Canadian Heritage committee  I would definitely agree. That is an area of research that we should look at. Certainly, as I sit on CAMDO, the Canadian Art Museum Directors Organization, that's not the message we hear across Canada. That's not what my colleagues are saying at the conferences we hold, but certa

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't mean to blame all the headhunters of the world, but I think that's part of it. I think what we're often hearing from organizations is that they just can't encourage enough female candidates. Anecdotally, I don't believe that's true. Again, that's qualitative information.

Canadian Heritage committee  As I mentioned, we've definitely seen the visual arts sector dominated by females, but when it comes to the most important institutions of our country, those with the largest budgets, we're not seeing a rise from the municipal level up to the larger regional and national institut

Canadian Heritage committee  I will say that the sector is dominated by females, and I just hire the best people, so it's a result of the nature of the environment and the excellent candidates who came forward.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would say that in the visual arts institutions, they certainly do use headhunting firms quite a lot, and then those recommendations are typically brought to hiring committee made up of board members.

Canadian Heritage committee  Again, I'm not speaking specifically of my institution, but from what I've witnessed across Canada from the late hirings that have occurred recently, you're seeing those recommendations typically coming from headhunting firms to hiring committees and to a board. To be honest, I t

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd have to agree.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's allowed us to achieve the success that we have achieved.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not quite sure what you're asking there.

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay, I see. Certainly you should include artistic directors, and then you have managing directors in arts organizations. You often have those two going hand-in-hand. Within the art gallery world, it's usually a director. It could be a director/curator position or director/CEO s

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. Good morning. I'm so pleased to be presenting to you today. I am the Director and CEO of the Ottawa Art Gallery, and I suppose my voice is representative of the many municipal and regional art galleries across Canada. Some of you may have heard that we opened our door

Canadian Heritage committee  It certainly does, and that's our expectation. Nonetheless, it does mean that unlike the majority of art galleries across Canada, everything we produce is done in two languages. That just doubles our costs for everything. I don't want that to come across as a complaint, but it's

Canadian Heritage committee  To add to that, I think the original policy was very object-based and very protection-based. Those are all very important things, since we won't be museums without objects—the human rights museum may be the exception—but we now need to turn it around on a really basic level in te

Canadian Heritage committee  —because it's so huge?

Canadian Heritage committee  That's a really good question. Ottawa Tourism is a pay-to-play process. To be honest, I felt that we just didn't have the space to live up to the national offerings, and so we didn't feel it was worth our money yet to spend that money with Ottawa Tourism. Now, with their game-c