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New Zealand and Australia Performing Arts Tour

October 15, 2018 – New Zealand and Australia Performing Arts Tour Our kiwi partners, the Performing Arts Network of New Zealand (PANNZ), are working with the Adelaide Fringe in South Australia to offer an exiting programme for international presenters to travel to both New Zealand and Australi...Read More

The Cultural Participation of New Canadians

October 15, 2018 – Immigration is changing Canada’s demographics. Fast. It is also changing cultural participation and perceptions about culture.

Doctors can soon prescribe visits to museum.

  October 12, 2018 – As we learned in various studies, Art Heals. That’s the philosophy behind a new initiative from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, which will allow doctors to soon be able to prescribe a visit to a museum.

Let’s Increase Funding for Arts Presentation

October 9, 2018 – The federal government has increased funding to the Canada Council for the Arts and has launched the Creative Export Strategy. However, the Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF) remains under-funded and over-subscribed. This lack of funding affects our entire touring and presenting ...Read More

PD for Dance Artists from Indigenous and Racialized Communities: Announcing the First Cohort!

August 23, 2018 – CanDance, La danse sur les routes du Québec, and Ontario Presents are proud to welcome Aicha Bastien-N’Diaya, Andrea Pena, Aria Evans, Ivanie Aubin-Malo, Natasha Powell and Nova Bhattacharya in the first cohort of skills development in dance touring and distribution.

Visa Refusal Rates and New Biometrics Requirement Are About to Seriously Impede Artist Mobility

July 19, 2018 – An article in The Globe and Mail confirmed a worrying trend: visitor visa refusal rates are soaring. Moreover, visa applicants will soon be required to provide biometrics. Although visitor visas are not required of all visiting artists, those who do will now have to overcome major ad...Read More

Streamlining of International Taxation: One Step Forward, Two Steps Forward

July 10, 2018 – Last month, the Canada Revenue Agency announced a new simplified taxation process for non-resident artists. As we pointed out, this simplified process is a step in the right direction, but more streamlining is still needed.

Minister of Canadian Heritage Launches Creative Export Strategy

June 27, 2018 – On Tuesday, the Minister of Canadian Heritage officially launched Canada’s Creative Export Strategy, and she outline how she will invest the $125-million over 5 years allocated by the federal government in the 2017 federal budget.

Culture Track Canada Offers Both Reassuring and Game-Changing Insights on Cultural Participation

June 21, 2018 – After the Arts and Heritage Access and Availability survey, the arts sector can rely on another major audience survey to figure out what the heck is going on with cultural participation in Canada.

The Canada Revenue Agency Simplifies International Taxation in Response to Sector Recommendations

June 11, 2018 – The Canada Revenue Agency has put in place a simplified income tax process for non-resident artists and athletes. This administrative change is a direct outcome of advocacy carried by the Performing Arts Tax Working Group.