National Steering Committee

The Culture Days initiative has been championed from the very beginning by a bold, courageous group of volunteers driven by their conviction that arts and culture play an integral role in the livability, sustainability, and flourishing of Canadian communities. What began as an inkling, just an idea, a tiny flame, has deepened, developed, and is beginning to catch, we hope, like wildfire – none of which would have been possible without the foresight and tenacity of the National Steering Committee.

Antoni Cimolino
Chair, Culture Days Steering Committee
General Director and Incoming Artistic Director, Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Stratford, ONTARIO

Boris Atamanenko
Chair, Culture Days NWT Task Force
Manager Community Programs, Culture & Heritage Division
Government of Northwest Territories Education, Culture & Employment
Yellowknife, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

Barry Avrich
President, Endeavour
Toronto, ONTARIO

Susan Chalmers-Gauvin
Co-Chair, Culture Days New Brunswick Task Force
Founder and CEO, Atlantic Ballet
Moncton, NEW BRUNSWICK

Al Cushing
CEO, Yukon Arts Centre
Whitehorse, YUKON

Éric Dubeau
Executive Director, Fédération culturelle canadienne-française
Ottawa, ONTARIO

James D. Fleck, O.C.
Chairman, Business for the Arts
Toronto, ONTARIO

Warren Garrett
 Chair, Culture Days Ontario Task Force
Executive Director
CCI - Ontario Presenting Network
Toronto, ONTARIO

Jean Giguère
Co-Chair, Culture Days Manitoba Task Force
Past Chair, Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Winnipeg, MANITOBA

Rose Gilks
Chair, Culture Days Saskatchewan Task Force
General Manager, SaskCulture Inc.
Regina, SASKATCHEWAN

Peter A. Herrndorf, O.C.
President and CEO, National Arts Centre
Ottawa, ONTARIO

Amy House
Chair, Association of Cultural Industries of Newfoundland & Labrador
St. John's, NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

Sarah Iley
Chair, Culture Days Alberta Task Force Vice-President, Programming, The Banff Centre
Banff, ALBERTA

Marie-Thérèse Landry
Co-Chair, Culture Days New Brunswick Task Force
General Director, Conseil provincial des sociétés culturelles
Moncton, NEW BRUNSWICK

Sylvianne Lanthier
Co-Chair, Culture Days Manitoba Task Force
Executive Director, Centre culturel franco-manitobain
Saint-Boniface, MANITOBA

David Moss
National Project Director, CULTURE DAYS
President, zicatelARTS Management & Consulting
Montreal, QUÉBEC

Lucille Pacey
Chair, Culture Days British Columbia Task Force
President and CEO, Arts Umbrella
Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Alain Pineau
National Director, Canadian Conference of the Arts
Ottawa, ONTARIO

Janice Price
CEO, Luminato
Toronto, ONTARIO

Arden R. Ryshpan
Executive Director, Canadian Actors’ Equity Association
Toronto, ONTARIO

Nancy Morgan
Chair, Culture Days Nova Scotia Task Force
Administrative Director, Eastern Front Theatre
Dartmouth, NOVA SCOTIA

Louise Sicuro
President and CEO, Culture pour tous
Montréal, QUÉBEC

Kirstine Stewart
Executive VP, English Services, CBC
Toronto, ONTARIO

Henk van Leeuwen
Chair, Culture Days PEI Task Force
Executive Director, Culture PEI
Charlottetown, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Lucy White
Executive Director, Professional Association of Canadian Theatres
Toronto, ONTARIO

Janet Yale
Executive Commissioner and CEO, Scouts Canada
Ottawa, ONTARIO