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It submits regular reports to several other government departments in line with schedules and regulations set by legislation and the departments.</p> <p style="z-index: 1;">Those reports include action plans or updates on meeting the requirements of:</p> <ul> <li style="z-index: 1;">the <em>Official Languages Act</em></li> <li style="z-index: 1;">the <em>Canadian Multiculturalism Act</em></li> <li style="z-index: 1;">the <em>Employment Equity Act</em></li> <li style="z-index: 1;">the <em>Access to Information Act </em>and<em> P</em><em>rivacy Act</em></li> </ul> <p style="z-index: 1;">An Annual Public Meeting is held early in each calendar year, usually in the Ottawa offices. Members of the public and the arts community are invited to participate in person, or via livestream and social media channels.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container score-page-layout-column1 "> <div class="score-column1 site-header" > <div class="score-center"> <a aria-label="Read more about public accountability" class="score-button" data-ux-args="{"ClickMessagesTransmitting":[],"StateChangeMessagesTransmitting":[],"ShowActionMessages":[],"HideActionMessages":[]}" data-ux-module="score_bootstrap/Components/Button" data-ux-state="pending" href="https://canadacouncil.ca/about/public-accountability" title="Read more about public accountability">Read more about public accountability</a> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="score-stripe landing-page-section" style="background-color:#DBDFE8;" > <div class="container score-page-layout-column1 "> <div class="score-column1 " > <div class="score-center"> <div class="score-content-spot" > <h2>Canadian Commission for UNESCO</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container score-page-layout-column2 score-page-layout-equal "> <div class="score-column2 equal" > <div class="score-left"> <div class="score-content-spot" > <p>The Council operates the Canadian Commission for the UNESCO (CCUNESCO). The Commission oversees UNESCO activities in Canada, serving as an independent forum for consultation and reflection on the opportunities to build a peaceful, equitable and a sustainable future. It is managed by a 17-member executive committee composed of representatives of government departments, academics and other experts in education, culture and world heritage. It helps governments, organizations and individual Canadians share information and makes recommendations to the federal government on UNESCO programs and budgets. </p> </div> </div> <div class="score-right"> <div class="score-center-text " > <img src="/-/media/Images/CCA/Design_Elements/Logos/UNESCO_logo_mini.png?h=232&iar=0&w=284&hash=B9DB603AFD74156649AF238FBE8ECDC2" class="score-image img-responsive" alt="Canadian Commission for UNESCO logo" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container score-page-layout-column1 "> <div class="score-column1 " > <div class="score-center"> <a aria-label="Read more about the Canadian Commission for UNESCO" class="score-button" data-ux-args="{"ClickMessagesTransmitting":[],"StateChangeMessagesTransmitting":[],"ShowActionMessages":[],"HideActionMessages":[]}" data-ux-module="score_bootstrap/Components/Button" data-ux-state="pending" href="https://canadacouncil.ca/about/canadian-commission-for-unesco" title="Read more about the Canadian Commission for UNESCO">Read more about the Canadian Commission for UNESCO</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container score-page-layout-column1 "> <div class="score-column1 three-blocks-highlight" > <div class="score-center"> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="score-stripe landing-page-section" style="background-color:#FAFAFA;" > <div class="container score-page-layout-column1 "> <div class="score-column1 " > <div class="score-center"> <div class="score-content-spot" > <h2>Art Bank</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container score-page-layout-column2 score-page-layout-equal "> <div class="score-column2 equal" > <div class="score-left"> <div class="image-with-caption"> <img src="/-/media/Images/CCA/Corporate/Facilities/Artbank_Interior.jpg?h=393&iar=0&w=600&hash=DEE7BCFC732EEC3663593CC4D927F609" class="score-image img-responsive" alt="The Canada Council Art Bank interior" /> <div class="image-caption"> <span>The Canada Council Art Bank interior</span> <span>Photographer(s): Martin Lipman</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="score-right"> <div class="score-content-spot" > <p>The Canada Council Art Bank makes contemporary artwork available to a wide public across the country through our three programs: corporate art rental, loans to museums and outreach. With more than 17,000 artworks by over 3,000 artists, the Art Bank has the largest collection of contemporary Canadian art anywhere. It houses paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs and prints by emerging and established artists, including a significant number of Indigenous artworks. The collection is accessible to all through its website <a href="https://artbank.ca/">artbank.ca</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container score-page-layout-column1 "> <div class="score-column1 " > <div class="score-center"> <a aria-label="Explore the Art Bank collection" class="score-button" data-ux-args="{"ClickMessagesTransmitting":[],"StateChangeMessagesTransmitting":[],"ShowActionMessages":[],"HideActionMessages":[]}" data-ux-module="score_bootstrap/Components/Button" data-ux-state="pending" href="http://artbank.ca" target="_blank" title="Explore the Art Bank collection">Explore the Art Bank collection</a> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="score-stripe landing-page-section" style="background-color:#DBDFE8;" > <div class="container score-page-layout-column1 "> <div class="score-column1 " > <div class="score-center"> <div class="score-content-spot" > <h2 style="z-index: 1;">脗jagem么</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container score-page-layout-column2 score-page-layout-equal "> <div class="score-column2 equal" > <div class="score-left"> <div class="score-content-spot" > <p>The 3,000-square-foot Âjagemô exhibition hall at the Canada Council offices is a display and performance space for contemporary Canadian art. 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