Strategic Plan

June 2024 — May 2028

Executive Summary

It gives me great pleasure to present the Strategic Plan 1[1. Portions of the plan (the Executive Summary [this page], the Mission, Vision and Value Statements, and the About the CEC) have been published to the CEC website. Download the full Strategic plan (in PDF format).] put in place by the Board of Directors of the CEC. With this four-year plan, we wish to nurture a strong and passionate community that reflects the diversity of its artists and their geography.

Our primary goal is to support the Canadian electroacoustic community. Our activities focus on an online sound library containing more than 3,600 works by 1,240 artists known as Sonus, an open-access periodical of primary importance for research titled eContact!, and a competition that encourages the work of emerging artists called JTTP, as well as educational projects, symposia, colloquia, and collaborations.

Over the next four years, we aim to develop a series of initiatives to enhance existing activities and create new ones. To guide this process, we recently conducted a member poll that will inform transformation and shape new initiatives during this period. For example, we have reimagined how we communicate and connect with our members through the development of a new online community platform and the opportunities it offers. We are also continuing to develop an equity, diversity, and inclusion plan that provides concrete tools for participants to become agents of change in their environments. This plan will be applied across all of our activities, whether through raising awareness, ensuring equity in representation, or deepening our engagement with the community.

By community, we mean not only artists, but also the public, teachers, curators, students, music lovers, academics, organizations, and institutions. It is with them that we bring music to life. We want to strengthen these ties both within Canada and internationally by developing partnerships, creating forums for exchange, and inviting audiences of all ages and backgrounds to discover electroacoustic music.

What we are proposing responds to the evolution of our network by adapting to and reflecting changes in society. One of our objectives is to have a social impact by establishing an ambitious network of exchanges between the academic world, the professional world, and the broader community. Using sound and music as a vehicle, we aim to connect the entire electroacoustic community to the local, national, and international cultural milieu, as well as to the public.

Respectfully yours,

James Andean
President