Deanne Hupfield, Fancy Shawl Dancer. CNAL/RCAA Conference 2015.
The Canadian Network for Arts and Learning is delighted to celebrate the appointment of Dwayne Morgan to the Order of Ontario. Dwayne is a member of the Network's Board of Directors.
New from Arts Commons Education, Arts ReimaginED invites youth, parents and teachers to free in-classroom workshops, live performances, and a summit to broaden learning, professional development, and support for arts education in Calgary and beyond, aligning with UNESCO International Arts Education Week.
My Drama students love musical theatre. They’re constantly singing bits from modern pieces, reenacting favourite scenes, and begging me to direct a school-wide musical theatre production. With COVID-19 restrictions lifting and interest at an all-time high, I decided to bite the bullet and do what I had never done before — produce and direct a musical.
On November 30th, The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning, in partnership with Arts Can Teach released a report on the impact of multicultural arts and artists in elementary schools. The report was an analysis of a project funded by a $61,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation where Arts Can Teach hired and trained multicultural artists to work with teachers in elementary schools in the Greater Essex County District School Board.
Windsor, ON – The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning in partnership with Arts Can Teach has released a report detailing the results of a project integrating multicultural arts instruction into teaching core curriculum in the Windsor, Ontario – a unique community which has the highest percentage per capita of newcomers to Canada.
Read the original article here.
Today on the annual World Listening Day (July 18), started in 2010 by the World Listening Project in honor of the birthday of Raymond Murray Schafer (18 July 1933 – 14 August 2021), a Canadian composer, writer, music educator, and environmentalist best known for his World Soundscape Project and his book The Soundscape (1977), IMAGINE proudly presents an exclusive tribute to him by his brother, D. Paul Schafer.
The Coalition for Music Education in Canada will be hosting a virtual event on February 24th, 2022 to discuss the findings, opportunities, and to celebrate the increased interest in music education in schools.
Statistics Canada is launching a new mobile app to understand the impact of cultural participation on well-being in collaboration with the Canada Council for the Arts and the Department of Canadian Heritage. The Vitali-T-Stat app asks participants in-the-moment questions about their daily activities and feelings. Anyone over the age of 15 is invited to download the app and participate from January 10 to March 31, 2022. Participation is voluntary and does not relate to any funding that you might receive from public funding agencies.
