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- Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) - independent, non-partisan arts advocacy group which aims to impress upon
governments and the general public the importance of the arts and cultural industries in Canadian society, including issues such
as freedom of expression, copyright, taxation, funding, censorship, status of the artist, new technologies and
telecommunications, arts education and the global markets
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- Canadian Centre for Architecture (Montreal)
- Pure Design (Edmonton)
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- Canadian Railroad Historical Association
- Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (Hamilton International Airport) - non-profit organization which acquires, documents,
preserves and maintains a complete collection of aircraft flown by Canadians and the Canadian military services from the
beginning of World War II to the present and the artifacts, books, periodicals and manuals relating to these aircraft
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- The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC) (Toronto) - national organization of professional writers of books for the general public
which works to advance conditions for all writers, to unite writers for the advancement of their common interest, and foster
writing in Canada
- Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) - national organization for Canadian crime writers, associated professionals, and anyone else
with a serious interest in Canadian crime writing, with a mission to promote Canadian crime writing and to raise the profile of
Canadian crime writers from coast to coast
- Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) (Toronto) - national association representing more than 1,700 screenwriters working in film,
television, radio and multimedia production in Canada, which egotiates, administers and enforces collective agreements setting
out minimum rates, terms, and working conditions in the Guild's jurisdiction -- all English-language production in Canada
- Canadian Authors Association (CAA) (Campbellford, ON) - promotes the recognition of Canadian writers and their works, fosters
and develops a climate favourable to the creative arts, and administers the Canadian Writers' Foundation, the only registered
charity that grants continued financial assistance to Canada's finest writers in times of financial distress
- Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers (CANSCAIP) (Toronto) - group of professionals in the field of
children's culture with members from all parts of Canada which has been instrumental in the support and promotion of children's
literature through newsletters, workshops, meetings and other information programs for authors, parents, teachers, librarians,
publishers, and others
- Playwrights Guild of Canada (Toronto) - national association of professional and emerging playwrights, which publishes and
distributes scripts to encourage more productions of Canadian plays and provides programs and services that support, promote,
and advocate for over 440 members
- League of Canadian Poets (Toronto) - non-profit arts service organization and the national association of professional publishing
and performing poets in Canada, whose purpose is to enhance the status of poets and nurture a professional poetic community
to facilitate the teaching of Canadian poetry at all levels of education and to develop the audience for poetry by encouraging
publication, performance and recognition of Canadian poetry nationally and internationally
- Canadian Poetry Association (Toronto) - promotes the reading, writing, publishing and preservation of poetry in Canada through
the individual efforts of members, promotes communication among poets, publishers and the general public, and encourages
leadership and participation from members and to encourage the formation and development of autonomous local chapters
- SF Canada (Regina, SK) - exists to foster a sense of community among Canadian writers of speculative fiction, to improve
communication between Canadian writers of speculative fiction, to foster the growth of quality writing in Canadian speculative
fiction, to lobby on behalf of Canadian writers of speculative fiction, and to encourage the translation of Canadian speculative
fiction
- The Word On The Street Festivals (Toronto) - series of festivals, sponsored by the Department of Heritage and others, aimed at
uniting the country in an annual, large-scale celebration of literacy and the printed word and highlighting the pleasures of great
reading through the excitement of great writing
- Writers In Electronic Residence (WIER) - connects students across Canada with well-known Canadian writers, teachers and
one another in an animated exchange of original writing and commentary in electronic classrooms, reading and considering
students' work, offering reactions and ideas, and guiding discussions between the students
- Writers' Trust of Canada (Toronto) - non-profit charitable organisation which provides support through its various programs and
awards in celebration of the talent and achievements of Canada's novelists and poets, biographers and other non-fiction writers
- Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry (Mississauga, ON) - created to serve and encourage excellence in poetry written in English
anywhere in the world and to raise public awareness of the crucial role poetry must play in society's cultural lifeInternational
Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Canada (Toronto) - non-profit organization which represents an international network of
people who are committed to bringing books and children together
- Writers' Ezine - a place to run for inspiration
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- Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) (Toronto) - the Canadian copyright collective for the
public performance of musical works, which administers the performing rights of its members (composers, lyricists, songwriters
and their publishers) and those of affiliated international societies by licensing the use of their music in Canada
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- Assyrian Society of Canada (Ontario) - "site created by the Assyrians for the Assyrians [with] something that will benefit every
visitor in all matters concerning Assyrians in Canada and around the world"
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- National Film Board (Office National du Film)
- Montreal Film Festival (Festival des Films du Monde)
- Encyclopedia of Canadian Theatre on the WWW (Athabasca University, AB) - maintains an ongoing, highly accessible,
database of information about Canadian actors, playwrights, directors, producers, designers, theatre organizations and
institutions, composers and plays available to the world
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- Federation of Canadian Artists (Vancouver, BC) - not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and professional
development of artists, and services for art collectors, and gradually raising the artists' standards by stimulating participants to
greater heights of achievement
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