[caea-l] [EQUIFLASH: SAFE MEMBERS IN THE US UPDATE]

[Patricia Joyce]

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Since the recent tragedy in New York City and Washington, CAEA, through
e-mails, faxes and phone calls either directly from members or their
colleagues, has been able to ascertain that the following members who were
either working or visiting in the US have been found and are safe. We are
asking that any information about other members be forwarded to us so that
we can add it to the list and get it out as quickly as possible.

Updated September 18, 2001:
Canadian Mamma Mia Touring Company in Boston
Tim Alex
Shaun Amyot
Frank Augustyn
Elaine Avila
Darren Baker
Ted Banfalvi
Sant'gria Bello
Tony Bergamin
Mark Bernkoff aboard The Disney Magic Cruise Ship
Sara Brenner
Lindsay Clark
Peter Cormican
Patric Creelman
Robert Creighton
Melissa Crocker
Ruth Croson
Richard Davidson
Tory Doctor
Bruce Dow
Empress Cruise ship
Mary Pat Farrell
Steven Findlay
Jennifer Ford
Randy Ganne
Rhett George
Jessica Greenberg
Robert Halley
Micheal Harris
Val Hawkins
Jill Hayman
Ellen Horst
Mike Jackson
Karla Jang
Dennis Johnson
Alessandro Juliani
Rachel Kaiman
M.J. Kang
David Keely
Ingrid Kottke
Jeffrey Kuhn
Jeremy Kushnier
Krista Leis
Joe Levesque
Shannon Lewis
Dennis Lupien
Duff MacDonald
Tina Maddigan
J.Elaine Marcos
Stacey Martin
Gerard McIsaac
Robert McQueen
Stephen Mendel
Alan Moon
Todd Niel
Norweigian Cruise Lines
John O'Callaghan
Jayne Paterson
Ipsita Paul
Linnea Pearson
Roxanne Prokop
Chad Richardson
Jody Ripplinger
Eric Robertson
Graham Rowat
Martin Samuel
Julius Sermonia
Jennifer Simser
Kim Stengel
Jennifer Tanjerd
Keri Tckaz
Shirley Third
Lisa Walden
Amy Walsh
Leisa Way
Jack Weatherall
Audrey Webb
Wilson Wong
Niki Wray
Catherine Wreford
Tara Young

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NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE RENEWS VISION
September 17, 2001

In the wake of the tragedy of last week's events in New York and Washington,
the staff at the CCA secretariat, like thousands across Canada, have been
both shocked and saddened. In what is a commonly expressed sentiment, daily
routines become surreal as our perspectives are suddenly altered. Yet within
the arts community, we have already seen a spirit of rallying together, of
raising the torch of creativity and artistic expression in the darkness of
terrorism and talk of war. Concerts have been staged across the country,
festivals continue and artists of every genre continue to create
and express themselves.

Neil Wilson, Director of the Ottawa International Writers Festival which was
launched the day after the attacks in America, chose to continue on with the
festival in order to encourage people and show that creativity would not bow
to the weight of disaster. "We need to come together in the spirit of
healing and community," he said. "It is the poets of our day, of our time,
that have given us hope, a vision of a world where we can live in harmony."
In this spirit of rejuvenation, the CCA is pleased to report that the
National Arts Centre (NAC) released its new strategic plan, one which offers
encouragement to the performing arts community nation wide.

In its September 10 document, 'Restoring the Vision 2002-2006', the NAC
acknowledges how the performing-arts centre has failed in the past, and
offers a concrete and cheering report on what is to be fixed in order to
once again play a key role in nurturing and staging high-calibre performing
arts across the country.

The NAC candidly admits it "had lost its sense of purpose...and its sense of
direction." It scaled down productions, cut back orchestra tours and
disbanded resident theatre companies. "We stopped being a centre of
creativity." But now it promises change. "Today, everyone at the NAC...is
determined to restore a bold National Arts Centre vision for a new century."
This vision includes four strategic goals:

1. Artistic expansion and innovation
2. Greater emphasis on the NAC's national role
3. Greater commitment to youth and educational activities
4. Dramatic increase in our earned revenues

The plan suggests spending more on road productions, including annual tours
by the NAC Orchestra beginning as early as the fall of 2002, and using
technology such as the Internet to sell tickets and subscriptions, broadcast
concerts and develop teaching tools for schools. Other plans include
developing a virtual studio, forming strategic partnerships with local and
national arts groups and reaching out more to francophones.

"We became less visionary, less creative, increasingly bureaucratic," the
NAC document acknowledges at the beginning. But it ends with the following
conclusion:
We're determined to restore the original magic and excitement of this
organization, and we believe that the National Arts Centre's best years are
still ahead of us.

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INCD Launches New Web Site

As the members of the International Network for Cultural Diversity make
final preparations to convene at their second annual conference, a new,
trilingual web site is now launched on the Internet.

The site, www.incd.net, offers information about the upcoming conference in
Lucerne, Switzerland, September 21-23 - including a speakers list and
background documents - as well as statements about the founding principles
and vision of INCD. The INCD site is also accessible through the CCA's own
site, www.ccarts.ca, an arrangement which reflects the fact that the CCA
plays host to the INCD's secretariat on an on-going basis.

Founded over a year ago in Santorini, Greece, the INCD regroups cultural
creators and activists around the world with the aim of creating an
international instrument to protect cultural diversity. This year's
conference, Towards a Global Pact for Culture, will run parallel to a
meeting of international ministers of culture and will bring together
approximately one hundred participants from thirty-eight countries.

Members of the Canadian Delegation to the Lucerne conference, led by actor
and activist R.H. Thomson, include:

Alexis Andrew, INCD intern
Pat Martin Bates, Royal Academy of Arts Pacific Chair and Past
Vice-President
Janet Creery, INCD Associate Coordinator
Pierre Curzi, Coalition for Cultural Diversity Co-President and Co-Chair
Mireille Gagné, Canadian Music Centre Director
Peter Grant, McCarthy Tétrault Senior Partner
Patricia Joyce, Canadian Actors Equity Communications Director
Wilton Littlechild, International Organization of Indigenous Resource
Development
Garry Neil, INCD Coordinator
Susan Wallace, Canadian Actors Equity Association Executive Director
Megan Williams, Canadian Conference of the Arts National Director
Victor A. Young, Canadian Actors Equity Association, President

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