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"The mental health of young women in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada, is a critical public health concern; however, there is a dearth of research that examines how this p...
Abstract
"In this article, we describe and evaluate body mapping as (a) an arts-based activity within Fostering Open eXpression Among Youth (FOXY), an educational intervention targeting N...
"Holding a community concert can give your neighborhood a sense of spirit. It will encourage everybody to work together for one common goal. In Canada, there are some amazing community concerts and ev...
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"The International Centre of Art for Social Change (ICASC) calls for partnerships in art for social change work
Published In/by:
Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultura...
"This guide was produced to in the lead up to the Art of Changing the World 2017 gathering in Ottawa, Canada. Additional resources will be posted to the ASC! Project Knowledge Sharing section of the h...
"Following several years of research and development, drawing on experience from around the world, we are please to share a new online resource to help with the monitoring and evaluation of ASC projec...
"Introduction:
This study is motivated by Canadian choreographer and producer Judith Marcuse’s desire to develop opportunities for artists to learn to put their arts practice toward making mea...
"During the winter of 2011, Judith Marcuse and colleagues from the Social Planning and Research Council of BC (SPARC) visited Port Hardy, BC, to work with a local group on ideas for community developm...
"This list of issues and quotes was generated in discussion with the ASC researchers as well as participants attending The Art of Changing the World Conference, Ottawa, November, 2017, and in synthesi...
"This work is a synthesis of research by Dr. Jennifer Beth Spiegel, Research Fellow, Arts for Social Change Partnership, Simon Fraser University and Concordia University. The work is based on two publ...