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Conference 2006: Speaker Biographies


 
 
 

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Fred Addis

Curator, Leacock Museum National Historic Site

Canada's best-known literary heritage museum can't afford to live in the past. Fred uses contemporary authors and poets to provide diverse points of access for museum audiences. In addition to its heritage message the museum is pledged to encourage the appreciation of reading and writing as a life-long source of enrichment for all ages. Fred has held programming positions at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre, and The Pier Museum. He joined the Leacock Museum in 2001.

 

Michele Alderton

Director/Curator, Red Lake Regional Heritage Center

Michèle Alderton grew up in Hearst, Ontario, a small French-speaking community in Northern Ontario. She has lived in Red Lake since 1979, and served as a municipal councillor from 1988 to 1994. She has been the Director/Curator of the Red Lake Museum since 1996.

In 2002, the Red Lake Museum was the recipient of the Ontario Historical Society Award of Excellence in Community Programming. In the spring of 2003, Michèle was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and received the Northern Ontario Business Association "Women of Influence" award.

Michèle believes that with its rich arts and heritage resources, Red Lake can develop a strong cultural tourism industry that will create economic activity, foster civic pride, and enrich the lives of all its citizens.

Michèle lives in Red Lake with her husband Tim, and their two teenage sons, Zach and Nick.

 
 

Susan Annis

Executive Director, Cultural Human Resources Council

Susan Annis served as Associate Director for the Canadian Conference of the Arts for nine years, dealing with cultural issues such as copyright, status of the artist, arts awareness, arts funding, tax incentives, culture and foreign affairs, culture and international trade, and policy development in new media, film and broadcasting. In that position, she was responsible for the participation of the CCA in the creation of CultureNet, and helped to establish the Cultural Human Resources Council. With a special responsibility for CCA arts and education initiatives, she chaired the Arts and Education Committee of the CCA Board, coordinated by the McConnell Foundation ArtsSmarts project for its first three years, chaired the Arts Education Consortium, and sat on the National Steering Committee of the National Symposium on Arts Education.

In September 2002 she was appointed to her current position as Execuitve Director of the Cultural Human Resources Council.

 
 

Greg Baeker

Professional Consultant, AuthentiCity

Greg Baeker is part of a team of consultants for AuthentiCity, an urban policy practice of Navigator. Led by former Winnipeg mayor and urban strategist Glen Murray, the team works with civic leaders to develop culture-driven economic development and urban renewal strategies. Greg has served in senior leadership positions in the cultural field in Canada for 25 years as a cultural planner, policy maker and academic. He was Executive Director of the Ontario Museum Association, Executive Director of the Ontario Heritage Policy Review of the Government of Ontario, Senior Policy Analyst for the Ontario Ministry of Culture, and Professor of Arts Management, University of Toronto. His educational background includes a Masters in Museum Studies (University of Toronto) and a PhD in Urban Planning (University of Waterloo).

 

Cathy Blackbourn

Professional Development Program Manager, Ontario Museum Association

Cathy has been the Professional Development Program Manager for the Ontario Museum Association since 1998. Prior to that she was Education Coordinator at the Joseph Schneider Haus Museum for 10 years. Since she entered the museum field in 1979, Cathy has also worked for the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto Historical Board, London Regional Children’s Museum, and Oakville Museums. Her academic background is in Classical Studies (B.A.Hons), Education (B.Ed.) and Museum Studies (M. M.St.). She is currently taking Adult Education courses at Conestoga College. She is a member of the Hamilton Museum Educators Group and the CMA as well as The Learning Coalition.

 

Billie Bridgman

President and Chief Executive Officer, Council for Business and the Arts in Canada

After graduating from the University of Toronto (Bachelor of Music), Ms. Bridgman performed as a soloist across Canada, the US and Europe - most particularly as a specialist in contemporary Canadian music. During this time, Ms. Bridgman was also a regular contributor to CBC FM and CJRT as a performer, writer, producer and broadcaster.

As a business consultant, Ms. Bridgman led major national fundraising campaigns for projects such as the Canada Pavilion at Expo '86 and the Bora Laskin Law Library at the Unviersity of Toronto, and, as Executive Director of Toronto Artscape she launced Canada's only artists' space real estate development company securing and rehabing more than 100,000 sq. ft. in downtown Toronto for the arts community.

From 1996 - 2002 Ms. Bridgman worked with the Bank of Montreal's IT subsidiary Cebra, as Director of Project Management and Director of ISO Quality Systems. This was followed by three years operating her own business Treasurebrook Farm and Mill - an alpaca rance and exotic fibre mill.

In July 2005, Ms. Bridgman was appointed President and CEO of the Council for Business and the Arts in Canada.

 

Carrie Brooks-Joiner

President, Carrie Brooks-Joiner & Associates

Carrie owns the consulting firm Carrie Brooks-Joiner & Associates and provides management and planning expertise to government and non-profit organizations in the culture and social services sectors. She is a frequent instructor and speaker on management, governance, cultural policy and grantsmanship. She is a graduate of the Museum Studies Program, University of Toronto and York University's Certificate Program in Non-profit Management. Earlier in her career, Carrie worked for the federal Department of Canadian Heritage and large and small cultural organizations across Ontario.

 

Pam Buell

Communications Manager, Eastern Ontario Field Unit, Parks Canada

Pam is a Communications Manager for the Eastern Ontario Field Unit, Parks Canada. She was previously Area Superintendent at Fort Wellington National Historic Site in Prescott and Laurier House National Historic Site in Ottawa and enjoyed a secondment as Coordinator for the Interpretation Program National Capital Commission. She has a lifelong interest in and commitment to the heritage community and cultural sector. Pam has a master's degree in Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of New York and a Diploma of Museum Technology from Algonquin College in Ottawa, completed by the Management Learning Programme with Training & Development Canada and many other related courses. She has over 20 years professional experience in the heritage sector working for all levels of government and appointed boards of directors.

 

Demetra Christakos

Executive Director, Ontario Association of Art Galleries

Demetra Christakos has been Executive Director of the Ontario Association of Art Galleries since September 2001.The Ontario Association of Art Galleries is an arts service association of 105 art museums, public art galleries and visual arts organizations across the province of Ontario. From 1996 to 2001, she was Exhibition Coordinator at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto. From 1982 to 1995, she worked at the Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre in Sudbury in a number of positions of escalating responsibility over 13 years including Project Manager, Permanent Collection Manager, Education Coordinator, Assistant Curator, Assistant Director and Assistant to the Director. She has a certificate in Arts Administration from Cambrian College and studied Creative Writing at York University from 1978 to 1982.

 

Neil Craig

Mayor, Oro-Medonte Township in Simcoe County

First elected in 1985, Neil Craig has been a township councillor, Deputy Mayor, and since 2002, Mayor of Oro-Medonte Township in Simcoe County. As a member of Simcoe County Council, Mayor Craig has chaired the Performance Management Committee and is a member of the Museum Advisory Committee and the Museum Fundraising Cabinet. He has been active in his community in the Oro 4H Beef Club, Member of RVH Board of Directors, Board Member of the Conservation Authority, Warden and Lay Reader of St. John’s Anglican Church in Craighurst, and Member of the Community Hall Board.

Neil is a graduate of University of Guelph and lives on a farm at Craighurst with his wife Marilyn and two children. The Craig family settled on these same lands over 180 years ago. His hobbies are gardening, studying local history and nature, antique tractors and woodworking.

 

Martin DeGroot

Executive Director, Waterloo Regional Arts Council

Martin de Groot has been active in a number of arts-related initiatives, including as a director of Globe Studio, the Waterloo Regional Children's Museum, the MT Space Theatre project, and Community Arts Ontario.

As an historian specializing in US history, he has taught at the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier, McMaster and Brock universities, and at the University of the West Indies.

He is currently working as Executive Director of the Waterloo Regional Arts Council, and recently served as chair of the City of Kitchener's Culture Plan II steering committee.

 

Janine Dunlop

Regional Consultant, Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, Ministry of Culture

Janine Dunlop is a regional consultant for the Ministries of Citizenship and Immigration, Culture and Health Promotion - Sport and Recreation Branch. She works as a local point of contact to enhance quality of life and economic prosperity within the communities of Grey and Bruce by delivering a wide range of programs, resources, information, planning support, workships and grants to municipalities and community organizations. As a passionat and strong advoacte for rural community propserity she has worked extensively with municipalities and community organizations to ensure a balance between quality service delivery, long-term sustainability and growth. She continuously monitors trends, best practices, and innovative approaches and is keen on sharing this information with others.

 

Shanna Dunlop

Curator & Head of Operations, Fanshawe Pioneer Village

Shanna Dunlop is the Curator and Head of Operations at Fanshawe Pioneer Village in London, Ontario. She has spent the past decade working in and with museums in Ontario and the American Southwest. She has a Ph.D in Anthropology from McMaster University and is a graduate of the OMA's Certificate in Museum Studies Program.

 

Jim Everson

Director of Government Relations, Canadian Museum Association

Jim has extensive experience with the federal government over cultural issues and curently is focused on the proposed new Museum Policy.

 

Cheryl Ewing

Director of Development, eyeGo to the Arts

As a consultant and volunteer, Cheryl is actively involved and keenly interested in the development of a healthy community where culture is a valued element. As a senior manager she has worked for festivals, arts organizations and municipal government giving her a good understanding of the various sectors. She has served on the execuitve of CCI Ontario's Presenting Network, Waterloo Busker Carnival and is Chair of Ontario Contact '06 Planning Committee. Ms. Ewing wrote the performing arts manual for young audiences - Raising the Curtain. As a consultant she enjoys working with smaller arts organizations to help them develop best practices. She is also an excellent proposal writer and has extensive special event and marketing experience. Throughout her career she has been active in the development of audience development initiatives that continue today, including Roundabout Theatre (Waterloo), Linamar for the Performing Arts (River Run Centre, Guelph) and eyeGo to the Arts which is now expanding nationally.

 

Jim Fleck

Chair, Minister's Advisory Council

Dr. Jim Fleck is Chairman of the Council for Business and the Arts in Canada, President of the Art Gallery of Ontario Foundation, Chairman of the Art Gallery of Ontario's Building Committee overseeing the Frank Gehry renovations and extension, and past Chairman of the Board and President of the Art Gallery of Ontario.

He was founding president of The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery at Harbourfront Centre, and director, treasurer and vice-President of The National Ballet of Canada. He was the 2003 winner of the Edmund C. Bovey Award for Leadership Support of the Arts, a national award to recognize individual members of the business community who have contributed leadership, time, money and expertise to benefit the arts. Dr. Fleck was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1997.

 

Janice Griffith

Manager, The Canadian Canoe Museum

Janice Griffith has been the Manager of the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough since April 2005. She came to the museum with 25 years of management experience in the voluntary sector and 6 years as a municipal politician. She started her career as the Coordinator of Participation Peterborough, before moving on to the YWCA in Oshawa, then YMCA of Greater Toronto, and the YMCA-YWCA of Brockville. Janice served on the North Kawartha Township Council for 6 years, 3 of those as Deputy Reeve and member of Peterborough County Council. She has served on numerous boards and committees and received several awards for community service, including the United Way Gold Award and the Canada 125 Medal. A volunteer group she chaired received the Ontario Outstanding Volunteer Award in 2001.

 

Susan Gunton

Director of Planning and Analysis, Toronto Zoo

Susan Gunton graduated with an H.B.Sc. in Zoology from the University of Toronto in 1981. She then obtained her M.B.A. degree specializing in Finance, also at the University in Toronto, in 1983.

Ms. Gunton started her career at the Toronto Zoo in 1987 as Operations Analyst, responsible for operational reviews, developing policies, and preparing reports for the Board of Management. In 1991, Ms. Gunton because Assistant Director of the Biology and Conservation Division, responsible for the curatorial and records functions, and overseeing administrative duties in the Division. In 1996, she assumed the position of Director of Planning and Analysis, responsible for short and long range planning, policy administration, Board relations, and providing analytical support to all areas of the Zoo in relation to ongoing programs, new proposals, etc.

Ms. Gunton served on the Rouge Valley Park Advisory Committee from 1990-1992, a committee established to oversee the first management plan for the newly created Rouge Park. Her involvement continues on the Rouge Park Alliance, the Park's governing body, and various sub-committees from 1995 to present. From 1998-2004, Ms. Gunton held the position of Secretary-Treasurer for the Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

 

Colleen Hendrick

Director of Cultural Services and Community Funding Community and Protective Services Department, City of Ottawa

Colleen Hendrick is the Director of the Cultural Services and Community Funding Branch of the City of Ottawa. Colleen has 25 years of frontline and management experience in Ottawa’s municipal government. She has extensive experience building community partnerships in the social services and cultural sectors.

The Cultural Services and Community Funding Branch is responsible for direct operation of arts and heritage programs including Archives, 3 city operated museums, public art, community arts, creative and visual arts centres, community and professional art galleries, and theatres. In addition, this Branch invests in 400+ non profit community partners delivering social services, health, recreation, arts and heritage programs.

Prior to working in the municipal sector, Colleen Co Managed Mackenzie King Estate Moorside which included operation of the museum and restaurant facilities in partnership with the Historical Society.

Colleen has a Master’s degree in Social Policy and Administration.

 

Robert D. Johnston

Executive Director, Cultural Careers Council Ontario

Bob Johnston is Executive Director of Cultural Careers Council Ontario which supports access to employment and career development in Ontario's cultural sector. He has had 30 years of experience as an arts administrator. He was General Manager of the National Ballet of Canada from 1979 to 1996. Prior to that he served as Deputy Minister of the Ontario Ministry of Culture & Recreation from 1976 to 1979. Before entering the cultural sector he held positions for 25 years in personnel and labour relations management in government and industry serving as Ontario Deputy Minister of Labour, Chairman of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, and Director of Industrial Relationsh for John Inglis Co. Ltd.

 

Ian Kerr-Wilson

Curator, Dundurn National Historic Site

Before becoming Curator of Dundurn National Historic Site, Ian Kerr-WIlson was, for 15 years, curator of the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology. In 2004, Ian participated in a CIDA / Federation of Canadian Municipalitites project in Otjiwarongo Namibia. His role was to work with the municipality and community to transform the local museums into a relevant and dynamic institution.

 

K. Elizabeth (Beth) Kummling

Executive Director, The Bruce Trail Association

Ms. Kummling has been Executive Director of the Bruce Trail Association (BTA) since July 2004. She became a volunteer on the Environment Committee of the BTA in 1993, and was chair of the committee for 4 years. Her involvement included review and preparation of environmental policy for the BTA, as well as coordination of environmental education efforts. From April 2001 to July 2004, Ms. Kummling served on the BTA Board of Directors. Prior to taking on the role of Executive Director of the BTA, Ms. Kummling worked for 15 years in the field of toxic chemical impacts and management. Ms. Kummling hold Bachelor of Science (Physical Geography and Geology) and Master of Science degrees from the University of Guelph.

 

John McAvity

Executive Director, Canadian Museums Association

John has worked for over 30 years in the museum community, and was the first Executive Director of the Ontario Museum Association.

 

Micheline McKay

Cultural Consultant and Publisher

Micheline McKay draws on over 20 years experience in the public and cultural sectors. Micheline shares her time between Opera.ca, and her business as a cultural consultant and publisher of The Arts Advocate newsletter on cultural policy.

Among Micheline’s clients are the Canada Council for the Arts (stakeholder consultation), Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (strategic planning and stakeholder development), the Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall, The Council for Business and the Arts in Canada, the Cultural Human Resources Council, the Directors’ Guild of Canada – Ontario Council, the Ontario Museum Association, the Film Liaison Industry Committee (FLIC), TVOntario and the City of Thunder Bay.

 

Craig Metcalf

Director, Department of Culture and Heritage, City of Orillia

A graduate of McMaster University, Craig has had over 14 years experience in arts and cultural resource management. He has specialized in organizational start-up and management for cultural organizations with special emphasis on community development and strategic partnerships and alliances. He directed the recently completed Cultural Plan for the City of Orillia and is working with numerous community and cultural stakeholders to maximize opportunities for Cultural Tourism Packaging and Development.

 

Victor Rabinovitch

President & Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Museum of Civilization

Victor Rabinovitch is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation, which is responsible for Canada's largest museum (the Museum of Civilization) and the national museum of military history (the Canadian War Museum).

Previously, Dr. Rabinovitch served as an Assistant Deputy Minister in various federal departments, such as Canada's Old Age Security Pension Program, and was responsible for cultural policies and programs in the Department of Canadian Heritage, notably in broadcasting, publishing, copyright and museums.

Before joining the Public Service, Dr. Rabinovitch was the National Secretary for Health and Safety with the Canadian Labour Congress. He is currently a Fellow of the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University; President of the Friends of the International Council on Canadian Studies; a member of the Advisory Council of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (Winnipeg); and a Board Member of the City of Gatineau Economic Development Corporation.

Dr. Rabinovitch was named CEO of the Year in the para-public sector by the Regroupement des gens d'affaires de la Capitale nationale in 2005.

 

Vishnu Ramcharan

Manager of Hosts, Ontario Science Centre

Mr. Ramcharan joined the Ontario Science Centre in July 1982 as Host/Demonstrator in the Exhibits and Programming Branch. He brought with him a range of diverse skills and experience including teaching, youth leadership & counselling, Evangelical Youth Fellowship of the Evangelical Church of the West Indies: theatre arts, University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus and Corporate Personnel Relations, AirLine Caterers, Trinidad.

 

Karen Richardson

Curator, Adelaide Hunter-Hoodless Hertiage Homestead

Karen Richardson is currently the Curator at the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead NHS and the Director/Curator at the Princeton & District Museum. She is also the current Chair of the EON (Elgin Oxford Norfolk Association of Museum Professionals); the President of the Brant Heritage Association; a sitting member on the Brantford Tourism Advisory Board; the Communications Sub Committee; a Heritage Working Group Member, a member of the National Historic Sites Alliance of Ontario and she sits on the conference committee; a sitting member of the Brant Heritage Partners Steering Committee (currently leading the task force to complete a feasibility study for a new heritage centre). More importantly, she has a strong commitment towards maintaining and promoting our heritage.

 

Heather Robinson

Children and Teens Service Department Head, St. Thomas Public Library

Libraries have been a part of Heather Robinson's life since the age of 15, when she was given her first job at the London Public Library as a Page. She has also worked at public libraries in Toronto, Kingston, and recently St. Thomas, Ontario. hMost of Heather's experience has been in the Children's Services Department, but she has also worked with adults. Three years ago the Children's Department at St. Thomas Public Library absorbed the teen collection. Staff worked to create a lounge area, purchase new materials including graphic novels and magazines, to program and to generally advocate for the importance of teen services all with the invaluable assistance of a newly formed Teen Advisory Board.

 

Kathryn Stevenson

President, Lake County Tourism

Prior to her current position of Marketing Manager for The Culture & Heritage Department, CIty of Orillia, Kathryn was General Manager of Stone Gate Inn, in Orillia for over four years. For the past two years she has been co-president of Ontario's Lake Country, leading the association in creating unique packaging and assisting in creating an on-line booking system. As Marketing Manager for Culture & Heritage, she promotes The Orillia Opera House, the Stephen Leacock museum and other Cultural groups within the City of Orillia. Kathryn still sits on the executive of Ontario's Lake Country as secretary and is very involved with the association.

 

Mac Swackhammer

Curator, Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology

A folklorist by academic training and a museum worker by necessity Swackhammer is curator of the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology. He has been a heritage worker at small and large museums in Ontario and Yukon for 20 years by now (yikes!). He suggests museums have a unique role in community planning and development through traditional museum activities and also in ways which may break down traditional museum-community structures.

 

Jeff Thomas

Freelance Curator

Jeff Thomas is an Iroquois/Onondaga, curator, photographer and cultural analyst now living in Ottawa who has works in major collections in Canada, the United States, and Europe; including the National Gallery's Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian, The British Museum, and the Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne. Jeff's most recent solo shows were Jeff Thomas: A Study of Indian-ness in Toronto, Scouting for Indians in New York City and Geronimo was Here in Buffalo. He has also been in many group shows, including Images of the American Indian at the Birchfield-Penney Art Centre and Crossing Borders: Beadwork in Iroquois Life at the Museum of Civilization. In 1998 he was awarded the Canada Council's prestigious Duke and Duchess of York Award in Photography.

His specialty is the exploration of historical cultural resources to bring voices, stories and perspectives into the present. In his curatorial projects, such as Where are the Children: Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools, Emergence From the Shadow: First Peoples' Photographic Perspectives at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and Aboriginal Portraits at the National Archives of Canada, Jeff has mined the archival vaults of non-Native visual and written records to recover lost elements of Aboriginal history. Jeff's personal photographic practice has consistently had layers to his urban-Iroquios.

 

Wendy A. Thomas

Heritage Information Analyst, Canadian Heritage Information Netowrk

Wendy A. Thomas has been with the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) since 1994 where she is a product officer with Portals Management and Design. She is project manager of the Knowledge Exchange and has worked with the Canadian museum community to develop resources and services that enhance museum professionals' ability to use emergint technologies to develop convenient, personalized and interactive online services. An art historian by training, she has worked as an interpreter, curator, editor, and in collections management, taught art history, and published catalogues and articles related to museums and technology.

 

Bruce Timms

Regional Councillor of St. Catharines for the Regional Municipality of Niagara

Regional Councillor Bruce Timms is serving his fifth consecutive term on Regional Council. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Public Health and Social Services Committee, and is a member of the Planning and Public Works Committee, the Transportation Strategy Steering Committee, the Public Information and Corporate Communications Committee.

Councillor Timms is the Chair of the Greater Niagara Circle Route Committee and was a member of the Shaver Hospital Board of Governors. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Niagara Economic Development Corporation. Councillor Timms is also serving on the Master Servicing Plan/Niagara Water Quality Protection Strategy Implementation Committee.

 

Kelly Wilhelm

Partnership and Network Coordinator, Canada Council

Kelly Wilhelm was appointed Partnership and Networks Coordinator at the Canada Council for the Arts in September 2005. She is the first person to hold this position in the newly crated Partnership, Networks and Arts Promotion Division of the Council, where she is responsible for the Council's collaboration with its arts funding partners across the country, and for the development of partnerships and networks within and outside the arts.

Prior to joining the Council, Kelly worked in the arts and cultural sector in a variety of organizations in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. She spent four years working for the Government of Canada in Toronto and Ottawa, including positions at the Department of Canadian Heritage as a manager of strategic policy group, as a senior arts policy analyst, and as a program officer.

 

Diane Wolfe

Director of Education and Programs, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art

Diane Wolfe is Director of Education and Programs at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto. She is in charge of the clay studios, the school programs, the adult clay classes and all public programs. She was also curator-on-site of The Wheel Project, a community-based exhibition featuring 400 ceramic wheels made by community members in the area and curated by Sanjit Sethi who was assisted in the conception by an advisory group drawn from those communities already associated with the museum.

Diane has her degree in history and trained in ceramic art at George Brown College. She worked as an archaeologist in New Mexico and lived in South America for 5 years before working at the Gardiner Museum.

 

Heather C. Young

Young Associates

Heather C. Young has 2 decades’ experience working with theatre and dance producing companies, facilities, festivals and community organizations. Young Associates, founded in 1992, provides consulting, financial management and bookkeeping services to cultural organizations. Heather teaches finance in Humber College’s Arts Administration programs and was a 2004 recipient of the Continuing Education Award of Excellence for Outstanding Academic Contribution. Her book, Finance for the Arts in Canada, has received praise for its clear and straightforward approach to building excellence in financial skills.

 

 
 
     
 
 
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