With the new program, here's what we did. The Canada Council has had an aboriginal office for 20 years. What we are announcing now is that there will be a program dedicated to first nations, Métis, and Inuit artists, and this program will be informed by self-determination. It means that this program will have features that are completely unique to the program, such as micro grants or the possibility of funding elders, and cultural transmission. We're really moving away from a way to support aboriginal art that has been quite influenced by Eurocentric models to a model that will be more self-determined.
On February 18th, 2016. See this statement in context.