No additional federal funds for NAC’s new Indigenous Theatre program GlobeArts
It’s a serious setback for the department that has led its artistic director to warn of scaled-back operations and question the federal government’s support for reconciliation.
Originally opened in Ottawa in 1969, the NAC has long had two theatre departments – one English, one French – representing the bicultural, bilingual and colonial view of the country at the time of its founding. Ahead of the last two federal budgets, the arts institution has approached the Department of Canadian Heritage to request a boost of $3.5-million a year to specifically support the new Indigenous Theatre department, so that it would be able operate on the same level as the English and French theatres without cutting into any other department’s budget.
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