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Peruse the featured projects listings to discover the great work being done across the country for inspiration in your own work, and to explore possible partnerships and collaborations.

  • Anthropocene: Rocking the Future of Food

    This is the dawning of the Anthropocene. What this means is that humankind is now the most impactful geological force on the planet. In participatory workshops, we explore relationships between food and rock, specifically the planet’s geological record, the strata of rock that will tell...

    In-school performance | Workshop

  • Home Made Visible

    Home Made Visible is our nationwide project that aims to fill a critical gap in the Canadian Archives by digitizing home movie from Indigenous people and Visible Minorities across Canada to digitize and archive home movies from the 20th century for free. Visit...

    Digital Arts

  • Niagara Elementary Instrumental Music (NEIM)

    Niagara Elementary Instrumental Music is an extra curricular music program for all elementary students within the DSBN.

    We offer in-school classes for the following instruments: 

    Brass
    Trumpet
    French Horn
    ...

    Courses & Classes | Music

  • CyberARTS Program

    The CyberARTS Program is offered at 6 different schools in Toronto: Don Mills Collegiate Institute, Don Mills Middle School, Northview Heights Secondary School, Charles H. Best, Western Technical-Commercial School and Lakeshore Collegiate Institute. 

    CyberARTS is a multi-disciplinary...

    Curriculum Connections | Digital Arts | Visual & Media Arts

  • KWAG 2 GO

    Our KWAG 2 GO programs bring the Gallery to your classroom! Single visits and three-part programs available.

    KWAG 2 GO: Single Visit 
    $6 + HST per student, 15 participant minimum

    Students will view an image from KWAG's Permanent Collection as they are...

    Curriculum Connections | Visual & Media Arts | Workshop

  • 4-Day Retreat for Educators, Counselors, Health-Care Providers, & Students

    Offering 4 day RETREATS for Educators; Counselors; Health-Care Providers; Students (Gr.8; High School; College & University, including post-Grads) ... with accommodations and all meals provided (please advise if there are food restrictions)
    (at present, minimum 6 - maximum 10 per group/...

    Indigenous Arts

  • West African Drumming and Dance

    As a master percussionist, Fana will introduce traditional playing techniques of the djembé, West Africa’s most popular drum, as well as other hand-held percussion instruments. He will share call and response in various languages native to northern Ivory Coast.

    Artists in schools | In-school performance | Music | Workshop

  • Workshop II: Song writing for Classrooms & Schools

    In a group songwriting experience, students explore and celebrate the things that make their classrooms unique by writing and recording their own classroom songs. Gary also helps schools compose ‘theme’ songs.

    Artists in schools | Curriculum Connections | Music | Workshop

  • Janice Pomer Dance Cycle

    Janice Pomer was commissioned by the Royal Ontario Museum to create a movement installation for the Ancient Greek Gallery as part of the museums’ centenary celebrations and returned to ROM in 2015 for Pompeii: Under the Volcano. Dance Cycle acknowledges the vibrancy of the near and distant past by...
    Dance