Talk:Art Canada Institute

NPOV and Undue Weight Concerns - January 2024
It appears that that the recent addition of a "controversies" section does meet the standard of a neutral point of view. Some content has the appearance of opinion and is uncited. The section lacks balance.

The 'controversy' being addressed is only very tangentially related to topic of the article, which is Art Canada Institute, not Sara Angel. That Sara Angel was one of several signatories to a letter on a matter unrelated to ACI is not particularly relevant to an article about ACI.

The section goes on beyond to address the controversy and various responses which have nothing to do with ACI, at great length that is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. This is the basis of the undue weight concern.

I'd suggest an edit to reduce the section length, focus only on ACI's actions and involvement with proper citations. Other views welcome. Thiftynine (talk) 02:49, 18 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I have reverted all changes, per my reasons on the editor's talk page. ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 03:39, 21 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Thanks User talk:ARandomName123. I see your reversion was in turn reverted by the user.  I've reinstated the content tags and taken a slightly more selective edit of the content in question, keeping the bit that seems to relate to ACI proper and not just Sara Angel acting independently of ACI. Though I still think this content needs further review for NPOV and weight. Hoping this moves the conversation forward. Thiftynine (talk) 12:51, 21 January 2024 (UTC)


 * User talk:Truthout88 could you please refrain from reverting edits made in good faith without discussion on a talk page? Thiftynine (talk) 14:13, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Thiftynine: The editor has been blocked following a report to WP:AN3. ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 22:03, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @ARandomName123: Thanks for helping! Thiftynine (talk) 01:31, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I have reverted the reversion, but have left your additions intact. @Truthout88, please refrain from continuing the edit war, and instead discuss here first. Thanks, ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 17:27, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Proposed changes to "Other ACI Programs" section
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* Specific text to be removed:

"Other projects under development by the Institute include: ACI Art Apps that will allow the public to discover the works of Canadian artists using their phone or tablet; ACI Virtual Art Exhibitions that will enable the ACI to function as an art museum without walls by offering audiences regular online art exhibitions curated by the country's leading museum and gallery professionals; and the ACI Art Monograph Series, a printed monographic series that will grow out of their Online Art Book Project.

Another emerging program is their ACI Secondary School Art Connect, an initiative that addresses the under-representation of Canadian art history in secondary schools through collaboratively created curricula that teachers can use in the classroom. These online resources will engage students with a wide range of issues through Canadian visual culture, supporting the development of visual literacy."

* Reason for the change:

ACI Art Apps are not currently under development.

ACI Virtual Art Exhibitions are now called online exhibitions.

The ACI Art Monograph Series is now called The Canadian Art Library Series.

The ACI's education program is now called The Canadian Schools Art Education Program.

* References supporting change: https://www.aci-iac.ca/about/programs/ ; https://www.aci-iac.ca/online-exhibitions/

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* Specific text to be added to replace the above quoted text:

Other key pillars of ACI's programming include: The Canadian Art Library Series, The Canadian Schools Art Education Program, The Redefining Canadian Art History Fellowship Program, and the Art Canada Institute weekly newsletter.

The Canadian Art Library Series offers a selection of ACI's digital art books in a print format and up to four titles are published annually. Recent titles now available in print include Kent Monkman, Walter S. Allward, Iljuwas Bill Reid, Annie Pootoogook, and Mary Pratt.

Created to complement ACI's Canadian Online Art Book Project, The Canadian Schools Art Education Program provides expert-authored teacher resource guides for primary and secondary school educators to facilitate the study of a wide range of subjects through the work of Canadian artists. The program also offers Independent Student Learning Activities, which can be distributed directly to students and support learning online and at home. All content is open-source, available to audiences free of charge in both English and French.

In 2022 ACI launched The Redefining Canadian Art History Fellowship Program to create a more inclusive art history by supporting studies on Canadian and Indigenous artists whose lives and works are underrepresented. Over the next five years beginning in 2022, this initiative will award five grants of $30,000 to five scholars each June. The inaugural research fellows were announced in June 2022.

ACI's weekly Friday newsletter keeps readers informed of the organization's latest programming, and offers curated selections of Canadian artworks that illuminate current events in the art world and beyond as well as significant moments in Canadian history.

* References supporting change:

The Canadian Art Library Series: https://www.aci-iac.ca/print-books/

The Canadian Schools Art Education Program: https://www.aci-iac.ca/education/

The Redefining Canadian Art History Fellowship Program: https://www.aci-iac.ca/about-our-fellowships/

Art Canada Institute weekly newsletter: https://www.aci-iac.ca/newsletters/

~ Simone Wharton (talk) 14:42, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

✅ It appears that these changes were implemented in September...closing this request. Cheers. Duke Gilmore (talk) 14:04, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Proposed changes to "Controversies" section
* Specific text to be removed:

Art Canada Institute and Sara Angel claim they are based at Massey College at the University of Toronto

On the Art Canada Institute website and the Sara Angel website, the claim is made that ACI is "Based at Massey College at the University of Toronto". This is in fact not true as confirmed by the Director of Programs and Partnerships at Massey College. "ACI occasionally rents a room at Massey for meetings, they do not have a permanent office at Massey. Massey College is not involved with ACI's editorial decision making, governance or organizational structures".

* Reason for the change:

The Art Canada Institute’s registered office address is listed in its corporate documents as Massey College, located at 4 Devonshire Place in Toronto.

* References supporting change:

The Art Canada Institute’s federal corporation information, including its registered office address, is listed on the Government of Canada website: https://ised-isde.canada.ca/cc/lgcy/fdrlCrpDtls.html?p=0&corpId=8127808&V_TOKEN=null&crpNm=Aciac&crpNmbr=&bsNmbr=&cProv=&cStatus=&cAct=

Verdeverde9 (talk) 17:03, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
 * and removed other text added with it. ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 03:39, 21 January 2024 (UTC)