Deanne Hupfield, Fancy Shawl Dancer. CNAL/RCAA Conference 2015.
Arts and Youth and Mental Health
The arts are linked to health and well-being in cultural practices and societies around the world. In addition to the lived experience of those people making art, research supports this assertion. The impacts of the arts on youth mental health are particularly striking. As Dr. Tiina Kukkonen states,
Le Réseau canadien pour les arts et l'apprentissage est ravi de célébrer la nomination de Dwayne Morgan à l'Ordre de l'Ontario. Dwayne est membre du conseil d'administration du réseau.
Lisez la liste complète des personnes nommées à l’Ordre de l’Ontario en 2023.
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.
La Semaine internationale de l’éducation artistique aura lieu du 22 au 28 mai 2023. Designée par l’UNESCO en 2012, il s’agit d’une semaine de célébration de la diversité des arts, ainsi que des éducateurs du domaine artistique dont le travail essentiel cultive et transforme l’humanité.
International Arts Education Week is coming up from May 22 - 28, 2023. Designated by UNESCO in 2012, the week celebrates the arts, in their diversity, and arts educators which play a critical role in fostering and transforming humanity.
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.
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.
Our Commitment & Vision
CNAL/RCAA envisions a world in which the arts and creativity are recognized as integral to learning the learning process throughout life. By connecting Canada’s diverse arts and learning communities, we will increase access to meaningful arts experiences for all Canadians, laying the foundation for the strengthening of social and cultural development, health and wellbeing and economic vitality.
Mission
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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.
