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Federal Heritage Programs Under Siege
Peter Homulos
The federal Government has announced deep cuts in the heritage, arts and cultural sectors that total more than $40 million. These cuts are in addition to reductions to the Museums Assistance Program going back to 2006 and the more recent elimination of the Exhibit Transportation Services.
These [...]

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A NEW BEGINNING

From its beginning in 1977, the Canadian Federation of Friends of Museums (CFFM) has been committed to promoting museums and Canadian heritage, educating Canadians about the value of museums, encouraging volunteer participation in the museum community and championing cooperation and communication among individuals, museums and related organizations. CFFM speaks [...]

CFFM AT THE CANADIAN MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE
This year’s annual conference of the Canadian Museums Association (CMA) was held in Ottawa in March, and celebrated the organization’s 60th anniversary. The keynote address by broadcaster and journalist Rex Murphy, Whither Culture? Museums are the Portrait of Canada, provided an entertaining outlook at the future of Museums [...]

GOVERNOR GENERAL BECOMES CFFM’S PATRON
It is with great happiness that we announce that Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., Governor General of Canada, has graciously consented to become the patron of CFFM.
We are greatly honoured that she is following the tradition of previous Governors General in supporting our family of [...]

NATIONAL DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
The real Canadian new year always seems to begIn at Labour Day after our summer . It is said that in England everything stops for tea. I sometimes feel that in Canada everything stops for the summer. And quite right too, in many ways, with our short season.
Even though many of our members [...]

NATIONAL DIRECTOR’S MESSSAGE
Life at CFFM has been moving at a fast pace since au courant was last published in early March. We have held two Board meetings, March 22 and June 2, the AGM in Saint John on May 4, and a Retreat on April 5, with follow-up meetings, to work out the best route [...]

NATIONAL DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
This issue of au courant follows hard on the heels of our last issue so that we can mail out advice of our Annual General Meeting, to be held as usual in conjunction with the Canadian Museums Association Conference. This year the venue is Saint John, New Brunswick, and we are looking forward [...]

NATIONAL DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
We at CFFM wish you all the best in the New Year.
Our apologies to CFFM director, Danielle Lecours, who is also the President of the RQABM ( le regroupement québécois des amis et bénévoles de musées), for omitting her name as a speaker at the WFFM Conference in Seville last October in our [...]

NATIONAL DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
After doing sterling work editing “Au Courant”, Flora Agnew has sadly decided to retire and we are incredibly in her debt for the wonderful way she took over the job a few years ago and kept our lines of communication open. Flora, of course, is not really retiring, but is continuing to help [...]

NATIONAL DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
Last issue we said good-bye to our Administrative Assistant, Peggy Eades, and this issue we welcome Ivy Egalik. Great to have you with us, Ivy. We also welcome Laurent Weiss, who has been helping us with the convoluted process of transferring our records to our new computer from our very ancient machine. We [...]