The Banff Centre Annual Report

April 2007 - March 2008 The Banff Centre Annual Report

Inspiring Creativity April 2007 - March 2008

Message from the Board Chair and the President Creativity and innovation will drive Alberta and Canada’s future. For 75 years, The Banff Centre has supported healthy communities and fuelled our economy by inspiring creativity and fostering innovation. Our multidisciplinary programs provoke thought, spark debate, and embrace new ideas. In doing so, they nurture tomorrow’s artists and leaders and advance our understanding of the world.

The Banff Centre’s programs attract exceptional artists and thinkers, and support the creation and presentation of new performance and art works. By encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration, we foster applied research and the development of innovative processes and products within cultural industries. Our Leadership Development programming explores new methodologies, informed by artistic practice and by the Centre’s inspirational location. Our Mountain Culture programs and events celebrate our human connection to mountain landscapes and explore solutions to global environmental concerns.

During 2007-08, the Centre completed the first project in our transformational Banff Centre Revitalization Project. Thanks to significant support from the Governments of Alberta and Canada, and generous donations from corporate, private, and foundation supporters, the Campaign for The Banff Centre exceeded our Phase One Goal, raising $122.2 million in support of new facilities and programming and scholarship endowments.

The Banff Centre’s focus on the future in 2007-08 did not compromise our attention on the present. The Centre continued to deliver exceptional programming, consistently achieving high participant satisfaction ratings. We carefully stewarded our resources, and for the sixth consecutive year the Centre achieved a positive financial year end, enabling us to deploy our annual operating contingency funds to capital maintenance priorities.

Buoyed by these efforts and the support of our donors and investors, Banff Centre programs will continue to provide life-changing learning opportunities for Albertans and Canadians, and our multi-talented alumni will enrich our lives and communities through exceptional art, performance, and leadership.

Philip G. Ponting, QC Mary E. Hofstetter Chair, Board of Governors President & CEO

Statement of Accountability The Banff Centre’s Annual Report for the 12-month period ended March 31, 2007 was prepared under the Board’s direction in accordance with the Government Accountability Act and ministerial guidelines established pursuant to the Accountability Act. All material economic, environmental, and fiscal implications of which we are aware have been considered in the preparation of this Report.

Banff Centre mission

The Banff Centre is a catalyst for creativity, with a transformative impact on those who attend our programs, conferences, and events. Our alumni create, produce, and perform works of art all over the world, lead our institutions, organizations, and businesses, and play significant roles in our cultural, social, intellectual, and economic well-being, and in the preservation of our environment.

Banff Centre Fast Facts 2007-08

Founded: 1933

Annual program participants: 4,194

Scholarships, Support, and Financial Assistance provided: $3.8 million

Percentage of Canadian participants: 82 per cent

Original performances, concerts, and exhibitions per year: 417

Total audience all Centre events: 87,199, plus an additional 7,014 visitors to the Walter Phillips Gallery

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour audience: 198,500 in 30 countries

Conference client guest days: 68,892

Campus size: 43 acres/17 hectares

Staff : 536 full time equivalents

The Banff Centre is a globally respected arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference facility. An integral part of Alberta’s post- secondary educational system, the Centre is also designated as one of Canada’s national arts training institutions. Institutional Overview: Inspiring Creativity Program focus

Banff Centre programs target emerging and established leaders in the The guiding principle underlying all Banff Centre programming is arts, sciences, business, and public service, providing intensive, short- “inspiring creativity”. This is accomplished by: term residential programs that accelerate creative ideas and innovative solutions. The Centre’s multidisciplinary, multicultural environment • focusing on each individual learner’s quest to achieve excellence; inspires program participants to experiment, to share knowledge, and • attracting to The Banff Centre the world’s leading creators and to create and showcase new work. creative thinkers; • supporting the creation of new work through residencies, commissions, presentation and production; • fostering traditional and contemporary forms of Aboriginal cultural The experience at The Banff Centre of creating work in expression; such a focused, supportive professional environment • developing and implementing leadership programs that are informed has been invaluable. by the creative process; Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg • producing programs within Mountain Culture that seek creative solutions to global environmental concerns; dancer/choreographer • encouraging research and innovation.

While every program is first evaluated on its connection to The Banff Arts programs support artistic and creative renewal, the creation Centre’s mission and strategic objectives, each one must also possess of new work, creative collaborations, performance preparation, and the following characteristics: provide intellectual and physical resources for applied research. Professional development is offered in over a dozen art forms: music, • Unique. Each individual program is unique among, or significantly theatre, dance, opera, audio engineering, ceramics, print-making, different from, other national and international programs of its type. painting, papermaking, photography, sculpture, film and video, new • Residential. Banff Centre programs are residential. The campus offers media, and literature. Programs are non-degree granting, and target a safe space to take risks, to experiment, to explore, to be allowed individuals who function professionally at a post-graduate level. the freedom to fail, as well as to succeed – to work alone as well as Programs welcome participants from a diversity of disciplines, cultures, to interact. and languages, with a special niche for Aboriginal arts and artists. • Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaboration. The Banff Centre is a catalyst for interdisciplinary collaborative activity across all areas. Leadership Development at The Banff Centre offers custom and Through strategic partnerships, The Banff Centre extends the reach of public programs to mid- to senior-level leaders and decision makers work created here to wider communities of learners. in the corporate, government, arts and non-profit sectors. Through • Committed to Research, Innovation, and Creative Activity. Research experiential arts- and nature-based learning, participants explore is not only the foundation of scholarly inquiry, it is also a creative ideas and innovative solutions. The Centre’s Aboriginal fundamental component of creative activity. With a new strategic Leadership and Management programs build the capacities of First research plan, The Banff Centre is committed to increasing its Nation, Metis, and Inuit leaders to help their organizations and research activity, particularly in the area of applied research, and sees communities continue to move forward. this as a rich vehicle for inter-institutional collaboration.

Since 1952, Conferences have been a central activity of The Banff Centre, providing delegates from Alberta, Canada, and around the This program has given me the knowledge and world with exceptional meeting facilities in an environment that fosters inspiration to pursue bigger goals for myself as an inspirational learning experiences. Delegates benefit from the creative Indigenous woman. energies and showcasing of our arts, leadership, and mountain culture Elizabeth Rowan, programming and events. Revenues from conference activity support arts programming. Pigeon Lake Health Centre, Hobbema Indian Health Services

The Banff Mountain Film Festival has a big impact on Mountain Culture programs promote understanding and appreciation of the world’s mountain places by creating opportunities people all over the world. It makes people dream. It for people to share – and find inspiration in – mountain experiences, makes people care and aware of cultures and nature. ideas, and challenges. Showcase events include the Banff Mountain Olivier Higgins, Book and Film Festivals and World Tour. By engaging audiences through Co-director/producer, Asiemut mountain film, literature, and photography and through think-tanks and conferences, the Centre sparks dialogue on the environmental and cultural issues facing mountain regions. Programs that shape careers and Cross-country impact change lives The impact of Banff Centre programs is woven into the fabric of Alberta and Canadian culture. Our participants tell us that The Banff Centre experience changes their lives. Theatre, opera, and dance productions workshopped at The Banff Centre illuminate stages from coast to coast. Award-winning art and literature produced at the Centre is featured in galleries, bookstores, and libraries across the country. Business and community leaders from The Banff Centre has been instrumental in propelling my every province apply leadership skills learned in Banff, and musicians career as a composer forward. I have made leaps and and dancers trained at the Centre form the core of Alberta and bounds in my practice since I have been here. It has been an Canada’s performing arts institutions. incredible learning experience. I can now measure my career Currently 50 per cent of the Calgary Philharmonic, 50 per cent of as a composer as “pre-Banff” and “post-Banff. the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, 75 per cent of Alberta Ballet, 50 Stefan Udell per cent of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 33 per cent of the Vancouver Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and 33 per cent of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra are Banff Centre alumni.

Asked about their experience at The Banff Centre, arts alumni indicate high levels of satisfaction with both the program quality and its impact on their careers. Ninety-two percent of participants in The Banff The relationship that the Canadian dance community Centre’s Leadership Development programs leave “fully satisfied” that holds with The Banff Centre is absolutely crucial to the they have achieved their professional development goals. development of new work. Choreographers are given the In 2007, the National Arts Training Contribution Program (NATCP) opportunity to collaborate with professional set and lighting commissioned Ekos Research to conduct research examining the quality designers, and have access to full technical potential in the and impact of training provide by NATCP institutions, including The theatre during the creation of their works. This is unique in Banff Centre. According to the Ekos survey, 88 per cent of Banff Centre Canada. alumni were fully satisfied with the quality of teaching and faculty; and Brian Webb they explicitly expressed satisfaction with the ability of Banff Centre programs to expand their professional network and to improve their artistic director, Canada Dance Festival work as artists. Ekos also determined that, among all the surveyed institutions, Banff Centre alumni have the highest average number of: The Centre produced over 400 performances, concerts, readings, • awards exhibitions, and presentations for audiences in 2007-08, enriching the • grants lives of Albertans and Canadians. New work created at the Centre is • years worked professionally seen across Canada and around the world, often through collaboration • years worked outside of Canada with partners such as CBC Radio, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), the National Film Board, and the National Arts Centre. Centre alumni are also most likely to undertake leadership positions as mentors and teachers. Individuals from over 215 different corporations, non-profits and government agencies annually attend The Banff Centre’s publicly- offered Leadership Development programs. Many corporations also access the Centre’s customized leadership programming, including: Being at The Banff Centre has been one of the best AESO (Alberta Electric Systems Operator), Alberta Finance and professional experiences I’ve had. Taking my concepts from Enterprise Department, ATB Financial, the Community Partnership the “idea world” into reality became simple and strong. I Enhancement Fund, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd, Chevron, Canadian Pacific Railway, EnCana, Farm Credit Canada, Manitoba recommend the Banff New Media Institute to anyone who Hydro, SaskPower, TransAlta, and Worley Parsons. The Centre’s wants to go further in the professional and artistic realm. Aboriginal Leadership and Management programs serve participants Mario Marquez from First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities and organizations from Liminal Screen participant across Canada. Key Opportunities The experience was a world away from the day-to-day realities of my work/life. It opened my eyes to the power of and Challenges the arts to stimulate learning about the core of people and what makes each person unique. Implementation of new Program Master Plan Brian Korpan, Director, Commercial Banking, CIBC The Banff Centre’s unique trilogy of programs in the arts, leadership, and mountain culture is the foundation of its new Program Master Plan. Program directions explore the possibilities inherent in each area, Mountain Culture programs connect emerging and established recognizing new trends, directions and needs in each of the Centre’s filmmakers, writers, and photographers with mountain publishers, mandated fields. As a pedagogical leader, the Centre continues to producers, and networks. Environmental conferences and summits explore different methodologies for enhancing learning at the post- provide a neutral meeting ground for government and community graduate level. leaders, scientists, and environmental advocates. Training in the arts is learner-centered, encompassing exceptional mentorship by leading artists, personal reflection, creative work of Program Accessibility unusual intensity, and peer-to-peer learning with built-in opportunities to showcase, exhibit, and perform the skills acquired and mastered Programs at The Banff Centre are typically intensive residential here. New programs for emerging artists in drama, dance, indie bands, experiences of short-term duration, enabling artists and leaders to music composition, and puppetry were developed in 2008 to augment access learning opportunities while maintaining their professional the existing program strengths. practice. Participants are accepted based on their creative ability and potential, not on their ability to pay. The Centre’s commitment to keep tuition fees as low as possible, while maintaining program quality, reflects one of the Centre’s core values. The programs in the Theatre Production department provide During 2007-08, the following strategies ensured that programs us with the ability to work towards becoming theatre remained accessible and affordable: professionals through mentors who are experts in their specific field and direct experience working on professional • Programming and endowment funds increased by 26.5 per cent in productions. I cannot stress enough the incredible value of 2007-08, with a market value of $13,438,000 million at March 31, 2008. these experiences. Laura Lindeblom • Program participants received scholarship awards that equated to 71 Theatre production work study per cent of tuition costs.

• Net revenue of $4.1 million generated by conference and hospitality Leadership Development is working to enlarge the niche it has operations was invested to support core programs. developed over the past five years as an international leader in arts- • Funding from corporations, the federal government, and private based training, capitalizing on the practice of experiential learning donors supported program participants from all sectors and, offered through the arts, and through access to extraordinary outdoor in particular, Aboriginal people. With a view to expanding access facilities. In 2007-08 it expanded its program offerings, including opportunities for Aboriginal artists and Aboriginal leadership launching new programs on effective communications and Aboriginal participants, the Centre entered into agreements with Nexen and relations, and introducing post-program coaching. Suncor Energy Foundation which have been renewed and Mountain Culture is placing a greater emphasis on environmental increased in 2007-08. Currently two and half per cent of arts programming, expanding on its international reputation for hosting program participants are Aboriginal, which is consistent with their symposia on issues such as water management. representation in Canada’s arts labour force. Offerings for Aboriginal artists and leaders are being enhanced to meet the expressed needs of the community and opportunities to transfer credit for that learning will be explored.

Broader dissemination of the work created in programs at The Banff Centre is encouraged. The Centre continues to develop strategic partnerships with other post-secondary institutions, and arts and cultural organizations in order to enhance the impact of Banff Centre programming. Campus Renewal $94.0 million to fund the capital costs of Phase One and $28.2 million to provide enhanced support for programming and scholarships. Of the The Banff Centre Revitalization project, begun in 2005, is the most total funds secured, $78.9 million came from government sources and significant campus redevelopment initiative in the Centre’s history. It $43.3 million from the private sector. will build an environment in which creativity, innovation, and leadership flourish. Profile and Understanding Phase One of the project includes a new Dining Centre, the Kinnear Centre for Creativity & Innovation, outdoor performance spaces, Throughout 2008, The Banff Centre is celebrating its 75th anniversary. improvements to campus landscaping and pathways systems, and a In an effort to significantly increase the Centre’s profile and visibility, major increase in program funding and scholarship endowments. and to garner greater awareness, understanding, and support for this unique institution, the Centre has planned a full Anniversary year The Centre’s new Dining Centre opened in the summer of 2007. Adding of celebration. Alumni and the works they have created are being two storeys to the Sally Borden Building, it includes the Vistas Dining showcased at such venues as Calgary’s High Performance Rodeo and Room, the Three Ravens Restaurant & Wine Bar, a staff dining room, Enbridge Playrites Festival, at Ottawa’s Chamber Music Festival and and modern and efficient kitchen facilities. Canada Dance Festival, and Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre and Young Centre for the Performing Arts. Signature events are taking place in Site preparation for the Kinnear Centre for Creativity & Innovation Vancouver, Seattle, Winnipeg, Montreal, New York and Los Angeles. began in spring 2008. Supported by the largest private donation in These anniversary celebrations as well as an enhanced Banff Summer the history of the Centre — a $10 million contribution by James S. Arts Festival, a new Winter Arts Festival, and the publication of an Kinnear and the Friends of Pengrowth — it will be the focal point of anniversary book Inspiring Creativity, will help to elevate the name, the revitalized campus. The Kinnear Centre will include multidisciplinary profile, and work of The Banff Centre and the profound impact of its learning, meeting, and rehearsal spaces, the Paul D. Fleck Library alumni. & Archives, networking areas overlooking the expanse of the Bow Valley, and a sky-lit galleria. A magnificent new outdoor performance amphitheatre will be sculpted below the Kinnear Centre. The Centre will seek LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) The Banff Centre is the perfect model for supporting certification for all new buildings in the Revitalization project. arts and inspiring creativity in Canada and around the world. Here artists are given tools and support in a safe environment amongst international peers — nurturing The Banff Centre holds a special place in my heart. It brings a collective blossoming of creativity and fortifying artist a unique approach to leadership development programs. networks. Bravo Banff Centre! It helps bring out people’s full potential and causes us to Kevin Bergsma find new solutions to the challenges we face. And in typical Vancouver choreographer Canadian fashion, it has quietly become an international centre and destination because of the natural beauty it surrounds itself with, and the quality of its arts, cultural, and leadership programs. James S. Kinnear President and CEO, Pengrowth Corporation

Campaign for The Banff Centre To raise the funds necessary to complete the Revitalization project, The Banff Centre assembled a Campaign Cabinet of distinguished business and cultural leaders to spearhead the Campaign for The Banff Centre. Over the past three years, the Cabinet and the Board of Governors worked closely with the Governments of Alberta and Canada and with private donors to generate support for the Campaign.

The Campaign exceeded its Phase One goal of $120 million. As of March 31, 2008, The Banff Centre had raised $122.2 million, including Goals and Performance Measures

The 2007-2011 Banff Centre Business Plan identified three strategic goals: The Banff International String Quartet Competition sets you 1. Programming: Creative Exploration, Research, and Dissemination up for an international career and provides opportunities 2. Campus Transformation that would be incredibly difficult to obtain as a young quartet starting out. 3. Resource Development and Sustainability Lerida Delbridge The Centre assessed its progress toward achieving these goals through performance measures relating to: TinAlley String Quartet

• program applications and enrolments; • program satisfactions levels; Examples of new creative works developed • impact of programs on participant careers; • public events offered and audiences reached; at The Banff Centre: • creative works developed at, or in collaboration with, the Centre; • partnerships with external organizations; Music& Sound • the level of funding for The Banff Centre Campaign and program • Osvaldo Golijov’s new work Kuai Le, conceived during a Banff Centre endowments; residency, premiered in October as part of the Opening Ceremony for • overall conference activity; the Special Olympics in Shanghai, performed by Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road • revenues deployed to capital reinvestment; Ensemble. • the maintenance of financial viability through a balanced budget. • Dark Energy, a new composition for string quartets by Kelly Marie Programming: Creative Murphy, co-commissioned by the Centre and CBC Radio-Canada, was performed by each quartet in the Banff International String Exploration, Research, and Quartet Competition and broadcast in Canada, the USA, and Europe.

Dissemination • Leading luthier Sam Zygmuntowicz of New York accepted the commission of a new violin from The Banff Centre, as part of the Program and participant results 75th anniversary celebrations, to be completed by 2011. The violin will become part of the Centre’s instrument bank. During 2007-08, the Centre received 4,394 applications for arts • Three of Canada’s top emerging young bands — Vancouver’s programs. Total enrolment in arts programs was 2,627. Arts participants Gigi, Ohbijou from Toronto, and The Adam Brown from Montreal rated their satisfaction with the program quality at 4.5 out of 5 and - participated in the first Banff Indie Band Residency. During the “contribution to achievement of professional development goals” at two-week residency the bands conceived, wrote, and recorded new 4.2 out of 5.0 [1= unsatisfactory, and 5= outstanding]. work, mentored by senior recording engineers and producers, and An additional 1,567 business, community, and Aboriginal leaders music faculty. The bands were recorded for broadcast by CBC Radio participated in Leadership Development programs. Ninety-four per cent and performed to enthusiastic crowds in downtown Banff. of leadership program participants indicated they were “fully satisfied” • During the 2007 Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative and 92 per cent indicated that the program helped them achieve their Music, 70 participants from around the world created, recorded, and professional development goals. performed over 85 new works under the direction of Dave Douglas. Event and audience results • The Centre’s Audio department provided the surround audio mix for Cherubs of the Mist, a film by the Bedi Brothers from India, winners During 2007-08, The Banff Centre presented 417 public events and of the Banff Mountain Film Festival 2006 audio scholarship. The performances. Audiences at these events totaled 87,199. In addition, remixed film was presented at the Adventure Filmmakers’ Seminar. the Walter Phillips Gallery welcomed 7,014 visitors. The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour presented 499 screenings in 30 countries, • Vancouver-based ScrapArts Music participated in a one-week reaching a total audience of 198,500. production residency to prepare a new show which will tour North America and Europe in 2008-09. The residency culminated in a special concert kicking off the Centre’s 75th Anniversary celebrations. Dance • Alberta playwright Marty Chan’s new work The Forbidden Phoenix was workshopped for two weeks. This piece blends Peking Opera • Dancers Dancing, a contemporary dance company with a focus on traditions with western dramaturgy to tell the story of the Chinese touring dance to remote communities, participated in a one-week immigrants who helped build the Canadian railway system. It will production residency to prepare their new show, The Northern Light’s premiere at The Citadel Theatre in Edmonton in Fall 2008. Tour, prior to a tour to isolated communities in the Northwest Territories and northern Alberta. A performance was presented at the Centre as part of the 2007 Banff Summer Arts Festival. Visual Arts and Walter Phillips Gallery

• Peggy Baker Dance Projects participated in a one-week creation • The 2007 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art: Living Utopia and residency to refine the elements of a new work created by One Disaster was co-produced by the Walter Phillips Gallery and the Art Yellow Rabbit’s Denise Clark. The resulting work was premiered as Gallery of Alberta, and exhibited in Edmonton and Banff. An part of the 2008 Canada Dance Festival. exhibition celebrating the work of Alberta Aboriginal artist Alex Janvier was also presented as part of the Biennial, organized by the • Toronto’s Menaka Thakkar Dance participated in a two-week Art Gallery of Calgary. creation residency to work on a new mainstage piece titled Beloved Earth. Featuring original choreography by Menaka Thakkar and an • Anthem: Perspectives on Home and Native Land: this Walter Phillips international cast, this piece will be premiered as part of the 2009 Gallery exhibition, which explored questions of national identity and Luminato Festival. nationhood, featured creative works by several Banff Centre alumni, including KC Adams, Dana Inkster, Shirley Moorhouse, and Cynthia • Wen Wei Dance and the Centre co-produced a new dance work Girard. by choreographer Wen Wei Wang entitled Three Sixty Five. The co- production included a three-week production residency. Three Sixty • The Visual Arts thematic residency Imaginary Places supported the Five premiered in Vancouver in October 2007 and will tour nationally creation of new works by 35 artists. in 2008. • Highlights of Visual Arts works created/produced at the Centre and • Works originally created at the Centre and performed during the presented to the public during this year include: Paradise Buttress 60th Anniversary of Dance celebration in 2007 included excerpts by Luanne Martineau, Dome by Lida Abdul, Death by Chocolate: from Brian Macdonald’s Requiem 9/11, Crystal Pite’s Quest, and West Edmonton Shopping Mall by Dan Graham, Long Haul by Rita Giconda Barbuto’s Chiaroscuro. McKeough, and Historic Building by William Pope L.

Theatre Arts Banff New Media Institute (BNMI) • In March, the Centre announced one of the richest and most • During the Banff Summer Arts Festival, BNMI presented significant commissioning and development opportunities to benefit Contemporary Aboriginal Animation, a screening featuring Canadian theatre in recent years. The Banff Centre 75th Anniversary Dominique Keller’s Aboriginality; the works in progress from the National Playwriting Commission Competition is open to established Nunavut Animation Lab; and Northern Lights, an immersive and Canadian playwrights working in English or French. The Centre interactive 3D experience featuring Canadian Aboriginal stories. All will present the successful playwright with a $20,000 commissioning works were developed at the Centre. award, a two-week writing retreat at the Centre’s Leighton Artists’ • Tracklines Tour: BNMI offered demonstrations of the Banff National Colony during the 2008 / 2009 season, and two residencies with the Park Hoodoo Trail GPS-guided tour developed at the Centre. Banff Playwrights Colony for playwright and dramaturge in 2009 and 2010. It is intended that the resulting work will premiere at the 2010 • During the Women in the Directors Chair program eight emerging Banff Summer Arts Festival. Canadian women directors each created a short dramatic video work, from concept through scripting to production, with full creative • The Theatre Arts Department hosted the first creative residency and production support, and mentorship from leading women for Red Sky Performance’s new work, Tono (Higher, Faster, Stronger), directors. co-developed and co-produced by The Banff Centre and Red Sky Performance. Tono will be presented at the 2008 Banff Summer Arts • Other highlights of creative works supported through BNMI Festival and will be showcased at the 2008 Olympic Arts Festival in residencies included The Wall by Paula Levine—a web and mapping Beijing, followed by national and international tours in 2009-2010. project overlaying the Israel/Palestine security wall on other cities; Broken Arrow by Germaine Koh and Ian Verchere — an art • Theatre Arts supported a one-week creation residency for The installation which functions as a Geiger counter for Bluetooth- Landscape of Dreams, a new interdisciplinary play created by the enabled devices; and Qalupalik by Ame Papatsie, a stop-motion Vault, a physical theatre company based in Edmonton. The animation that tells a traditional Inuit story. Landscape of Dreams will premiere in Edmonton in Spring 2008. Literary Arts Selected partnerships with external • During the 2007 International Literary Translation Centre (BILTC) organizations: program, author Joseph Boyden worked with translator Greg Spence, to translate his acclaimed novel, Three Day Road, into Cree. This is Music and Sound the first ever translation of a novel into Cree. • CBC Radio: The Centre partnered with CBC Radio to present • The 2007 Science Communications program included Figure It Out, nation-wide broadcasts (including live web streaming) and extensive a promotional video for a new science television show; Look Again, coverage of the 2007 Banff International String Quartet Competition an art exhibit on the nature of colour, Bug Busters; an interactive (BISQC). Selected performances from the 2007 BISQC were also program about the mountain pine beetle; and Hot Stove, a science broadcast across Europe via Euroradio, as part of their 2007-2008 based educational website. Parks Canada was so impressed with the Gala Competitions Series. Bug Busters project that they offered to partner with the group to • Stichting Kamermuziek Nederland and Konzertdirektion Andrea bring the proposal to fruition. Hampl: In partnership with Stichting Kamermuziek Nederland and Konzertdirektion Andrea Hampl, 2007 BISQC winners the TinAlley Mountain Culture String Quartet completed an extensive tour of Europe, including concerts in Germany, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Working • In 2005, the Centre awarded Kentucky-based geographer and with community partners, the Centre also facilitated concerts in San photographer David Zurick a Banff Mountain Grant to complete Francisco, Palo Alto, San Jose, New York, Vancouver, Kelowna, Banff, the Illustrated Atlas of the Himalaya, which went on to win a 2006 and Calgary, as part of the BISQC winner’s tour. National Outdoor Book Award. As part of his grant fulfillment, Zurick presented a multi-media talk at the Centre entitled Shangri-La − • Juilliard School and Stanford University: Juilliard School and Stanford Himalaya in the Geographical Imagination in May. University invited The Banff Centre to join them as co-commissioners of a new work by American composer John Adams for the St. • The 2007 Banff Mountain Grants programs provided support to Lawrence String Quartet. The Centre also hosted an audio research eight new creative works: four films: Liquid Truth, A Higher Lonesome residency for four senior researchers from Stanford University. Sound, The Man Who Loved the Mountain, and Rock Hobos; three books: Extreme Journeys in Labrador, Shey Phoksundo National • Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (CPO): Audio partnered with the Park: Biodiversity Conservation History and Opportunities in the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra to produce and record a CD Nepal Himalaya, and Expedition to the Edge of Unknown; and one of Marvin Hamlich conducting three cantors in concert with the interactive exhibit: “Arctic Refuge”. Philharmonic at the Beth Tzedic Synagogue in Calgary.

Leadership Development • Parks Canada: Parks Canada partnered with the Centre to create material for 12 interpretive kiosks within Banff National Park, each • The Leadership Arts Ensemble were commissioned to perform a with a different message, and each in English, French, Japanese, long-form organizational improv theatre work for the delegates of Punjabi, Arabic, Spanish, and German. The Canadian User Experience (CANUX 2007) during their annual conference. With a cast of 13, and scenes taking place in 35 • Banff Lake Louise Tourism (BLLT): BLLT partnered with the Centre to locations across campus, the play explored the connections between present The Snow Queen with Alon Nashman and the Lily Quartet, leadership, artistic mediums, and creative processes. as part of the Lake Louise Ice Magic and the Centre’s 75th Anniversary celebrations. • Powerful Expression, a new series of Creative Leadership short courses has been developed focused on the core media of creative expression: creative writing, voice, movement, and drama. Theatre Arts • Citadel Theatre: The Banff Centre and Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre have partnered to create The Banff Centre/Citadel Professional Theatre Program. The program will include master classes in acting, singing, voice, movement, dance, text, and script analysis led by some of Canada’s top theatre artists, and will culminate in a mainstage production at the Banff Summer Arts Festival that will go on to open the Mainstage Series at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. • British Columbia Arts Council: The Centre is partnering with the BC Schulich School of Engineering, Perimeter Institute, Dow, Canadian Arts Council to offer British Columbia arts companies the opportunity Science Writers’ Association, iCORE, NSERC. to refine the production elements of a new work in dance, music, opera, theatre, or interdisciplinary through residencies at the Centre. • WordFest: The Banff-Calgary International Writer's Festival: Co- The three-year partnership will support two-week residencies for up production by the Centre of the annual WordFest: Banff-Calgary to 12 artists each year. International Writer's Festival. This year’s Banff Distinguished Authors event featured three Centre alumni, Jane Urquhart, Michael Winter, • Opera.ca: The Centre co-sponsored and co-presented the Banff and Elizabeth Hay— all of whom acknowledged the Centre’s Opera Colloquium providing opportunities for leaders in the support for their work. Canadian opera and music theatre community to engage with arts leaders, and discuss how opera companies can become integral • Writers Guild of Alberta: In partnership with the Writers Guild of members of their communities. Alberta, the Centre supported a week-long retreat for 25 Alberta writers. • Le Regroupement artistique francophone de l'Alberta (RAFA), the Department of Canadian Heritage: This partnership presented the Banff New Media Institute first Entr’ARTS workshop for Alberta-based francophone artists. Notable Quebec faculty facilitated a series of intensive workshops in • Aboriginal People’s Television Network: BNMI expanded its dance, theatre, musical composition, and visual arts at the Centre. partnership with APTN to include APTN’s multi-platform DIGITAL NATIONS project. BNMI will host a residency to develop the online • Troika Productions: The artistic team for Troika Productions’ remount component of DIGITAL NATIONS, including a website featuring a of Jesus Christ Superstar were in residence for one week in the Eric world map that will use GPS technology to determine regions of the Harvie Theatre, providing valuable training opportunities for theatre world where Indigenous communities are located. The site will also production work studies. serve as a platform for aspiring Aboriginal filmmakers to showcase their works to Canadians and international markets. BNMI also • Occupational Skills Analysis Project: Leading Canadian technical partnered with APTN to deliver a High Definition television training and production directors, managers, designers, and craftspersons workshop for APTN producers in November. were invited to Banff to complete two Occupational Skills Analyses: Technical Direction and Production Management. Charts • Concordia University and Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD): of competencies were created for both fields, part of an ongoing The Centre has received a declaration of the intent to commercialize project on Theatre Occupational Skills. intellectual property, arising from research undertaken in the Banff New Media Institute, in collaboration with colleagues from Dance Concordia University and OCAD. The Centre is working with project partners and others on the commercialization model, in • The National Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, light of the project collaboration agreement and the Centre’s policy Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Alberta Ballet, Ballet British Columbia: The on commercialization of intellectual property. Banff Centre will collaborate with top North American ballet companies to launch a new summer dance training program. The • Banff Community High School/ Learning Through the Arts: BNMI’s artistic directors of seven companies — The National Ballet, Les Locative Learning project supported the creation by Banff high Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, school students of a cell phone-accessible mobile tour of Banff Alberta Ballet, Boston Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, and Ballet British history. The project is a partnership between the high school, BNMI, Columbia — will select young professional dancers to participate in Learning Through the Arts, and is supported by the Inukshuk Fund, a the program. community outreach initiative of Inukshuk Wireless.

• Parks Canada: BNMI is working with Parks Canada to compile Literary Arts and analyze data from over 200 surveys evaluating the experience • Canada Council for the Arts & the En’owkin Centre: This partnership of receiving multimedia content over cell phones while outdoors in supports the Emerging Aboriginal Writers program. Now in its third the Parks environment. BNMI will produce the report on the impact year, the program encourages the development of Aboriginal of mobile technologies in a National Park. publishing and enhancing Aboriginal literary creation in Aboriginal languages.

• Multiple Science Communications program partners: The Centre’s Science Communications program partners include: Alberta Ingenuity fund, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, CTV, Heritage Research Foundation, Visual Arts and Walter Phillips Gallery Campus Transformation • Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Musée d’art de Joliette: The touring exhibition of World Upside The Banff Centre has been successful in securing $122.2 million to fund Down, originally created at the Walter Phillips Gallery, and produced the capital costs of Phase One [$94.0 million] and to provide enhanced in collaboration with Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Kingston, ON), support for programming and scholarships [$28.2 million]. Of the total Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and the Musée d’art de Joliette, was funds secured, $78.9 million came from government sources and $43.3 presented in Kingston, with the support of the Museums Assistance million from the private sector. Program of the Canadian Department of Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council.

• La Biennale de Montréal at the Liane and Danny Taran Gallery: The Walter Phillips Gallery’s exhibition Comic Craze was presented as part of La Biennale de Montréal at the Liane and Danny Taran Gallery at the Saidye Bronfman Centre in Montreal.

Leadership Development • Tainui Endowed College (New Zealand): This new partnership with Aboriginal Leadership & Management (ABLM) will offer ABLM programming in New Zealand.

• Good Governance Network and National Centre for First Nations Governance: Aboriginal Leadership and Management is working with a new coalition of Aboriginal leadership training institutions to create a Canadian version of Honoring Nations, a U.S. initiative of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. The purpose is to recognize and award best practices in good governance in tribal communities.

• Copenhagen Business School/Danish Pedagogical University: Leadership Development partnered with the Copenhagen Business School/Danish Pedagogical University’s Master of Arts degree program in Leadership and Innovation in Complex Systems to host a group of post-graduate students. Program head Professor Lotte Darso selected The Banff Centre to explore arts-inspired creativity and leadership.

Mountain Culture • National Geographic Society (NGS): the Banff Adventure Photography Workshop was presented in partnership with NGS.

• Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development (SDC)/Mountain Partnership Secretariat: SDC, one of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat’s primary funders, invited Mountain Culture to host the North American decentralized hub for the Mountain Partnership Secretariat. Resource Development and Sustainability

A balanced and sustainable budget The Banff Centre is 74 per cent self-reliant, generating revenue from accommodations, donations, sponsorships, program grants, tuition, and other services. The Centre operates under the authority of the Post Secondary Learning Act as overseen by the Government of Alberta and receives an annual operating grant from the department of Alberta Advanced Education and Technology. This $13.8 million grant represents 26 per cent of the Centre's total revenue. The Centre relies on revenues generated by our Conferences & Hospitality activities and works with partners in the private and public sectors to generate the balance of funding required to support our programming and capital needs.

For the sixth consecutive year, the Centre was able to generate positive financial results, ending the year with a surplus of $1.231 million. The positive year-end result is in large part due to the Centre’s ongoing commitment to cost containment including full preservation of all contingencies, its success in attracting additional grant funding and other support for programs, and the setting of realistic and attainable goals for conference revenue. As we have done in the past five years, a significant portion of the surplus funds will be directed to our capital needs, with the balance invested in supporting our programming.

Our financial objective continues to be to ensure that the Centre ends the year with a balanced budget and that Revitalization construction activities on campus do not adversely impact the quality of service provided to our participants. We shall continue to make every effort to preserve contingency funds in order to maximize the amount of self-generated funds available for capital and programmatic renewal.

Revenues Expenses (in thousands of dollars)

Accommodation, Sales, Salaries, Wages, & Benefits $27,490 Rentals & Services $23,864 Supplies & Materials $4,689 Operating Grant $13,806 Scholarships & Financial Assistance $3,768 Tuition & Related Fees $5,319 Purchased Services $3,173 Other Grants $4,254 Amortization of Capital Assets & Loss on disposal Donations & Other Contributions $3,792 of Capital Assets $2,593 Amortization of Deferred Expended Capital Contributions $1,313 Facility Operations & Maintenance $4,208 Investment Income $718 Utilities $1,600 Travel & Related $1,704 Rentals & Equipment $1,202 Financial Costs $573 Marketing & Promotion $835

Revenues for 2007–2008 $53,066 Expenses for 2007–2008 $51,835

Governance Campaign for the Banff Centre Cabinet Doug Black,QC, Co-Chair Calgary Michael J. Norris, Co-Chair Toronto The Banff Centre Board of Governors Lorne R. Barclay Toronto (as at March 31, 2008) D. Bruce Bentley Edmonton Philip G. Ponting, QC Chair Calgary Linda Black Calgary Mary E. Hofstetter President & CEO Banff Adrian Burns Ottawa Lorne R. Barclay Toronto Michael B.C. Davies Toronto D. Bruce Bentley Edmonton Beth Diamond Calgary Robert Breaker Calgary Bonnie DuPont Calgary Robert Cartmel Westminster, Colorado Dr. James D. Fleck, OC North York Jack Davis Calgary David Glenn Fountain Halifax N. Murray Edwards Calgary/Banff Susan J. Glass Winnipeg David Glenn Fountain Halifax Ross Grieve Edmonton Gail Merilees Jarislowsky Montreal Mary E. Hofstetter Banff James S. Kinnear (from October, 2007) Calgary James S. Kinnear Calgary Jeff Kovitz, QC Canmore Lyall D. Knott, QC Vancouver Alan Latourelle Ottawa Jens Lindemann Los Angeles Don Lowry Edmonton Jeanne Lougheed Calgary Toshimi Sembo Calgary The Honourable Peter Lougheed, PC, CC, QC Calgary Arni Thorsteinson Winnipeg Donald Lowry Edmonton John B. McWilliams, QC Calgary Marilyn Milavsky Calgary Gerry Protti Calgary Executive Officers Shauna Rolston Toronto Julie M. Shaw Calgary Kenneth D. Taylor, OC New York Mary E. Hofstetter, President & Chief Executive Officer Arni C. Thorsteinson Winnipeg The Honourable Brian V. Tobin, PC Toronto J.A. (Art) Nutt, Vice-president & Chief Financial Officer Jodean Tobin Toronto Sarah J.E. Iley, Vice-president, Programming Pamela D. Wallin New York Norbert Meier, Vice-president, Hospitality & Conferences Donors and Supporters Platinum ATB Financial The Banff Centre is honoured to recognize those donors and sponsors Deuter who contributed $1,000 or more to the Centre in 2007-2008. Through Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP their generosity and vision, donors enable many aspects of The Banff Gibson Energy Ltd. Centre experience. They provide financial assistance to artists and Gore-Tex Fabrics community and not-for-profit leaders who could not otherwise afford Meyers Norris Penny LLP opportunities for professional development and growth and they Mountain Hardwear enable The Banff Centre to offer innovative programs and maintain Onex Corporation facilities. In addition to the names listed below, The Banff Centre Outdoor Research expresses appreciation to the many other donors, supporters, and Patagonia volunteers whose contribution to the achievement of our goals has PCL Construction Group Inc. been invaluable. Pengrowth Management Limited Polartec CORPORATE PARTNERS PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Champions Shell Canada Limited Suncor Energy Inc. BMO Financial Group TELUS Corporation BP Canada Energy Company Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Chevron Canada Resources Coca-Cola Bottling Company Gold Corus Entertainment Inc. Enbridge Inc. Adamant Energy Inc. EnCana Corporation Alliance Pipeline Ltd. EPCOR Canadian Mountain Holidays Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life FortisAlberta Inc. Husky Energy Inc. Lake Louise Mountain Resort Investors Group MSR - Mountain Safety Research Lehigh Inland Cement Limited PETZL Maclab Enterprises Spectra Energy Corporation National Geographic World Expeditions New Balance Yamaha Canada Music Ltd. Nexen Inc. Power Corporation of Canada Silver RBC, RBC Capital Markets, and RBC Foundation ARC Resources Ltd. Shaw Communications Inc. B&E Electronics Ltd. TD Canada Trust Canadian Natural Resources Limited Dow Chemical Canada Inc. Galaxie - CBC's Continuous Music Network Le Château McAra Printing McCarthy Tétrault LLP Mount Engadine Lodge NAL Resources Management Limited Sidley Austin LLP Xerox Canada Ltd. Anonymous Donor Bronze INDIVIDUALS, ASSOCIATIONS AND Alpine Club of Canada FOUNDATIONS ARC Financial Corp. Champions Arctos & Bird Management Ltd. Banff Book & Art Den Stephan Benediktson Banff Lake Louise Tourism Peter and Sheila Bentley Bentley Calgary Linda and Doug Black, QC Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP Richard Bonnycastle Calgary BMW and The BMW Gallery Cyril and Elizabeth Challice CHUM Limited Bryce and Nicki Douglas Crosswater Partners Heather and N. Murray Edwards Macleod Dixon LLP Margaret and Jim Fleck Mountain Equipment Co-op Margaret and David Glenn Fountain Mullen Group Income Fund Susan Glass and Arni Thorsteinson Precision Drilling Corporation The Jarislowsky Foundation Qualico Communities Donald Johnson and Anna McCowan-Johnson Rocky Mountain Books The Kahanoff Foundation Stikeman Elliott LLP James (Jim) Kinnear and Bridgette Eansor The Kun Shoulder Rest Inc. Jeff Kovitz, QC The Mountaineers Books LuAn Mitchell Travel Alberta International Barbara Poole Toshimi and William Sembo Supporters Joan and Marshall Williams Anonymous (2) Batstar Adventure Tours Big Rock Brewery Governors’ Circle Calgary Flames Hockey Club Marcelo Abbiati Canada House Gallery Lorne and Rosemary Barclay CIBC World Markets Inc. D. Bruce and Carol Bentley Clif Bar Andrea Brussa Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Adrian Burns FirstEnergy Capital Corp. The Calgary Foundation Justin Time Records Inc. The Calgary Foundation - Alexander Rothney (Sandy) Cross Estate Fund KeySpan Corporation Canadian Union of Public Employees - Local 4318 Kraft Foods Canadian Union of Public Employees - National McLennan Ross LLP Alice Chan and Dr. Chen Fong Mulvihill Capital - Mark Carpani Albert and Irena Cohen One Percent for the Planet Michael Davies Ortovox Canada Beth Diamond Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Jim Dinning and Evelyn Main Qiviuk Boutiques John and Merrilyn Driscoll SAJO The Gagnon Family The Juniper Hotel Frances Harley-Urtasun and Raul Urtasun The North Face Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation The Schwarz Hospitality Group Diane Hobson Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies Mary E. Hofstetter and R. David Riggs Rebecca and Harley Hotchkiss, OC Michael M. and Sonja Koerner Robert and Susan Larson F. Richard Matthews, QC Max Bell Foundation Vickie and Russell McKinnon, QC John and Susan McWilliams Harold and Marilyn Milavsky Maria David-Evans Norlien Foundation Owen and Linda De Bathe Michael and Janet Norris William and Francesca Dejong Jacqueline Nowak and Murray Malley Clem and Diane Dumett Arlene and Philip G. Ponting, QC The Eagle Pass Fund Leighton F. Pullen Edmond and Maureen Eberts The Quebecor Fund Edmonton Community Foundation — Eldon and Anne Foote Fund Richardson Foundation Glen and Jane Edwards Rx&D Health Research Foundation Kathryn Farley The S. Schulich Foundation Donald and Sydney Fenna Dennis R. Shuler Martin Finnerty Carolyn and David Tavender, QC Flair Foundation R. Howard Webster Foundation Chris and Mary Fong Vladimir and Yachiyo Wolodarsky D. Ronald Franklin Anonymous Glen Fraser Colin Funk and Connie Brill President's Circle Shirley Gifford Dorothy and William Girling Jorie Adams Margaret Gmoser Alberta Irrigation Projects Association Bert Goliath John and Cheryl Aldred Marvin and Elaine Gottleib Fernando Alvarez Peter A. Goulding R.W. "Bill" Andrew Helen Graham Keith Archer Ian and Judy Griffin Marjorie and Neil Armstrong, CM Sabrina Grobler and Hugh Notman John Avery Wally and Lil Guberman Irene Bakker Jess Harding The Banff Community Foundation Lois and Richard Haskayne, OC Steven and Beverly Becker Ross and Nancy Hayes Catherine Bell and Kent Brown Sarah Hayes and Clare Prosser Geoff and Nancy Belsher Dan and Kathy Hays Jean and Gary Bews Roy Heenan Birks Family Foundation Paul and Ellen Hellyer S.M. Blair Family Foundation Lyman and Ann Henderson Valerie Bradshaw Hicks Memorial Fund at The Calgary Foundation Richard Bremner and Clare Jarman James Hoag and Marcia Glenn Susan Burkman Leonard Hooper John, Suzanne, Jacqueline & Nicole Burns Dr. Diane and Daryl Howard Melanie Busby and Goldie Edworthy Donald F. Hunter Foundation Canadian Federation of University Women Larry and Carolyn Hursh Pat and Connie Carlson Sarah and Stephen Iley The Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation Istituto Italiano di Cultura Dan and Debbie Casey Jackman Foundation Central Okanagan Foundation David Jackson Jack and Sylvia Chetner Elizabeth and Robert Jennings Phyllis and William Cochrane, OC, MD Vernon Jones Michael and Sandra Code Hsing Jou and E.L. Bishop Anthony and Anita Cohen Jim and Marilyn Kalman Martha Cohen, CM The Kapay Family Columbia Basin Trust Sophie and Frank Kettner Andrew Crichton and Michele Kalny Hong-Yol and Soo-Ok Kim Patricia Cullimore Tim and Alana Kitchen The Maxwell Cummings Family Foundation Patricia Klinck John and Christine Currie Lyall and Susan Knott Joanna See Andrew Kyle Shauna Lee Selezinka Michael and Madeline Lang JR and Carol Shaw John and Sheilagh Langille Mary and Richard Shaw, QC Peggy and David Leighton, OC Barry Shiffman Theresa Leonard C.A. Siebens Stéphane Lévesque Ruth Silver The Alvin and Mona Libin Foundation Grant and Elsie Smith Peter and Jeanne Lougheed Jane and S.G. Snyder Nona Macdonald Heaslip Peter Soumalias Hartland and Eve MacDougall Ronald and Margaret Southern Jamie and Brenda Mackie Elenor Spragins Cécile and Sandy Mactaggart W. Stevens Norman and Sandra Marenych The Stock Family Pauline Martin Patricia and Kenneth Taylor, OC Denise McMullen Trinier Family Norbert Meier The William and Nancy Turner Foundation Virginia Middelberg Fund at The Calgary Foundation Wesley and Margaret Twiss Arliss Miller William and June Tye Dave and Roxanne Miller Trevor Tyre and Jenaya Webb Timothy Milligan Antonie and Kathleen Vandenbrink Lynda and Breon Mitchell Patricia Wan Dr. David Miyauchi and Dr. Mary Elizabeth Macrae Lori Ward Martin Molyneaux and Deborah Yedlin Tim and Patricia Watson F.K. Morrow Foundation Ron and Norma Westcott Andrew and Mary Nelson Wilburforce Foundation Nickle Family Foundation Andrew and Nancy Wiswell Nick Nissley and Elise Ballinger Shirley Wolfe Candice Noakes Stan and Lou Wong Art and Dora Nutt Betty Jane Wylie Philip and Gayle Olsson Anonymous (3) Chip and Jim Olver Bruce and Branca Pachkowski GIFT-IN-KIND Ken Page Memorial Trust Supporters The Palmer Family Foundation Aldo and Elizabeth Parisot Air Mikisew Robert and Patricia Peabody Alberta Ballet Robert and Yvonne Peterson Alberta Views Pirie Foundation AquaSource Jim and Sandra Pitblado Art Gallery of Alberta Betty and Donald Plewes Art Gallery of Calgary David Prentice ATCO Travel Helen Primrose Aurora Village Gerry and Jo Prodor Banff Airporter Inc. Erik and Arlene Quackenbush Banff Crag & Canyon John Rae Banff Wine Store/Castle Cellars Reader's Digest Foundation of Canada Peter Blattmann, The Traveling Gourmet Olga Roland Nicholas Bott Robert Rombough Joanne Bristol Felicia Ross BSE (Broadcast Systems and Equipment, Inc.) Tamara Ross Calgary Herald Alice Schultz Canada House Gallery Donald R. Seaman Canadian North Airlines Joanne Cardinal-Schubert The Wedding Planner Cascade Liquor World Therapy Vineyards and Guesthouse CBC Radio – Canada Trepanier Baer Gallery Inc. Centini Restaurant and Lounge Ultimate Properies International Chatter Creek - Real Cat Skiing Paul Van Ginkel Christie Digital Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Hotel Conroy Ross Partners Limited VER Consulate General of France, Vancouver Peter Von Tiesenhausen Chris Cran Whistler Pinnacle Hotel Diana Paul Galleries Tom Willock, MSc. Explore Willock & Sax Gallery Explorer Hotel Glenn Wurtele The Fairmont Banff Springs Xerox - the Document Source FIDO Yamaha Canada Music Ltd. Freya's North American Native Art - Banff Graf Canada Limited COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIPS Guido’s Ristorante Julia Hamilton The Banff Community Foundation HDTV Productions Inc. The Calgary Foundation Holt Renfrew Central Okanagan Foundation Il Sogno Community Foundation of Ottawa infuse catering Edmonton Community Foundation J. Vair Anderson Jewellers & Rolex Canada Ltd. Jacques Cartier Clothier/Qiviuk Boutique Wendy Klotz Les Truffes au Chocolat Jens Lindemann and Jennifer Snow M Private Residences Audrey Mabee Masters Gallery Ltd. Matrix Video Communications MCR Micro Computer Rentals MDI Media Duplication International LuAn Mitchell Angela Morgan Mount Royal Hotel John Murrell Ron Nicholls Panasonic Broadcast Systems Pengrowth Management Limited Pinnacle Hotel Whistler Post Hotel and Spa RC International Furs - Peter Leung Red Tree Catering RedPoint Media Group Inc. Rocky Mountain Telecom John and Anne Rose Ross Video Ski Banff-Lake Louise-Sunshine Ryan Sluggett Sony Summit Gallery of Fine Art The Rocky Mountain Outlook GOVERNMENT/PUBLIC PARTNERS Alberta Advanced Education and Technology Every effort has been made to ensure this list is accurate. If a name Alberta College of Art + Design has been omitted or misspelled, please accept our apologies and let us Alberta Environment know so we can correct our records. Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) Alberta Government - Access to the Future Fund Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) Charitable Registration Numbers: Canada 11921 4955 RR0001, United Alberta Informatics Circle of Research Excellence (iCORE) States 98-0078729 Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Water Research Alberta Ingenuity Fund For more information about supporting The Banff Centre, please contact Archives Society of Alberta (ASA) the Development Office: 403-762-6217 or 1-888-495-4467, support@ Association of Alberta Colleges and Technical Institutes (AACTI) banffcentre.ca Banff Community Foundation Banff Community High School Banff Lake Louise Tourism Banff Special Events Corporation Bell Globemedia Canada Council for the Arts Canadian Council of Archives (CCA) The Banff Centre Canadian Film Centre Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) The Banff Centre is a globally respected arts, cultural, and educational institution Canadian Science Writer's Association and conference facility. Our alumni create, produce, and perform works of art Canadian Women in Communications all over the world; lead our institutions, organizations, and businesses; and play CanWest Global Foundation significant roles in our cultural, social, intellectual, and economic well-being, and CBC Radio-Canada in the preservation of our environment. Corus Entertainment Department of Canada Heritage The Banff Centre is supported by funding from the Government of Alberta, Department of Human Resources Development Canada through Alberta Advanced Education and Technology, Alberta Infrastructure, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Arts programs are supported by funding Digital Media Association of Alberta from the Government of Canada through the Canada Council for the Arts, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and the Department of Canadian Heritage through the National Arts Training Galaxie - CBC's Continuous Music Network Contribution Program. Hong Kong Cyberport Infrastructure Canada (Building Canada program) The Campus revitalization project is supported by the governments of Alberta L'institut national de L'image et du son and Canada, and by individual, corporate, and foundation donors. National Archives Development Program (NADP) Natural Science & Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Parks Canada Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Telefilm Canada The National Arts Centre The Royal Conservatory of Music – Learning Through the Arts Travel Alberta Travel Alberta International UIAA University of Calgary

75th anniversary activities are made possible with support from The Kahanoff Foundation Arts Presentation Canada Program (APC) and 75th lead corporate sponsor Chevron. Museum Assistance Program (MAP) National Arts Training Contribution Program (NATCP)