Mirna Zagar, executive director of The Dance Centre, has been presented with a commemorative medallion by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, for her work in the furthering of cultural relations between Canada and Croatia. She was presented with the medallion in her hometown of Zagreb, Croatia during the Governor General’s state visit to the region.

Zagar also received a framed letter inscribed with the following message:

The Governor General's Performing Arts Award have posted their call for nominations for awards in lifetime artistic achievement or voluntarism in the performing arts: