Toward Training: The Meanings and Practices of Social Change Work in the Arts
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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...
Creative Publics Final Report (Dec 2015)
"'Can art-making foster political engagement?'
This was the question behind Creative Publics, a roving, pop-up, voter engagement project that brought together artists, students and commun...
Making Place Work: Site-Specific Socially Engaged Art in 21st Century Toronto
Site-specific socially engaged art practices are on the rise, particularly in cities. Global migration, global networks and online communication notwithstanding, artists, curators and cultural institutions...
Roma Refugee Youth and Applied Theatre: Imagining a future vernacular
"This paper examines an experiment in theatre-making with a group of Roma refugee youth currently living in Toronto, Canada. A drama academic, a professional theatre director, an Executive Director of...
The Art of Remembering: Iranian Political Prisoners, Resistance and Community
"Over the last three decades, many women and men who were political prisoners in the Middle East have come to Canada as immigrants and refugees. In their countries of origin, they resisted oppressive ...
In Brief: Influencing Public Policy - Rules for Charities Engaging in Advocacy
A basic summary of key points related to rules for charities engaged in public policy. Gives examples of what charities can and can't do according to Canada Revenue Agency regulations, including unrestrict...
Art In Action
A documentary film about the life and work of ATSA founders Annie Roy and Pierre Allard. Description by Helen Faradji, Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal: "For the past decade, AT...
Affirming Collaboration – Community and Humanist Activist Art in Québec and Elsewhere
Focused on Quebec, this 764 page volume (half in English, half in French, with different images for each language) includes a DVD of 5 videos. "In addition to the DVD compilation entitled Documenting ...
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