Dan Chenier, General Manager, Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services, and Caroline Matt, Portfolio Manager, Cultural Funding, presented an overview of the report and answered questions from the Committee. A copy of the slide presentation is filed with the Office of the City Clerk.
Cassandra Olsthoorn (Arts Ottawa) spoke before the Committee and provided comments on the item.
Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services staff accepted the following
Direction to staff (D. Hill)
With the understanding that applications are reviewed by an arm’s length independent jury who make recommendations to the General Manager, Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services, staff are directed as follows:
- That the funding agreements include an acknowledgement for applicants that the funding is to be used for the purposes applied for, and that the City’s funding is not an endorsement of any opinions that may be expressed by the applicants or participants to their events;
- That the funding agreements include a provision that the City may require recipients to remove or relocate the City of Ottawa logo or statements that may imply the City’s endorsement at the City’s discretion; and
- That Cultural Funding staff continue to work with the Equity and Inclusion Committee to review the range of equity-seeking communities that align with City Council approved strategies, to identify opportunities, such that everyone benefits from cultural funding programs without discrimination or exclusion.
Following discussions, the Committee considered the report recommendation(s) as follows: