Canada
Key contacts are listed under the following headings:
By Cultural Area:
- All (i.e. covering all or most cultural areas)
- Heritage (archaeology, archives, conservation, man-made heritage, museums)
- Media (advertising, broadcasting, digital media, film & video, newspapers & magazines, TV & radio)
- Performing (dance, music, opera, puppetry, theatre)
- Visual (architecture, crafts, design, galleries & art museums, photography, resources for artists)
- Words (books & reading, language, libraries, resources for writers)
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Portals
Culture Canada
Culturescope
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At the National level
Arts Policy Branch
The Arts Policy Branch (Canada) develops national strategies and creates policies and programs to address issues such as funding, arts organization stabilization projects, taxation, promotion and arts dissemination. Programs include: Cultural Initiatives Program; National Arts Training Contribution Program; Arts Presentation Canada; Canadian Arts and Heritage Sustainability Program; and Cultural Spaces Canada.
Canadian Heritage
The Canadian Heritage Department is responsible for national policies and programs relating to broadcasting, cultural industries, arts, heritage, official languages, Canadian identity, Canadian symbols, exchanges, multiculturalism and sport. The Department, agencies and Crown corporations that are part of the Canadian Heritage Portfolio contribute to the growth and development of Canadian cultural and sporting life, the promotion of a fairer, more equitable society, the nation's linguistic duality and multicultural character.
Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts, reporting to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage, is a national arm's-length agency which fosters the development of the arts in Canada through grants, services and awards to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations, as well as administering scholarly awards, and having under its aegis the Public Lending Right Commission and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.
Canadian Association of Arts Administration Educators (CAAAE)
Canadian Conference of the Arts
Canadian International Development Agency
Council for Business and the Arts in Canada
Culture Statistics Program Canada
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Export Development Corporation
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Industry Canada
Millennium Bureau of Canada
National Arts Centre
World Culture Project
CultureNet is a World Wide Web window on Canadian culture. It is a home and signpost for Canadian artists and cultural organizations, and a jumping off point for other Canadian cultural networks.
At the Provincial level
Alberta
Alberta Community Development
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts
British-Columbia
Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture
British Columbia Arts Council
Manitoba
Department of Culture, Heritage and Citizenship
Manitoba Arts Council
New Brunswick
Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Culture
New Brunswick Arts Council
Newfoundland and Labrador
Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
The Newfounland and Labrador Arts Council
Northwest territories
Department of Education, Culture and Employment
Northwest Territories Arts Council
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Department of Tourim and Culture
Nova Scotia Arts Council
Ontario
Department of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation
Ontario Arts Council
Prince Edouard Island
Department of Education - Division of Culture, Heritage, Recreation and Sport
Prince Edouard Island Council of the Arts
Quebec
Department of Culture and Communications
Quebec Council for Arts and Literature
Saskatchewan
Department of Municipal Affairs, Culture and Housing
Yukon
Yukon Arts Branch
Heritage
All
Canadian Heritage
Canadian Historical Association
Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
Archaeology
Canadian Archaeological Association
Ontario Archaeological Society
Archives
National Archives of Canada
Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives (ANLA)
Association of Canadian Archivists
Association for Manitoba Archives (AMA)
NWT Archives Council
Conservation
Canadian Association of Professional Conservators
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
Nature Conservany of Canada, The
Meewasin Valley Authority
Long Point Region Conservation Authority (LPRCA)
History
Canadian Historical Association
Graduate Students' Committee of the Canadian Historical Association
Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
Heritage Toronto
UBC History Students' Association (HSA)
Blacks Harbour Historical Society
Cape Sable Historical Society
Glencoe & District Historical Society
Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society (SHFS)
Saskatoon Heritage Society, The
Société d'histoire Greenfield Park
Man Made Heritage
L'Association Historique Francophone de Victoria
British Columbia Jewish Historical Society
British Columbia Museums Assocation (BCMA)
Hallmark Society
Oak Bay Heritage Foundation
Museums
Canadian museums association
Association Museums New Brunswick
British Columbia Museums Association
Société des Musées Québecois
Media
Advertising
Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) Canada
Broadcasting
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
British Columbia Association of Broadcasters
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
Canadian Broadcast Standards Council
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
Western Association of Broadcast Engineers
Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA)
Films
National Film Board of Canada
Telefilm Canada
Newspapers
Canada.com
Globe and Mail, The
National Post Online
Planet Sun
Canadian Community Newspapers Association
Ontario Community Newspapers Association
Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper Association (SWNA)
Publishing
Canadian University Press (CUP)
Bowes Publishers Limited
Metroland
Southam, Inc.
Association of Canadian Publishers
Association of Manitoba Book Publishers
Canadian Publishers' Council
Editors' Association of Canada
Literary Press Group of Canada
Saskatchewan Publishers Group
Television
Canadian Television Fund (CTF)
Women in Film and Television - Toronto
Radio
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Radio Advisory Board of Canada (RABC)
ACTRA - Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television And Radio Artists
Canadian Actors' Equity Association
Performing
Comedy
Canadian Comedy Awards
Dance
Dance Network
Music
Canadian Disc Jockey Association
Canadian Independent Record Production Association
CMRRA Ltd.
East Coast Music Association (ECMA)
F.A.C.T.O.R
Music Industry Association of Nova Scotia (MIANS)
Music: Blues
East Coast Blues Society
Music: Jazz
Coastal Jazz and Blues Society (CJBS)
Jazz from Rant
Vancouver Dixieland Jazz Society (VDJS)
Music: Popular
Urban Music Association of Canada (UMAC)
Music - Popular - Country
Canadian Country Music Association
Orchestral
Association of Canadian Choral Conductors
Canadian Musical Heritage Society (CMHS)
Canadian Society for Traditional Music
Orchestras Canada
Kelowna Chamber Music Society, The
Theatre
Theatre Ontario
Theatre British Columbia
Calgary Alliance of Community Theatres
Theatre Saskatchewan
Visual
General
Manitoba Visual Arts Network
Visual Arts Education Canada (VAEC)
Visual Arts Nova Scotia
Architecture
Canadian Architectural Archives
Canadian Society of Landscape Architects
Green Building Information Council
Mohandes: Canadian Society of Iranian Engineers and Architects
Zone Architecture
Alberta Association of Landscape Architects
Canadian Society of Landscape Architects
Manitoba Association of Landscape Architects
Ontario Association of Landscape Architects
Association of Architectural Technologists of Ontario
Nova Scotia Association of Architects (NSAA)
Art Galleries
National Gallery of Canada
Potters Guild of British Columbia
Prince George Potters Guild
Ontario Crafts Council
Design
Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario
Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC)
Photography
Canadian Centre for Documentary Photography
Photographic Historical Society of Canada
Prairie Region of Photographic Arts
Alberta Professional Photographers Association (APPA)
Canadian Association of Photographers & Illustrators in Communications
Professional Photographers of Canada
Galleries and Collections
Avataq Cultural Institute
Resources for Artists
Canadian Artists' Representation (CARFAC)
Central Ontario Art Association (COAA)
Women's Art Resource Centre (WARC)
Words
Books
Canadian Authors Association
Manitoba Writers' Guild
Pen Canada
Quebec Writers' Federation
Saskatchewan Writers Guild
Writers Federation of New Bruswick
Writers Guild of Canada (WGC)
Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC)
Canadian Association of Journalists
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
National Press Club of Canada
Periodical Writers Association of Canada
Libraries
National Library of Canada
Canadian Library Association
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