Access Copyright announced $300,000 in new funding for research and professional development

Access Copyright Foundation has announced $300,000 in new funding in 2011, directed to the creation and dissemination of publishable Canadian works. It's the second year for the grants, which are being administered nationwide in partnership with the Saskatchewan Arts Board, but it holds out major opportunities in two new categories for Canadian magazine writers, in research and professional

The Tyee offering fellowships to promote B.C. investigative reporting

The Tyee, the excellent online newspaper published in Vancouver, has announced a proposal call for $5,000 fellowships for independent journalists who want to do investigative or "solutions reporting" on important issues in British Columbia.Entries are due Dec. 15, 2007 and will be judged by an independent advisory board who will share only the winning entries with Tyee editors. Winners will be

Canada Council gets permanent $30 million increase

In a surprise announcement, Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda today announced that the one time funding made available to the Canada Council for the Arts in 2006 will now be made permanent. This means that the annual allocation to the Council will grow by $30 million to $181 million a year.At the news conference in Toronto and a press release, Minister Oda spoke about the very strong outcomes