from the Artists-in-Residence for Research (AIRes) program jointly established by the Canada Council for the Arts and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC).
(2002-11-28) The Canada Council for the Arts today announced that in partnership with the English and French Radio networks of CBC/Radio-Canada, it will be offering free tickets to performances in communities across the country in a "show of appreciation" for 45 years of public funding to the Council.
(2002-11-26) The Canada Council for the Arts and the Arts and Cultural Industries Promotion Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) have come to an agreement to promote collaborations, exchanges and dissemination of Canadian artists on the international scene and foreign artists in Canada.
(2002-11-12) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the names of the winners of the 2002 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.
(2002-11-05) With the official launch of La poésie prend le Métro at Montreal City Hall today, the total number of transit riders across Canada who can now enjoy a poem on their daily ride breaks the five million mark.
(2002-11-04) The Canada Council Art Bank is planning to purchase $100,000 worth of Aboriginal art to enhance its collection and celebrate its 30th anniversary and the 45th anniversary of the Canada Council for the Arts.
(2002-10-21) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the names of the finalists for the 2002 Governor General’s Literary Awards, in English and in French, in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature (text and illustration) and translation.
(2002-10-15) The finalists in each category will be announced on Monday, October 21 at 9 a.m. EST on the Canada Council web site.
(2002-10-08) The first-ever International Indigenous Authors Celebration and Tour, featuring major Aboriginal writers from Canada, Australia and New Zealand, will be coming to Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Cape Croker, Ontario from October 20-30, 2002.
(2002-10-07) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the winners of the 2002 Canada-Japan Literary Awards. The English-language winners are The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock and Things That Must Not Be Forgotten by the late Michael David Kwan. The French-language winner is Kimchi by Ook Chung.
(2002-10-01) Soprano Measha Brueggergosman, violinist Alexandre Da Costa and pianist Stewart Goodyear are the winners of three Canada Council for the Arts prizes aimed at young Canadian musicians.
(2002-09-25) John Murrell, one of Canada's most distinguished playwrights and Artistic Director/Executive Producer of Theatre Arts at The Banff Centre, is the winner of the 2002 Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts.
(2002-09-18) The Canada Council for the Arts and Bell Canada are pleased to announce that the Bell Canada Award for outstanding achievement in video art will be presented to Montreal video artist Nelson Henricks.
(2002-09-16) Between September 2002 and August 2003, the International Residencies Program of the Visual Arts Section of the Canada Council for the Arts will enable 12 Canadian visual and media artists and curators to carry out their creation and research work in residencies in Paris, New York and Port of Spain (Trinidad).
(2002-08-21) The Canada Council for the Arts is marking its 45th anniversary this year, and according to its 2001-2002 Annual Report, there is a great deal to celebrate.
(2002-08-19) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that David Earle, choreographer and co-founder of the Toronto Dance Theatre, is the winner of the Canada Council for the Arts Jacqueline Lemieux Prize.
(2002-08-14) The Board of the Canada Council for the Arts, chaired by actor/director Jean-Louis Roux, will visit Whitehorse and Dawson City from August 27-31 for a series of meetings and activities aimed at both the arts community and the general public.
(2002-08-08) Canadian artists Kai Chan, Susan Edgerley, Greg Payce, Jack Sures and Barbara Todd have been named finalists for this year’s $25,000 Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Fine Crafts.
(2002-07-29) The Montréal artist of Czech origin Jana Sterbak will be Canada’s official representative at the 2003 Venice Biennale Exhibition of Art, one of the most prestigious international exhibitions of contemporary art in the world.
(2002-07-25) A project which brings together the work of architect and curator Michael Awad, multimedia artist David Rokeby and pianist and sound artist Eve Egoyan will represent Canada at the 2002 Venice Biennale in Architecture.
(2002-07-18) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that Calgary architect Marc Boutin is the winner of the 2002 Prix de Rome.
(2002-07-16) The plays Pacamambo by Wajdi Mouawad, produced by l’Arrière Scène (Beloeil, Quebec), One in a Million by David Holman, produced by Green Thumb Theatre for Young People (Vancouver, British Columbia) and Danny King of the Basement by David S. Craig, produced by Roseneath Theatre Company (Fergus, Ontario) received 2002 Theatre for Young Audiences Prizes from the Canada Council.
(2002-06-27) The Canada Council for the Arts and Lela Wilson today announced that the Vancouver Art Gallery is the recipient of the 2002 York Wilson Endowment Award, for the purchase of Space, Place and Reason, a painting by Vancouver artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun. Space, Place and Reason will become a significant work in the Vancouver Art Gallery's permanent collection and will be on view at the Gallery this summer and fall.
(2002-06-05) Christopher Newton, an actor, director and artistic director of the Shaw Festival for more than two decades, and Margaret Lock, a professor at McGill University and a pioneer in the field of medical anthropology, have been awarded this year's Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes.
(2002-05-24) Canadian literature is making its presence felt in the world's most populous country this week, as a result of the visit of five well-known Canadian writers to China on a delegation led by the Canada Council for the Arts.
(2002-05-15) The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Canada Council for the Arts today announced the winners of the Governor General's Medals in Architecture.
(2002-05-08) Professor Gunther Teubner, a professor of private law and legal sociology at the University of Frankfurt and Centennial visiting professor of comparative law and legal theory at the London School of Economics, has been awarded this year’s John G. Diefenbaker Award by the Canada Council for the Arts.
(2002-04-18) Five prominent scientists and scholars in the fields of law, philosophy, information technology, mathematics and genetics will be presented with the Killam Prize at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on April 25.
(2002-04-15) Announcement of Winners: Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Presentation Ceremony: Thursday, May 23, 2002
(2002-04-15) The Canada Council for the Arts and the National Research Council Canada (NRC) today signed an agreement to promote interaction between the arts, science and technology.
(2002-04-11) A new collaboration between Arts & Sciences will mark the 550th anniversary of da Vinci birth
(2002-04-08) Media representatives are invited to attend the media preview and official opening of the Canada Council Art Bank exhibition - Artists from Ontario: the Canada Council Art Bank Collection - on Wednesday, April 10.
(2002-04-04) Five prominent Canadian scholars in the fields of law, philosophy, information technology, mathematics and genetics will be honoured with the 2002 Killam Prizes, Canada’s most distinguished annual awards for outstanding career achievement in social sciences, humanities, engineering, natural sciences and health sciences.
(2002-04-02) As part of its 30th anniversary celebration, the Canada Council Art Bank is holding an exhibition in Toronto of works by Ontario artists, to be hosted by the province's recently sworn-in Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable James K. Bartleman, and Mrs. Marie-Jeanne Bartleman.
(2002-03-27) Directors Daryl Cloran of Toronto and Michel Bérubé of Montreal are the winners of this year's John Hirsch Prizes, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
(2002-03-14) For the second year in a row, the Canada Council Art Bank has been able to produce a surplus of revenues over expenses, allowing it to acquire 80 new works with a total value of $201,670.
(2002-03-12) The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the names of the seven winners of the third annual Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.
(2002-02-25) In March 2002, the Canada Council for the Arts is organizing information sessions in British Columbia on its programs of grants to professional artists.
(2002-02-21) Thirty-three outstanding Canadian researchers have been awarded a total of $2.54 million in the 34th annual competition for Killam Research Fellowships, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
(2002-02-20) A total of 13,269 Canadian writers, translators and illustrators across Canada will receive payments amounting to more than $9.65 million this week, thanks to the Public Lending Right (PLR) Commission.
(2002-02-05) The Canada Council Art Bank, which rents contemporary Canadian art to government and private sector organizations across the country, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
(2002-01-09) The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that 24-year-old pianist David Jalbert is the winner of the Sylva Gelber Foundation Award for 2001.