“One of Canada’s most cherished symbols is the maple leaf. We put it on our flag, our uniforms and even our backpacks when we travel around the world. It sums up who we are — our shared history, values and goals as a country,” said Nathalie Lambert, Canada’s chef de mission for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. “That’s why it’s fitting to have the maple leaf on the official posters of Canada’s Games. With this modern, youthful and spirited take on our national symbol, we will welcome the world as hosts of the 2010 Winter Games in just 228 days time!”
Lambert, a three-time Olympic medallist in short track speed skating, unveiled the posters with Jean Labonté, a 2006 Paralympic gold medallist in ice sledge hockey; and John Furlong, VANOC Chief Executive Officer.
One of the most coveted collectors’ keepsakes of the Games, the official posters of the Games — the 21st produced for an Olympic Winter Games — will have a place in history alongside past Games posters, and are sure to grace bedroom walls, boardrooms and sports facilities around the world. The posters go on sale today at www.vancouver2010.com/store and at The Olympic Stores located at Vancouver International Airport and in Whistler, BC, starting at $15 CAD.
The complementary posters, which reflect the signature look of the 2010 Winter Games, have a bold, contemporary design and feature a cropped maple leaf composed of a vibrant palette of blues and greens found in the natural landscape of Vancouver and the Sea to Sky corridor, the Games Host Region. When the Olympic and Paralympic posters are displayed together, the two halves of the maple leaf join to create a whole, a concept that is a first for an organizing committee. The Official Emblems of the Games, and the Games motto With Glowing Hearts/Des plus brillants exploits, are also on the posters. All poster elements are artfully displayed on a white wood grain textured background.
“As one of the most visible and collectible items of the Games, we’re proud to offer Canadians and supporters around the world official posters that truly illustrate the spirit of Canada’s Games,” said Furlong. “The poster features the traditional maple leaf rendered in a new way that is symbolic of a country that is young at heart, diverse, dynamic and fun. The unique pairing of these posters reflect our integrated approach to celebrating the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as one event for Canada.” The posters were designed in-house by a member of the same design team that developed the Games’ graphic identity in 2007.
This same signature “look” will also be found at Games time in 2010 — on tickets, banners, venue signage and buildings — giving the entire Host Region a seamless, festive atmosphere as it welcomes the world.
The posters, produced by VANOC licensee Canadian Art Prints of Richmond, BC, start at $15 for an 18 x 27-inch offset lithography print (available today) to a limited edition 20 x 28-inch Giclee print for $150 (pre-orders start today). Limited-edition versions of the posters will also be sold together; these include embossing, a story on how the posters were designed and a certificate of authenticity signed by VANOC CEO John Furlong and designer Ben Hulse.
In the coming months, the official posters and other Vancouver 2010 posters will be available for sale, including the sport illustrations featured on highly sought Games tickets, including ice hockey, figure skating and alpine skiing. All 2010 Winter Games posters will be available for purchase at www.vancouver2010.com/store; The Olympic Stores in Whistler, Vancouver and at the Vancouver International Airport; select Zellers and The Bay stores; and select retailers across Canada and internationally.
Vancouver, BC — Three days after the Olympic Flame is extinguished on the West Coast, a new flame will light in Ottawa — in the heart of Canada’s national capital — sparking the official start of the 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay on March 3, 2010. The 10-day inspirational journey will illuminate the extraordinary achievements of Paralympians and celebrate the endless possibilities of the human spirit through sharing the message of courage and determination embodied by the flame.
The relay, supported by the Government of Canada, will involve an estimated 600 torchbearers and visit several celebration sites, which the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) is actively working on and will announce at a later date. The Paralympic Flame will travel to BC Place in downtown Vancouver for the opening of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games on March 12, marking the first time Canada has hosted a Paralympic Winter Games. Tickets for all Paralympic events are on sale now at www.vancouver2010.com.
“The Paralympic Games are about celebrating unbelievable athletic performances and triumphing repeatedly over adversity. The flame — and the Paralympic Torch Relay — is a powerful physical reminder of this, of how a dream can spark a personal and emotional transformation in the pursuit of excellence,” said Sir Philip Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), who participated in today’s announcement with a host of dignitaries. “I know in 2010, Canadians will give a warm welcome to the flame wherever it visits, and be great hosts to the world’s finest Paralympians.”
As well, for the first time the Paralympic Torch Relay will have its own unique emblem. The 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay emblem — “Spark Becomes Flame” — shows a human figure with its arms raised and joined, much like a candle’s flame. Contained within the arms is the glow of the fire within everyone, symbolizing the moment when imaginations are ignited and dreams are born. The design was created by Vancouver 2010’s in-house design team.
“We felt it was important for the Paralympic Torch Relay to have its own emblem because of its special ability to shine its own light and reveal amazing stories of courage and perseverance in our communities and at the Games,” said John Furlong, VANOC’s Chief Executive Officer. “To honour the remarkable achievements of Paralympic athletes, we are planning extraordinary relay events that will inspire and garner attention for the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games and the Paralympic Movement.”
The March 3 lighting ceremony in Ottawa will have a uniquely Canadian flair; the Paralympic Flame has no ancestral home, hence each Organizing Committee has the freedom to choose a lighting method and celebration significant to the Host Country. The details of the ceremony will be revealed this fall by VANOC, along with the torchbearer selection process and the relay celebration stops en route from Ottawa to Vancouver.
“The Government of Canada is proud to present the Paralympic Torch Relay, and we encourage all Canadians to follow the flame from the relay’s start in Ottawa to its exciting homecoming in Vancouver,” said the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport). “The Paralympic Torch Relay will spread the Paralympic spirit from coast to coast to coast and celebrate the talents and achievements of our great Paralympic athletes, who are an inspiration to us all.”
Over 1,300 athletes and officials from more than 40 countries will take part in five sports (alpine and cross-country skiing, ice sledge hockey, wheelchair curling and biathlon) during the 10-day 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler next March. The big international sporting event comes just 12 days after the region hosts the Olympic Winter Games.
“The Paralympic Torch Relay will bring the spirit of competition and triumph that our Paralympic athletes personify to communities across British Columbia and Canada,” said the Honourable Gordon Campbell, Premier of BC. “We’ve already witnessed how truly incredible these athletes are and how fierce the competition is when we hosted several Paralympic sport events at the 2010 venues earlier this year. British Columbians are excited to host Canada’s first-ever Paralympic Winter Games and to share in seeing the dreams of our athletes come true right here in their home.”
At the news conference today with Sir Philip, VANOC also unveiled the torch and uniform design for the 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay. Brad Lennea of Whistler, BC, a retired member of Canada’sPara-Alpine Ski Team and a Paralympic Torchbearer in Beijing, and fellow skier Karolina Wisniewska of Vancouver, BC, carried the distinctive steel blue torch, inspired by the Canadian winter landscape and the lines etched on ice by winter sports.
The one-metre-long torch, designed by Bombardier, has an ergonomic, curved and modern design and features the emblem of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, a red maple leaf air intake cut-out and an engraving of the Games motto With Glowing Hearts/Des plus brillants exploits. It also has robust technology created by Bombardier’s aerospace and transportation design teams to weather the extremes of the Canadian winter. The torch can be operated in temperatures ranging from -50 C to over 40 C, through rain, sleet, snow and wind.
The Paralympic Torchbearer uniform, which seamlessly blends in with the torch design, is steel blue in colour and accented with bright bursts of blue and green on the jacket’s left arm. The uniform, designed and produced by the Hudson’s Bay Company, consists of a jacket, pullover pants, toque and knitted red mittens. The uniform is a commemorative keepsake for torchbearers.
The uniform also features the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay emblem on the chest and the IPC symbol, known as agitos, on the back. Silver reflective elements, including “Vancouver 2010” on the right jacket sleeve and right back pant leg, have been added for prominence and visibility.
Further information on the 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay, including photos of the torch and torchbearer uniforms, is available online at www.vancouver2010.com/torchrelay.
About VANOC
VANOC is responsible for the planning, organizing, financing and staging of the XXI Olympic Winter Games and the X Paralympic Winter Games in 2010. The 2010 Olympic Winter Games will be staged in Vancouver and Whistler from February 12 to 28, 2010. Vancouver and Whistler will host the Paralympic Winter Games from March 12 to 21, 2010. Please visit www.vancouver2010.com for more information.
About IPC
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, and serves as the International Federation for nine sports, for which it supervises and coordinates the World Championships and other competitions. The IPC is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to developing sport opportunities for persons with a disability, from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality.
About the Government of Canada
The Government of Canada is proud to make 2010 a celebration for all Canadians. Through strategic investments in programming and funding, the spirit and excitement will be felt far and wide and leave lasting legacies for future generations. Through the Olympic Torch Relay and Paralympic Torch Relay, the Government of Canada is supporting citizen and community participation, as well as the inclusion of Aboriginal, ethnocultural and official language communities. For more information on the Government of Canada’s contribution to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, visit www.Canada2010.gc.ca.
About Bombardier
A world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation solutions, from commercial aircraft and business jets to rail transportation equipment, systems and services, Bombardier Inc. is a global corporation headquartered in Canada. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2008, were $17.5 billion US, and its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD). Bombardier is listed as an index component to the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America indexes. News and information are available at www.bombardier.com.
About the Hudson’s Bay Company
The Hudson’s Bay Company is a Premier National Partner and the General Retail Merchant of the 2010 Winter Games. In partnership with VANOC, the company is designing and manufacturing the official uniforms for the 30,000-person Games-time workforce; it will also be outfitting the athletes' Villages, in both Vancouver and Whistler, with quality products to make the athletes comfortable in 2010. The Hudson’s Bay Company 500-store network currently sells the largest assortment of authentic Vancouver 2010 licensed merchandise.
Background
The torch’s large size (over 94 centimetres long) represents the vastness of the second largest country in the world and the limitless potential of its land and people. When lit, the brilliant orange glow of the Paralympic Flame will unfurl like a flag fluttering in the wind from the torch’s unique 30-centimetre-long vertical flame outlet. The flame will burn for at least 12 minutes. A red maple leaf air intake cut-out will feed the flame with enough oxygen to ensure it burns brightly for all to see, and a dual burner system will ensure it never falters.
The torch (with fuel) weighs about 1.6 kilograms and contains stainless steel, aluminum and a sheet-moulding compound. Ninety-five per cent of the Paralympic Torch is composed of materials and technology made or designed in Canada. Approximately 600 torches will be manufactured — one for every torchbearer taking part in the Paralympic Torch Relay.
Contact
If you are a member of the media, please contact mediarelations@vancouver2010.com
For all other inquiries, please contact info@vancouver2010.com
Vancouver, BC – The inspiring story of Rick Hansen, whose Man In Motion World Tour is legendary, will take audiences back to the beginning of this remarkable man’s story and make its world premiere as a multi-media stage production — just one of 35 new projects announced today as part of Cultural Olympiad 2010, presented by Bell.
Hailing from Canada and around the world, the new projects, from cutting-edge contemporary works to ancient traditions with a bold new twist, are part of the third and final edition of the Cultural Olympiad festivals. The first 20 projects were announced earlier this spring and many shows have tickets on sale now at www.vancouver2010.com/culturalolympiad.
The extensive program, which starts on January 22, 2010 and runs throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games to March 21, 2010 will include more than 600 ticketed and free performances and exhibitions in 50 venues in Metro Vancouver and British Columbia’s Sea to Sky corridor.
Audiences are in for a treat. The works run the gamut from Canadian greats, such as The National Ballet of Canada and Royal Winnipeg Ballet performing on the same stage for the first time in two decades in a thrilling once-in-a-lifetime Olympic gala, to Ahke Theatre, the darlings of the Russian avant-garde arts scene who will bring their darkly comic White Cabin to Canada for the first time.
“These latest projects demonstrate the full range of what the Cultural Olympiad has to offer,” said David Guscott, executive vice president, celebrations and partnerships for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC). “This fall, we’ll announce the remainder of the program, which is presented with the support of the Government of Canada, the home provinces and territories of the performers, as well as arts organizations and festivals large and small.”
Other highlights include a new stage production called Spine from British Columbia’s Realwheels, the deliciously cheesy trio The Lost Fingers from Quebec and a theatrical picture story pitting a modern-day Métis journalist against a famed photographer of Aboriginal peoples in The Edward Curtis Project. The program also includes an exhibit of 12 Canadian and international artists exploring new ways of understanding culture in the 21st century as part of the grand reopening of the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology.
“For the last three years, our team has scoured stages, concert halls and galleries here at home and internationally for the most exciting established and emerging artists to showcase here in 2010,” explained Burke Taylor, VANOC’s vice-president, culture and celebrations. “The theatre troupes, dance companies, artists and musicians we’re bringing here in seven months stand out because they offer something different, stretching beyond the traditions and boundaries of their discipline to create something entirely new.”
“These projects will inspire audiences and challenge their perceptions of what constitutes classical music, what age means, or even what love is, and we’re excited to share them with you,” he added.
The 35 projects, featuring dancers, musicians, playwrights, new media and visual artists are:
Rick: The Rick Hansen Story
The inspiring story of Rick Hansen, whose Man In Motion World Tour changed the lives of millions, makes its world premiere in a multimedia production from playwright Dennis Foon. Presented with Manitoba Theatre for Young People in partnership with Rotary Okanagan International Children’s Festival and the Rick Hansen Foundation. Commissioned by Arts Partners in Creative Development.
Dance Canada Dance
Take two of Canada’s finest ballet companies and create a once-in-a-lifetime Olympic gala. Presented with The National Ballet of Canada and Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
White Cabin
A surreal and darkly comic work from Russia’s Akhe Theatre, White Cabin is filled with absurd and often touching “events.” The result is a chaotic variety show of fantastic images. Presented with the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.
Spine
While travelling the online universe, inhabiting various virtual realities and identities, a man discovers the intriguing possibility of reinventing his physical body through cutting-edge technologies and ethically questionable experiments. A Realwheels Society/University of Alberta co-production presented with Simon Fraser University. Co-commissioned by Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
The Lost Fingers
This acoustic trio from Quebec City plays the pop hits of the ’80s in a swinging gypsy jazz style inspired by their musical hero, legendary ‘30s guitarist Django Reinhardt. Presented with the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society and Winterruption on Granville Island.
The Edward Curtis Project
A theatrical picture story that creates an unlikely dialogue between a controversial photographer of Aboriginal peoples in North America and a modern-day Métis journalist. Presented with Presentation House Theatre and commissioned by Arts Partners in Creative Development.
Boundary and Translation: New Art Across Cultures
From video installations to traditional community-based art practices, this exhibition of international contemporary art explores new and unexpected ways of understanding culture and its translations in the 21st century. Presented with the UBC Museum of Anthropology.
Adrian Anantawan with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
At age 24, violinist Adrian Anantawan has become one of Canada’s most sought-after young violinists. His extraordinary musicianship has been rewarded with invitations to join the finest orchestras all over the world. Presented with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
An Invitation to an Infiltration
Reflecting on the nature of competitions, An Invitation to an Infiltration makes explicit the rivalry inherent to group exhibitions, showing how it can be a productive state of engagement. Presented with Vancouver’s Contemporary Art Gallery.
Anthony Braxton 12+1 Tet
With his extraordinary 12-piece ensemble, revolutionary American jazz composer Anthony Braxton moves freely between compositions and improvisations, solos and ensemble playing, weaving musical textures full of magic and passionate sparks. Presented with the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society.
Anthony Braxton’s Sonic Genome Project
An interactive spectacle by musical visionary Anthony Braxton featuring more than 60 instrumentalists, including international improvisers and local high school students, exploring the sonic universe over eight hours through ensembles that break apart and reform like human cells or societies. Presented with the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society.
At Nightfall
Auguste, a shoemaker, discovers a magical water forest in this visually breathtaking dance performance for families by Sursaut Dance Company/Sursaut compagnie de danse. Presented with Surrey Arts Centre and Centennial Theatre.
BASH’d – A Gay Rap Opera
Irreverent rapping troubadours Feminem and T-Bag tell the tale of star-crossed lovers Jack and Dillon in this “Romeo meets Romeo” tale of revenge gone wrong, by Edmonton-based playwrights and performers Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow. Presented with The Cultch.
Best Before
Using 200 wireless joysticks connected to one giant screen, the audience will create its own unique virtual city with Germany’s Rimini Protokoll. No two cities/performances will be alike. Presented with The Cultch and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Commissioned by Arts Partners in Creative Development.
Body & Soul
Fourteen extraordinary women from all across Canada, who auditioned by writing a letter to their bodies, share stories about life after 45 in this thought-provoking play by award-winning Canadian playwright Judith Thompson.
China
Part social documentary, part personal observation, photographer-storyteller William Yang’s China is an unforgettable journey of reflection on the meaning of culture and belonging. Presented with the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and Theatre at UBC.
CrystalMagnets
Longtime friends and musical explorers Andy Milne (Canada) and Benoît Delbecq (France) reunite to perform Crystal Magnets, their sublime new jazz project for two acoustic pianos. Presented with the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society and Winterruption on Granville Island.
Dance Marathon
Amateurs, bring your dancing shoes and enter this endurance contest/staged performance event where you’ll go head-to-head with the dancing pros of bluemouth inc. and celebrities to see who can outwit, outlast and out-dance the competition. Presented with Boca del Lupo, a Harbourfront Centre commission.
DBR with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Reminiscent of Lenny Kravitz, Daniel Bernard Roumain, or DBR, does for amplified violin what Jimi Hendrix did for the electric guitar with his rock and hip hop arrangements of classical music. Presented with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
The Drowning Girls
Opening with a splash, three breathless brides emerge gasping from watery graves — their bathtubs — to relive the tale of serial Edwardian bigamist and murderer George Joseph Smith and how he literally “took their breath away.” Presented with Gateway Theatre/A Bent Out of Shape production.
The Erotic Anguish of Don Juan
The ghost of the infamous Spanish seducer Don Juan comes back from hell to harangue the audience in the name of cosmic love. Is he a sinner or a saint? With puppets! Presented with Alberta’s Old Trout Puppet Workshop and the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.
FlorenceK
Quebec-born jazz-pop chanteuse and pianist Florence K dazzles the audience with her vocal and songwriting abilities in many languages, including French, English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Presented with the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society and Winterruption on Granville Island.
High Performance: Evolution and Innovation in Canadian Design
Featuring the work of Canadian designers from across the country, this exhibition focuses on products for work and play inspired by our environment and lifestyle. Presented with Charles H. Scott Gallery.
KAMP
In KAMP, Dutch theatre company Hotel Modern blends theatre, puppetry and film in an attempt to imagine the unimaginable: the greatest mass murder in history, committed in the purpose-built camp of Auschwitz. Presented with PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.
Monster
Nightmare landscapes on acrylic, child-like drawings of ghost figures and beautiful carvings of mythological spirits are part of Monster, an exhibition exploring monstrous sensibilities in contemporary culture. Be afraid. Presented with West Vancouver Museum.
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Vancouver’s innovative Eye of Newt Ensemble perform a newly commissioned score to accompany Carl Dreyer’s 1928 silent film masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc, France’s most famous martyr. Presented with PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.
Poetics: a ballet brut
This is do-it-yourself theatre at its most mischievous by the Nature Theater of Oklahoma. Common gestures and movements are taken to hilarious new heights unhampered by the performers’ complete lack of formal dance training. Presented with PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.
Quilt of Belonging
Appliquéd butterfly wings, beaded silk, African mud cloth and Salish weaving are a few of the materials and techniques used to make this 36-metre tapestry a masterpiece of textile artistry. Presented with Surrey Art Gallery.
Son of Chamber Symphony
One night, three intimate chamber symphonies, including Canadian and world premiere performances, played by Vancouver’s Turning Point Ensemble. The pieces include challenging harmonic works by composers Arnold Schoenberg of Austria, American John Adams and Vancouver-born John Oliver. Mr. Oliver’s composition commissioned by Arts Partners in Creative Development.
Sound of the Ocean
U Theatre, Taiwan’s Tao masters of martial arts and percussion, enchant audiences worldwide with a mesmerizing feast of music and movement that traces a drop of water on its journey from the sky to the vast ocean. Presented with the Asian-Canadian Special Events Association.
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
The rollicking enduring spirit of L’Acadie fused with the swampy southern heat of Louisiana fuel the sweet folk ballads and dancehall beats of nouveau Cajun musicians Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys. Presented with the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society and Winterruption on Granville Island.
TAO
TAO’s performance isn’t just another Japanese taiko show. It’s an explosive experience with overwhelming power that stimulates the senses through its pounding drum beats. It’s energetic, muscular, artistic, alluring and spectacular! Presented with Global Arts Concerts.
Tono
Thundering hooves and shamanic visions are conjured by dynamic percussion and the haunting lilt of the morin khuur as leaping dancers take centre stage in Tono. An original production by Red Sky Performance.
Underneath the Lintel
An uptight Dutch librarian takes off on a globe-trotting pursuit of the anonymous person who audaciously drops an overdue library book into his return slot — 113 years late! Presented with Chutzpah! The Lisa Nemetz International Showcase of Jewish Performing Arts and The Cultch.
La valse d’Angèle/Because She Hoped: French Canadian Folk Tales
Traditional French-Canadian folk songs, dancing and storytelling fondly revisited and magnificently transformed for the 21st century by a hand-picked ensemble of Canada’s leading creative musicians under the direction of François Houle. Presented with the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society and Winterruption on Granville Island.
The full slate of Cultural Olympiad 2010 events, along with ticket information, will be available online at www.vancouver2010.com/culturalolympiad as soon as events are announced.
Background
About the Cultural Olympiad
The Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, presented by Bell, is a series of multidisciplinary festivals and digital programs showcasing the best in Canadian and international arts and popular culture. Launched in 2008, the program culminates in the 60-day Cultural Olympiad 2010 (January 22 to March 21, 2010), which begins before and continues throughout the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Partnerships
Bell
Bell is proud to be a Premier National Partner and the exclusive Telecommunications Partner to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and the presenting sponsor for the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad. Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing consumers and business with solutions to all their communications needs, including Bell Home phone local and long distance services, Bell Mobility and Solo Mobile wireless, high-speed Bell Internet, Bell TV direct-to-home satellite and VDSL television, IP-broadband services and information and communications technology (ICT) services. Bell is wholly owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For information on Bell's products and services, please visit www.bell.ca. For corporate information on BCE, please visit www.bce.ca.
Government
The Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad is grateful for the support of the Government of Canada and the governments of all of Canada’s provinces and territories and their respective cultural agencies: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon. In addition to the Cultural Olympiad’s government and corporate partners, CODE is proudly supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the National Film Board of Canada. New Media BC and Wavefront Innovation Society are also both active participants in the project. The National Presentation and Touring Program is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Arts Partners in Creative Development
Arts Partners in Creative Development (APCD) is a strategic investment partnership to assist BC arts and cultural organizations create and develop new works or further develop existing works, with the intent of producing, presenting or exhibiting them at the highest standard. Organizations can apply for funding to create, commission and develop original work in the performing, visual, media or literary arts. With an initial investment of $6.5 million over three years, APCD facilitates the creation and development of new work to showcase both locally and worldwide. APCD funding partners include VANOC, the Province of British Columbia, 2010 Legacies Now, the City of Vancouver, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Vancouver Foundation.
About VANOC
VANOC is responsible for the planning, organizing, financing and staging of the XXI Olympic Winter Games and the X Paralympic Winter Games in 2010. The 2010 Olympic Winter Games will be staged in Vancouver and Whistler from February 12 to 28, 2010. Vancouver and Whistler will host the Paralympic Winter Games from March 12 to 21, 2010. Visit www.vancouver2010.com.
Contact
If you are a member of the media, please contact mediarelations@vancouver2010.com
For all other inquiries, please contact info@vancouver2010.com
Vancouver
is the largest metropolitan area in Western Canada, and third largest
in Canada, with a population of 2.6 million. Located at the
southwestern corner of the coastal province of British Columbia, it is
well known for its majestic natural beauty, as it is nestled between
the Coast Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It is frequently ranked as
one of the "best cities to live in" and is certainly a beautiful
destination to visit. Vancouver will be the host of the 2010 Winter
Olympics. There are many things to do in Vancouver, below is the list
of latest events happening in Vancouver.