Reference
Bérubé, Julie, Jonathan Paquette, Naomie Allard. Culture en région et communauté linguistiques minoritaires : enjeux et réalité. 93e congrès annuel de l’ACFAS, Colloque Culture en région et communautés linguistiques minoritaires. Trois-Rivières, 2026.
Summary
Cultural organizations and artists located in regional areas—outside major metropolitan centres—face a different reality from their counterparts in large urban centres, particularly regarding access to resources and support from public institutions (Bérubé & Gauthier, 2024). Similarly, cultural organizations operating in linguistic minority contexts encounter challenges such as securing funding, asserting their cultural identity, increasing their visibility, and attracting and retaining audiences (Ravi & Leclair, 2024; Gunter et al., 2025). While these two issues share common characteristics, they have largely been examined separately in the existing literature.
This presentation aims to provide an overview of the realities experienced by cultural organizations and artists operating in regional areas and within linguistic minority contexts in Canada. It draws on existing research on the topic as well as interviews conducted with employees of Canadian cultural organizations serving linguistic minority communities.
The objective is to identify avenues for future research that can enrich discussions surrounding these realities. In particular, the presentation will explore the role of regional cultural organizations in linguistic minority contexts, the ways in which they can address the challenges they face, and potential strategies to support their long-term sustainability.