Calgary Arts Development has released its Accountability + Impact Report for 2021. What did the year 2021 ask of us? With another challenging year behind us, the city continues to recover from the pandemic. Read what we’ve learned about artists and arts organizations during 2021, and how we continue to support and champion the arts sector in Calgary.
Our commitment to Indigenous reconciliation, racial equity, disability justice, and gender and sexual diversity.
We acknowledge that the land we gather on, Mohkinsstsis, is the ancestral territory of the Siksikaitsitapi — the Blackfoot people — comprising the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations, as well as Treaty 7 signatories, the Tsuut’ina Nation and the Îyârhe Nakoda Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations. Today this land is home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government Districts 5 and 6 as well as many First Nations and Inuit from across Turtle Island.
We acknowledge that there has been art, music, dance, storytelling and ceremony on this land since time immemorial and it is in the spirit of this land and its people that we do our work.