Cultural Policy 101 SeriesAn overview of the cultural policy ecoystem in select countries, regions and provinces. Read more...
Date: Thursday, September 14, 2006, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Department of Canadian Heritage, Knowledge Centre,
2nd Floor, 15 Eddy, Gatineau, QC
Curious about how cultural policies have developed in Canada? Interested in knowing more about where they are headed in the future? We invite you to join Keith Kelly, cultural policy expert, Pablo Sobrino, Director General, Strategic Policy, Planning and Research, and Vladimir Skok, Director of the Canadian Cultural Observatory, for an overview of this important and complex topic.
For additional information on this topic please visit the companion online In Focus publication: Canadian Cultural Policy 101: An Overview of the Federal Role in the Cultural Ecosystem and the related Timeline of Canadian Federal Cultural Milestones – 1849-2005.
Cultural Policy Made in the USA
Date: Thursday November 3, 2006, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Department of Canadian Heritage, Knowledge Centre,
2nd Floor, 15 Eddy, Gatineau, QC
Without a cultural ministry how can the U.S. care about culture? Does the U.S. even have cultural policies? Kevin Mulcahy, the Sheldon Beychok Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Louisiana State University, and Aimee Fullman, formerly of the Washington-based Center for Arts & Culture, discuss the most commonly held myths regarding the American cultural policy ecosystem.
For additional information on this topic please visit the companion online In Focus publication: Cultural Policy 101: Demystifying the U.S. Cultural Policy Ecosystem and the related Timeline of American Federal Cultural Policies.