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2010

Montreal dance writer and filmmaker Philip Szporer awarded the Jacqueline Lemieux Prize

(2010-07-27) The Jacqueline Lemieux Prize is awarded annually to the most deserving applicant in the Canada Council Grants to Dance Professionals program.

Lateral Office wins the Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture, announces the Canada Council for the Arts

(2010-07-13) Toronto architecture firm Lateral Office is the winner of the $50,000 Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture for 2010. Administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, this award recognizes excellent achievement in Canadian architectural practice.

Book publishers to benefit from improved Canada Council for the Arts translation program

(2010-07-12) Over the next three years, more money than ever before will be available for official language translations by professional publishers through the National Translation Program for Book Publishing.

Michel Campeau wins Duke and Duchess of York Prize in Photography from the Canada Council for the Arts

(2010-06-23) Michel Campeau has been part of the contemporary photography scene for four decades. His work explores the subjective and narrative dimensions of photography, that contrast with the conventions of documentary photography.

Maureen Forrester brought the arts to life for Canadians

(2010-06-18) The Canada Council for the Arts joins the nation in remembering opera singer, teacher, advocate and champion of the arts Maureen Forrester, who died Wednesday at the age of 79.

Violinist Alexandre Da Costa wins the Virginia Parker Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts

(2010-06-15) The $25,000 prize was established in 1982 by Virginia Parker for Canadian performers of classical music under the age of 32, who demonstrate outstanding talent and musicianship.

The 2009-2010 Vivacité Montréal program: 28 artists representing cultural diversity are sharing $160 000 in research and artistic creation grants

(2010-06-09) The partners in the Vivacité Montréal program today announced the winners of the third registration period: 28 Montréal artists 35 years of age and under are receiving grants totalling $160,000 to carry out projects in the performing arts, the visual arts, literature and arts and crafts.

Authors Ken McGoogan and Aline Apostolska at the helm of the Public Lending Right Commission

(2010-06-09) Both Ken McGoogan, who represents The Writers’ Union of Canada on the Commission, and Aline Apostolska, who represents the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois, underlined that they will bring a perspective to PLRC discussions based on the views of the many members of their associations.

German anthropologist awarded the John G. Diefenbaker Award to pursue research at Université Laval in Quebec City

(2010-06-02) Mamadou Diawara, a professor at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, has been awarded this year’s John G. Diefenbaker Award by the Canada Council for the Arts.

Choreographer Édouard Lock and professor Linda Hutcheon win Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes

(2010-05-26) Two Molson Prizes, worth $50,000 each, are awarded every year to distinguished Canadians, one in the arts and the other in the social sciences or humanities.

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