110th ANNUAL REPORT THE CANADA COUNCIL 1966-67 &si?ciafe Direclor P.M. DWIER THE CANADA COUNCIL Honourable Judy LaMarsh, Secretary of State of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. Madam, 1 have the honour to transmit herewith, for submission to Parliament, the Report of The Canada Council for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1967, as required by section 23 of the Canada Council Act (5-6 Elizabeth II, 1957, Chap. 3). 1 am, Madam, Yours very truly, I June 30, 1967. THE CANADA Oneforty Wellington Street ) Members JEAN MARTINEAU (Chuimzn) MME ANNETTE LASALLE-LEDUC J. FRANCIS LEDDY (Vice-Chaimzn) NAPOLEON LEBLANC MURRAY ADASIUN DOUGLAS V. LEPAN JEAN ADRIEN ARSENAUL.T C. J. MACXENZIE ALEX COLVILLE TREVOR F. MOORE J. A. CORRY GILLES PELLETIER MRS. W. J. DORRANCE MISS KATHLEEN RICHARDSON MRS. STANLEY DOWHAN CLAUDE ROBILLARD W. P. GREGORY 1. A. RUMBOLDT HENRY D. HICKS SAMUEL STEINBERG STUART KEATE ) Investment Committee J. G. HUNGERFORD (Chairman) JEAN MARTINEAU G. ARNOLD HART TREVOR F. MOORE LOUIS HEBERT ) officefs JEAN BOUCHER, Director PETER M. DWYER, Associate Director F. A. MILLIGAN, Assistant Director ANDRE FORTIER, Assistant Director and Treasurer LILLJAN BREEN, Secretury JULES PELLETIER, Chief, Awards Section GERALD TAAFFE, Chief, Znformotion Services DAVID W. BARTLETT, SecretarpGeneral, Canadian National Commission for Unesco COUNCIL Ottawa 4 ) Advisory Bodies ACADEMIC PANEL JOHN F. GRAHAM (Chairman) BERNARD MAILHIOT EDMUND BERRY J. R. MALLORY ALBERT FAUCHER W. L. MORTON T. A. GOUDGE MALCOLM M. ROSS H. B. HAWTHORN CLARENCE TRACY J. E. HODGETTS MARCEL TRUDEL W. C. HOOD NAPOLEON LEBLANC MAURICE L’ABBE DOUGLAS V. LEPAN ADVISORY ARTS PANEL VINCENT TOVELL (Chairman) HERMAN GEIGER-TOREL LOUIS APPLEBAUM GUY GLOVER JEAN-MARIE BEAUDET WALTER HERBERT B. C. BINNING JOHN HIRSCH EARLE BIRNEY JEANNE LAPOINTE JACQUES DE TONNANCOUR MME ANDREE PARADIS KILDARE DOBBS JEAN-LOUIS ROUX ARTHUR ERICKSON MONCRIEFF WILLIAMSON VJSUAL ARTS JURY DOROTHY CAMERON KENNETH LOCHHEAD YVES GAUCHER MUSIC JURY VICTOR FELDBRILL GILLES POTVIN EZRA SCHABAS JEAN-MARIE BEAUDET SIR ERNEST MACMILLAN LEOPOLD SIMONEAU JACQUELINE RICHARD HELMUT BLUME ERNEST0 BARBJNI VTABLE OF CONTENTS I Foreword 3 Part One: The Arts 3 Introduction 5 Ballet 8 Music 13 Visual Arts 19 Theatre 25 Opera 29 Writing 35 Perspective 39 Part Two: The Social Sciencesand the Humanities 40 Doctoral Fellowships 42 Senior Fellowships and Research Grants 44 Research Collections 44 Publication, Conference and other Grants 45 Summary 46 Part Three: Special Programmes 46 Killam Trust Programme 46 Exchange Programme with French-language Countries 47 The Molson Prizes 48 Part Four: The Building Programme 49 Part Five: The CanadianNational Commission..borUnesco 49 Activities over the year 50 Publications 51 Unesco General Conference 51 Commission Membership 52 Part Six: Finances 52 Revenues and Expenditures 55 Investment over the Decade VAPPENDICES 61 Prizes and Special Awards Governor General’s Literary Awards Canada Council Medals Molson Prizes 62 The Arts 62 Arts Awards 64 Arts Bursaries 67 Grants to IndividuaIs 71 Grants to Organizations 71 Music 72 Festivals 72 Theatre, Ballet, Opera 74 Visual Arts 76 Publication 78 Other Grants 79 Canada Council Projects 81 Humanities and Social Sciences 81 Doctoral Fellowships 103 Senior Fellowships 10.5 Research Grants 110 Grants for Research Library Collections Ill Publication Grants 112 Grants for Meetings and Exchanges 117 Special Programmes 117 Fellowships in Medecine, Engineering and Science 117 Exchange Programme with French-language Countries 117 Fellowships 120 Visiting Lecturers 122 University Capital Grants Fund 123 Canadian National Commission for Unesco Grants for Programme Promotion and Development 125 Finance 125 Donations to the Canada Council 127 List of Securities 132 Auditor General’s Report 144 Special Appendix - Survey of Doctoral Award Holders For ten years now, the Council has been in the service of the arts, humanities and social sciences in Canada. Achievements during the period have been con- siderable. They are particularly striking in the arts, which turn out to have largely contributed to the level of excellence reached by Festival Canada and Expo ‘67 and to a welcome surge of pride in what Canadians cari accomplish together. On the other hand, for a good part of these ten years, the Council’s resources did not permit it to attend in any significant measure to certain needs, especially those of the social sciences and humanities, which continued to wane in the shadow of the natural sciences. Indeed, had it not been for a gradua1 awakening of the public conscience to the advantages of vastly increased invest- ment in research and creative thinking, the country would soon have found it- self slipping to the rearguard of those nations which cari still hope to influence their own destiny. Certainly, a continued withering of the social sciences and humanities would have imperiled Canada’s ability to direct its own evolution in this era of universal and instant change. The Council reported a year ago that parliamentary approval had been given early in 1965 to a $10 million special appropriation, a portion of which had enabled it to double its budget for the fiscal year 1965-66 and bring it to the $7 million level. Since then, with govemmental agreement, the Council found it necessary to apply the remaining two-thirds of these special funds to its 1966- 67 plan of expenditures. This meant that the budget could be raised for the year under review to some $11 million. More recently the Government agreed to recommend parliamentary approval for a grant of $17 million which would al- low the Council in 1967-68, with the additional income from its endowment funds, to lift its level of support to over $21.5 million. In the meantime, the Council had become the beneficiary of an unusually impressive private bequest from the estate of the widow of the late Izaak Walton Killam. The Killam Trust of the Council Will eventually amount to some $16.5 million and yield close to $1 million a year of expendable funds for which the research community Will be deeply grateful. The terms of Mrs. Killam’s Will prohibit the Council from applying these funds to the creative or performing arts. They should, however, provide generous support for a few programmes of study or research of exceptional significance. As cari readily be seen, the interest from the most generous private gifts in this country - and indeed in the present-day United States as well - is only large enough to assist highly selective endeavours. By the same token, they strengthen the case for the provision of public funds to meet the generality of needs. Some estimate of these requirements is now possible on the basis of the response of Canadian scholars and artists to the enlargement in the past two years of the Council’s main programmes of support. This response indicates that the recovery operation initiated in 1965-66 to meet pent up requirements and extend support to the full dimensions of the Council’s assigned constituency, especially in the social sciences and humanities, could probably be completed within a five-year period, that is, by the end of the fiscal year 1969-70, if funds are made available. Objectives of the first three years of the operation are now reasonably assured. This report Will indicate certain goals that must be reached if the task is to be pursued without reverting to an untenable ratio of awards to qualified applications. The last two years of the retrieval period Will not re- quire the same pace of growth in the Council’s resources as the first three years, although increases will still have to be substantial. From then on, the situation would, it is hoped, be reasonably well in hand and the Council’s budget could grow at a more uniform pace, related to constant factors of growth. During the year there were some changes in the membership of the Canada Council. Reverend Charles Forsyth resigned and was succeeded by Mr. Alex Col- ville. Dr. G. Edward Hall and Dr. J. W. T. Spinks both completed a second term and were succeeded by Dr. J. Alexander Corry and Mr. Murray Adaskin. Five members were re-appointed for a second term, namely Reverend Jean- Adrien Arsenault, Dr. Henry D. Hicks, Dr. C. J. Mackenzie, Mrs. W. J. Dor- rance and Mrs. Stuart Keate. Among staff changes during the year was the loss, through resignation, of the talented and dedicated officer charged with the Council’s programme of aid to the theatre, Ann Coffin, now Mrs. Christopher Young. The Council appointed Mr. F. A. Milligan as an Assistant Director, and he Will be particularly occupied with directing the programme of aid to the humanities and social sciences. A Chief of Information Services was found in Mr. Gerald Taaffe. Other officers appointed by the Council were Mr. Lloyd Stanford, to the Humanities and Social Sciences Division; Miss Jean Robe& and Mr. Guy Huot to the Arts Division; Mr. Gérald Rivest to the Treasurer’s Office; Miss Olga Jurgens and Mr. Bernard von Graeve to the National Com- mission for Unesco. The Council wishes to record here again an expression of its deep gratitude, as well as that of the community it serves, for the enlightened response of Gov- ernment and of Parliament, and for the inspired initiative of private donors. The Council also attaches considerable significance to the fruitful cooperation it has enjoyed with other national, provincial and local agencies engaged in the pursuit of common objectives. There are other forms of help which cal1 for equal recognition. Since the beginning, ten years ago, the Council has always founded its policies and judgments upon advice which has been most freely and thoughtfully given by artists and scholars. This selfless collaboration has been invaluable. PART 0N.Z ) The Arts INTRQDUCTION “Two Truths are told, As happy Prologues to the swelling Act .