Exporting Canadian Cultural Products Globally in a Digital Age: Opportunities, Challenges and Measures Needed (2019)

April 6, 2020

By Marilyn Burgess

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Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Antimodular Research Inc.
ARCA (Artist-Run Centres and Collectives Conference)
Artengine
Art Gallery of Guelph
Bell Fund
Black Theatre Workshop
British Columbia Film
Bytown Museum
Calgary International Film Festival
Canada Council for the Arts
Canada Media Fund
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters
Canadian Cable Television Association
Canadian Conference of the Arts
Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund
Canadian Heritage
Canadian Interactive Alliance
Canadian Media Producers Association
Canadian Public Art Funders
Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission
CBC-Société de Radio Canada
Cineworks
Concordia University
Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec
Cultural Human Resources Council
Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States
Directors Guild of Canada
Documentary Organization of Canada
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Doris McCarthy Gallery
Federal Department of Communications
Fédération culturelle canadienne française
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival
Humber Galleries
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Festival
Independent Media Arts Alliance
Indigenous Screen Office
Industry Canada
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Inspirit Foundation
International Centre of Films for Children and Young People
International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies
International Institute of Communications
The Japan Foundation
Media Arts Network of Ontario
National Film Board
National Screen Institute
New Media Manitoba
OBORO
Northern Ontario Heritage Film Fund
OCAD University
On Main
On Screen Manitoba
Ontario Creates
Ontario Media Development Corporation
Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
Orchestras Canada
Ottawa Museum Network
Reelworld International Film Festival and Institute
Société de développement des entreprises culturelles
Sudbury Downdown Independent Cinema Co-operative
Telefilm Canada
The Textile Museum of Canada
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois
University of Ottawa
Vtape
The Writers Union of Canada
York University

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