{"id":74343,"date":"2022-03-09T15:21:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T20:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=74343"},"modified":"2022-03-09T15:21:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T20:21:37","slug":"scoop-canada-council-announces-freeze-funding-projects-linked-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2022\/03\/09\/scoop-canada-council-announces-freeze-funding-projects-linked-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP  | The Canada Council Announces Freeze On Funding For Projects Linked To Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Canada_Council_For_The_Arts.jpg\" alt=\"Ukraine flag on the left with CCA CEO Simon Brault on the right\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/canadacouncil.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada Council for the Arts<\/a> has announced a hold on funding for any projects with direct ties to Russia, in response to the ongoing military invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by the CCA, \u201c&#8230;the measures [&#8230;] are temporary and intended to ensure that public funds from Canada are not used to contribute to the Russian or Belarussian economy, thereby prolonging the invasion of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s affected<\/h3>\n<p>The measures are targeted at any direct involvement with Russian individuals or organizations. They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Canadian artists touring in either Russia or Belarus;<\/li>\n<li>Artists or arts organizations travelling to Canada for performances or any other activities;<\/li>\n<li>Projects created in collaboration with or by Russian artists or arts organizations;<\/li>\n<li>Partnerships, financing whether direct or indirect, co-productions;<\/li>\n<li>Participation in festivals or other events in Russia or Belarus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The measures will stay in place until the Russian military has withdrawn from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, the hold does not apply to any citizens or permanent residents of Canada, regardless of their origins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that many Russian artists do not support the decisions of their government,\u201d CCA Director and CEO Simon Brault writes in a blog post. \u201cWe applaud all artists with the courage to oppose the current conflict and who stand for peace. These courageous artists and the Russian people are not the subject of the Council\u2019s actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those whose projects have been affected are encouraged to contact the CCA directly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand these sanctions to have unfortunate consequences for certain Canadian artists and artistic organizations and that the citizens of Russia and Belarus will also be penalized. This is the burden of the unprecedented sanctions of the international community,\u201d Brault writes.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canada Council for the Arts has announced a hold on funding for any projects with direct ties to Russia, in response to the ongoing military invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":74348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[39907,39],"tags":[39986,4568],"yst_prominent_words":[7765,10459,14385,7070,8765,19057,36115,8294,12081,20384],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Canada_Council_For_The_Arts.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-jl5","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74343"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74350,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74343\/revisions\/74350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74343"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=74343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}