The acquisition program is funded by private donations and matching grants from the Canada Council.
A series of grants from the Canada Council enabled him to pursue studies in Paris with André Isoir (organ) and Laurence Boulay (harpsichord and figured bass realization) and in Montreal with Bernard Lagacé (organ and harpsichord) between 1973-1975.
He has advised the United Nations and the Canada Council, Council for Culture of the Dutch and Norwegian Arts Councils, and commissioned to develop the future audience vision for the Tate family of galleries.
Later, she went to Syria and Egypt to further her studies and gained recognition from the Canada Council.
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His work is found in numerous private and public collections, such as, The Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa; Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna; Vernon Public Art Gallery; The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York; Petro Canada Collection; Shell Collection in Calgary, Alberta.
He has also been awarded funds to compose works by the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario's Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, and the Toronto Arts Council.
Her work is found in numerous public and private collections including the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, the Canada Council Art Bank, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
He has received several grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council, and is currently represented by the Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto.
He has acted as an adviser or consultant for a number of organizations including the Canada Council regarding ceramic art; the Banff Centre for their facilities and program development; the Regina Wascana Centre Authority on its Fine Arts Committee; and as a member of the Board of the Canadian Conference of the Arts.
Further grants from the Canada Council allowed him to continue these studies through 1970 with such teachers as John Mack and Ray Still.
Weisbord was a member of the National Council of the Writers' Union of Canada, a founding member of the Quebec Writers' Federation, and has served on the Canada Council's Non-fiction and Public Readings juries.
He has also given readings on CBC Radio and various other media as well as public performances funded by private organizations, universities, Harbourfront, Vancouver International Writers Festival, Saltwater Festival, Sechelt Writers’ Festival, Wordfest: Banff Calgary International Writers Festival, the Winnipeg International Writers Festival, National Book Festival, and the Canada Council.
Her work is found in various public and private collections including the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, the Canada Council Art Bank, Simon Fraser University, the Institute of Canadian Studies, Lavalin Corporation, Global Corporation, and Loto–Quebec.
Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award, monetary award given by the Canada Council for the Arts to mid-career Canadian artists
She was the Canada Council Exchange Poet to Wales in 1980, and served as writer-in-residence at the Windsor Public Library and at the University of Ottawa.
Her work is in collections including Canada Council Art Bank and the Walter Phillips Gallery at The Banff Centre for the Arts.
Serinette, a 'Festival opera' in two acts with music by Harry Somers and libretto by James Reaney, was commissioned with the support of the Canada Council and the Ontario Arts Council for the tenth season (1990) of Music at Sharon; it was designed specifically for production in the Temple.