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Following Mr. Braults presentation, there will be a distinguished panel involving three Senators
and representatives of National Arts Services Organizations who will address the themes in the
context of what is needed to build on and enhance a healthy arts ecology and what NASOs and
Council can contribute to this.
This session will also provide NASO representatives with opportunities to share and learn from
each other and, thereby, in a peer-to-peer format enhance representatives professional and
organizational development on the following issues:
The potential of digital technology to support artistic development, collaborative projects, the
development of learning and sharing network
s amongst NASO members; and
The implications of Indigenous sovereignty and changing demographics in the arts, particularly
the growth, issues and concerns of historically-marginalized artists and communities, i.e.,
racialized peoples; Deaf, Mad and Disabled peoples; women; Official Language Minorities; and
LGBQT peoples; related issues include the advantages and drawbacks of self-identification
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Agenda Continues....
The agendas for Thursday December 7 and Friday December 8 are below.
Thursday, December 7:
12:15 pm 1:00 pm Registration
1:00 pm 1:15 pm Welcoming, Opening Remarks and Review of Agenda charles c. smith
(Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario on behalf of the NASO/
Canada Council for the Arts Annual Meeting Organizing Committee)
1:15 pm 2:00 pm Introduction of Simon Brault, CEO and Director Canada Council for the Arts
2:00 pm 4:30 pm Panel Session with Senators Lankin, Cormier and Bovey, and, NASO
representatives Kate Cornell (Canadian Dance Assembly), Clayton Windatt
and Raven Davis (Aboriginal Curatorial Collective)
4:45 pm 6:15 pm Panel Session on Impact Assessment with Margo Charlton (Toronto Arts
Foundation), Christina Loewen (Opera.ca), Kristian Clarke and Gabriel
Zamfir (Canada Council for the Arts)
6:30 pm 8:30 pm Reception at the Lord Elgin with Greetings by Sean Casey (Global Public)
Friday, December 8:
9:00 am 10:30 am Panel Session on Digital Technology with Frederic Julien (CAPACOA),
Meriol Lehmann (Artist) and Sylvie Gilbert (Canada Council for the Arts)
10:45 am 12:30 pm Panel Session on Equity with Maggy Razafimbahiny (La Fdration
Culturelle Canadienne-Franaise), Phyllis Novak (SKETCH), Steven Loft
and Aim Dontigny (Canada Council for the Arts)
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Speakers Bios:
Simon Brault, CEO and Director Canada Council for the Arts
Simon Brault began his five-year term as Director and CEO of the Canada
Council for the Arts on June 26, 2014. He comes to the position with a
full understanding of his role, having served as Vice-Chair of the Councils
Board of Directors from 2004 to 2014.
Mr. Brault has been active in the cultural sector for over 30 years and
has been a driving force behind a number of major projects. Notably,
as Administrative Director and Director General of the National Theatre
School of Canada, he coordinated the ambitious project of restoring Photo: Tony Fouhse
Montrals historic Monument-National.
He has held key positions in national organizations and has participated actively in initiatives
such as the Forum daction des milieux culturels de la Mtropole, the steering committee of
the Chantier de lconomie sociale, the Montral Summit, the Rendez-vous novembre 2007
Montral Mtropole culturelle and Agenda 21C de la culture au Qubec. An initiator of Journes
de la culture, he was also a founding member and Chair of Culture Montral from 2002 to 2014.
In October 2016, he was also appointed to the board of directors of the International Federation
of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA).
A much sought-after speaker, Mr. Brault has given many speeches at national and international
venues addressing the economic and social contributions of the arts and culture.
His first non-fiction book, Le facteur C : lavenir passe par la culture (La Presse / ditions Voix
parallles, 2009), explained the dramatic rise of cultural concerns in the public agenda. This lively,
highly-acclaimed work was published in English as No Culture, No Future (Cormorant Books,
2010).
Simon Brault has received numerous distinctions for his commitment to the social recognition
of the arts and culture. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, Officier de lOrdre national du
Qubec, a Fellow of the CGA Order and the CPA Order, and is a recipient of the 2009 Keith Kelly
Award for Cultural Leadership. In 2015, he received the Quebec CPA Orders prestigious Outstanding
Achievement Award for bringing together two worlds that were once disparate the arts and
business an alliance that significantly benefits society at large.
Senator Lankin spent more than 10 years as the CEO of United Way
Toronto. She also served as an Ontario provincial Minister of Government
Services and Chair of Management Board, Minister of Health and Long
Term Care, Minister of Economic Development and Trade and Legislator
for 11 years (1990-2001).
She currently serves as a Board Director for Hydro One, and Board Director and Chair of the
Social Responsibility Committee for the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission. Ms. Lankin was
the inaugural Chair of the National NewsMedia Council, former Chair of the Ontario Press Council,
former Board Director of Metrolinx and has extensive previous experience as a volunteer on a
number of Not-for-Profit boards.
She is a Member of Privy Council and a Member of the Order of Canada. Ms. Lankin has received
Honorary Doctorates from Queens University, Ryerson University, University of Windsor and
Nipissing University and is a recipient of the Queens Golden Jubilee and Queens Diamond
Jubilee Medals. She is also the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for her work in
community and politics including the Equal Voice eVe award.
A renowned leader and accomplished artist, Senator Cormier has been working for nearly 40
years to ensure that arts and culture are better integrated in every aspect of Acadian and Canadian
society. He has led countless cultural organizations and events, including providing direction for and
presenting a number of variety shows on Radio-Canada television, providing artistic and general
direction at the Thtre populaire dAcadie, artistic direction for the National Arts Centre biennial
Zones Thtrales, artistic direction for the 2009 Congrs mondial acadien, and management of the
tats gnraux des arts et de la culture dans la socit acadienne au Nouveau-Brunswick within
the Association acadienne des artistes professionnel.le.s du Nouveau-Brunswick (AAAPNB). In that
role, Senator Cormier worked tirelessly with his colleagues on bringing together various linguistic
and cultural communities in his native province.
Honourable Ren Cormier is very involved in his community and has also chaired a number of
national and international organizations, including the Commission internationale du thtre
francophone (CITF), the Fdration culturelle canadienne-franaise (FCCF), the Association des
thtres francophones du Canada (ATFC), and the New Brunswick Arts Board. He has also sat on
a number of boards of directors, including that of TV5 Qubec-Canada, the Canadian Conference
of the Arts, and the Atlantic Visual Arts Festival.
A lifelong Acadian activist, from 2015 until his appointment to the Upper
Chamber, Senator Cormier presided over the Socit Nationale de lAcadie (SNA), P. 4
the representative organization for the Acadian people in Atlantic Canada, nationally, and
internationally.
Mr. Cormier is recognized for his integrity, his professionalism, his ability to bring people together,
and his motivational skills. He has earned many recognitions throughout his career including
the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France (2003), the Ordre des francophones dAmrique
(2008), the loize award for theatre artist of the year (2000), the Jean-Claude Marcus award for
his contribution to francophone theatre in Canada, and the Economic Council of New Brunswick
manager of the year award in 2000.
Senator Ren Cormier lives in Caraquet, New Brunswick, a vibrant Acadian municipality known as
the cultural capital of Acadia.
Formerly Director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery (1999-2004) and the Art
Gallery of Greater Victoria (1980-1999), she was appointed Director Emerita
of the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 2014. She was a founder of the Buhler
Gallery at St Boniface Hospital; the University of Winnipegs Manitoba Arts and Culture Manage-
ment Program, and MA in Curatorial Practice; the British Columbia Government House Foundation
and the National Fundraising Society (NSFRE) Vancouver Island Chapter. Director/Curator of the
Buhler Gallery from its 2007 inception to Dec 2016, she is Adjunct Professor of Art History at
the University of Winnipeg, and from 1995-1997 was Adjunct Professor in the School of Public
Administration at the University of Victoria. She writes and lectures widely on Western Canadian art.
Former Chair of the Board of Governors of the University of Manitoba, she has served on the
Boards of the National Gallery of Canada (2005 2009) and the Canada Council for the Arts (1990-
1993); the 1986 Withrow/Richard Federal Task Force on National and Regional Museums; the
National Board for the Canadian Center for Cultural Management at the University of Waterloo
(2002-2010); is a past Chair of the Board of Governors of Emily Carr University and of the Canadian
Art Museum Directors Organization. She was a member of the Public Art Committee of the City of
Winnipeg (2003-2007), and of the Mayors Task Force on Public Art to develop Winnipegs Public Art
Policy (2002-2003). Former member of the Board of the University of Manitoba Press, she presently
serves on the Eckhardt-Gramatt Foundation. She served as Board Chair of the Centre for Contempo-
rary Canadian Art, and was a member of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation; the Manitoba Rhodes
Scholarship and Loran Scholarship Selection committees; the board of Manitoba Artists in Healthcare
and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra.
The recipient of the 2015 Winnipeg Arts Council Investors Making a Difference Award, Boveys
honours include her appointment as Fellow of the UKs Royal Society for the Arts, and as Fellow of
the Canadian Museums Association; the Canada 125 Medal; the Queens Golden Jubilee Medal;
Winnipegs 2002 Woman of Distinction for the Arts; the Canadian Museums Association Distinguished
Service Award; the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Medal; and the 2013 Association
of Manitoba Museums inaugural Award of Merit. P. 5
Kate Cornell, Canadian Dance Assembly
Kate Cornell is an arts advocate, and writer based in Toronto. Kate ad-
vocates nationally on behalf of the arts sector as the Co-Chair of the
Canadian Arts Coalition/la Coalition canadienne des arts. As English-language
spokesperson for the Coalition, she has been interviewed by the Globe
and Mail, Canadian Press, and CBCs The National. With a PhD in
Communication and Culture, her graduate research focused on Canadian
cultural policies for dance at the federal level. Her research has been
published extensively in anthologies, journals, magazines, and online.
Kate has worked in arts management for two decades at a range of organizations including: the
Canada Dance Festival, Toronto Dance Theatre, the CanAsian International Dance Festival, the
National Ballet of Canada, the Canadian Society for Dance Studies/La socitcanadiennedtudes
en danse, and most recently as the Canadian Dance Assemblys Executive Director. Over the
years, Kate has taught at several university performing arts and education programs; she now
acts as a mentor in arts management internship programs. Kate sits on Advocacy Committees at
the municipal and provincial levels; notably, she is a founding member of the Mass Culture/
Mobilisation Culturelle research lab initiative. Kate Cornell is the proud recipient of the John
Hobday Award in Arts Management (2016) from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Clayton Windatt
Raven Davis
Raven Davis is an Indigenous, mixed race, 2-Spirit multidisciplinary artist, curator, community
organizer and speaker from the Anishinaabek (Ojibwa) Nation in Manitoba Born and raised in
Tkaronto (Toronto) and currently splitting time working between Kjipuktuk (Halifax) and Tkaronto.
Raven blends narratives of colonization, race, gender, their 2-Spirit identity and the Anishinaabe-
mowin language and culture into a variety of contemporary art forms. Raven is also a proud parent
to 3 sons.
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Margo Charlton, Research and Impact Manager
Toronto Arts Council and Toronto Arts Foundation
She was the lead researcher for Transforming Communities Through the Arts, a SSHRC-funded
study of three Toronto neighbourhoods. Starting in 2014, she has worked on the development of
Art Stats, an annual public survey about arts engagement in Toronto that acts as an information
and advocacy tool for the arts and culture sector.
In 2016, she was appointed Research and Impact Manager for Toronto Arts Council and Toronto Arts
Foundation. In her new position she is focusing on capturing the impact of strategic partnerships.
In 2016, Opera.ca began a new strategic plan called Charting Our Civic Impact. Since then, the
ASO has clarified a Theory of Change, established a starting point through simple research, and
applied a constant and sustained focus on themes of Inclusion, Equity, Diversity and Accessibility
in all its programming.
Kristian Clarke
Gabriel has more than 19 years experience as a management analyst with extensive
focus on corporate and project management, business strategy, budgeting, research and reporting,
strategic data analysis and performance measurement. With a strong commitment to the arts
milieu during the last ten years, Gabriel is interested in professional research and analysis related
to Economic and social added value of the arts, Measuring intrinsic value of the cultural capital
of Canadian communities, and the New perspective of the sense of accountability in the arts
organizations milieu.
Sean works with a variety of organizations representing the film, TV, music, publishing and
performing arts sectors to both examine and access funding programs available to them.
He works with clients on their key messages and positioning on complex issues within the Heritage,
Industry and International Trade portfolios. Seans insight and experience allow clients
to have a significant impact on the public policy discussion in the arts and culture sector.
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Sean joined Global Public Affairs after eight years as a partner with another leading public affairs
firm. Prior to that he served in various positions for three Members of Parliament, the Opposi-
tion House Leader and in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition.
A graduate of the Carleton University School of Journalism, Sean is active in coaching and coor-
dinating various youth sports teams in the Ottawa area.
Meriol Lehmann
Sylvie Gilbert is the Director of the Canada Council for the Arts Digital
Strategy Fund. Her active involvement in the visual arts community for
more than 25 years has included the organization of numerous exhibitions,
publications and conferences. She previously served as a director or
curator in several leading arts institutions: the Walter Phillips Gallery
and the Banff International Curatorial at the Banff Centre in Alberta, and
the former Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts Gallery (now the SBC
Gallery of Contemporary Art) in Montreal. Prior to joining the Canada
Council in 2013, she was the director of Artexte documentation centre in Montreal where she
lead both the development of its e-Artexte digital repository and its property development project
in the 2-22 cultural complex.
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Maggy Razafimbahiny, Executive Director,
Fdration culturelle canadienne-franaise (FCCF)
After being exposed to the arts from a young age by her musician father,
Maggy Razafimbahiny rediscovered this early childhood passion by
becoming Executive Director of FCCF in September 2014. The arts and
culture sector is, for her, a fundamental pillar in the sustainable devel-
opment of minority language communities.
On a personal level, her life began in Majunga, a coastal city in Northwestern Madagascar, where
she enjoyed a calm childhood cradled by and surrounded with music, a family affair led by
her singer-songwriter father and a musically inclined family who started the band RR Majunga.
Family values are of great importance in this tight family, in which solidarity, interdependence,
respect, and acceptance are omnipresent, both within the family microcosm and in the community.
Her familys tragic story reinforced these values and inspired her personal and professional
decisions. She left Madagascar very early on to pursue studies in Cte dIvoire, and later in
France. Upon her return, she became a journalist amidst a challenging political climate before
being forced to give up this difficult work. This led her to her career at UNICEF, a key fork in her
career path which cemented her commitment to women and community development.
After leaving Madagascar for good, music played an important role in helping her to integrate in
Canada. Alongside her partner, Dean Pallen, she founded RAIVO and produced two albums of
her fathers music as adapted to a modern jazz idiom. Her love of her father, combined with music,
inspired her to compose her own works, also included on these albums. Her innate passion for
the arts and her broad-based understanding of the French-speaking world organically contributed
to her social and professional involvement in the development of minority French-language
communities across Canada.
Canadas French-language communities are among her greatest passions. The opportunities she
has had to participate in the development of these communities have given her access to all the
major sectors that bring her motivation, relevance, and strength: women, immigration, health,
and, since 2014, arts and culture.
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Phyllis Novak, Artistic Director, SKETCH Working Arts
Aim Dontigny is an audio artist, and has been working at the Canada
Council for the Arts for over a decade. Now the Director of the Engage
and Sustain program, he was previously Director of Music.
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We would like to thank the Canada Council for the Arts for their support.
We would like to thank the Global Public Affairs for sponsring the reception.