The success of the Confederation Centre

Audio file
Contributors
Creator: Irving, Ron
Date Recorded
1987
Date Digitized
2023
Genre
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Physical Location
Original cassette held by UPEI Archives and Special Collections
Duration
00:46:38
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
00:00 Introduction from Ron Irving

03:00 Beginning of lecture by Brian Anthony

05:00 Discussion of employment potential for the arts

06:00 Discussion of election issues surrounding the cultural sector

08:00 Discussion of an economic summit in 1985, role of culture sector in

09:00 Discussion of Statistics Canada studies pertinent to the cultural sector

11:00 Discussion of perceptions of the cultural sector

12:30 Discussion of book publishers

14:00 Discussion of strategies to legitimise the cultural sector as an economic sector

17:00 Discussion of audit of the Confederation Centre

19:00 Discussion of the Confederation Centre itself

21:00 Discussion of potential collaboration with UPEI and Holland College

23:00 Discussion of the role of tourism in the Centres operations

24:30 Question period; question concerning who is included in the cultural centre

28:00 Question about the number of people employed in the cultural sector

31:00 Question regarding the Federal Arts Centre

33:00 Question regarding federal subsidies for the arts

34:00 Question regarding costs associated with the arts

37:00 Questions regarding the politics of cultural funding

40:00 Questions regarding implications of NAFTA on the arts