The 2016-21 Strategic Plan is structured around four commitments. Each commitment includes specific actions for meeting our equity objectives and supporting next-generation artists and audiences. The commitments will largely be achieved through the six programs to be launched in 2017 as part of the New Funding Model.
- Increase support to artists, collectives and organizations striving for artistic excellence and greater engagement in the arts by an increasingly diverse public.
- Amplify the quality, scope and sharing of Canadian art through digital technology.
- Renew the relationship between Indigenous artists, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences, for a shared future.
- Raise the international profile of Canadian art and artists.
In 2016-17, $33.4 million will be granted to artists and arts organizations through a unique one-year program called New Chapter. Starting in 2017-18, there will be a progressively increasing investment channeled primarily through our new funding model. By 2020-21, we will deliver a total of $310 million annually in grants and contributions.