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Dr Shirley Thomson recognised for 'outstanding contribution'
IFACCA would like to congratulate Dr Shirley Thomson on being granted the Canadian Governor-General's 'outstanding contribution' award for her work as a cultural administrator, gallery director and arts advocate.
As Director of the Canada Council, Dr Thomson hosted the first World Summit on Arts and Culture in Ottawa in 2000. She spoke in support of the establishment of IFACCA, saying: '... the new federation will build upon the Summit's momentum...[i]t will stimulate us to share our knowledge and expertise with each other, and develop concrete and practical ways of promoting and supporting the work of artists in all parts of the globe.'
Dr Thomson was appointed founding Chair of IFACCA for three years, and has continued to lend her support and encouragement to the secretariat since that time.
Dr Thomson has previously served as Chair of the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board, Director of the National Gallery of Canada, Secretary-General of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, Director of the McCord Museum in Montreal, and the special coordinator of the Largellière exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
In 1990, Dr Thomson was named a 'Chevalier des arts et des lettres' by the Government of France, and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1994 and a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2001. Dr. Thomson was named a Fellow of the Canadian Museums Association in 2000.
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