Aug292018
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"Community Engagement:
Building relationships of trust with both the individuals your organization serves as well as residents of the broader community is the ultimate aim of effective community engagement.
Community Engagement is a familiar buzz phrase in the arts sector in Canada. While Community Engagement is not a new concept, ‘why’ and ‘how’ CE is done is interpreted in many different ways across disciplines, organizations and sectors.
Arts presenters and artists have an opportunity for a new transformative role in their communities. In addition to our usual presenting activities, developing a community engagement approach can deeply immerse our organizations into many more aspects of community life..."