“STORIES OF NOW” is part of a project ArtBridges is working on with Judith Marcuse Projects’ ASCN (Arts for Social Change Network) and ICASC. It is about gathering and sharing stories emanating from ...
"Music and Healing in Cancer Care
SarahRose Black, MMT, Music Therapist,
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre & Kensington Hospice, Toronto, ON
Overview and Learning Objective...
Healing from the drum: Wholistic Experiences of Indigenous Drum Circle
Kelly Laurila
M.Ed., MSW, RSW; Doctoral Student (3rd year)
laur4318[at]mylaurier.ca
"Integral natu...
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"Artists Aura and Chief Lady Bird share reflections, tips and tools about their experiences creating murals in collaboration with communities to create spaces for dialogue, heal...
"This guide was created with a lot of love for youth workers holding down our communities. In 2013 ArtReach Toronto gathered youth workers together for two workshops on self-care . We heard lots of di...
Ron Halldorson and Tim Cummings are expert guitar players who brighten up the halls of The Health Sciences Centre, CancerCare department.
"St Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada encourages staff and patients to actively participate in making arts and crafts. It livens the mood and brings people out of their shells. (Music by S...
“Shot over the course of a year, What’s Art Got To Do With It? follows five studio members as they devotedly prepare for an annual art show. In between painting canvasses, firing clay sculptures, shoot...
“Lora speaks of helping youth discover pride and self worth, and points out art can break the ties that bind us, not only with our own growth, but in acceptance of others.
She makes the case...
"This research examines Native Performance Culture (NPC), a unique practice in Native theatre that returns Aboriginal people to the sources of Aboriginal knowledge, and interrupts the colonial fragmen...
"The first report in this two-part series, Aboriginal Peoples and Historic Trauma: The process of intergenerational transmission, recognizes that Aboriginal peoples' experiences are rooted in multigen...
"Addressing the vast health inequalities that exist between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada requires solutions that are as complex as the problems themselves. This fact sheet details t...