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A big thank you and a fond farewell

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

The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning is bidding a fond farewell to our Researcher and Database Manager Kaitlyn Bois, who is heading to a new job at Conestoga College in Guelph. 

Kaitlyn has been an integral member of The Network’s core team since September 2016. She was responsible for the programming and implementation of Canada’s Map of Arts & Learning, overhauling the website, ensuring that the database was current and functioning well, and a myriad of other tasks big and small. 

Announcing a dynamic new partnership

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

The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning is pleased to announce that we have received the support of the Azrieli Foundation as our Arts Education Professional Development Partner. Through this exciting partnership, The Network will be able to offer more valuable resources to Canada’s arts and learning practitioners through practical webinars, engaging roundtable discussions, a handbook for virtual arts instruction and increased focus on Canada’s Map for Arts & Learning.

Navigating arts and learning through a global crisis: building digital capacity and connections

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

The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning is pleased to announce a third series of online roundtable discussions for arts and learning practitioners to share the realities they are facing as we head into the second wave of the pandemic. We invite everyone to take part in the exchange as we discuss measures taken to virtually connect with students, audiences, other stakeholders and the public, how you foresee moving forward in your practice in the next few months and into the future, and other topics. We also hope to learn how The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning can further support the work that you are doing, and the sector as a whole, to ensure a strong future for arts and learning in the digital age. 

The Network launches its second round of Digital Roundtable Discussions

Submitter: 
The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning / Le réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage
Navigating arts and learning through a global crisis: Lessons learned and obstacles encountered. The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning is pleased to announce a second series of online roundtable discussions for arts and learning practitioners to share the realities they are facing after two months of social distancing and other emergency measures enacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We invite everyone to take part in the exchange as we discuss what you have learned during this period of isolation, what you foresee as the "new normal" in your practice, how you are faring with the gradual measures to re-open society, and other topics. We also hope to learn from you how The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning can further support the work that you are doing, and the sector as a whole to ensure an stronger future for arts and learning in the digital age.

A Call To Action on Arts Education

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

The Canadian Network for Arts and Learning calls on governments, artists, educators, professional organizations, researchers, universities, communities, and all advocates of arts and learning to endorse the principles in the following document to ensure that the arts are positioned to make an increased and sustainable contribution to learning both at school and throughout our communities.