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Professor Erin Hurley receives SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant

Published: 20 January 2026

Congratulations to Professor Erin Hurley for receiving a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant!

±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýErin Hurley will lead a project exploring the rich history and cultural significance of Montreal’s Centaur Theatre as it approaches its 60th anniversary in 2028. As both a producing house, that creates original productions, and a presenting house, that provides its stages to other companies, Centaur has played a central role in Quebec’s English-language theatre (ELTQ) and Montreal’s broader cultural ecosystem. Despite its long-standing prominence and extensive archives, the theatre has never been the subject of sustained research. 

Hurley’s project will examine how Centaur has reflected, shaped, and sustained a minority-language cultural community while engaging majority-language audiences essential to its survival. The study aims to increase scholarly and public understanding of Centaur’s activities and of ELTQ as a cultural sector. The creation of a digital web archive will highlight the theatre’s significance and support its strategic positioning in a competitive, post-pandemic arts landscape. The project will produce transferable programming models for other minority-language and intercultural theatres across Canada. Anniversary-season programming and future curatorial choices will also be informed by project outputs.  

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