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artsvest wraps its 2019/2020 p...

As we know, the impact of COVID-19 on Canada’s arts sector has been profound and will be long lasting. Throughout these difficult times, the role of the arts in bringing people and communities together has never been more important or necessary.  It is under this banner that Business / Arts is very pleased to celebrate the incredible results from the 2019-2020 artsvest program.  As an organiz...

Posted December 10, 2020

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Are Canadians ready to return ...

Join us for a conversation with Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research. Nik will share findings of the latest Arts Response Tracking Survey (ARTS), a partnership between Business / Arts, the National Arts Centre and Nanos Research, which polled over 1,000 Canadians to gauge their attitudes on returning to and supporting the arts across Canada.  These latest findi...

Posted September 23, 2020

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Announcing Business / ArtsR...

Board of Directors Appoints Aubrey Reeves, National Executive Director of Culture Days as incoming CEO of Business / Arts September 17th, 2020 - The board of directors at Business / Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Aubrey Reeves, currently the National Executive Director of Culture Days, as incoming CEO of Business / Arts.  She will begin October 19th, 2020, until which time Nicho...

Posted September 17, 2020

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Town hall with the Minister of...

Join Business / Arts, Global Public Affairs, Mass Culture and the Canadian Arts Coalition for a discussion with the Hon Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage on how the government can help the arts sectors recover from the impacts of the pandemic. Recovery Framework: To help the arts, culture, heritage, and sport sectors recover from the impacts of the pandemic, th...

Posted August 13, 2020

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A Conversation with Julie Dabr...

The Parliamentary Secretary will share the details from Phase 2 of the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund announced by the Minister of Heritage on July 7 and what this means for Canada’s arts sector. She will also answer questions submitted in advance from the arts sector. During the session, we will also be joined by Sean Casey, VP, Global Public Affairs and Tara Mazurk, Senior C...

Posted July 29, 2020

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Digital Strategy for the Arts

Presented by Nordicity’s Peter Lyman, senior partner, Toronto along with members of the Nordicity team in Vancouver and Toronto, this webinar will take a strategic look at the transformation of the arts in a digital world. Over the course of the hour, we will focus on: What is a digital strategy Our current pandemic environment What is meant by an online pivot F...

Posted July 9, 2020

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Details of final phase of COVI...

via Canadian Heritage GATINEAU – July 7, 2020 Canadian culture is rich and diverse. The cultural industry, a major economic driver, is facing challenges like many others because of the COVID‑19 pandemic. That is why Canadian Heritage quickly set up the Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations. Minister Guilbeault today announced the final details regarding Phase 2 of...

Posted July 7, 2020

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Launching our Executive Leader...

Announcing the Launch of the Business / Arts Executive Leadership Program A one-year program to elevate Canada’s current arts leaders  Toronto, ON (July 7, 2020) - Business / Arts is thrilled to launch our inaugural Executive Leadership program, which pairs 10 participants with 10 key arts leaders for one-on-one, group and peer to peer mentorship sessions, over a one-year period.  Canadian Her...

Posted July 7, 2020

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Board Governance during COVID-...

Under normal circumstances, good governance can be elusive, requiring a delicate balance of operational oversight, strategic vision and passion for the mission. In a crisis, it gets even harder. COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of the way that boards and managers make decisions. In-person board meetings are no longer possible, raising funds is harder than ever, and guidance from the government is evo...

Posted June 29, 2020

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How are you Adapting? Ep 10: J...

This week we end the series with Jenn Shah from Hot Docs. If you wanted advice and examples on how to emerge from this crisis in plain language, this is the episode for you. Jenn talks about everything from pivoting the Hot Docs festival to a digital offering. She chats about how they dealt with the vendors, the copyrights, the funders, and the measure Hot Docs took from SARS to prepare th...

Posted June 22, 2020

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Fundraising during COVID-19

On June 10th, Business / Arts hosted a conversation on the fundraising successes and challenges in our current reality. Moderated by Camilla Holland, Executive Director of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, our panel featured: Rosemary Thompson, VP, Marketing and Communications, Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity Kathy MacKenzie, Director of Development, Arts C...

Posted June 16, 2020

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How are you Adapting? Ep 9: Ph...

Dans cette entrevue, nous mettons en lumière le Festival International du film sur l’art (FIFA), qui s’est adapté à la vitesse de l’éclair aux restrictions imposées par la pandémie, à quelques jours d’avis seulement de son ouverture, le 17 mars 2020. Avec Philippe Ulysse del Drago, directeur général et artistique du FIFA, nous allons échanger sur la relation avec l...

Posted June 15, 2020

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