Donations
Thank for supporting La Troupe du Jour and helping us continue our mission of Creation, Production, Education, and Presentation in order to help French-language theatre flourish in Saskatchewan!
There are many ways to donate. Simply choose the one that works best for you!
If you have any questions, please contact our Administrative Director, Lina. You can click here to go to the Team Page for her contact information.
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(General)
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(Ian C. Nelson Fund)
The Ian C. Nelson Fund recognizes the important contributions made by Ian and will provide financial assistance for building maintenance/renovations, and the development of francophone theatre in Saskatchewan. Scroll down to learn more.
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(Bursary)
The $500 scolarship is distributed annually. It will be awarded to a French-speaking (preferably Fransaskois) theatre artist to help them continue their professional artistic development.
With your help, we can offer a bursary to more than one student per year.
Ian C. Nelson Fund
La Fondation fransaskoise and La Troupe du Jour (LTDJ) created the Ian C. Nelson Fund (Troupe du Jour).
“This fund recognizes the important contribution made by Ian C. Nelson, actor, dramaturge, stage director, and translator. His whole career contributed to keeping the Fransaskois theatrical and literary culture alive.” says Roger Gauthier, president of LTDJ.
In 1969, after having taught for a year in France and completed his studies in librarianship at McGill, Ian founded Unithéâtre, a small French-language university theatre, precursor of LTDJ, at the University of Saskatchewan where he worked as a librarian responsible for the French-language collections.
In 1985, a few former Unithéâtre members founded La Troupe du Jour. LTDJ allowed Ian to continue to produce both classics and modern plays. He then became dramaturgie consultant and workshop facilitator for new texts during many festivals that gathered theatre artists from Western Canada. Ian participated in the Writers’ Circle since its beginning and is the first regular facilitator for the Circle.
The Ian C. Nelson fund will provide financial assistance for building maintenance or renovation projects at LTDJ, projects that contribute to the development of francophone theatre in Saskatchewan via creation, training, production and dissemination and bursaries for the artistic development in francophone theatre.
Click the link below to watch the memorial ceremony that was held in Ian’s honour.