Canadian Heritage committee  It's actually transformative. The funding has changed our capacity to do our work and our capacity to reach Canadian audiences at an unprecedented level. Also, I think it has been an immensely challenging time for the Canada Council in modernizing its grant-making systems and pr

Canadian Heritage committee  We receive operating funding from all three levels of government. Occasionally, we also access funds from private foundations, such as the Calgary Foundation. We're not of a scale of organization that's particularly well suited to achieving sponsorship or corporate dollars, but w

Canadian Heritage committee  I think a track record is helpful, absolutely. Any public funder has to have a sense of trust with regard to the recipients of the grants—that they're going to do what they say they're going to do with it. It's something that can only be established through a history of practice.

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon, Madam Chair and members of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. My name is Judd Palmer. I am one of the three co-artistic directors of The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, a collective of artists based in Calgary, Alberta. Our main focus is the creation of exp