ASSOCIATION OF CANADIAN EDITORIAL CARTOONISTS
It was founded in 1988 in Winnipeg to promote the interests of Canadian editorial cartoonists..
Christopher Tracy aka Wes Tyrell was elected President in 2012, at the Association’s Montréal conference. Under his Presidency, in 2014 the George Townsend Awards were introduced to replace the National Newspaper Awards Then in 2015, a movement to broaden the Association’s membership and scope to include all cartooning disciplines was set in motion. To reflect this change the Association altered its name to Association of Canadian Cartoonists in 2015.
Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists Conventions:
2010, Sept. 23-26 in Hamilton Ontario.
2012, June 28- July 1 in Montréal Québec.
2014, May 9-16 in Havana Cuba.
Association of Canadian Cartoonists Executive:
| Elected 2012: | |||||
| President | Vice-President | Secretary | Treasurer | Curator | Ambassador |
| “Wes Tyrell” | Robert Lafontaine | Susan Dewar | Guy Badeaux | Christian Vachon | Terry Mosher |
SOURCE:
Correspondence:
Wes Tyrell to Robert MacMillan, 10 Sept. 2016, Email.
Wes Tyrell to Robert MacMillan, 7 Nov. 2016, Email.
Wes Tyrell to Robert MacMillan, 4 January 2019. (Including photos).
Wes Tyrell to Robert MacMillan 15 January 2019. (Including photos).