Harper Government Invests in Arts, Culture and Official Languages in the Estrie and Centre-du-Québec Regions
SHERBROOKE, July 30, 2012 - New investments in arts, culture, and official languages will promote economic growth in the Estrie and Centre-du-Québec regions. Support for 28 projects was announced today by Jacques Gourde, Member of Parliament (Lotbinière–Chutes-de-la-Chaudière) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, for Official Languages, and for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec. Mr. Gourde made the announcement on behalf of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages.
This funding will support a wide variety of organizations and projects that share the goal of supporting arts, culture, and official languages. Among the organizations and projects receiving funding are the Townshippers’ Association, the Sherbrooke Nature and Science Museum, the Fêtes Victoriennes de Victoriaville, and the Société historique d’Odanak.
“This year marks the start of the five-year countdown to Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017,” said Minister Moore. “Our Government is proud to invest in projects that contribute to our collective identity and define who we are as Canadians. On the road to 2017, let us continue to celebrate all of the things that make Canada the united, prosperous, and free country we are today.”
“The Harper Government is proud to support organizations that enrich the quality of life of its citizens,” said Mr. Gourde. “Our Government is delivering on its commitment to strengthen our economy and our communities, and to support our arts, culture, and official languages.”
The Government of Canada has provided funding of $1,414,253 through the following Department of Canadian Heritage Programs: Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage, Canada Arts Presentation Fund, the Museums Assistance Program, the Canada Book Fund, and the Development of Official-Languages Communities Program.
For more information about the projects, see the attached backgrounder.
For more information (media only), please contact:
Sébastien Gariépy
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage
and Official Languages
819-997-7788
Media Relations
Canadian Heritage
819-994-9101
1-866-569-6155
media@pch.gc.ca
BACKGROUNDER
| Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage (Local Festivals and Community Anniversaries components) This program provides Canadians with more opportunities to take part in activities that present local arts and culture and celebrate local history and heritage. Through these components the Program provides funding to local groups for recurring festivals that present the work of local artists, artisans, or historical performers. It also provides funding to local groups for non-recurring local events that commemorate an anniversary of 100 years or greater in increments of 25 years. | |||
| Municipality | Organization | Project | Amount (fiscal year) |
| Ayer’s Cliff | ShazamFest | Shazamfest 2012 | $19,000 (2012–2013) |
| Asbestos | Festival des Gourmands d’Asbestos | Festival des Gourmands d’Asbestos 2012 | $9,800 (2012–2013) |
| Bécancour | Corporation du Vieux Moulin de St-Grégoire | Festicadie 2012 | $7,600 (2012–2013) |
| Bécancour | Les loisirs de Ste-Angèle-de-Laval | Rendez-vous Ô Fleuve 2012 | $12,500 (2012–2013) |
| Magog | La Traversée Internationale du Lac Memphrémagog (2003) | La Traversée Internationale du Lac Memphrémagog 2012 | $39,300 (2012–2013) |
| Ogden | Association des artistes Georgeville-Fitch Bay | Festival des arts Georgeville – Fitch Bay 2012 | $5,400 (2012–2013) |
| Plessisville | Festival country et folklorique de Plessisville | Festival Country et Folklorique de Plessisville 2012 | $3,600 (2012–2013) |
| Princeville | Société d’horticulture de Princeville | Foire champêtre et culturelle de Princeville, 10th edition 2012 | $5,400 (2012–2013) |
| Sainte-Perpétue | Centre des Loisirs et des Sports de Ste-Perpétue | Festival du cochon 2012 | $27,700 (2012–2013) |
| Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard | Coopérative de solidarité Les sens des Arts | Festival des 5 Sens 2012 | $12,800 (2012–2013) |
| Saint-Ferdinand | Les Fêtes du Lac William 1990 | Les Fêtes du Lac William 2012 | $11,500 (2012–2013) |
| Saint-Louis-de-Blandford | Festival Western St-Louis-de-Blandford | Festival Western St-Louis-de-Blandford 2012 | $5,400 (2012–2013) |
| Sherbrooke | Festival des traditions du monde de Sherbrooke | Festival des traditions du monde de Sherbrooke 2012 | $69,000 (2012–2013) |
| Sherbrooke | Productions Sherblues | Sherblues et Folk 2012 | $5,900 (2012–2013) |
| Victoriaville | Les Fêtes Victoriennes | Les Fêtes Victoriennes 2012 | $21,600 (2012–2013) |
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| TOTAL: $256,500 | ||
| Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage (Legacy Fund component) The Legacy Fund provides funding to local groups for community capital projects that commemorate a local historical anniversary of 100 years or greater in increments of 25 years. | |||
| Municipality | Organization | Project | Amount (fiscal year) |
| Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick | 125e Sainte-Élizabeth | Restauration espaces extérieurs Sainte-Élizabeth | $12,300 (2012–2013) |
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| TOTAL: $12,300 | ||
| Canada Arts Presentation Fund The Fund gives Canadians increased access to the variety and richness of Canada’s culture through professional arts festivals, presentations of live professional performances, and other artistic experiences. | |||
| Municipality | Organization | Project | Amount (fiscal year) |
| Saint-Camille | Le Petit Bonheur de St-Camille | 2012–2013 season | $10,000 (2012–2013) |
| Sherbrooke | Productions Littorale | Festival Les jours sont contés 2012, 20th edition and the series Rendez-conte... conte pour enfants, 2012 edition | $10,000 (2012–2013) |
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| TOTAL: $20,000 | ||
| Museums Assistance Program This program provides financial assistance to Canadian museums and related institutions for projects that promote the excellence of their activities and provide access to the treasures of our collective heritage. | |||
| Municipality | Organization | Project | Amount (fiscal year) |
| Nicolet | Musée d’histoire, d’ethnographie et d’art religieux de Nicolet | Canadian tour of the exhibition Colle, papier, ciseau : l’exposition Claude Lafortune | $82,273 (2012–2015) |
| Nicolet | Musée d’histoire, d’ethnographie et d’art religieux de Nicolet | Amélioration des outils de gestion des collections par l’acquisition d’un logiciel de gestion des collections | $28,848 (2012–2013) |
| Odanak | Société historique d’Odanak | Wôleska: fouiller le passé | $49,000 (2012–2013) |
| Sherbrooke | Musée de la nature et des sciences de Sherbrooke | Production and tour of the travelling exhibition Bla, Bla, Bla, Communications animales | $192,955 (2012–2015) |
| Sherbrooke | Musée de la nature et des sciences de Sherbrooke | Solution d’entreposage pour une meilleure conservation et gestion des collections de mycologie et d’ichtyologie | $8,395 (2012–2013) |
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| TOTAL: $361,471 | ||
| Canada Book Fund The principal objective of the Canada Book Fund is to ensure access to a diverse range of Canadian-authored books in Canada and abroad. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by fostering a viable Canadian book industry that publishes and markets Canadian-authored books. | |||
| Municipality | Organization | Project | Amount (fiscal year) |
| Sherbrooke | Salon du livre de l’Estrie (S.L.E.) | Salon du livre de l’Estrie, 34th and 35th editions | $19,000 (2012–2013) $19,000 (2013–2014) |
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| TOTAL: $38,000 | ||
| Development of Official–Language Communities Program This program seeks to foster the vitality of Canada’s French- and English-speaking minority communities and enable them to participate fully in all aspects of Canadian life. | |||
| Municipality | Organization | Project | Amount (fiscal year) |
| Sherbrooke | Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network | Mapping the Mosaic: Montréal and its Diverse Neighbourhoods | $82,728 (2012–2013)
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| Sherbrooke | Townshippers’ Association | Sherbrooke 2013 Canada Games: Ensuring the Mobilisation of the ESC for a Cultural and Sporting Experience of a Lifetime | $49,054 (2012–2014) |
| Sherbrooke | Townshippers’ Association | Program funding 2012–2014 | $456,000 (2012–2014) |
| Sherbrooke | Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network | Significant Objects for Telling Identity (SOFTI): English Quebec Through 100 Cultural Artefacts. | $138,200 (2012–2013)
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| TOTAL: $725,982 | ||
| Grand total for all programs: $1,414,253 |