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Vancouver’s International Performing Arts FestivalJan 15 – Feb 3, 2013 · pushfestival.ca

ANNUAL REPORT

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“One of the most anticipated events on the arts

and culture calendar, a guaranteed opportunity

to see works unlike anything you’ve seen before.”

Stuart Derdeyn, the province

pHotoS. Cover: jorge macchi; p.3 Almighty Voice and His Wife: nadya Kwandibens; p.4 club Push:

tim matheson; p.5 max Wyman: Yukiko Onley, Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata:

david cooper; p.6&7 2012 festival photos: tim matheson, taylor mac: jack atley, Looking for a Missing

Employee: houssam mchaiemch; p.8 Famous Puppet Death Scenes: jason stang, tanya tagaq: nadya

Kwandibens, Studies in Motion: eadweard muybridge, Crime and Punishment: tim matheson,

Shadows: William Yang; taylor mac: drew Gerasi, Haircuts by Children: john lauener, Soledad Barrio

and Noche Flamenca: steve mayeda, Black Rider: ian jackson, 2011 festival photos: tim matheson, Jerk:

mathilde darel, Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata: david cooper; p.10 No. 2: aaron K,

beat nation: robert dewey, Almighty Voice and His Wife: nir bareket; p.11 Photos by tim matheson;

p.12 Amarillo: eric boudet; p.13 beat nation: chris randle; p.14 Guided Tour: Peter reder; BaCk Cover

taylor mac: Ves Pitts, El pasado es un animal grotesco: matias sendon, Amarillo: roberta blenda.

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Quite simply, PuSh is about pushing

artistic boundaries. It’s about finding

that line that some might be afraid

to cross and crossing it anyway.

And in so doing, we not only have

the opportunity to engage our

audiences, but perhaps even enter

into something together that expands

our horizons.

Ultimately, to be PuShed is to be

moved, just a little bit more… to

laughter, to tears, even to anger. But

the result is a shared, transformative

experience. It is what we believe the

performing arts are here to do. And it

is our greatest wish to cross that line

together with you.

Have you

been Pushed?

PHOTOS. p.4 Opening Gala: Tim Matheson; p.5 Club PuSh: Tim Matheson, Norman Armour: Yukiko Onley, Peter Dickinson: Darlene Sunderland; p.6 Do You See What I Mean?: Liesbeth Bernaerts, Sometimes I think, I can see you: Tim Matheson; p.7 Encore: Michael Slobodianhirez, Testament: Doro Tuch, Haptic + Holistic Strata: YCAM; p.8+9 Famous Puppet Death Scenes: Jason Stang, Tanya Tagaq: Nadya Kwandibens, Studies in Motion: Eadweard Muybridge, Crime and Punishment: Tim Matheson, Taylor Mac: Drew Gerasi, Haircuts by Children: John Lauener, Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca: Steve Mayeda, Black Rider: Ian Jackson, 2011 Festival photos: Tim Matheson, Jerk: Mathilde Darel, Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata: David Cooper; p.10 Assembly and Talkback photos: Liesbeth Bernaerts, Volunteer photos: Tim Matheson; p.11 Do You See What I Mean?: Liesbeth Bernaerts; p. 14 A Crack in Everything: Juniper Shuey; Back cover King Lear: Dirk Bleicker, Ana Sokolovic’s Svadba/Wedding: Donat Photography, Testament: Doro Tuch, Haptic + Holistic Strata: YCAM, Cédric Andrieux: Marco Caselli Nirmal, Do You See What I Mean?: Juan Saez, Still Standing You: Phile Deprez, A Crack in Everything: Juniper Shuey.

You know you want to cross it.The line between safe and risky, between ordinary and adventurous. Pushing artistic boundaries is what the PuSh Festival is all about. And crossing that line with you is what makes it all worthwhile. See you on the other side.

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AttendAnce → 34,000+ 20 DayS · 16 PerfOrmance venueS190+ PerfOrmanceS anD evenTS

79% AverAge house cApAcity for performAnces with 44 sellouts

4,300 fAcebook fAns

4,600 twitter followers

10,700 emAil list

18 mAin progrAm shows · 3 weeks of club push · 2 student productions · 1 lecture 3 free films · 1 opening night gAlA · 16 Artist tAlks · 12 Assembly networking events

85,530 visits from 52,905 unique visitors to pushfestivAl.cA

275 arTiSTS presented workfrom: ArgentinA·belgiumcAnAdA·denmArk·englAndfrAnce·germAny·JApAn·scotlAnd

Taiwan·THe uniTeD STaTeS

2013 pArtners: Arts club theAtre compAny • AsiAn-cAnAdiAn speciAl events AssociAtion bAchelor of performing Arts progrAm • bAllet bc • cApilAno university • contemporAry Art gAllery • the cultch • the dAnce centre • doXA documentAry film festivAl • green thumb theAtre • grAnville islAnd • grunt gAllery • music on mAin • north shore credit union centre for the performing Arts • ptc • simon frAser community presentAtion society • sfu woodwArd’s • roundhouse community Arts And recreAtion centre theAtre conspirAcy • turning point ensemble • urbAn crAwl • vAncouver Art gAllery

51,737,530 eArned mediA impressions Across print, rAdio, tv And online. ( ImpressIon numbers verIfIed by mrp medIa r e l a t I o n s p o I n t s )

18 boArd members 7 permAnent stAff20 cOnTracTOrS 8 young AmbAssAdors 25 leAders council members over 270 volunteers

A MEETiNg PLAcE fOR cREATivE MiNds» vAncouver’s most eXpectAtion-defying contemporAry Arts festivAl« the vancouver sun

The 2013 PuSh Festival has surpassed all expectations, and after the trials and tribulations our arts community has been through over the last year, for me it has been particularly poignant to see the Festival so triumphantly take centre stage with new audiences, new artists, new works, new partnerships, and new private and public supporters. There is nothing like a “good idea”—the more it plays out over time, the better it gets. And PuSh has once again proven just how good an idea it is.

From the Festival’s humble beginnings in 2005 up until this watershed year, PuSh has been about presenting acclaimed work from around the world and just around the corner. The Festival has also been about innovation and expanding the horizons of possibility for what the performing arts might be. The PuSh Festival is now a signature event for Vancouver. It is a beloved institution, synonymous with the city’s growing reputation as a centre for creative thinking about our contemporary world.

On behalf of the 2013 Festival team, staff and contractors, our board directors, our volunteers, our Leaders Council members, the participating artists, our organizational partners and their staff—thank you for crossing the line, for continuing to believe in PuSh and its ever-evolving vision, and for insisting unequivocally that arts and culture are at the centre of this city’s life, well-being and prosperity.

On February 3rd, 2013, at the end of another amazing and transformative PuSh Festival, I was exactly where I wanted to be as an audience member: exhausted but exhilarated. Three months later, as the final numbers trickle in, I am exactly where I want to be as Board President: relieved and reinvigorated. This is the essence of PuSh: uncompromising in the depth and quality of its programming, willing to take artistic risks, yet committed to fiscal responsibility and sustainable growth. The 2013 Festival was a turning point on our journey: we reached new and bigger audiences; our media coverage was broader; the box-office was up; we forged new relationships with local sponsors; and the level of giving by our Patrons Circle members grew to unprecedented levels. But the real measure of our success comes from less quantifiable indices, those moments in the dark (and sometimes broad daylight) that provoke us (Winners and Losers), or move us (Testament), or help us to see ourselves—and our city—more feelingly (Do You See What I Mean?). Behind such moments lies PuSh’s greatest resource: people. Our “human library” involves staff, board members, volunteers, presenting partners, artists and audience members in a dynamic exchange of energy, ideas, and engaged response. Together we didn’t just cross the line in 2013; we redrew the artistic map. In 2014, our 10th anniversary, expect to be PuShed even further into uncharted territory.

REdRAwiNg ThE ARTisTic MAP )

norman armourExecutive Director

Peter DickinsonBoard President

shOwcAsiNg iNNOvATiON+ANiMATiNg NEw cREATiON )

»Transforming the act of writing into a visual performance... «

Peter Dickinson on Sometimes I think, I can see you, performanceplacepolitics.blogspot.ca

» ...A beautiful experience...What an honour to be gifted with so much trust, and to witness such curiosity, confusion, discovery, and surrender «

volunteer Guide for Do You See What I Mean?

» This experience, this dance in the dark, took my breath away, in every way...a profound, exciting

work. «

Marsha Lederman on Do You See What I Mean?, The Globe and mail

) ThE vERy bEsT iN cONTEMPORARy PERfORMANcE

» …So You Think You Can Dance on acid meets performance art. «

Jane Jun on Haptic + Holistic Strata, The ubyssey

» ..exhilarating studies in beautiful, honed bodies in motion. «Janet Smith on Encore, The Georgia Straight

» A fascinating evening that touched nerves and hearts...«

Jo Ledingham on Testament, The vancouver courier

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

bREAKiNg NEw gROUNd )

first push internAtionAl performing Arts festivAl WITH NINE SHOWS

first world premiere CRIME AND PUNISHMENT(NEWORLD THEATRE AND VANCOUVER MOVING THEATRE)

the georgiA strAight bECOMES THE fOUNDING MEDIA SpONSOR Of pUSH

LAUNCH Of the push Assembly NETWORKING EVENT

first commission NUNAVUT(KRONOS QUARTET/TANYA TAGAQ)

five-person boArd of directors, budget $500,000

first opening gAlA SIX-HOUR DURATIONAL pIECE QUIZOOLA (fORCED ENTERTAINMENT, SHEffIELD) ON GRANVILLE ISLAND

fIVE-YEAR strAtegic plAn CREATED

first pArtnership WITH ARTS CLUbTHEATRE COMpANYON A SOLD-OUT RUN Of THE BLACK RIDER (NOVEMbER THEATRE, EDMONTON)

$15,000+ individuAl donAtions 94 donors

fifth push internAtionAl performingArts festivAl WITH 19 SHOWS

lAunch of club push WITH THEATRECONSpIRACY AT pERfORMANCE WORKS ONGRANVILLE ISLAND

17-person boArd ofdirectors, budget$1 million

2010 2011 2012 2013

lArgest Audience: LA MAREA (MARIANO pENSOTTI, bUENOS AIRES)OUTDOOR EVENT IN GASTOWN DRAWS OVER 6,500 pEOpLE

pUSH LAUNCHES OffICIAL CELEbRATIONSOf vAncouver’s 125th AnniversAryTOGETHER WITH THE CITY

significAntongoing sponsorpArtnerships AREESTAbLISHED WITHvAncity AND ctv

lArgest cAst: 100% VANCOUVER (THEATRE REpLACEMENT/SfUWOODWARD’S, VANCOUVER) WITH 100 EVERYDAY VANCOUVERITES ONSTAGE

nine shows presented As pArt of the vAncouver 2010 culturAl olympiAd,INCLUDING THE SHOw MUST GO ON—THE fIRST pERfORMANCE TO TAKE pLACE IN THE fEI ANDMILTON WONG EXpERIMENTAL THEATRE AT SfU WOODWARD’S

leAders council introducedWITH A MEMbERSHIp Of 22CULTURAL INfLUENCERS

young AmbAssAdorspROGRAM INITIATED

selected push shows mAde Accessible TO pATRONS WHO ARE bLIND, pARTIALLY SIGHTED, DEAf AND HARD Of HEARING

push Assembly eXpAnds to three weeks with free events througout

inAugurAl free film series

club push eXpAnds to threeweeks WITH TWO SOLD-OUT NIGHTSfEATURING MARY MARGARET O’HARAAND pEGGY LEE

VANCITY SUppORTS AN AboriginAl performAnce series

fOLLOWING ITS pUSH-COMMISSIONED pREMIERE AT THE CLUb IN 2009, THE fULL-LENGTH VERSION Of Do You Want What I have Got? a CraIGslIst Cantata (bILL RICHARDSON AND VEDA HILLE, VANCOUVER) becomes the runAwAy hit Of THE 2012 fESTIVAL

budget $1.79 million

$105,521 individuAl donAtions, 300+ donors

Over 270 people with a variety of skills, passions and

interests, volunteered their time during PuSh 2013.

gENERATiNg diALOgUE ANd ExchANgE )

Free pre-show and post-show talks connected artists and audiences.

Over 230 practitioners, aficionados and industry professionals

registered for the PuSh Assembly which had free events and networking opportunities throughout the Festival.

OUR cORPORATE PARTNERs: LEAdERshiP ANd visiON iN ThE cOMMUNiTy )

» With the PuSh Festival, we see an incredible opportunity to

explore giving back to our city in new ways that reflect our

values as a company, and that’s why we’re so very proud to be

working with the festival in 2013. Our support of Do You See

What I Mean? enables us to make a deeper connection to creativity, collaboration and community at every level, and to help share the benefits and enriching

experiences that art allows. «

michael Lansky President, terra Breads

» Catering is a creative business. We strive to be a

unique, inspired, diverse and innovative leader not only

with the service & culinary creations we offer, but with

the team members we have. The PuSh Festival is an extension of our team. We have been able to

craft a synergy with like-minded artists, while at the

same giving back to the community. Win–Win! «

nicole Burke Director of Catering Sales, emelle’s catering

» me&lewis supports the Festival because it gives the city something it desperately needs...a welcome PuSh of energy, creativity and expression. The PuSh Festival

helps to get open-minded Vancouverites though the doldrums of our soggy season... «

Paul meehan Principal & Creative Strategist, me&lewis ideas inc.

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Thank you to our donors. Your gifts bring adventure and diversity, innovation and relevance, inspiration and rejuvenation to stages throughout Vancouver each January.

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harper, Rosemary hopkinson, Elsie Jang, Jessie Johnston, Yoshiko Karasawa, heather Kennedy, David (DK) Kerr, Beverley Kort & Ray Schachter, Jocelyn & Fiona Macdougall, Elizabeth MacKenzie, Kathy Mann, Laurel March, Tara & Jim Travis*, Tanya Marquardt, Melody Mason, Lindsay McMahon, Laura Moore, Daniel Murphy, Judith Penner, Nancy Pollak, Annie Reid & Lara Fraser, Rachel Rocco, Brian Rocky, Ilze Roffey, Janet Rogers, Mary Schendlinger, Neil Scott, Kathryn Shaw*, Diana Solomon, Donald Steele, Vera Tatko, Jas uppal, Mauro Vescera, Denis Walz, Darcy Wiebe, Christianne Wilhelmson & John Webber, Stephen Williams, Donna Wong-Juliani*.

frienDS ($20–149) ↓

Anonymous (10), Christopher Adkins, Sigrid Albert, André & Sheila Anzarut, Kathleen & Simon Barilla, Nancy Barker, Marc Baumgartner, Linda Belton, Fiona Black, Darlene Blaeser & Grant McAree, Dawn Boblin & Nicky Stockton, Latifah Brett, Brown Strachan Associates, Colin Browne, Claudia Buckley, Frances Bula, Shauna Butterwick, Sara Bynoe, Ken Cameron, Tim Carlson, Jeff Carmichael, Katharine Carol, Lauren Carter, Yok Leng Chang, Yih hsiang Cheng, Michael Clague, Jeremy Collie-holmes, Alexander Daughtry, Luisa Devette, Margaret Dickson, Lesley Duffy, Margaret Eberle, Susanna Egan, Regina Eustace, Trish Everett, Susan Freedman & William Galloway, Amanda Fritzlan & Marcus Youssef, Louise Gadd, Camille Gingras, Angela Greville, Stephen heatley, Paul hecht, Peter herrndorf, OC, Joyce hinton, Jane hope, Bill houghton, Arlene howard, Wendy hulko, heather hyde, Paula Jardine, Alistair Johnston, Arlene Johnston, Linda Johnston, Richard Kadulski, Natalie Kardum, Alison Kelly, Gerard Kerr, Elizabeth Kidd, Lillian Komiyama, Judy & Dave Korbin, Peter Ladner, Peter Leblanc, Jo Ledingham, David Lee, Julie Longo, Karen Love, Lydia Marston-Blaauw*, Jeni May, Kerry McPhedran, John Mendoza, Kevin Mooney, Marjorie Munkley, Kirsty Munro, Tom Newton, Ellie O’Day*, Arline Oishi, Barbara Parkin, Iain Pennington, Brenda Peterson, Cory Philley, Shayna Plaut, Peter Quin-Conroy, Joanne Rankin, Martha Rans, Peter Richards, Nancy Rosenblum, Aliya Rozenberg, Shaundehl Runka, Eva Sharell, George Shipley, Sophie Sienema, Leslee Silverman, Lindy Sisson, Matthew & Matilda So, Michelle So, Mike Stack, Maria Stanborough, Peter & Rosa Stenberg, Kristin Stockley, Susan Stout, heather Tak, Camilla Tibbs*, William Taylor, Ronnie Tessler, Nicci Theroux & Brock Lumsden, Anona Thorne*, Rebecca Toolan, Valerie Van Clieaf, Colleen Van hooft, Bessie Wapp, Susan & Jerry Wasserman, Gregory Weir, Donna White, Jean Wilson*, May Winram, Garry Wolfater, Richard Wolfe.

GifTS in memOry Or in HOnOur ↓

Anonymous in memory of Kensaku Asano and Alishia harris, Mary & herb Auerbach in memory of Milton Wong, Marna Disbrow in memory of Anna Wong, Dr. Evelyn J. harden in memory of John Wood, Mary Schendlinger in memory of Jackie Crossland.

* Donors identified with an asterisk have been giving to the PuSh Festival for at least five consecutive years. We are so honoured to have so many deeply committed individuals who continue to see value in supporting what we do. An extra special thank you goes out to you!

Donors from May 1, 2012 - April 30, 2013

ART dOEs NOT ExisT wiThOUT PATRONs )

For more information about the Patrons Circle, contact Jocelyn Macdougall in the Development Department at 604.605.8284 ex 202 or [email protected].

You can also learn more online at pushfestival.ca/donate.

D E V E LO P M E N T &C O M M u N I C AT I O N S

23% A R T I S T I C &C u R AT O R I A L

33%

A D M I N

20%

P R O D u C T I O N

24%

ExPENsEs )

C O N T R I B u T E D 35%

F O u N D AT I O N S 9%PAT R O N S C I R C L E D O N O R S 17%

M A J O R G I F T S 4%I N K I N D 32%

C O R P O R AT E S P O N S O R S h I P 12%C O M M u N I T Y PA R T N E R S h I P S 24%

O T h E R 2%

E A R N E D

30%

G R A N T

35%

REvENUE )

ExPANdiNg hORizONs )The 2013 Festival was a remarkable financial and artistic

success. The organization held true to the strategic priorities

of our Business Plan and continued to diversify our three

main revenue streams, achieving a goal of balancing earned,

grant and contributed revenues.

Managing a budget of nearly 1.8 million dollars—an increase

of almost 20% over the previous year—was a balancing

act of good governance, renewed investment in curation

and presentation, and maintenance of fiscally prudent but

fair and reasonable business practices, particularly with

regard to personnel compensation. Our communications

and development investments continue to bear fruit, as

evidenced by increases to both earned and contributed

revenues this year over last.

TOTAL BuDGET $1.79 miLLiOn

CORPORATE SPONSORShIP AND DONATIONS $405,000

INDIVIDuAL DONATIONS $105,521 FROM 300+ DONORS

2012

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exeCutive direCtor norman armour

managing direCtor minna sChendLinger

senior Curator sherrie Johnson

CommuniCations manager kara gibbs

interim development manager JoCeLyn maCdougaLL

development manager bobbi Parker (on leave)

operations manager Lindsay mCmahon

Business manager Linda gorrie

assoCiate Curator dani feCko

media relations eLLie o’day

audienCe serviCes managers

JaneLLe wong-moon, oLga aLexandru

operations assistant stePhan Van eeden

outreaCh Coordinator tara traVis

hospitality Coordinator Leanne zaCharias

artist serviCes mariJka asbeek brusse

volunteer Coordinator baLi singh

manager of reCognition and speCial events sara bynoe

produCtion manager daVid kerr

teChniCal direCtor Jeremy baxter

festival photographer tim matheson

graphiC design & Creative planning me&Lewis ideas inC.

( PauL meehan, Jeff Lewis, adam mCdonneLL & James faLLoon )

weBsite Creation and design hey shauna web design

( shauna kaendo, karLa wakefieLd & daVid sword )

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Curators norman armour,

tim CarLson, Veda hiLLe

manager heather Lindsay

media relations emma LanCaster

teChniCal team Peter gerenCher,

keLLy saVage, CaLum smith,

wiLLiam weLLs

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Curators anita roChon, dani feCko, Craig haLL

oUr Mission The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival engages and enriches audiences with adventurous contemporary works in a spirit of innovation and dialogue.

PuSh is one of Vancouver’s signature events. Produced over three weeks each January, the PuSh Festival presents groundbreaking work in the live performing arts.

The PuSh Festival expands the horizons of Vancouver artists and audiences with work that is visionary, genre-bending, multi-disciplined, startling and original. The Festival showcases acclaimed international, Canadian and local artists and mixes them together with an alchemy that inspires audiences, rejuvenates artists, stimulates the industry and forges productive relationships around the globe.

The Festival is a broker of international partnerships, a meeting place for creative minds, a showcase of Canada’s best and an incubator of brilliant new work.

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president max wyman, oC

viCe-president donna P. wong-JuLiani

viCe-president Jane heyman

treasurer Chris dobrzanski

seCretary Chris kantowiCz

Peter diCkinson, marie-CLaire dy

kent gaLLie, margo harPer

ronaLd Lauenstein

ken manning, aLiCe niwinski

LesLie noLin, aLyson rimmer

Janet rogers, Lainé sLater

leaderS councIl

gLenn aLteen

roberta beiser

wende Cartwright

marie CLements

barbara CoLe

mo dhaLiwaL

marie-héLène faLCon

sam feLdman

ViCki gabereau

John maCLaChLan gray, oC

Peter herrndorf, oC, o. ont

sudha krishna

kristina Lee PodesVa

gLoria Loree

Chris Lorway

PauL meehan

sCott miChaeLs

gwyn roberts

Leonard sChein

JoeL soLomon

miChaeL steVenson

bing thom

miChaeL turner

PauL whitney

fei wong

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ExECUTIVE DIRECTOR normAn Armour

MANAGING DIRECTOR minnA schendlinger

COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER kArA gibbs

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Jocelyn mAcdougAll

OPERATIONS MANAGER lindsAy mcmAhon (ON LEAVE)

OPERATIONS COORDINATOR Jenn uphAm

AUDIENCE SERVICES MANAGER JAnelle wong-moon

BUSINESS MANAGER lindA gorrie

ASSOCIATE CURATOR dAni fecko

PRODUCTION MANAGER dAvid kerr

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Jeremy bAXter

MEDIA RELATIONS ellie o’dAy

SOCIAL MEDIA AND GALA COORDINATOR sArA bynoe

DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT olgA AleXAndru

ARTIST SERVICES MANAGER mAriJkA Asbeek brusse

HOSPITALITy COORDINATOR leAnne ZAchAriAs

GROUP SALES COORDINATOR tArA trAvis

AUDIENCE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES bri proke, Jo shin

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR quinn peters

CURATORIAL ADVISORS sherrie Johnson, kris nelson

ExECUTIVE AND OffICE ASSISTANT gilliAn thomson

IT CONSULTANT steven tong

fESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHERS tim mAtheson, liesbeth bernAerts

GRAPHIC DESIGN & CREATIVE PLANNING me&lewis (pAul meehAn,

Jeff lewis, AdAm mcdonnell & JAmes fAlloon)

wEBSITE PROGRAMMER kArlA wAkefield

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CURATORS normAn Armour, tim cArlson, vedA hille

PRODUCER cAmeron mAckenZie

MEDIA RELATIONS emmA lAncAster

BOarD Of DirecTOrS

PRESIDENT peter dickinson

VICE-PRESIDENT INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS

michAel stevenson

TREASURER rodger so

SECRETARy Jessie Johnston

Jennifer clement

chris dobrZAnski

mArie-clAire dy

kent gAllie

mArgo hArper

michAel heeney

chris kAntowicZ

ronAld lAuenstein

leslie nolin

gAyle pAstrick

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christiAnne wilhelmson

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CHAIR mAX wymAn, oc

glenn Alteen

robertA beiser

wende cArtwright

mArie clements

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mArie-hÉlène fAlcon

sAm feldmAn

vicki gAbereAu

John mAclAchlAn grAy, oc

peter herrndorf, oc, o. ont

sudhA krishnA

kristinA lee podesvA

gloriA loree

chris lorwAy

pAul meehAn

scott michAels

gwyn roberts

leonArd schein

Joel solomon

bing thom

michAel turner

pAul whitney

fei wong

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