General Programs and Services
- Aboriginal Affairs Branch
- Works with Aboriginal people, primarily off-reserve, to celebrate and strengthen their cultural distinctiveness as an integral part of Canadian diversity.
Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Heritage
- Aboriginal Arts Secretariat
- Responsible for developing policies, programs, strategic initiatives, and budgets to support Aboriginal Peoples artistic practices in all arts disciplines.
Source: Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
- Aboriginal Awareness Week
- This Web site provides information on how to organize activities to mark Aboriginal Awareness Week, a four-day event designed to increase awareness of Aboriginal peoples among federal public service employees.
Source: Government of Canada; Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada
- Aboriginal Canadians
- Indepth look at the Native rights movement in Canada from an historical perspective.
Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
- Aboriginal Community, The
- Source: Virtual Circle
- Aboriginal Filmmaking Program
- The primary focus of the program is to support documentary films. Other genres will be considered as long as the subject matter and its portrayal are consistent with the NFB's mandate.
Source: Government of Canada; National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
- Aboriginal Friendship Centre Program
- Improves the quality of life for Aboriginal Peoples in an urban environment by supporting self-determined activities which encourage equal access to, and participation in Canadian society.
Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Heritage
- Aboriginal Icons
- Aboriginal Literatures in Canada – A Teacher's Resource Guide (PDF)
- Encourages the teaching of Aboriginal literature in English high school curricula across the country because Aboriginal students deserve to be taught texts they can relate to and, because non-Aboriginal students should be educated about Aboriginals.
- Source: Curriculum Services Canada
- Aboriginal Media Arts Program
- This Program offers grants to Aboriginal media artists to help them develop their careers and produce independent media artworks.
Source: Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
- Aboriginal Peoples
- This page offers a selection of Library and Archives Canada resources on the topic of Aboriginal peoples.
Source: Government of Canada; Library and Archives Canada
- Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards
- Aboriginal Peoples Music Program
- This Program supports activities that contribute to the career and artistic development of Aboriginal musicians, and to the continued vitality of Aboriginal music.
Source: Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
- Aboriginal Peoples' Program
- Source: Canadian Heritage
- Aboriginal Resources and Services
Source: Government of Canada; Library and Archives Canada
- Aboriginal Traditional Art Forms Program
Source: Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
- Aboriginal Training Program in Museum Practices
- Offers Aboriginal participants professional and technical training in museum practices while providing the opportunity to work in both official languages.
Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC)
- Annual Support and Production Project Grants to Aboriginal Peoples
- Aims to respond to the natural creative cycles of dance artists and to bring high quality dance works to audiences.
Source: Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
- Annual Support to Aboriginal Peoples Dance Companies,
Organizations and Collectives
Source: Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
- Artists and Community Collaboration Fund (ACCF)
- Designated investment that increases the Canada Council for the Arts' commitment to the diverse artistic activities that bring together professional artists and the broader community.
Source: Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
- Arts Presentation Canada
- Gives Canadians direct access to diverse, quality artistic experiences through financial assistance to arts presenters or the organizations that support them.
Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Heritage
- Assistance to Aboriginal Curators for Residencies in the Visual Arts
- This initiative supports professional development in all aspects of curatorial practice in the visual arts for Aboriginal people at their chosen host institution.
Source: Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
- Audience and Market Development Travel Grants
Source: Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
- Canadian Culture Online Funding Programs
- The programs provide meaningful and seamless access to content that helps deepen an understanding of Canada and its rich diversity.
Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Heritage
- Canadian Directory of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Library Collections
- The directory lists library and cultural institutions with collections related to First Nations, Métis and the Inuit in Canada.
- Concert Production and Rehearsal Program for Aboriginal, Classical, Folk, Jazz and World Music
- Supports the overall activities of small, Canadian professional ensembles/bands/groups that have demonstrated ongoing yearly stability, planning and artistic excellence.
Source: Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
- Cultural Program: General Eligibility Guidelines
- Source: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
- Developmental Support to Aboriginal Theatre Organizations
- This program, which has two components (one for established organizations and the other for emerging organizations), provides developmental support to Aboriginal theatre organizations.
Source: Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
- En'owkin Centre
- En'owkin provides students with a strong cultural and academic foundation for success in further post-secondary studies.
- Gateway Fund 2007-08 Call for Proposals
Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Heritage
- Grants to Aboriginal Writers, Storytellers and Publishers
- Encourages the artistic development of established and emerging Aboriginal writers and storytellers, the development of Aboriginal publishers and collectives, and increases appreciation for Aboriginal literature in Canada.
Source: Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
- ImagineNATIVE Film + Media – Call for Submissions
- Media Portrayals of Aboriginal People: Introduction
- This section identifies some of the major media stereotypes of First Nations, Inuit and Native American peoples in film, television and the news.
- Source: Media Awareness Network
- Multidisciplinary Festivals Project Grants
Source: Government of Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
- Museums Assistance Program
- Provides financial assistance to Canadian museums and related institutions, for museum activities that support the objectives of Canada's museum policy.
Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Heritage
- National Gathering on Aboriginal Artistic Expression
- The Gathering was intended in part to give the federal government and private sector an opportunity to learn more, not only about the opportunities that Aboriginal artists offer, but also about the challenges they face. It also gave Aboriginal artists a chance to learn more about the support available to them.
Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Heritage
- Native Spirituality – Religions in Canada
- In the context of National Defence Canada's commitment to accommodate its members' religious requirements, this page offers general information about native spirituality and practices in Canada.
Source: Government of Canada; National Defence and the Canadian Forces (DND/CF)
- NSI Storytellers
- Helps Canadian Aboriginal film and television producers advance their projects as international co-productions by providing them with guidance and access to new markets.
- Source: National Screen Institute
- Pride and Dignity (Aboriginal Portraits)
- Pride and Dignity is an exhibition of over 60 photographic reproductions (c.1846 - c.1960) taken from the original exhibition Aboriginal Portraits from the National Archives of Canada produced by Edward Tompkins and Jeff Thomas.
Source: Government of Canada; Library and Archives Canada
- Researching Your Aboriginal Ancestry – Canadian Genealogy Centre
- Helps Canadians undertaking aboriginal genealogical research in the archival documentation at Library and Archives Canada.
Source: Government of Canada; Library and Archives Canada
- Strings Across the Sky
- Since 1988 Strings Across the Sky (SATS) has been working with youth in the High Arctic teaching them to fiddle.
- Transportation of Eagle Items Across the U.S./Canada Border (Interim Solution)
- Discusses the interim solution which authorizes status Indians to transport eagle items to and from the United States for cultural and ceremonial purposes.
Source: Government of Canada; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
- Turning Point – Native Peoples and Newcomers On–Line
- Turning Point offers cyber-space for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada to have open and direct communication with each other.
- Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal Youth Centre
Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Heritage
- Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture, The
- This website is the most comprehensive attempt to chronicle traditional Métis history and culture on the World Wide Web and contains a wealth of primary documents – oral history interviews, photographs and various archival documents – in visual, audio and video files.
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