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UPDATED: February 4, 2008
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The Observatory updates its NEWS page Monday through Friday with the most relevant cultural policy news, statistics and reports. Information is gathered from Canadian local and national news sources as well as major international publications.
News are listed by chronological date of publication, and articles are regularly removed from the site in order to insure the integrity of the links. Every month, the Observatory’s free bilingual newsletter profiles the most significant Canadian and international cultural-policy news
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"The retail book business in Canada generates annual sales in excess of $1.5-billion, much of them through one company – Indigo Books and Music – but overall sales through traditional book retailers are “flat”."
Creator(s): The Globe and Mail | Date Published: 2008-02-02
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"A cross-section of top Canadian artists, writers, designers and cultural leaders are coming to Vancouver this weekend for the first in a series of symposia to develop ideas for the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympics.
Creator(s): Vancouver Sun | Date Published: 2008-02-01
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"Well, that's it. You'll never have to listen to Stanford professor Larry Lessig talk about Free Culture again."
Creator(s): The Register | Date Published: 2008-02-01
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« La MRC de Lajemmerais s'est dotée d'une politique culturelle. Celle-ci a été lancée officiellement lors d'un 5 à 7 qui s'est déroulée à Sainte-Julie, le mardi 29 janvier. »
Creator(s): Fournisseur municipal | Date Published: 2008-01-31
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"On behalf of the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, Denis Lebel, Member of Parliament (Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean) today participated in the launch of Black History Month."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2008-01-31
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« La Ville de Drummondville, la Corporation du Centre culturel de Drummondville et le gouvernement fédéral complètent le financement de cet important projet dont les coûts sont estimés à 12,6 millions. »
Creator(s): Fournisseur municipal | Date Published: 2008-01-30
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"Record labels and film studios cannot demand that telecoms companies reveal the personal details of people suspected of swapping copyrighted material on the internet, the European Court of Justice ruled yesterday."
Creator(s): Times Online | Date Published: 2008-01-30
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"Encouraging all local residents to add more culture to their way of life is the idea behind a new policy formulated by Sackville’s arts and culture committee."
Creator(s): The Sackville Tribune Post | Date Published: 2008-01-30
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"Mississauga City Council approved a recommendation from the Office of Arts and Culture to provide $870,869 from the City's Arts and Culture Grant Program, plus $36,130 in Capacity-Building Grants, to Mississauga arts, culture and heritage organizations."
Creator(s): City of Mississauga | Date Published: 2008-01-30
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"Want a snapshot of an industry in crisis? Take a look at the music business right now. If you can see any signs of a coherent strategy, feel free to e-mail me and let me know what it is."
Creator(s): The Globe and Mail | Date Published: 2008-01-30
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"Advocacy for the arts has become a lot easier in recent years. The idea that arts and culture are a critical component of building and maintaining a healthy, vibrant community is almost universally accepted."
Creator(s): The Record | Date Published: 2008-01-29
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"The importance of making content widely available online was the frequent refrain in Ottawa Tuesday morning as the BBC's chief public policy adviser spoke at a hearing of the Canadian Heritage Committee."
Creator(s): CBC | Date Published: 2008-01-29
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"The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) signed an agreement with Mexico City's Secretariat of Culture on Tuesday to help the Latin American city strengthen its cultural policy."
Creator(s): China View | Date Published: 2008-01-29
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"Away from the headlines of job losses, grumbling artists and falling global sales, the music industry is trying new business models to boost digital sales and offset the decline in CDs."
Creator(s): The Globe and Mail | Date Published: 2008-01-28
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« L'idée de facturer 5 $ par mois aux abonnés d'internet pour compenser les pertes encourues dans le partage illégal des fichiers musicaux au pays (estimées à 1,6 milliard l'an dernier) provient de la Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC). »
Creator(s): Cyberpresse.ca | Date Published: 2008-01-28
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"Representatives from the EU's Culture Ministries met in Cannes on 27 January to discuss the challenges facing the music industry at an informal meeting held to coincide with the start of this year's MIDEM international trade fair for the music."
Creator(s): Eurpean Commission | Date Published: 2008-01-28
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"More jobs, economic development and creative partnerships are among the goals of a new digital media initiative."
Creator(s): Government of Ontario | Date Published: 2008-01-28
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"Spirit of Alberta captured in new government policy."
Creator(s): Government of Alberta | Date Published: 2008-01-25
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"The Féderation des Francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador will receive $5,800 from the Provincial Government’s Regional/Sectoral Diversification Fund (RSDF) to produce a DVD to market the French and Acadian."
Creator(s): Government of Newfoundland and Labrador | Date Published: 2008-01-25
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« 4,5 M$ destinés à d'importants projets culturels et artistiques touchant la construction du Centre des arts et de la culture à Baie-Comeau et l'agrandissement de la bibliothèque de Portneuf-sur-Mer. »
Creator(s): Fournisseur municipal | Date Published: 2008-01-25
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"On the eve of a widely expected provincial election, the Alberta government will release its new cultural policy Friday which, if implemented, will recall the dynamic Lougheed era."
Creator(s): Calgary Herald | Date Published: 2008-01-24
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"Tories' new policy proves to the world there's more to Alberta than oil."
Creator(s): Edmonton Journal | Date Published: 2008-01-24
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""2007 was the year ISP responsibility started to become an accepted principle. 2008 must be the year it becomes reality”."
Creator(s): IFPI | Date Published: 2008-01-24
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"Hollywood laid much of the blame for illegal movie downloading on college students. Now, it says its math was wrong."
Creator(s): CBC | Date Published: 2008-01-23
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"Canada's privacy commissioner sent a letter warning the federal government that its plans to reform Canada's copyright laws should not come at the expense of personal privacy."
Creator(s): CBC | Date Published: 2008-01-22
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"The municipalities of Trois-Rivières, Quebec; Coquitlam and Whistler, in British Columbia; and Fredericton and Caraquet, in New Brunswick, have been designated the Cultural Capitals of Canada for 2009."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2008-01-21
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The Department of Canadian Heritage and the National Arts Centre opened a new window for Canadian culture with the January 14 launch of Poscasts.Culture.ca, the government's first directory of cultural podcasts.
Creator(s): Tech Media Reports | Date Published: 2008-01-18
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"The proposals approved by the Commission include initiatives to improve accessibility to telecommunications services for persons with disabilities in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec."
Creator(s): CRTC | Date Published: 2008-01-17
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"Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk and his co-producer Norman Cohn grabbed worldwide attention for their film Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) when it won a medal at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, but neither expected the accolades and attention."
Creator(s): CBC | Date Published: 2008-01-16
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"Move will secure Montreal's role as film centre."
Creator(s): CBC | Date Published: 2008-01-16
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« Un projet pilote de distribution électronique de films, mené par l'Office national du film du Canada (ONF), sera lancé cette semaine dans quelques villages acadiens du Nouveau-Brunswick. »
Creator(s): Technaute | Date Published: 2008-01-16
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"The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today introduced new policies to ensure that a diversity of voices is maintained in the Canadian broadcasting system."
Creator(s): Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | Date Published: 2008-01-15
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"Statistics Canada today releases the first analysis of data on Aboriginal peoples from the 2006 Census. This analysis is available today in an online document entitled Aboriginal Peoples in Canada in 2006: Inuit, Métis and First Nations, 2006 Census."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2008-01-15
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« La Chaire Fernand-Dumont sur la culture de l'Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) et le ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine organisent un colloque international sur les politiques. »
Creator(s): Le Devoir | Date Published: 2008-01-15
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"Apple Inc. is ready to bet it can dominate the movie rental business the same way it captured the world of digital music."
Creator(s): The Globe and Mail | Date Published: 2008-01-15
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"Podcasts.culture.ca is an excellent tool for raising the profile of Canadian talent," said Minister Verner. "It offers Canadians a collection of links to hundreds of cultural podcasts which represent the vitality and diversity of Canadian culture online."
Creator(s): Department of Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2008-01-14
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"A proposed levy on digital music players that became known this summer as the "iPod tax" has been struck down after opponents argued it was unfair to Canadians."
Creator(s): The Globe and Mail | Date Published: 2008-01-11
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« «Si TQS meurt, on va trouver une balle de Radio-Canada près du coeur», a lancé Christine St-Pierre, ministre de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine, hier matin en conférence de presse. »
Creator(s): Cyberpresse.ca | Date Published: 2008-01-11
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"Canada has very few people who exhibit a really limited capacity in reading skills, according to a new follow-up study to an international literacy survey."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2008-01-09
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"The Saskatchewan Party government plans to propose that written contracts be required between professional artists and those that enlist their services, a move also proposed, but not finalized, under the previous NDP government."
Creator(s): Regina Leader-Post | Date Published: 2008-01-09
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