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25 Artists Nominated for the 2017 Sobey Art Award Competition – $100,000 in prize money will be awarded to young Canadian artists
OTTAWA, April 19, 2017 – The Sobey Art Foundation and the National Gallery of Canada today announced the long list of nominees for Canada’s prestigious contemporary art prize, the 2017 Sobey Art Award. The Sobey Art Award is presented annually to a Canadian artist aged 40 and under who has exhibited in a public or […]
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Place des Arts hosts the ISPA Congress, a flagship event on the international cultural scene
MONTREAL, April 19, 2017– From May 23-27, an estimated 450 performing arts leaders from some 185 cities in about 40 countries will meet in the province of Quebec to take part in the 100th International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) Congress. Initiated by Place des Arts, the discussions with ISPA started three years ago […]
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Youth Reflections – Connecting with Culture
Credits: Thunderbird Partnership Foundation Published on Mar 31, 2017
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Minister Joly Announces New Voices to Help Support and Promote Arts in Canada
GATINEAU, April 7, 2017 The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, today announced the appointment of eight part-time members to the Board of Directors of the Canada Council for the Arts. These new appointments follow the Government of Canada’s open, transparent and merit-based appointment process—one that recommends high-quality candidates who advance gender parity and truly reflect Canada’s […]
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Canadians attend memorials for Vimy Ridge centennial country wide – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 9, 2017 By Nicole Thompson and Mike Blanchfield THE CANADIAN PRESS Though there are no surviving veterans who fought at Vimy Ridge, Canadians across the country are making sure their legacy is not forgotten on the battle’s centennial anniversary. Those who were not among the 25,000 Canadians at the site of the […]
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Montréal’s 375th anniversary – La Grande Tournée celebrates Montréal: 19 boroughs in 19 weekends!
MONTRÉAL, April 3, 2017 – A major 375th event, La Grande Tournée, presented by Cirque Éloize, will be travelling from end to end of the city throughout the summer to celebrate its history and its people, have fun and live it up in our communities. Each one of the city’s 19 boroughs will become the […]
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Circle tour offers Superior travel experience; splendours of Gichigami abound – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 3, 2017 By Colin Perkel THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ It might not have the must-do cachet of California’s Highway 101, of South Africa’s Garden Route or of the Rockies. Yet a voyage around the world’s largest freshwater lake, the big sea they once called Gichigami, reveals a sublime and in-your-face spectacular […]
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Montréal’s 375th anniversary celebrations – Official programming – March 31 to April 6, 2017
History, art and family fun on the program! MONTRÉAL, March 31, 2017 – This week, the official programming for Montréal’s 375th anniversary is chock full of historical discoveries, with Arts nomades and Cultivons nos raciness leading the way! The latter gives people the chance to discover time-honoured Aboriginal gardening techniques. During this festive week, family […]
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Footprints: A Walk Through Generations – First Travelling Exhibit Opens at Aanischaaukamikw Prior to Regional and National Tour
Oujé-Bougoumou, Eeyou Istchee, QC, March 30, 2017 – Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute (ACCI) is pleased to announce the inauguration of its first travelling exhibit Footprints: A Walk Through Generations on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. The event will be hosted by Dr. Abel Bosum, President of Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute. The exhibit will open at ACCI in […]
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The legacy of Mirabel airport: Multimedia exhibition is ‘a story of our time’ – Montreal Gazette
March 30, 2017 Montréal-Mirabel International Airport, or what’s left of it, is a forlorn sight these days. Conceived as a joint federal/municipal government showpiece in the heady post-Expo 67 days and projected during its 1969 groundbreaking as a facility that would one day be the biggest of its kind in North America, Montreal’s second airport […]
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