A Message from the Canada Council

Creating our future . . . An invitation to contribute to our strategic plan

The Canada Council for the Arts is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Anniversaries are occasions for celebrating the achievements of the past, but they also provide an opportunity for looking to the future. As announced on May 9, the Canada Council is in the process of developing a strategic plan for 2008-2011, to guide the orientation of the Council’s programs and priorities over the three-year period. We are inviting you to participate in this process, by giving us your thoughts on where the Council should be going in the short- and long-term. Creating our Future, a discussion paper and survey, is now available on the Canada Council’s web site.

We would appreciate your reading the discussion paper and sending us your ideas and suggestions by June 15 at the latest. Your opinion – and especially your responses to the questions in this paper – will inform and enrich the strategic plan and provide ideas and inspiration for the long-term development of the Council. We also would like to request that you circulate this information. We would like to hear from anyone interested in the arts. The Council’s strategic plan will be developed over the summer and early fall, and will be reviewed by the board of the Canada Council during its 50th anniversary meeting in Montreal in October 2007. Once approved by the board, it will be released to the public and posted on the Council’s web site. We look forward to hearing from you.

Info: www.50.canadacouncil.ca/en/consultation