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Canadian cultural treasure Susan Aglukark to be presented with CNAL/RCAA Lifetime Achievement Award

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

Juno Award winning singer/songwriter, Susan Aglukark will be honoured with The Canadian Network for Arts and Learning's Lifetime Achievement Award at a gala dinner taking place as part of the 2017 National Conference called Celebrating Canadian Diversity in Ottawa on October 19.

Appel de présentations

Le CNAL/RCAA tiendra une conférence nationale du 18 au 20 octobre 2017 dans ce lieu de rassemblement culturel magnifique qu’est le Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health, situé au 299, chemin Montréal, à Ottawa. Les participants auront l’occasion d’en apprendre davantage sur les grands enjeux du domaine des arts et de l’apprentissage, d’assister à des conférences inspirantes présentées par des dirigeants locaux et des conférenciers renommés, et de contribuer au développement du Réseau.

Call for Conference Presentations

CNAL/RCAA will hold a National Conference on October 18 – 20, 2017 in the stunning, cultural gathering space of the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health, 299 Montreal Road, Ottawa.  www.wabano.com   Participants will have an opportunity to learn about key issues in arts and learning, be inspired by celebrated speakers and community leaders, and contribute to the future development of the Network. Proposals are invited for presentations on research, best practices and program profiles on one of the following themes.

Lancement, à Montréal, du Mouvement pour revigorer les arts et l’apprentissage

Le CNAL/RCAA a établi un partenariat avec la Commission canadienne pour l’UNESCO (CCUNESCO) et la chaire UNESCO des arts et de l’apprentissage de l’Université Queen’s en vue de revigorer l’Agenda de Séoul, un plan d’action globale appuyé par l’UNESCO. La première étape de cette initiative est un exposé de principe qui a été lancé dans le cadre d’un panel spécial lors de l’assemblée générale annuelle de la CCUNESCO, qui a eu lieu à Montréal le 27 mai 2017.

Movement to Re-invigorate Arts and Learning is Launched in Montreal

CNAL/RCAA has partnered with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCUNESCO) and the UNESCO Chair in Arts and Learning at Queen’s University to re-invigorate the Seoul Agenda which is a global action plan endorsed by UNESCO.  The first step in this initiative is a Position Paper that was launched in a special panel at the Annual General Meeting of CCUNESCO in Montreal on May 27, 2017.

Critical Evidence: How the arts benefit student achievement (study)

An American study by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

As a nation, we are close to reaching a collective understanding that all students benefit from the opportunity to learn about and experience the arts. Study of the arts in its many forms—whether as a stand-alone subject or integrated into the school curriculum— is increasingly accepted as an essential part of achieving success in school, work and life.

Why we need to keep talking about white privilege in arts education

As featured on canadianart.ca ... by Leah Sandals

When researcher Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández released a report last week showing that students entering Grade 9 at Toronto’s arts high schools are more than twice as likely to be white—and nearly twice as likely to come from a wealthy family—than students at other Toronto public schools, he hoped the findings would spark interest.

But even he and study co-author Gillian Parekh didn’t realize just how much conversation would flow from these findings.

Carrefours Éduarts proposés en Alberta et en Saskatchewan

Depuis 2013, le Réseau canadien pour les arts et l’apprentissage (RCAA) propose aux communautés des arts et de l’apprentissage des quatre coins de l’Ontario une série de Carrefours Éduarts, grâce au soutien de la Fondation Trillium de l’Ontario. Le jeudi 2 mars, nous étions ravis de nous associer au Winspear Centre d’Edmonton afin d’offrir le tout premier Carrefour Éduarts à l’extérieur de l’Ontario.