Countless Rebellions — Revolutionizing public arts funding

McConnell Foundation,
09 January 2018, Canada

Welcome to Countless Rebellions, the podcast series that explores the limits and potential of social innovation with academics, practitioners, and activists from across Canada. This series is produced in Montreal, on the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka or Mohawk peoples, a place which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst nations. In this episode, I speak with Simon Brault. Simon is the Director and CEO of the Canada Council for the Arts. While Simon is technically an arts administrator, as someone with the childhood aim of becoming a social justice lawyer, his work extends to arts advocacy and seeks to directly change people’s lives. In our conversation, we explore the intersection of art and social innovation and Simon’s unique pursuit of social change.  Simon moved from Montreal to Ottawa to take on an evolving role as CEO of the Canada Council for the Arts where he is rethinking how arts funding can exist in a time of shifting priorities and exploring how arts can fit into a larger project of social change.

https://mcconnellfoundation.ca/interview/simon-brault/