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A Mass Culture Digital Gathering

Mass Culture’s first-ever Digital Gathering was held on February 1st, 2019.

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Conversation Starters

Sanjay Shahani, Executive Director, Edmonton Arts Council
Sanjay Shahani has worked in the arts for more than 25 years. He is currently the Executive Director of the Edmonton Arts Council (EAC). Just over 17 months ago, Edmonton City Council charged the EAC to develop the next ten-year cultural plan for City. Sanjay led the EAC’s partnership with the Edmonton Heritage Council and Arts Habitat Edmonton, engaged a consortium of consultants and oversaw the building of Connections & Exchanges: A 10-Year Plan To Transform Arts and Heritage In Edmonton. Connections & Exchanges was approved by Edmonton City Council in October 2018. In November, Edmonton City Council approved the EAC’s 4-Year Operating Budget (2019 – 2022), which included increased funds to implement the first phase of Connections & Exchanges. Sanjay has also done scholarly work in cultural anthropology and education, and taught at post-secondary institutions in North America.
Pat Tobin, Director, Arts and Culture Services, City of Toronto
Patrick Tobin was appointed Director of Arts and Culture Services for the City of Toronto in February 2017. Pat joined the City following an 18-year career with the federal public service, most recently as Director General for Innovation and Community Development at the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. Pat’s other experience federally included executive roles in communications, policy and program delivery for Canadian Heritage in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.
Branislav Henselmann, Managing Director of Cultural Services, City of Vancouver
Prior to his appointment as Managing Director of Cultural Services for the City of Vancouver, Branislav served as Executive Director of Ballet BC, overseeing the company’s transformation and expansion to national and international stages. He formerly served on the Board of Canadian Dance Assembly as the Chair of Ballet Companies Standing Council and has been recognized as one of Business in Vancouver’s Forty under 40. He currently serves on Vancouver Foundation’s Board of Directors.

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Land Acknowledgment
Mass Culture honours and acknowledges the territories upon which our offices reside, the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Métis, and the Anishinabek, including the Mississaugas of the New Credit Nation. We recognize and respect all recorded and unrecorded Nations who cared for this land of Tkaronto, meaning “Where the Trees Meet the Water.” We honour the Dish With One Spoon treaty and our responsibility to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. Mass Culture is grateful for the opportunity to nurture the world of the arts and connect cultures and communities across this land, which is the home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island. We hope to breathe life into our obligations to those communities and treaties. If you’re not sure of the history of the land on which you live and work, you can check out whose.land/en/ and native-land.ca/.
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