Glossary

Explore our glossary to understand important grant-related terms and how we use them.

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aboriginal people

First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples, as defined in the Constitution Act.

applicant profile

The applicant profile is how you tell us who you are and what you do so that we can determine if you’re eligible to apply for funding. Once ...

application deadline date

An application deadline date is a date by which an application must be submitted. Generally, for project grants, the portal opens 2 months before ...

associated grant

The original grant related to a request for a supplement.

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capital expenditures

Capital expenditures are not eligible for grants from the Canada Council unless explicitly stated as eligible in the component Guidelines. Capital...

co-production

Artistic co-production: An arrangement where two or more artistic groups and/or organizations combine creative, financial and human resources to p...

composite grant

Support for multiple projects taking place over 1 to 3 years. Instead of submitting a number of separate project applications, individuals, groups...

concerned status

Concerned status is a term assigned to an organization receiving a core grant that may place Council’s investment at risk. It may be ap...

core-funded organization

An organization that receives a core grant over a 2-4 year funding cycle.

core funding

Multi-year funding to organizations that cover a broad array of operating costs

cultural diversity

The presence, expressions and participation of many different individuals and communities co-existing in the general culture of a society, and the...

cultural intellectual property

Indigenous peoples right to own and control their cultural heritage. Indigenous heritage is used to refer to these rights to bring the terminology...

culturally diverse

The Canada Council for the Arts uses “culturally diverse” to respectfully identify racialized groups that correspond to “visible...

culturally diverse arts organizations

Organizations that demonstrate a sustained commitment to the creation, production, distribution and/or collection of art by Canadian arts professi...

culturally diverse groups

cultural-diversity People of African, Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern and mixed racial heritage who have been historically disadvantaged as ...

cut-off date

A cut-off date is different from an application deadline date. For some components, you can apply any time before the start of your project, and t...

D

deaf

People with hearing loss, or are hard-of-hearing, oral-deaf, deaf-blind or late-deafened, many of whom identify as Culturally Deaf- sharing distin...

deaf and/or disability

Deaf: People with hearing loss, hard-of-hearing, oral-deaf, deaf-blind and late-deafened, many of whom identify as Culturally Deaf – sharing...

deaf and disability arts organizations

Organizations that demonstrate a sustained commitment to the creation, production, distribution or collection of art in the field of Deaf and disa...

direct project costs

Direct project costs pay for items and people that are needed for a specific project. These are variable costs that relate directly to the activit...

disability

Disability is an experience of exclusion or disadvantage. People with disabilities are those with actual or perceived impairments who experience d...

disability arts

Disability arts are created by people with disabilities or with mental illness. This includes artistic practices and processes grounded in ensurin...

disability justice

Disability Justice is a conceptual approach to addressing disability inequity which focuses on the ways different aspects of social and political ...

dramatic work

Text intended for presentation before an audience. This could be an original text, an adaptation of a dramatic or literary text drawn from a Canad...

E

electronic magazine

Digital publications that are primarily text with photographic and illustrated editorial content. They are: delivered via a website, download...

equity

Deaf and Disability Arts Organizations Equity-seeking Groups Mad arts Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC) OLMC Arts...

equity-seeking groups

Equity-seeking groups are communities that face significant collective challenges in participating in society. This marginalization could be creat...

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fields of practice

Fields of practice are linked to applicant profiles in the portal and describe a general field of artistic activity or an artistic discipline.

first nations, inuit and métis arts/cultural professional

Arts/Cultural Professionals are individuals whose work supports, facilitates, investigates or examines the work of First Nations, Inuit and M&eacu...

first nations, inuit and métis aspiring artists

Aspiring Artists must be working under the mentorship of an artist who fulfills the professional artist criteria. First Nations, Inuit and M&eacu...

first nations, inuit and métis cultural carriers

Cultural Carriers are individuals whose role within First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities supports the preservation, retention, maintenance, ...

first nations, inuit and métis for-profit organizations

To be eligible as a First Nations, Inuit or Métis for-profit organization, you must: have 3 or more members, a majority of whom are Fi...

first nations, inuit and métis groups or collectives

Eligible groups and collectives have two or more members with at least 50% of the membership of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. To ...

first nations, inuit and métis not-for-profit organizations

To be eligible as a First Nations, Inuit or Métis not-for-profit organization, you must: have 3 or more members, a majority of whom are First Na...

first nations, inuit and métis professional artist

The Canada Council supports art made by First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists for creative and cultural purposes. It values distinctive voices th...

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indigenous

The first inhabitants (First Peoples) of a land (including First Nations, Inuit and Métis of Canada), and the philosophies, cultures, cosmologies ...

indigenous traditional knowledge

Traditional knowledge refers to tradition-based literary, artistic or scientific works; performances; inventions; scientific discoveries; designs;...

internal committee

An assessment committee composed of Council staff knowledgeable about a given artistic activity or field of practice.

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literary book publisher

A professional literary book publisher is an organization that publishes books as its primary activity (fiction, poetry, literary non-fiction, chi...

literary works

The Canada Council for the Arts supports creative writing in all of its genres and forms. Literary non-fiction is one of the genres supported by t...

M

mad arts

The Canada Council recognizes mad arts within the overall Disability Arts sector. Mad is framed as a social and political identity by people who h...

major warning

A status given to an organization following multiple reductions in core funding. Further to an assessment, a peer committee may recommend a decrea...

market access

The ability to: present, exhibit or sell works outside a home market participate in co-productions, residencies or exchanges (usually ab...

micro grant

Grants that normally have one payment and that are for one-time small-scale activities. Such project grants may have activities spanning more than...

minoritized culture

A community of people whose access to political, financial, or social power and resources has been markedly limited regardless of the size of the ...

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new/early career artist

An artist who: is entering, or is in the early stages of, his or her professional career in one or more fields of practice recognized by the ...

non-literary publishing

Critical or interpretive texts about an art form such as essays, theory, etc.

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official language minority arts organizations

Organizations that demonstrate a sustained commitment to the creation, production, distribution or collection by arts professionals from official ...

official language minority communities

Canada’s official languages are English and French. Official language minority communities (OLMCs) are groups of people whose maternal...

operating costs

Operating costs pay for items and people to generate the ongoing activities of the business. Typical operating costs of arts organizations and gro...

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peer assessment committee

A group of individuals with expertise in diverse parts of the arts sector, including disciplinary knowledge and other expertise (such as administr...

performing arts

The fields of practice of theatre, circus arts, music and sound, and dance. Inter-arts work may also be among the performing arts.

professional artist

An artist who: has specialized training in the artistic field (not necessarily in academic institutions) is recognized as a professiona...

project grant

Grants that normally have one payment and that are for a single project or for a project that repeats over a given period.

R

remote community allowance

Funding available to applicants in the Creating, Knowing and Sharing program who face increased or unusual costs due to their geographic inaccessi...

S

supplement grant

Additional funding applied to an awarded grant.