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Culture at the Crossroads: Rethinking the Foundations of a Changing World

Submitter: 
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning / Le réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage

Over the past few decades, societies around the world have undergone rapid and far reaching change. These shifts have affected how people live, work, relate to one another, and understand their place in the world. Taken together, they suggest the possibility of a new phase in human development, one in which culture plays a more central role in shaping collective life.

The Arts and Older Adults

Submitter: 
Louise Campbell

The Arts and Older Adults In synergy with the United Nations' Decade of Healthy Aging (2021-2030), the World Health Organization supports participatory art processes as one of the methods used to engage with older adults to better understand their needs and highlight their voices (WHO, 2023). The potential of the arts is great: "The arts inspire and touch people in unique ways on social and emotional levels, engaging the whole person.

The pandemic was rough on kids — and parents. This free music program offers hope, joy and a bit of raucous fun: ‘It’s like school, but special’

Submitter: 
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning / Le réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage

View the original Toronto Star article.

 

From the Toronto Star

The pandemic was rough on kids — and parents. This free music program offers hope, joy and a bit of raucous fun: ‘It’s like school, but special’

Participez à une étude sur l’éducation musicale au Canada.

Submitter: 
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning / Le réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage

Le Réseau canadien pour les arts et l’apprentissage participe à une étude majeure sur l’éducation musicale, menée par l’Université de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard. Une des facettes de cette étude sera un sondage que nous encourageons les professeurs de musique à remplir. Vous trouverez ci-joint les formulaires du sondage (en anglais), mais une option vous permet de le remplir en français.

Participate in a study of music education in Canada

Submitter: 
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning / Le réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage

The Canadian Network for Arts and Learning is a participant in a major study of music education at the University of Prince Edward Island.  One aspect of the study is a survey that we encourage music educators to complete.  The survey forms are attached to this article. 

Explorez diverses possibilités de financement dans notre calendrier mis à jour

Submitter: 
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning / Le réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage

Cet été, nous nous sommes efforcés de nous assurer que le contenu de notre site Web est pertinent et à jour. Dans le cadre de ce projet, nous avons remanié notre base de données sur les sources de financement afin d’y inclure toutes les dates limites pour l’année.

Explore funding opportunities with our updated calendar

Submitter: 
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning / Le réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage

This summer we've been hard at work ensuring that the content on our website is updated and relevant. As part of this initiative, we've overhauled our funding database to include all of the upcoming deadlines for the year.

You can search by artistic discipline, applicant type or province. Or click the "calendar" button to see the upcoming deadlines (make sure you scroll down to see the list of funding opportunities with rolling deadlines).

Check it out!

‘It brings you back’: the suburban choir helping people living with dementia reconnect

Submitter: 
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning / Le réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage

Read the original article here. 

 

Music is stored in different parts of the brain than other memories, experts say, and potentially for longer. For choristers in the Good Life Chorus, communal singing offers benefits beyond memory

Claire Keenan

Fri 26 Jul 2024

Leigh Scully looks to her husband, and asks: “Have you been enjoying singing, darling?”

Social Impact Evaluation in the Arts And Cultural Sector: A Primer

Submitter: 
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning / Le réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage

Read the original article here. 

 

While social impact is inherent to the core purpose and activity of many arts and cultural organizations, it is rarely captured in a systematic way and presents a powerful storytelling opportunity, often left untapped. Adopting a social impact framework helps organizations clarify overarching mission and priorities, track impact over time, and demonstrate measurable outcomes to stakeholders, funders, and audiences.