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In 2006–2007, the council distributed nearly $14 million to 984 arts organizations and
artists in the province. Seven percent of this budget, or roughly $971,000, was committed
to literary projects and organizations 15 . The council’s primary literary arts supports include:
• Block Funding for Book Publishers: An annual grant to eligible publishers based
on production of cultural titles
• Project Funding for Book Publishers and Literary Organizations: Project-based
funding for eligible publishing or literary projects
• Project Assistance for Creative Writers: Project-based funding for works of drama,
fiction, juvenile, non-fiction, and poetry
2010 Olympics/2010 Legacies Now
2010 Legacies Now is a non-profit society, largely funded by the Government of British
Columbia, which administers a variety of programs designed to maximize the community
benefits of the 2010 Olympics. The society focuses its programs in the areas of sport and
recreation, arts, literacy, volunteerism and inclusion, and accessibility.
Of particular relevance to the VCL proposal, 2010 Legacies Now’s Catalyst program provides
funding for BC arts and culture groups, including targeted funding for audience and
market development. From the 2010 Legacies Now website:
“This program category supports projects that are part of an innovative and well-integrated
audience and/or market development effort by an organization, or a group of organizations.
Project goals should include improving service for existing audiences and/or building, deepening
and sustaining relationships with a wider range of audiences and markets in BC and
elsewhere.”
City of Vancouver
The City’s stated cultural goals are:
• to promote a high level of creativity and excellence in the cultural life of Vancouver
• to promote diversity in the artistic life of the community, including both the
professional and non-professional, the traditional and the innovative, the
established and the aspiring
• to encourage financial and managerial efficiency in the operation of Vancouver’s
cultural organizations
• to ensure the existence of adequate facilities for the creation and presentation of
the arts in Vancouver
• to ensure that all Vancouver residents and visitors, including senior citizens, youth,
low-income people, members of ethnic minorities, and other distinct groups have
opportunities to enjoy and participate in cultural activities
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