Provincial Task Forces
Each provincial initiative is supported by a volunteer group known as the Provincial Task Force which helps develop connections and partnerships with other initiatives, networks and sectors. As part of the role they play in helping to promote and develop provincial events, representatives from each Provincial Task Force are also encouraged to connect with their counterparts in other provinces to encourage continuity, collaborative learning, and to exchange ideas and strategies.
ALBERTA | BRITISH COLUMBIA | MANITOBA | NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR | NEW BRUNSWICK | NOVA SCOTIA | ONTARIO | PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND | SASKATCHEWAN
Alberta
Colin Jackson
Chair, Alberta Task Force
President
Hands at Work Africa
Claire-Simone Becq
Ceramic Artist
Alberta College of Art + Design Student
Sarah Blue
Market and Community Outreach
Cambrian House
Rick Curtis
Executive Director
Alberta Recreation & Parks Association
Robert Davis
Executive Director
Rosebud Theatre
Sarah Iley
Vice President, Programming
The Banff Centre
John Mahon
Executive Director
Edmonton Arts Council
Erica Mattson
Director of Marketing & Communications
Calgary Arts Development Agency
Tom McCabe
CEO, Theatre Calgary
Chair, Premier's Council on Arts & Culture
Alexander Middleton
Co-Chair
ArtsScene
Penny Ritco
Executive Director
Citadel Theatre
Terry Rock
President & CEO
Calgary Arts Development Agency
Tom Thackeray
Ex officio Task Force member
Assistant Deputy Minister
Government and Program Support Services Division, Services Alberta
and
Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Culture & Community Spirit, Culture Division
Alison Turner
Communications Director
Edmonton Arts Council
Contact the Alberta Task Force via email
British Columbia
Axel Conradi
Chair, B.C. Task Force
Former Advocacy Co-Chair
Canadian Arts Summit
Amir Ali Alibhai
Executive Director
Greater Vancouver Alliance for Arts & Culture
Mary Bennett
Administrator
Community Arts Council of Vancouver
Diane Brown
Artistic Director
Ruby Slippers
Ian Case
General Manager
Intrepid Theatre
Caroline Farquar
Administrator
Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, B.C. Chapter
Andrea Henning
Executive Director, Arts and Culture
B.C. Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts
Howard R. Jang
Executive Director
Arts Club Theatre
Wendy Newman
Executive Director
Arts Starts
Lucille Pacey
President & CEO
Arts Umbrella
Sadira Rodrigues
Director, Continuing Studies
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design
Junko Sakamoto
Executive Director
Assembly of B.C. Arts Councils
David Shefsiek
Executive Director
Pacific Opera Victoria
Donna Spencer
Artistic Producer
Firehall Theatre
Trudy Van Dop
BC Culture Crawl
Owner, Van Dop Gallery
Scott Walker
Coordinator
Professional Arts Alliance of Greater Victoria
Andrew Wilhelm-Boyles
Former Executive Director
Greater Vancouver Alliance for Arts & Culture
Gillian Wood
Acting Executive Director
B.C. Arts Council
Mirna Zagar
Executive Director
The Dance Centre
Contact the British Columbia Task Force via email
Manitoba
Jean Giguère
Co-Chair, Manitoba Task Force
Past Chair
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Sylvianne Lanthier
Co-Chair, Manitoba Task Force
Executive Director
Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre
Stephen Borys
Director
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Gerry Couture
Chair
Manitoba Theatre Centre
Dorothy Dobbie
Chair
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Jeff Herd
Executive Director
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Cherry Karpyshin
General Manager
Prairie Theatre Exchange
Tina Keeper
Actor, Writer, former MP for Churchill
Crystal Kolt
Cultural Coordinator
Flin Flon Arts Council
Francine Morin
Chair
Alliance for Arts Education
Judy Murphy
Practice Leader, Strategy & Governance
Meyers Norris Penny
Carol Phillips
Executive Director
Winnipeg Arts Council
Andre Prevost
Administrative Director
Manitoba Arts Network
Pat Sanders
Program Consultant
Manitoba Arts Council
Trudy Schroeder
Executive Director
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Javier Schwersensky
Director of Marketing, Sales and Programs
The Manitoba Museum
Chris Sharpe
Cultural Coordinator
City of Thompson
Judy Slivinski
Senior Director, Marketing & Communications
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Derek Smith
Executive Director
Arts Stabilization Manitoba
Thomas Sparling
Executive Director
Arts and Cultural Industries Association
Kevin Walters
Executive Director
Manitoba Homecoming 2010
Contact the Manitoba Task Force via email
Newfoundland & Labrador
Amy House
Chair, Newfoundland & Labrador Task Force
Chair
Association of Cultural Industries of Newfoundland & Labrador
Dean Britton
CEO
The Rooms
Gaylene Buckle
General Manager
Theatre Newfoundland Labrador
Eleanor Dawson
Director of Arts, Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
Newfoundland and Labrador Government
Dale Jarvis
ICH Development Officer
Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
Dr. Smita Joshi
Director
NL Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism
Leslie Pierce
Heritage Officer
NL Historic Trust
Mona Rossiter
Commercial Coordinator
Suncor Energy
Reg Winsor
Executive Director
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
Contact the Newfoundland and Labrador Task Force via email
New Brunswick
Susan Chalmers-Gauvin
Co-Chair, New Brunswick Task Force
Founder and CEO
Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada
Rodney Doucet
Co-Chair, New Brunswick Task Force
Director of Cultural Affairs
Association Régionale de la Communauté francophone de Saint-Jean (ARCf)
Lynne Beaulieu
City of Edmundston
Wayne Burley
Director Heritage Branch
Wellness, Culture and Sport Department
Nathalie Dubois
Director, Arts Development
Wellness, Culture and Sport Department
Pierre Gaudin
Vice-President
Association francophone des municipalités du N.-B.
Marie-Thérèse Landry
Executive Director
Conseil provincial de sociétés culturelles
Sandy Mackay
Executive Director
ArtsLink NB
Vanessa Moeller
Deputy Managing Officer
ArtsNB
Denise Violette
NB Foundation for the Arts
Angela Watson
Cultural Development Officer
City of Fredericton
Contact the New Brunswick Task Force via email
Nova Scotia
Chris Shore
Chair, Nova Scotia Task Force
Executive Director
Theatre Nova Scotia
Erika Beatty
CEO
Symphony Nova Scotia
Peggy Tibbo-Cameron
Cultural Officer
The Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage
Briony Carros
Executive Director
Visual Arts Nova Scotia
Ray Cronin
Director
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Susan Hanrahan
Executive Director
Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council and the Centre for Craft and Design
Noémie Joly
Cultural Development Coordinator
Fédération culturelle acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse
Christine Lavoie
Cultural Officer
Halifax Regional Municipality
Doreen Malone
General Manager
Neptune Theatre
Dianne Milligan
Dance Nova Scotia
Lia Rinaldo
Festival Director
Atlantic Film Festival
Martin Théberge
Executive Director
Fédération culturelle acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse
Rose Zack
Co-Chair
Nocturne
Contact the Nova Scotia Task Force via email
Ontario
Warren Garrett
Chair, Ontario Task Force
Executive Director
CCI - Ontario Presenting Network
Noelle Allen
Wolsak and Wynn
Katrina Balmazan
Immigrant and Culture Association
John Brotman
Executive Director
Ontario Arts Council
Patti Cannon
Interim Executive Director
Arts Hamilton
Michel Cheff
Director, Special Initiatives
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Antoni Cimolino
General Director
Stratford Festival
Sam Coghlan
Library Director and CEO
Stratford Public Library
Noah Cowan
Artistic Director
Bell Lightbox
William Duron
Chief Executive Officer
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
James Fleck, O.C.
Chairman
Business for the Arts
Denise Fujiwara
Artistic Director
CanAsian Dance Festival & Fujiwara Dance Inventions
Anita Gaffney
Administrative Director
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Simone Georges
4th Line Theatre
Kirsten Gunter
Director of Communications
Ontario Arts Council
Andrea Halwa
Executive Director
London Arts Council
Beth Hanna
Director, Heritage Programs & Operations
Ontario Heritage Trust
Claire Hopkinson
Executive Director
Toronto Arts Council
Adonis Huggins
Program Director
Regent Park Focus
Gord Hume
President
Municipal Cultural Planning Inc
Cindy Jennings
Workers Arts and Heritage, Hamilton
Betty Anne Keller
Manager
Cultural Development
City of Waterloo
Jacoba Knaapen
Executive Director
Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts
Bruce Kuwabara
Partner
KPMB Architects
Marie Lalonde
Executive Director
Ontario Museum Association
Shannon Litzenberger
Executive Director
Canadian Dance Assembly
Colina Maxwell
Hamilton Print Studio
Ingrid Mayrhofer
Red Tree Open Studio
Jeth Mill
Executive Director
Windsor Symphony
Don Monet
Owner - Cube Gallery
Catherine O'Grady
Executive Producer
Ottawa Jazz Festival
Shelagh Paterson
Executive Director
Ontario Library Association
Paul Portelli
Business Development Manager
Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation
Janice Price
President and CEO
Luminato
John Morris Russell
Musical Director
Windsor Symphony
Ana Serrano
Director
Canadian Film Centre Media Lab
Kathleen Sharpe
Executive Director
Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund
Donna-Michelle St-Bernard
General Manager
Native Earth
Jini Stolk
Executive Director
Creative Trust
Genevieve C. Twomey
Executive Director
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Lucy White
Executive Director
Professional Association of Canadian Theatres
Contact the Ontario Task Force via email
Prince Edward Island
Darrin White
Chair, Prince Edward Island Task Force
Executive Director
Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts
Rob Oakie
Executive Director
Music PEI
Peggy Reddin
Director of Arts Education
Confederation Centre of the Arts
Sue Urquhart
Executive Director
Atlantic Presenters Association
Contact the Prince Edward Island Task Force via email
Saskatchewan
Rose Gilks
Chair, Saskatchewan Task Force
General Manager
SaskCulture Inc.
Diane Ell
Communications Manager
SaskCulture Inc.
J.P. Ellson
Chief Operating Officer
SaskMusic
Wendy Fitch
Co-Director
Museums Association of Saskatchewan
Justine Gilbert
Senior Creative Industries Analyst
Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport
Susan Hetu
Executive Director
Culture and Heritage
Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport
Joanne McDonald
Program Manager
SCN/Saskatchewan Motion Picture Association
David Kyle
Executive Director
Saskatchewan Arts Board
Stéphane Rémillard
Executive Director
Conseil culturel fransaskois
Caroline Selinger
Executive Director
Saskatchewan Library Association
Joanne Shannon
Executive Director
Common Weal Community Arts Education
Shelly Sundholm-Vonau
Director of Communications & Strategic Partnerships
Saskatchewan Arts Board
Contact the Saskatchewan Task Force via email