Fabienne Colas Receives the ORDER OF CANADA – The Highest Distinction Awarded by Canadian Authorities
Montreal, December 18, 2024 – The Fabienne Colas Basis is happy to announce that its president and founder Fabienne Colas, C.M, MBA FDA (Hon), was appointed to the Order of Canada by her Excellency the Proper Honourable Mary Simon, Governor Normal of Canada. The Order of Canada is certainly one of Canada’s highest honours.
This excessive distinction coincides with the twentieth anniversary of each the Fabienne Colas Basis and the Montreal Worldwide Black Movie Pageant with Spike Lee as its Honorary President. It brings nice recognition to the excellent work she has been doing throughout Canada and internationally for 20 years as a trailblazer who works tirelessly and passionately to foster, assist, and promote Range and Inclusion within the arts and in our society.
“A number one determine in Canada’s cultural range, Fabienne Colas has devoted herself to selling range and inclusion in movie, artwork and tradition, in Canada and overseas. Via the Fabienne Colas Basis, she has been a driving pressure behind the creation of incubators, coaching packages, occasions and festivals which have showcased 1000’s of artists of African descent throughout North America.”
“Established in 1967, [the Order of Canada] celebrates excellent achievements and acknowledges folks throughout all sectors of society who’ve made extraordinary and sustained contributions to our nation. Over time, its members have been honoured for uplifting innovation, for shaping who we’re, and for enriching Canada’s cloth.”
“Members of the Order of Canada are builders of hope for a greater future. Every in their very own approach, they broaden the realm of potentialities and encourage others to proceed pushing its boundaries. Thanks to your perseverance, fearless management and visionary spirit, and welcome to the Order of Canada.” – Her Excellency the Proper Honourable Mary Simon, Governor Normal of Canada
“It’s a privilege and an enormous honor to be appointed to the Order of Canada. As a Haitian Canadian Montrealer, I take this with nice humility, gratitude and delight. I dedicate this unbelievable recognition to my household, my devoted crew on the Fabienne Colas Basis and to all seen minority artists on the market who’re working within the shadows or making an attempt to get their voices heard. This unprecedented recognition encourages me to proceed constructing extra bridges within the arts for a extra inclusive society.” – Fabienne Colas, C.M., MBA FDA (Hon)
2024: AN IMPACTFUL YEAR
2024 was a major 12 months for the Fabienne Colas Basis and our President who has as soon as once more shattered glass ceilings within the Quebec and Canadian cultural group. It’s the 12 months of the acquisition of the Colas Theatre (former Cartier Theatre) positioned at 3990 Notre-Dame West St., Montréal which can reopen in 2027. Earlier this 12 months, Fabienne Colas was additionally honored with an Honorary Doctorate from Concordia College’s College of Superb Arts for her exceptional profession and dedication to selling higher illustration of cultural range within the arts and leisure worlds in Québec, Canada and internationally; in addition to the King Charles III Coronation Medal at Senate of Canada by Hon. Amina GERBA, M.B.A., C.Q.🇨🇦 and the Usher of the Black Rod, Mr. J. Greg Peters, representing the King of England, recognizing Canadians who “have made important contributions to their group, province, or to Canada, in addition to those that contribute to enhancing Canada’s presence on the worldwide stage.”
As a brand new Member of the Order of Canada, Fabienne Colas will probably be invited to a ceremony at a later date to be invested into the Order and to obtain her insignia – alongside award-winning actor, screenwriter and producer Ryan Reynolds, O.C., O.B.C., Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, C.M., C.Q. and 85 different new appointments to the Order of Canada (one Companion, 24 Officers and 63 Members).
About Fabienne Colas
Fabienne Colas, MBA, is an award-winning actress, filmmaker, producer, entrepreneur, and advocate for large inclusion in movie and the humanities. She holds an Govt MBA supplied collectively by McGill College and HEC Montreal. In 2024, she obtained an Honorary Doctorate from Concordia College’s College of Superb Arts for her work selling cultural range. For over 20 years, Colas has been a visionary change-maker and fearless advocate for range, inclusion, and anti-racism, serving to to remodel the Canadian movie trade by difficult the established order and amplifying Black voices in Canada and overseas.
Dubbed the ‘Queen of Festivals,’ Colas has created 12 festivals throughout Canada and past. Via the Fabienne Colas Basis’s Festwave Institute, she provides free coaching and incubator packages to rising Black artists, addressing the shortage of inclusion within the movie sector. Her executive-produced documentary collection, Being Black in Toronto and Being Black in Halifax, broadcast on CBC, has earned quite a few Canadian Display screen Awards for Black filmmakers.
Her management has earned her a number of prestigious awards, together with a Medal from Quebec’s Nationwide Meeting for preventing racism and discrimination (2015). She was named certainly one of Canada’s Prime 40 underneath 40 in 2018, and Canada’s Prime 100 Most Highly effective Ladies in 2019. In 2022, she obtained the Visionaire Award on the Black Academy’s Legacy Awards broadcast on the CBC.
Colas has been utilizing her voice and platform to champion fairness, range & inclusion, group constructing, and socio-economic empowerment for racialized communities for twenty years. She continues to leverage the facility of the humanities for constructive social change and robust financial influence for a extra cohesive society. www.FabienneColas.com
In regards to the Fabienne Colas Basis
The Fabienne Colas Basis (FCF) is Canada’s largest Black cultural group. The Fabienne Colas Basis (FCF) is a not-for-profit cultural group devoted to constructing bridges via the humanities by supporting range and training. To meet its mission, the Basis put collectively 12 festivals and varied packages to interrupt obstacles, rejoice range, foster togetherness, understanding and inclusion. Along with providing scholarships for arts colleges, mentorship packages corresponding to Being Black in Canada Incubator and awards of excellence, the Fabienne Colas Basis showcases and rewards marginalized artists who in any other case wouldn’t have been seen or heard. Since its inception in 2005, its initiatives and festivals have showcased and supported about 10,000 artists and attracted near 2 million festivalgoers in Canada, the USA, Haiti and Brazil.
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