BluePrintForLife runs “Social Work Through Hiphop” programs in remote Inuit and First Nations Communities in Northern Canada. They also run programs with newly immigrated families in Calgary and are expanding to other inner cities across the country. BluePrintForLife is a business that was founded in 2006 by Stephen Leafloor, social
Archive for April, 2010
World’s First Cree Language Opera: Education and Outreach Tour
There is an incredible project going on that gives children in Northern Ontario Communities access to seeing the World’s First Cree Language Opera Pimooteewin by Tomson Highway. Artists from the production have headed up a few weeks before the opera tour to run workshops with children in schools. Workshops are on
Rent for Revenue: community arts centres find alternative revenue sources…
It’s 10:00 am, and your community arts program doesn’t start for 5 hours. Yes, there are administrators quietly working, and meetings happening, but the studio is quiet, waiting to come to life, for creativity to stir up the settling dust. You are churning out excel sheets, trying to add things
Newsflash: New Community Arts Outreach Opportunities for Students (Halifax)
The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (NSCAD) School of Extended Studies, is going to be opening a community service learning center this year that will connect students with community based opportunities. The school is in the initial stages of development and hopes to institute a new position
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