Short-Term Projects

Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples

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Create an account and submit one or more profile(s) for validation at least 30 days before you want to apply

The Short-Term Projects component of Creating, Knowing and Sharing funds First Nations, Inuit and Métis professional and aspiring artists, cultural carriers, arts/cultural professionals, groups, collectives and arts/culture organizations. Grants provide support for any combination of eligible Creating, Knowing and Sharing activities for projects lasting up to 12 months.

First-time applicants are strongly encouraged to speak to a Program Officer before applying.

You may be eligible for Application Assistance to pay someone to help you with the application process if you are experiencing difficulty and self-identify as:

an artist who is Deaf, hard of hearing, has a disability or is living with a mental illness
a First Nations, Inuit or Métis artist facing language, geographic and/or cultural barriers.

Activities - what you can apply for

Activities must be led by eligible First Nations, Inuit or Métis artists, cultural carriers or arts/cultural professionals. Activities may include participation of or collaboration with non-Indigenous artists.

You can apply for any combination of eligible Creating, Knowing and Sharing activities lasting up to 12 months, including but not limited to:

Creating– research; creation; production; critical discourse (including research or writing); residencies; collaborations
Knowing– mentorships; artistic training; community-based initiatives to engage young people through artistic practices; language preservation through artistic practices; intergenerational transmission of artistic knowledge; preservation of traditional knowledge through artistic practice; development of administrative, artistic, cultural or organizational capacity; research; collaborations
Sharing– local, regional, national or international exhibitions; implementation of dissemination strategy and organizational objectives; publishing activities; gathering events involving artistic practices; collaborations; marketing and publicity; presentations, festivals and showcase events; networking events involving artistic practices; outreach activities

If your application is for touring existing work, you must apply to the Arts Across Canada: Circulation and Touring or Arts Abroad: Circulation and Touring components.

You can’t apply for activities that occur before the deadline date, those that receive funding from another Canada Council program component or those on the general list of ineligible activities.

Who can apply

First Nations, Inuit and Métis professional artists
First Nations, Inuit and Métis aspiring artists working under the mentorship of a professional artist
First Nations, Inuit and Métis arts/cultural professionals
First Nations, Inuit and Métis cultural carriers
First Nations, Inuit and Métis groups
First Nations, Inuit and Métis for-profit organizations that have been in operation for at least 2 years
First Nations, Inuit and Métis not-for-profit organizations

Your eligibility to apply to this component is determined by the validated profile created in the portal.

Organizations presently receiving core grants can only apply to the Short-Term Projects component for strategic or exceptional activities that are not included in their core application.