Archive for May, 2009

Imagine Canada- A Valuable Resource

  A couple of days ago, Lisa and I were mapping North Ontario, looking for community art centres. Lisa found a great one up in Atikokan, near Quetico Provincial Park several hundred miles between Thunderbay and Fort Francis. I called up the founder Jennifer Garret of: Atikokan Intergenerational Centre for

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PEI Youths Recession Survival Strategy- Brilliant!

During this economic downturn, I’ve had some interesting conversations with a few community art centres on how they are faring regarding their funding revenue this year.  I spoke with Tanya of Youth Can Do in Stratford, P.E.I, she runs a wonderful drama community arts program for youth and “youth at risk”

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