Delicate time Hickman said the arts is at a critical juncture due to heightened tensions between the U.S. and Canada. "Arts funding is critical for the infrastructure of the country," she said.

Canada needs the arts, with its insights into human behaviour and thinking, more than ever. But governments and funding agencies should shift funding models for arts graduate education.

A version of this article appears in print on Oct. 10, 2023, Section A, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Canada’s Art Museums in Turmoil Over a Reckoning With the Past.

Date 1966-1967 Container Box 20, Folder 13 Archival Repository Archives of American Art Type Archival materials Collection Citation Francis V. O'Connor papers, 1920-2009. Archives of American Art, ...