The Writers' Union of Canada : Awakening

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We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $20.1 million in writing and publishing throughout Canada.

	The Ontario Arts Council is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

The Writers’ Union of Canada held an Awakening in Ottawa on April 16 to “awaken” the Harper government to the cultural and economic contribution the arts make to Canada.

Writers, filmmakers, playwrights, visual artists, musicians, dancers, and actors held a press conference in the Charles Lynch pressroom on Parliament Hill on Monday, April 16, 2007. Later, Canadian Artists from all disciplines gathered in front of Centre Block for the Awakening event.

What writers have to say about culture:
Margaret Atwood Booker and GG winner
Trevor Cole Two-time GG finalist and Impac longlist nominee
Karen Connelly GG winner and Impac long list nominee
Vincent Lam ScotiaGiller Winner
Yann Martel Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2002
Susan Swan First Vice-Chair, The Writers' Union of Canada

For more information on “The Awakening” please contact
Deborah Windsor
Executive Director of the Writers’ Union of Canada
dwindsor@writersunion.ca
416-703-8982 ext 221