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2011 Capacity Building Initiative: Multi-year grants recipients - Deaf and disability arts organizations

(Ottawa, July 6, 2012) In alignment with its strategic plan, Strengthening Connections 2011-16, and its overall commitment to equity and access, the Canada Council for the Arts has published Expanding the Arts: Deaf and Disability Arts, Access and Equality Strategy, and has expanded the Equity Office Capacity Building Initiative for the sector as a key component of that strategy. The Council today posted the full strategy on-line in accessible formats and released the results of that competition.

Seventeen organizations will receive approximately $1 million over three years through the Capacity Building Initiative multi-year grants program. The decisions were made through a rigorous peer assessment process that brought together leading and diverse Deaf and disability arts professionals from across Canada. Organizations will use this funding to build administrative capacity in order to sustain artistic activities.

•Abilities Arts Festival Toronto
http://www.abilitiesartsfestival.org/
•Arts and Disability Network Manitoba, Winnipeg
http://www.adnm.ca/
•Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf Inc. Toronto
http://www.deafculturecentre.ca/public/Default.aspx?I=98&n=CCSD
•Corpuscule Danse, Montreal
http://www.corpusculedanse.com/
•Gallery Gachet, Vancouver
http://gachet.org/
•Joe Jack et John, Montreal
http://www.joejacketjohn.com/
•Keys to the Studio, Toronto
http://www.keystothestudio.com/
•Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture, Vancouver
http://www.kickstart-arts.ca/
•Le Bureau de l'APA, Quebec
http://raiq.ca/en/membres/simon-drouin
•Les Productions des Pieds des Mains, Montreal
http://www.productionsdespiedsdesmains.com/
•Picasso Pro, Toronto
http://picassopro.org/
•Picture this...film festival, Calgary
http://www.ptff.org/
•Propeller Dance, Ottawa
http://propellerdance.com/
•Realwheels Theatre, Vancouver
http://www.realwheels.ca/shows/
•SPiLL/Propagation, Gatineau
http://spill-propagation.blogspot.ca/
•Theatre Terrific, Vancouver
http://www.theatreterrific.ca/
•Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival, Toronto http://www.tidfaf.ca/

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Contact
Elizabeth Sweeney
Disability Arts Officer
Canada Council for the Arts
elizabeth.sweeney@canadacouncil.ca
1-800-263-5588 x4689 | 613-566-4414 x4689
TTY: 1.877.688.5501  

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