Provincial Task Forces
Each provincial initiative is supported by a volunteer group known as the Provincial Task Force which helps develop connections and partnerships with other initiatives, networks and sectors. As part of the role they play in helping to promote and develop provincial events, representatives from each Provincial Task Force are also encouraged to connect with their counterparts in other provinces to encourage continuity, collaborative learning, and to exchange ideas and strategies.
ALBERTA | BRITISH COLUMBIA | MANITOBA | NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR | NEW BRUNSWICK | NOVA SCOTIA | ONTARIO | PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND | SASKATCHEWAN
Alberta
Sarah Iley
Chair, Alberta Task Force
Vice President, Programming
The Banff Centre
Claire-Simone Becq
Ceramic Artist
Alberta College of Art + Design Student
Sarah Blue
Market and Community Outreach
Cambrian House
Rick Curtis
Executive Director
Alberta Recreation & Parks Association
Robert Davis
Executive Director
Rosebud Theatre
Colin Jackson
President
Hands at Work Africa
John Mahon
Executive Director
Edmonton Arts Council
Erica Mattson
Director of Marketing & Communications
Calgary Arts Development Agency
Tom McCabe
CEO, Theatre Calgary
Chair, Premier's Council on Arts & Culture
Alexander Middleton
Co-Chair
ArtsScene
Penny Ritco
Executive Director
Citadel Theatre
Terry Rock
President & CEO
Calgary Arts Development Agency
Tom Thackeray
Ex officio Task Force member
Assistant Deputy Minister
Government and Program Support Services Division, Services Alberta
and
Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Culture & Community Spirit, Culture Division
Alison Turner
Communications Director
Edmonton Arts Council
Contact the Alberta Task Force via email
British Columbia
Lucille Pacey
Chair, B.C. Task Force
President & CEO
Arts Umbrella
Rob Gloor
Executive Director
Alliance for Arts & Culture
Bernard Magnan
Chief Economist
Vancouver Board of Trade
Beth Carter
Director-Curator
National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre
Doug Durand
Cultural Planner
City of Vancouver Cultural Services
Howard Jang
Executive Director
Arts Club
Jean-François Packwood
Executive Director
Francophone Cultural & Artistic Council of BC
Judy Robertson
Communications Specialist
MAX Guide - Metro Vancouver
Liesl Jauk
Manager, Cultural Development
City of Richmond
Paul Sontz
Manager of Cultural Tourism & Tickets Tonight
Tourism Vancouver
Paula Amos
Marketing Manager
Aboriginal Tourism
Roger Chilton
President
Quantum Ideas
Sheila McKinnon
Manager of Arts Services
City of Surrey
Sheryl McGraw
Interim Executive Director
Assembly of BC Arts Councils
Contact the British Columbia Task Force via email
Manitoba
Jean Giguère
Co-Chair, Manitoba Task Force
Past Chair
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Sylvianne Lanthier
Co-Chair, Manitoba Task Force
Executive Director
Franco-Manitoban Cultural Centre
Sam Baardman
Arts Management Consultant
Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism
Amber-Dawn Bear Robe
Director
Urban Shaman: Contemporary Aboriginal Art
Gerry Couture
Past Chair
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Dorothy Dobbie
Chair
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Catherine Maksymiuk
Manager, Communications and Marketing
The Winnipeg Art Gallery
Gary Hannaford
Chair
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Jeff Herd
Executive Director
Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Cherry Karpyshin
General Manager
Prairie Theatre Exchange
Crystal Kolt
Cultural Coordinator
Flin Flon Arts Council
Dominic Lloyd
Project Manager
Winnipeg Cultural Capital of Canada
Winnipeg Arts Council
Shandra MacNeill
Chair (Acting Executive Director)
Brandon Folk, Music and Art Festival
Carol Phillips
Executive Director
Winnipeg Arts Council
Pat Sanders
Program Consultant
Manitoba Arts Council
Trudy Schroeder
Executive Director
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Javier Schwersensky
Director of Marketing, Sales and Programs
The Manitoba Museum
Thomas Sparling
Executive Director
Arts and Cultural Industries Association
Barbara Warrack
Music Division Team Teacher Leader
Seven Oaks School Division
Contact the Manitoba Task Force via email
Newfoundland and Labrador
Amy House
Chair, Newfoundland & Labrador Task Force
Chair
Association of Cultural Industries of Newfoundland & Labrador
Gaylene Buckle
General Manager
Theatre Newfoundland Labrador
Gillian Davidge
Manager, Education and Public Programming Unit
The Rooms
Eleanor Dawson
Director of Arts, Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
Newfoundland and Labrador Government
Dr. Smita Joshi
Director
NL Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism
Patricia Parsons
Manager – Central Division
Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries
Labrador Cultural Outreach Officer
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
Mona Rossiter
Commercial Coordinator
Suncor Energy
Reg Winsor
Executive Director
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
Contact the Newfoundland and Labrador Task Force via email
New Brunswick
Susan Chalmers-Gauvin
Co-Chair, New Brunswick Task Force
Founder and CEO
Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada
Marie-Thérèse Landry
Co-Chair, New Brunswick Task Force
General Director
Conseil provincial des sociétés culturelles
Lynne Beaulieu
City of Edmundston
Wayne Burley
Director Heritage Branch
Wellness, Culture and Sport Department
Nathalie Dubois
Director, Arts Development
Wellness, Culture and Sport Department
Pierre Gaudin
Vice-President
Association francophone des municipalités du N.-B.
Sandy Mackay
Executive Director
ArtsLink NB
Vanessa Moeller
Deputy Managing Officer
ArtsNB
Denise Violette
NB Foundation for the Arts
Angela Watson
Cultural Development Officer
City of Fredericton
Contact the New Brunswick Task Force via email
Nova Scotia
Nancy Morgan
Chair, Culture Days Nova Scotia Task Force
Independent Arts Management Consultant
Outreach Coordinator, Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre
Interim Administrator, Performing Arts Lodge Halifax
Dartmouth, NOVA SCOTIA
Greg Guy
Senior Communications Officer
CBC Nova Scotia
Susan Jeffries
Community Development Officer
Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture & Heritage
Jennie King
Sales and Marketing Manager
Neptune Theatre
Charlie Rhindress
Associate Artist
Neptune Theatre
Ontario
Warren Garrett
Chair, Ontario Task Force
Executive Director
CCI - Ontario Presenting Network
Sylvie Lizotte
Cornwall Art Gallery
Nichole Anderson
Executive Director
Business for the Arts
Randi Apple
Ontario Arts Council
Gelek Badheytsang
Co-Director
Drebu
Louis Tremblay
President
Smiths Falls and District Arts & Culture Council
John Brotman
Executive Director
Ontario Arts Council
Anita Brunet-Lamarche
Consultant
Regional Services Branch, Government of Ontario
Antoni Cimolino
General Director and Incoming Artistic Director
Stratford Festival
Sam Coghlan
Library Director and CEO
Stratford Public Library
Noah Cowan
Artistic Director
Bell Lightbox
Adele Dobkowsky
Executive Director
Arts Build
Kalsang Dolma
Co-Director
Drebu
Dean Tedesco
Community Artists Niagara
Cheryl Try-Smith
Wilderness Arts Council
Nicole Drake
City of Brantford
Anita Gaffney
Administrative Director
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Simone Georges
4th Line Theatre
Kirsten Gunter
Director of Communications
Ontario Arts Council
Andrea Halwa
Executive Director
London Arts Council
Stephanie Earp
City of Kingston
Peter Honeywell
Executive Director
Council for the Arts in Ottawa
Claire Hopkinson
Executive Director
Toronto Arts Council
Paola Poletto
City of Mississauga
Duane Schermerhorn
Northcumberland County Arts Council
Astero Kalogeropoulos
Arts & Culture Program Officer
City of Guelph
Betty Anne Keller
Manager
Cultural Development
City of Waterloo
Kerri King
Manager of Tourism
Durham Tourism
Jacoba Knaapen
Executive Director
Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts
Onalee Groves
City of Barrie
Marie Lalonde
Executive Director
Ontario Museum Association
Yvette Lam
Community Partnership Manager
Sponsorship consultant / Toronto Arts Foundation
Marcelle Kimberly
City of Ottawa
Mirella Tercini
City of Vaughan
Mike Lemaistre
Lake of the Woods Artists Collective
Dewi Minden
Executive Assistant
Toronto Arts Council
John Lindsay
Sudbury Arts Council
Stephen Near
Program Director
Arts Hamilton
Beth Angie
City of Niagara Falls
Shelagh Paterson
Executive Director
Ontario Library Association
Janice Price
President and CEO
Luminato
Eileen Smith
Perth Arts Connect
Charles Smith
Project Lead
Cultural Pluralism in the Performing Arts in Ontario (CPPAMO)
Genevieve C. Twomey
Executive Director
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Stephanie Vegh
Executive Director
Arts Hamilton
Lucy White
Executive Director
Professional Association of Canadian Theatres
Robert Williams
President
Municipal Cultural Planning Inc.
Helen Yung
Consultant
Contact the Ontario Task Force via email
Prince Edward Island
Henk van Leeuwen
Chair, Prince Edward Island Task Force
Executive Director
Culture PEI
Darrin White
Executive Director
PEI Council of the Arts
Peggy Reddin
Director of Arts Education
Confederation Centre of the Arts
Ghislaine Cormier
Executive Director
Fédération culturelle de l'IPÉ
Contact the Prince Edward Island Task Force via email
Saskatchewan
Rose Gilks
Chair, Saskatchewan Task Force
General Manager
SaskCulture Inc.
Diane Ell
Communications Manager
SaskCulture Inc.
Susan Hetu
Executive Director
Culture and Heritage
Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport
David Kyle
Executive Director
Saskatchewan Arts Board
Stéphane Rémillard
Executive Director
Conseil culturel fransaskois
Shelly Sundholm-Vonau
Director of Communications & Strategic Partnerships
Saskatchewan Arts Board
Contact the Saskatchewan Task Force via email