Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Welcome to the CCA Regional Forum Blog!

Thanks to a set of circumstances which nobody could have foreseen, arts and culture have occupied with politicians and journalists a most unusual place in the course of the federal election campaign. The question is, what will happen on the day after the election?

Several months ago, the CCA had chosen the theme of its March 2009 National Policy Conference and of the series of Regional Forums which will precede it: how can we best work together to better position arts and culture in public debate? We could not have been more topical if we had tried!

During the next two months, I will travel all over the country to consult with members of the CCA and will all those who are concerned about the important place arts and culture occupy in our society and who want to raise its profile with Canadians at large and with decision-makers in particular.

During the whole process, I will keep here a diary on the highlights of each forum. I invite you to follow this series of consultations to see what is on the mind of your colleagues across the country, the common priorities they think we should adopt and the short, mid and long-term strategies we should adopt to make sure arts and culture occupy the place they deserve on the public agenda.

But even more, I invite you to write your comments and suggestions as the consultation process unfolds. And of course, I urge you to register for the forum which will take place in your province.

I look forward to reading you and, better still, of meeting you!

Alain

3 comments:

brian brennan said...

How do we register? Do you have times and specific locations for us?

Alain Pineau, Canadian Conference of the Arts said...

Hello,

For times and specific locations, visit the CCA website http://www.ccarts.ca/en/events/

To register, please email (annie.caporicci@ccarts.ca) your name and which city forum you will be attending.

For all other questions email: info@ccart.ca


Thank you!

danu@infiniterealities.org said...

hi! friends!