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Terry Clark joined The Conservatory at Mount Royal University in 2022. Clark has deep ties to the Calgary community and is excited to return to the Conservatory after spending a number of years abroad. Like his grandfather, he studied at The Conservatory as a youth before going on to the University of Calgary where he earned a Bachelor of Music in flute performance.

Clark joins MRU from the Royal College of Music in London, England where he obtained his PhD. Since then he has been researching and teaching at the College, in addition to managing its Performance Simulators. Clark brings a unique expertise to MRU having dedicated much of his time to performance development and psychology, and he is looking forward to exploring the potential of The Conservatory.

“The Conservatory has always had a very illustrious place in my mind and I am overjoyed to be returning as director,” he says. “The Conservatory is home to some of Calgary’s most talented musicians and I am looking forward to further developing their skills, while also bringing in some of my knowledge around performance psychology.”

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Simon Thibault is the Non-Fiction Acquisitions Editor at Goose Lane Editions, Canada’s oldest independent book publisher. While there he has acquired travelogues, memoirs of survival and resilience, and biographies of long-lost family legacies. Based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Simon is also an editor, having worked as a developmental and substantive editor on culinary memoirs, queer histories, and cultural legacies. His own work has been featured in The Globe and Mail, The Huffington Post, CBC Radio and Radio-Canada. His first book, Pantry and Palate: Remembering and Rediscovering Acadian Food, was shortlisted for the Taste Canada prize.

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BANFF, AB, April 13, 2026 – Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is pleased to welcome public-sector leader Melanie Kwong to the Board of Governors for a three-year term from March 2026 to March 2029.

Kwong has dedicated her professional life to connecting people to arts and culture, community, and Canada’s landscapes and stories. A Banff resident, her current role is Vice-President, Strategic Policy, Business and Digital Services with Parks Canada. She also held roles with national museums, two Governors General, Export Development Canada, and Canadian Heritage. 

Throughout her career, she has led national initiatives, including the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and Canada 150’s free entry to Parks Canada, inviting millions to reconnect with Canada’s natural and cultural heritage. More recently, she played a key leadership role in the response and recovery efforts during the 2024 Jasper wildfire, supporting teams and partners through one of the most challenging periods in the area’s history.

Welcoming Kwong to the Board of Directors fulfils Banff Centre’s commitment to appointing one board member charged with the administration of the Canada National Parks Act (Canada). She was nominated to the Board by the Minister of the Crown in right of Canada, charged with the administration of the National Parks Act (Canada), the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature. 

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“Banff Centre is a place where creative practice, bold thinking, and this landscape come together in a way that is unlike anywhere else in the world. Being nominated to serve on its Board of Governors is an honour, one that I will approach with deep respect for its mission, its people, and its role in shaping conversations that matter—locally, nationally, and internationally.”

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Kwong joins outgoing President and Chief Executive Officer of Parks Canada, Ron Hallman, on the Board of Governors, where he will remain a generally appointed member as he retires from the organization. She also joins previously announced members Santee Smith and Françoise E. Lyon, alongside Banff Centre President and CEO Chris Lorway and six public Governors appointed by the Government of Alberta, announced in April 2024: Board Chair Paul Baay, Brinna Brinkerhoff, Lori Paine, Naomi Schmold, Pinder Sandhu, and Myron Tétreault.

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Quick Facts:

Banff Centre is a public, board-governed post-secondary institution specializing in arts and culture. The Board of Governors of The Banff Centre consists of:

  • a board chair appointed by government
  • the president of Banff Centre
  • five public members appointed by government
  • nine members appointed by the board, including one board-appointed member nominated to the board by the federal minister responsible for the National Parks Act
     

For more information on Banff Centre’s Board of Governors, visit banffcentre.ca/banff-centre- board-governors.

 

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Founded in 1933, Banff Centre is a post-secondary institution built upon an extraordinary legacy of excellence in artistic and leadership development. What started as a single course in drama has grown to become a global organization leading in arts, culture, and creative decision-making across dozens of disciplines, from the fine arts to Indigenous Wise Practices. From our home in the stunning Canadian Rocky Mountains, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity aims to move everyone who attends our campus - artists, leaders, thinkers, and audiences - to unleash their creative potential and realize their unique contribution to build an innovative, inspiring future through education, performances, convenings, and public outreach. banffcentre.ca

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Literary Cabaret concludes with an evening of new writing from the Late Spring Writing Residency at Banff Centre.

The program features original work by writers-in-residence in fiction, nonfiction, prose, and hybrid forms. Artist, poet, and translator Sawako Nakayasu, author of Pink Waves, a finalist for the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, will host the evening and close the program with a reading from her own work.

Enjoy a drink from the bar, browse a curated selection of books at Pages Books, and immerse yourself in the vibrant literary atmosphere. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., readings begin at 7:00 p.m., and you’re invited to stay and mingle with artists and faculty until 9:00 p.m.

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Literary Cabaret continues with an evening of new writing from the Late Spring Writing Residency at Banff Centre.

The evening features original work by writers-in-residence in fiction, nonfiction, prose, and hybrid forms. Poet, translator, and novelist Philip Terry, author of tapestry, shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize, will host and close the program with a reading from his own work.

Enjoy a drink from the bar, browse a curated selection of books at Pages Books, and immerse yourself in the vibrant literary atmosphere. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., readings begin at 7:00 p.m., and you’re invited to stay and mingle with artists and faculty until 9:00 p.m.

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Celebrate new writing at Literary Cabaret, featuring writers-in-residence from the Late Spring Writing Residency at Banff Centre.

This showcase features original work by writers-in-residence, with emerging and established writers sharing fiction, nonfiction, prose, and hybrid forms. Canadian author and creative writing teacher Jessica Westhead, whose fiction has been shortlisted for the CBC Literary Awards and whose story collection And Also Sharks was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, will host the evening and share a reading from her own work.

Enjoy a drink from the bar, browse a curated selection of books at Pages Books, and immerse yourself in the vibrant literary atmosphere. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., readings begin at 7:00 p.m., and you’re invited to stay and mingle with artists and faculty until 9:00 p.m.

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Melanie Kwong is a public sector leader who has spent her career connecting people to culture, to community, and to Canada’s landscapes and stories. She has led national initiatives from our country’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to Canada 150’s free entry to Parks Canada places that invited millions to reconnect with Canada’s natural heritage. She also played a key leadership role in the response and recovery efforts during the 2024 Jasper wildfire, supporting teams and partners through one of the most challenging periods in the area’s recent history.

Her work spans operations in Canada’s mountain national parks, cultural programming, state ceremonial, tourism and international trade finance. Melanie is known for practical, valuesdriven leadership and for creating spaces where diverse voices can come together to think boldly and act collaboratively. Throughout her career she has worked with others, building trust and shared purpose in high profile environments.

Based in Banff, Alberta, she serves as Vice-President, Strategic Policy, Business and Digital Services at Parks Canada.  

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