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<title>Shauna Rolston Honoured with Oskar Morawetz Award</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:20:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Launches New Aboriginal Arts Award</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:35:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Happy Holidays from OAC!</title>
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<description>Please note: OAC will be closed as of 3 p.m. on December 23, 2011 and will reopen at 8:45 a.m. on January 3, 2012.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:33:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Connect - Fall 2011</title>
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<description>Read the latest OAC e-newsletter!</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:01:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Board Appoints New Director and CEO</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:40:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Engagement Study Points to Opportunities for Arts Organizations to Build Audiences</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:51:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra receives the 2011 Vida Peene Orchestra Award</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:33:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Don’t Miss the Second Annual Culture Days - September 30 to October 2, 2011!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:59:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Deadlines for Northern Arts program</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:30:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Expanded Programs for Craft in Ontario</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4324.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:57:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Connect - Summer 2011</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4315.aspx</link>
<description>Read the latest OAC e-newsletter!</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:05:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Protecting vulnerable people</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4272.aspx</link>
<description>New requirements for all artists and organizations working with children, seniors and others - as of Fall 2011.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:28:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Policy changes for all grant applicants</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4270.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:49:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ben Chaisson honoured with this year’s 30th anniversary Pauline McGibbon Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4245.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:23:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Front and Centre: Disability and Deaf Arts in Ontario</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4247.aspx</link>
<description>An Afternoon of Art, Discussion and Networking Hosted by the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Art Gallery of Ontario</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:05:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>McGuinty Government Recognizes Outstanding Artists and Arts Organizations</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4238.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:34:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2011 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards Winners Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4213.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 21:45:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2011 K.M. Hunter Artists Awards announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4221.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:17:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Connect - Spring 2011</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4207.aspx</link>
<description>Read the latest OAC e-newsletter!</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 21:25:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Communities Gear Up to Celebrate Culture Days 2011</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4185.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 15:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2011 Short List Announced - Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards Celebrate 35 Years</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4157.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 15:12:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Deadline change for Artists in the Community/Workplace program</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4136.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:08:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Be a Part of the National Culture Days Media Launch</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4124.aspx</link>
<description>Pre-Register Your Activity for Culture Days 2011</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:15:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Danis Goulet appointed Aboriginal Arts Services Developer</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4111.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:07:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Connect - Winter 2011</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4109.aspx</link>
<description>Read our latest e-newsletter!</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:56:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>OAC's Visual Arts and Media Arts Offices now have stand-alone programs</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4049.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 22:38:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sarah Morrison, Music Director of the Oakville Children’s Choir, receives 2010 Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4035.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:24:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Connect - Fall 2010</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page4010.aspx</link>
<description>Read our latest e-newsletter!</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:58:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Most Ontarians Believe Arts are Important to Quality of Life</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:51:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lynne Hanson wins the 2010 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3992.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:17:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Government of Ontario Invests $27 Million over three years to Strengthen Not-for-Profit Arts Organizations</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:44:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Ontario Arts Council Launches Two Pilot Programs for Francophone Visual Arts in Ontario</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3929.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:56:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Connect - Summer 2010</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3895.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:31:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lokki Ma honoured with the 2010 Pauline McGibbon Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3824.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:06:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Go live! Publish your Culture Days registration to make your activity public</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>McGuinty Government Announces Premier's Arts Award Winners</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:11:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>There are 202 Culture Days Activities registered in Ontario and we’re still counting!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:38:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Connect - Spring 2010</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3798.aspx</link>
<description>Read the latest e-newsletter</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:29:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Honours Excellence in the Arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3794.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 21:41:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2010 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards Winners Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3790.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 17:56:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>K. M. Hunter Artist Award Winners Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3765.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 14:55:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2010 Short List for Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3724.aspx</link>
<description>The winners of the 2010 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards will be announced at Huttonville Public School, 2322 Embleton Road in Brampton, at 1 p.m. on May 26, 2010.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 18:28:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aengus Finnan appointed Touring and Audience Development Officer at the Ontario Arts Council</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:07:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Ontario Arts Council Announces Culture Days Animator</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3734.aspx</link>
<description>The Culture Days movement launched across the country on April 20, 2010. OAC is taking part in Culture Days by hiring Aubrey Reeves as Ontario’s Culture Days Animator/Coordinator for the next six months.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:33:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Culture Days unveils first-ever Canada-wide celebration of arts and culture</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3727.aspx</link>
<description>Annual event celebrates the creative vitality of our communities by bringing creators and public together.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:26:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Michelle Mourre Receives 2009 Heinz Unger Award for Music Conducting</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3687.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:06:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Connect - Winter 2010</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3685.aspx</link>
<description>Click here to read OAC's e-newsletter</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:56:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Supports Artists in Residence (Health) Pilot Program</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3677.aspx</link>
<description>A New Collaboration Between the Arts and Health Care Providers in Ontario</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:03:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Special Deadline for Northern Ontario Writers</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3621.aspx</link>
<description>Deadline: January 25, 2010</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:26:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>spOtlight Pilot Project Ends</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3619.aspx</link>
<description>Newsflash</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:34:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>London Pro Musica Choir Director Receives 2009 Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3593.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:56:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Senior Staff in Sudbury on November 13, 2009</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:44:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Connect - November 2009</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3583.aspx</link>
<description>Click here to read OAC's e-newsletter</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:43:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Claudette Jaiko named new Franco-Ontarian Arts Officer</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3576.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:55:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sudbury Symphony Orchestra recipient of the 2009 Vida Peene Orchestra Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3566.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:25:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kyrie Kristmanson wins the 2009 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3545.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:04:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Robert Cram first recipient of $20,000 award named for composer Oskar Morawetz</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3539.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Yvonne Chiu</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3535.aspx</link>
<description>Board and staff of the Ontario Arts Council are greatly saddened by the sudden death of board member, Yvonne Yan-Kiu Chiu on September 27, 2009.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:24:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Strengthens Support for Individual Arts Managers</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3533.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:26:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Fresh Look for OAC Website!</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3519.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 20:29:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Franco-Ontarian Arts Officer Eric Dubeau leaving the Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3348.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:53:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Connect - July 2009</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3361.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:24:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Director Brendan Healy honoured with the 2009 Pauline McGibbon Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3314.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:35:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Harvey Slack appointed to OAC board</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3307.aspx</link>
<description>Based in Ottawa, Mr. Slack brings more than three decades of experience working in the Canadian arts and culture scene.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Honours Excellence in the Arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3301.aspx</link>
<description>McGuinty Government Celebrates Contribution Of Artists To Ontario’s Economy</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:17:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Celebrates Outstanding Artists</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3247.aspx</link>
<description>McGuinty government announces finalists for Premier’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 17:54:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Ontario Arts Council in Hamilton on May 28 to discuss its strategic plan Connections and Creativity</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3243.aspx</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 20:13:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Increases Support to the Northeast</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3234.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 16:35:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards 2009 Winners Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3229.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 18:27:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>spOtlight Website Live</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3225.aspx</link>
<description>Details for activities from June 5 to June 7, 2009.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 15:29:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>spOtlight festival returns</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3190.aspx</link>
<description>save the date: June 5 to June 7</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 18:20:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>R and D for Artists</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page3085.aspx</link>
<description>June 1, 2009 deadline for Chalmers Arts Fellowships</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 13:13:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Government of Ontario Invests Another $5 Million in the Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2829.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:04:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2009 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards Short List Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2820.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:21:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario boosts support for the arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2822.aspx</link>
<description>The province is providing a $5 million increase in annual funding to the Ontario Arts Council to  help the Council.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:45:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Connect - March 2009</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2772.aspx</link>
<description>Click here to read our e-newsletter</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:40:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two new deadlines added to Franco-Ontarian arts programs</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2753.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:27:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New program supports opportunities for Aboriginal curators in Ontario</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2691.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:15:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>OAC is presenting its new 5-year strategic plan in Thunder Bay and Sioux Lookout</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2684.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:45:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Information Sessions for 2009 spOtlight: Festival</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2615.aspx</link>
<description>Click here for dates and locations</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:43:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ruth Madoc-Jones receives the John Hirsch Director's Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2613.aspx</link>
<description>The award will be presented at a post-performance reception at the world premiere of them &amp; us, by Tracy Dawson and directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones, at Theatre Passe Muraille on Thursday, January 8, 2009.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:08:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Connect - December 2008</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2593.aspx</link>
<description>Click here to read our e-newsletter</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:10:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CADAC goes live!</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2562.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:11:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>John Degen New Literature Officer at Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2510.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:11:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>National and International Touring Pilot Closes, Full Program to Launch in Spring</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2508.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:12:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chris MacLean wins the Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2497.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:14:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New name, new look for OAC Newsletter</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2483.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:15:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kathryn Townshend appointed Director of Research, Policy and Evaluation</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2412.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:15:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Supporting cultural diversity in dance training in Ontario</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2382.aspx</link>
<description>OAC is pleased to announce Culturally Diverse Dance Training Projects, a program to expand support to dance organizations that offer professional training in non-Western dance forms.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:16:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts funders moving forward on integrated reporting</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2372.aspx</link>
<description>An integrated financial and statistical online database called CADAC (Canadian Arts Data/ Donn&#233;es sur les arts au Canada) is being developed for launch in late 2008.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:16:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Connections and Creativity : A vision for the arts and the people of Ontario</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2355.aspx</link>
<description>Click here to download OAC's new strategic plan</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:17:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New National and International Touring and Residencies Pilot Program</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2343.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:12:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sara Roque named Aboriginal Arts Officer for Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2330.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:23:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Michelle Ramsay receives the Pauline McGibbon Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2313.aspx</link>
<description>Designer recognized for her collaborative and creative work.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:06:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Premier's Awards for Excellence in the Arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2311.aspx</link>
<description>McGuinty Government Celebrates Ontario’s Artistic Talent</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:26:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>spOtlight: starts this Friday!</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2288.aspx</link>
<description>Discover and celebrate over 100 free activities and events for people of all ages in Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener, Stratford and Waterloo from Friday June 6 to Sunday June 8.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ONTARIO DANCES pilot program announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2283.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:42:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>spOtlight: event details now online</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2279.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 21:25:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Celebrates Excellence in the Arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2268.aspx</link>
<description>McGuinty Government Announces Finalists for Premier’s Awards</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:30:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>spOtlight: Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener, Stratford and Waterloo</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2261.aspx</link>
<description>More than 100 activities will take place in Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener, Stratford and Waterloo during spOtlight:, Ontario’s first Celebrate Our Artists weekend festival, Friday June 6 to Sunday June 8.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 21:15:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Free-circulation and online magazines now eligible for funding</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2246.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:31:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Alain Trudel wins Heinz Unger Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2263.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:33:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2008 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards Winners Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2196.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:34:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Government of Ontario Announces $20 Million over four years to the Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2190.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:35:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kingston and area arts community invited</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2180.aspx</link>
<description>Ontario Arts Council hosts reception at Agnes Etherington Art Centre</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:18:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shortlist for 2008 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1758.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:37:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>OAC encourages and supports diverse artistic practices</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2158.aspx</link>
<description>Access and Career Development program deadline: May 1, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:40:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Artists in Residence Illuminate Student Potential</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2146.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:41:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The first ‘Celebrate our artists’ weekend June 6-8 2008</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2135.aspx</link>
<description>McGuinty government boosts the arts with a weekend of activities in Kitchener-Waterloo region.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:48:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Strategic Planning Reports now on OAC Website</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2120.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:43:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Strategic Planning Update</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2100.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:45:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>$57,000 to Nine recipients in the new Ontario-Qu&#233;bec Artist Residencies program</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2086.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:47:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Launch of five short films about Francophone artists in Ontario</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2076.aspx</link>
<description>This project is an NFB and OAC initiative promoting Francophone culture</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:48:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>$650,000 awarded to 21 Chalmers Arts Fellowship recipients</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2037.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:28:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Ontario Arts Council Embarks on Strategic Planning</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1998.aspx</link>
<description>It is time to revitalize OAC's vision through a new strategic plan</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:41:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Windsor Symphony Orchestra recipient of the Vida Peene Fund – 2007 Orchestra Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2001.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:34:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>OAC Changes in Support of Francophone Artists</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1985.aspx</link>
<description>The Ontario Arts Council has made some changes in the Franco-Ontarian Arts Office to enhance support to the Francophone arts community.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:08:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Popular and World Music Officer at the Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1982.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:49:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2007 Winner of Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1964.aspx</link>
<description>Brooke Miller is this year’s recipient of the fifth annual Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award for her song Two Soldiers.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:29:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>McGuinty government expands award for the arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1941.aspx</link>
<description>Annual honour will provide $120,000 to Ontario artists and arts organizations.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:01:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First Recipient of the Virginia And Myrtle Cooper Award In Costume Design Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1867.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:32:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lindsay Anne Black wins 2007 Pauline McGibbon Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1858.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:15:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>OAC and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qu&#233;bec Launch Artist Residency Program</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1845.aspx</link>
<description>Artists from either Qu&#233;bec or Ontario can apply for up to $10,000 to cover a one-to-three month residency for a creation-based or professional development project in the province that isn’t their own.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:18:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Students select winners of $ 10,000 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1814.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:22:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shortlist for the 2007 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page2167.aspx</link>
<description>Authors and illustrators nominated to the shortlist were announced today.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:02:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Government Invests New $ in the Arts!</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1729.aspx</link>
<description>OAC's annual budget has been increased by $15 million over three years – a 37.5 per cent increase that will take it from the current $40 million to $55 million by 2009-10.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Peggy Baker Wins Premier’s Award For Excellence In The Arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1685.aspx</link>
<description>First Premier’s Award Honours Internationally Acclaimed Dancer.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Teaching artists to teach</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1662.aspx</link>
<description>The Stratford Festival of Canada, York University and OAC will launch a certificate course in arts education on February 11, 2007.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:10:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Finalists named for Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1658.aspx</link>
<description>Inaugural event to take place on February 26, 2007 at The Royal Ontario Museum.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:52:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Board Visits Windsor</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1647.aspx</link>
<description>OAC board and senior staff will host a reception for the Windsor and area arts community on the evening of Thursday, February 1, 2007 at the Art Gallery of Windsor.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:01:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canadian Public Arts Funders (CPAF) expresses support for DFAIT role in international promotion of Canadian artists</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1601.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:20:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Francophone Arts Associate Officer at the Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1598.aspx</link>
<description>OAC has hired filmmaker, curator and arts administrator Lisa Fitzgibbons as Francophone Arts Associate Officer on contract.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:45:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New deadlines for OAC Aboriginal Arts programs and a new Program for Northern-Based Artists</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1546.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:01:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Guelph and Hamilton Choir Conductors Share OAC's Leslie Bell Prize</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1540.aspx</link>
<description>Linda Beaupr&#233; and Zimfira Poloz will share OAC's $8,000 Leslie Bell Prize for choral conducting.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:03:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Increases Support to Northern Arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1534.aspx</link>
<description>OAC has increased its services to northern Ontario both through a new granting program dedicated to northern Ontario’s arts community and by hiring a consultant in Thunder Bay.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:00:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>David Eggert Awarded the Orford String Quartet Scholarship</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1554.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:30:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Andy Sheppard 2006 Recipient of Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page435.aspx</link>
<description>Musician and songwriter Andy Sheppard is the recipient of the fourth annual Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award for his song Until Next Time.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Artists studying the art of teaching at York University</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page434.aspx</link>
<description>Forty-two artists who present special arts education projects in Ontario schools have gone back to class themselves this week for a new program offered by York University and OAC.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario-based Francophone Filmmakers Selected for National Film Board and OAC Mentorship Program</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page433.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Director Jennifer Tarver Wins 2006 Pauline McGibbon Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page432.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kids Celebrate Winners of the 30th Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page431.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Short List for the 2006 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards announced today</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page1422.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:43:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>National Film Board And OAC Launch Mentorship Program For Ontario’s Francophone Filmmakers</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page429.aspx</link>
<description>The deadline for applications is May 8, 2006.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Access and Career Development Program</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page428.aspx</link>
<description>OAC has launched a program to support Ontario’s Aboriginal arts professionals and arts professionals of colour.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Martha Durdin Confirmed as Chair of the Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page427.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mobile Media On the Move Again</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page426.aspx</link>
<description>OAC is funding Mobile Media 2, an eleven-community tour that showcases shorts by independent filmmakers and video artists.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD LOGO</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario government announces new award for the arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page424.aspx</link>
<description>Annual honour will provide $50,000 to Ontario artists</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Culture minister announces nomination for OAC chair</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page425.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Grant Amounts for Dance Initiatives Program</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page423.aspx</link>
<description>OAC has revised the maximum grant amounts in the program’s four categories.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Art Photographer Raymonde April Receives $35,000 Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page419.aspx</link>
<description>Montr&#233;al-based photographer Raymonde April is the 2005 recipient of the $35,000 Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Art Photography.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>James Rolfe Wins the Louis Applebaum Composers Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page416.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toronto’s Esprit Orchestra Receives $10,000 Gift</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page412.aspx</link>
<description>Toronto’s Esprit Orchestra is this year’s recipient of a $10,000 gift from OAC's Vida Peene Fund.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2005 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page411.aspx</link>
<description>Lori Cullen and Brian MacMillan are the recipients of the third annual Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award for their song “Away So Long”.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Emerging Vancouver Conductor Wins Ontario Arts Council Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page407.aspx</link>
<description>Twenty-five-year-old conductor, Kenneth Hsieh is the recipient of the 2005 Heinz Unger Award.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:21:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Deadline For Artists Working in Schools</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page405.aspx</link>
<description>The deadline for the popular Artists in Education (AIE) program has been moved up to November 15, 2005.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First French-Language Theatre Director to Receive Ontario Arts Council’s John Hirsch Director’s Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page406.aspx</link>
<description>Francophone theatre director Jo&#235;l Beddows is the winner of the Ontario Arts Council’s John Hirsch Director’s Award.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>OAC Remembers Board Member Penny Petrone</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page404.aspx</link>
<description>It is with sadness that we inform you of the sudden death of our Thunder Bay board member Dr. S. Penny Petrone.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Deadline Changes to Ontario Arts Council Programs</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page402.aspx</link>
<description>The application deadlines for Jets de th&#233;&#226;tre (Theatre Tracks) and Avance m&#233;dias (Media Arts Currents), two programs administered by the Franco-Ontarian Arts Office will change as of Fall 2005.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2005 Pauline McGibbon Award Presented at the Doras</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page400.aspx</link>
<description>The 2005 Pauline McGibbon Award was awarded to Kimberly Purtell, at tonight’s Dora Mavor Moore Awards.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>TVO/Ontario Arts Council showcase artists’ film and video</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page399.aspx</link>
<description>TVO and the Ontario Arts Council are teaming up to feature the creative works of Ontario’s film and video artists this summer.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Thunder Bay School Kids Pick Winning Books</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page398.aspx</link>
<description>Students from Claude E. Garton Public School in Thunder Bay today announced the 2005 winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Finalists Chosen for 2005 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page397.aspx</link>
<description>Authors and illustrators nominated to the shortlist for the 2005 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced today.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Officer for Media and Visual Arts at the Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page396.aspx</link>
<description>The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has named Mark Haslam to the position of Media and Visual Arts Officer.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Community and Multidisciplinary Arts Officer at the Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page394.aspx</link>
<description>The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has named Bushra Junaid to the position of Community and Multidisciplinary Arts Officer.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arts Ed Rocks!…but don’t take our word for it!</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page395.aspx</link>
<description>On Tuesday February 15, 2005 at 7:30 p.m., the Ontario Arts Council will host a dynamic event called Arts Ed Rocks!</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Five New Programs at the Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page393.aspx</link>
<description>The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has launched five new programs to meet the evolving needs in several arts sectors.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>David Gillis Receives Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page391.aspx</link>
<description>Vineland, Ontario, songwriter David Gillis is the second recipient of the Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award for his song entitled A Mouse's Crumb.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>40 on 40: TVOntario and OAC Fund Short Films on Ontario Arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page392.aspx</link>
<description>The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) and TVOntario have partnered to fund the production and broadcast of 40 one-to-two minute shorts that highlight the extraordinary creativity of Ontario artists who have been funded by OAC over its 40 year history.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Emmanuel Vukovich awarded the Orford String Quartet Scholarship</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page390.aspx</link>
<description>Emmanuel Vukovich, a violin 
student at Montreal’s McGill 
University, is this year’s winner of 
the $2,500 Orford String Quartet 
Scholarship.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2004 Pauline McGibbon Award Presented at the Doras</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page389.aspx</link>
<description>Terry Smith, Deputy Minister of 
Culture, presented the 2004 
Pauline McGibbon Award to 
Alexandra Gilbert, on behalf of the 
Ministry of Culture and the Ontario 
Arts Council at the Dora 
Mavor Moore Awards.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Students Select Winners of 2004 Children’s Book Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page523.aspx</link>
<description>Students from Nelson Mandela 
Park Junior and Senior Public 
School in Toronto, Ontario, today 
announced the winners of the 
2004 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz 
Children’s Book Awards.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Ontario Arts Council Wraps Up 40th Anniversary Year by Celebrating Sudbury’s first-ever Salon du livre</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page522.aspx</link>
<description>Writers and publishers from across 
Northern Ontario will gather May 6-
9, 2004, at the first Salon du Livre 
du Grand Sudbury to celebrate 
Francophone literature and 
culture.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Short List for National Children’s Book Award Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page521.aspx</link>
<description>The Ontario Arts Council 
Foundation today announced the 
shortlists for the Ruth Schwartz 
Children’s Book Award.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Changes at Ontario Arts Council Reflect Growth in Ontario’s Music Communities</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page520.aspx</link>
<description>The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has 
made some staffing changes in its 
music sector to respond to the 
extraordinary growth and diversity 
in Ontario’s music communities.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Toronto Symphony Orchestra toasts the Ontario Arts Council’s 40th Anniversary</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page519.aspx</link>
<description>The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is 
delighted that the Toronto 
Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is 
hosting a 40th anniversary 
birthday celebration in honour of  
OAC’s four decades of public 
support to Ontario arts.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council  Boosts Research Function</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page518.aspx</link>
<description>The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has 
enhanced its focus on research by 
creating a new role for Theatre   
Officer, Pat Bradley, and hiring a 
Research Analyst, Michael Choo.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Regional artists bring the arts to life in communities across Ontario</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page517.aspx</link>
<description>Twelve artists from across Ontario 
are being featured in a special 
40th anniversary Web site 
(www.arts.on.ca) that celebrates 
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC)’s 
four decades of public support to 
Ontario arts.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First Award Honouring Singer-Songwriter Colleen Peterson Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page516.aspx</link>
<description>Toronto-based songwriter evalyn 
parry is the first recipient of the 
Colleen Peterson Songwriting 
Award for her song  The Stone and 
The Bumblebee.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Announces Acting Aboriginal Arts Officer</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page515.aspx</link>
<description>Cynthia Lickers-Sage, founder and 
programming director of the 
imagineNATIVE, Aboriginal media 
arts festival has been appointed 
Acting Aboriginal Arts Officer at the 
Ontario Arts Council’s (OAC).</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Government Services Update</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page514.aspx</link>
<description>As part of the ongoing efforts to 
conserve electricity, the provincial 
government will provide only limited 
services this week. Although the 
Government of Ontario will work 
hard to provide key services to the 
public, it won't be business as 
usual.

The Ontario Arts Council has been 
requested to remain closed for the 
remainder of the week.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Arts Education Officer at Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page513.aspx</link>
<description>Toronto, August 1, 2003 —  
Columnist and artist educator, Jay 
Pitter is the Ontario Arts Council’s 
(OAC) new Arts Education Officer.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CELEBRATE 40 YEARS: Ontario Arts Council launches anniversary Web site profiling artists across Ontario</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page512.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Marks New Funding Announcement with Release of Strategic Plan</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page511.aspx</link>
<description>The Honourable David H. Tsubouchi, 
Minister of Culture, today 
announced that the arts sector 
would receive an additional $15 
million over two years through the 
Ontario Arts Council (OAC).</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Announces Plans for a Chalmers Artists’ Symposium in 2004</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page510.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Presents 2003 Pauline McGibbon Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page401.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Funds for the Ontario Arts Council Mark 40th Anniversary</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page403.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Franco-Ontarian Arts Officer at Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page408.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Compass Program - DEADLINE CHANGE</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page438.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wide Range of Artists Funded through the Ontario Arts Council’s New Chalmers Program</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page436.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Officer Steps Down to Focus on Writing Career</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page437.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>TVO/OAC Pilot Project Showcases Ontario Film and Video Artists</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page439.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Presents John Hirsch Director’s Award at Canadian Theatre Conference</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page440.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Presents 2002 Pauline McGibbon Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page441.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Announcing the Winners of the 7th Annual K.M. HUNTER ARTISTS AWARDS</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page442.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>School Kids Pick Winning Books</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page443.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Three New Arts Officers Hired at Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page444.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Short List for National Children’s Book Award Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page445.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Launches New Chalmers Program</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page446.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Announces 2001 Pauline McGibbon Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page422.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Winners of 2001 Chalmers Awards Mark New Beginning</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page421.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Program Receives $100,000 from Bronfman Family Foundation</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page420.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Finalists for the 2001 M. Joan  Chalmers Documentarian Award for Film and Video</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page418.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Board Appoints New Executive Director</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page417.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page415.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Finalists for the 2001 Chalmers Canadian Play Awards</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page414.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sixth Anniversary Announcement - The 2001 K.M. Hunter Artists Awards</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page413.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nominees for National Children’s Book Award Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page410.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Ontario Arts Council Program Helps Arts Organizations Build Strength</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page409.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Foundation Announces Winners of the</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page466.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council CEO To Step Down</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page465.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Major donation launches the Christina and Louis Quilico Fund</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page464.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Action Plan for Arts in the Communities</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page463.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Touring and Outreach Officer at Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page462.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2000 Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page461.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Appoints Acting Theatre Officer</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page460.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Ontario Arts Council Announces Winner of</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page459.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Orchestra Conductor from Qu&#233;bec wins 2000 Heinz Unger Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page458.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Recipients of $325,000 Chalmers Awards Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page457.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Children Select Winners of 2000 Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page456.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Finalists for the 2000 M. Joan Chalmers Documentarian Award for Film and Video</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page455.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>New Music Officer at Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page454.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Finalists for the 2000 Chalmers Canadian Play Awards</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page453.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Finalists Chosen For Children's Book Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page452.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council To Increase Grants with Administrative Savings</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page451.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Ontario Arts Council Hosts Arts and Education Forum in Ottawa</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page450.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Announcing the Year 2000 Winners of the K.M. Hunter Artists Awards</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page449.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Ontario Arts Council Reaffirms Support To Ontario Contact 2000</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page448.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Ontario Arts Council Appoints Visual and Media Arts Officer</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page447.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Visiting Artists at the Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page467.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>New Program for Aboriginal Artists at the Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page468.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Congratulates the Winners of the 1999 Lieutenant Governor's Awards for the Arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page469.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Foundation Announces 1999 Winners Of The Lieutenant Governor's Awards For The Arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page470.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council and The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation Announce the Task Force on Arts in the Community</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page471.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
</item><item>
<title>Murray Schafer Wins First Louis Applebaum Composers Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page472.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Affirms Support to London’s Grand Theatre</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page473.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Contact '99 November 11-14: Showcasing Performing Artists to Buyers From Across Ontario</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page474.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Franco-Ontarian Artists Showcase their Work at International Francophone Summit in Moncton, New Brunswick, September 1-5</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page475.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Appointments at the Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page476.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Affirms Support for Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page477.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Adds Flexibility to Magazine Program</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page478.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Welcomes New Board Membe</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page479.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Announces Winner of 1999 Pauline McGibbon Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page480.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Foundation Announces Winner of Orford String Quartet Scholarship</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page481.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Winners of the 1999 Chalmers Awards Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page482.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Winner of the 1999 John Hirsch Director's Award Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page483.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Maintains Support to Literature Sector</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page484.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Children Select Winners of 1999 Ruth Schwartz Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page485.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Executive Director for Ontario Arts Council</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page486.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Finalists for the 1999 Chalmers Canadian Play Awards</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page487.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Finalists Announced for Children’s Book Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page488.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Creates New Program for Crafts Organizations</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page489.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Highlights Arts Education at Professional Development Day for Educators</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page490.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Reviews Its Support to the Literary Arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page491.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>1998 Winners of Emerging Artists Awards Announced</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page492.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fabian Lemieux Award Presented</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page493.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Foundation Announces 1998 Winners Of The Lieutenant Governor's Awards For The Arts</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page494.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Contact ‘98: Bringing Performing Artists and Presenters Together - October 22-25, 1998</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page495.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Chair for Foundation Administering Provincial Arts Endowment Fund</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page496.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pianist Robert Silverman Wins $10,000 Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page497.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two Recipients Split the $6,000 Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page498.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Announces Winner of the Pauline McGibbon Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page499.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Winners of the 1998 Chalmers Awards Are Announced and Joan Chalmers Gives Away Extra Million</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page500.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince George Symphony Orchestra Conductor wins 1998 Heinz Unger Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page501.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Winners Announced for the 1998 Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page502.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Finalists Announced for the 1998 M. Joan Chalmers Documentarian Award for Film and Video</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page503.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Louis Applebaum Composers Fund gets $25,000 Donation</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page504.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Finalists for the 1998 Chalmers Canadian Play Awards</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page505.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Finalists Announced for Children's Book Award</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page506.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ontario Arts Council Welcomes New Chair</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page507.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Funds Increased for National Chalmers Awards</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page508.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Funds Awarded for Artists and Communities Pilot in Ontario</title>
<link>http://www.arts.on.ca/Page509.aspx</link>
<description></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 1900 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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