Upcoming: ArtsSmarts 2011 Knowledge Exchange (Toronto)

MaRS Discovery District | 101 College Street | Toronto
Monday, October 31, 2011 | 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 | 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 p.m.

Tickets available online at 21c.eventbrite.com

“ArtsSmarts and Social Innovation Generation at the MaRS Discovery District (SiG@MaRS) are pleased to announce the programming for their 2011 knowledge eXchange, entitled ART, SCIENCE & THE BRAIN: NEW MODELS OF LEARNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. This fall’s eXchange will take place at the MaRS Discovery District, 101 College Street, Toronto, on Monday, October 31 and Tuesday, November 1, 2011

ART, SCIENCE & THE BRAIN: NEW MODELS OF LEARNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY will feature some of the most innovative educational thinkers and entrepreneurs in Canada and the US, and will create a space where art and science-based learning collide to produce new modes of collaborative thinking. By eXchanging ideas with leaders in the field of public education, attendees will create a new synthesis of project-based education.

Of the event, ArtsSmarts Chair Colin Jackson says: “The capacity of Canadians to innovate fuels our nation’s ability to adapt, to create prosperity and to be a positive presence for itself and for the world. Education, the arts, sciences, humanities, business, civil society – all components of our community need to weigh in on this quest at this innovative event. ”

Teachers, administrators and Ministry consultants will be joined by educational entrepreneurs, education foundations and publishing companies to discuss how to reimagine our education system for the 21st century. “There’s so much potential to reinvigorate the education system,” said Joseph Wilson, Education Specialist at the MaRS Discovery District. “Ontario has so many talented education entrepreneurs eager to share their innovations with the rest of the country and with education professionals overseas.”

Dr. Daniel Levitin (James McGill Professor of Psychology, Music & Computer Science, McGill University, and author of This is Your Brain on Music and The World in Six Songs) will join us for a Special Evening Event on November 1, in one of only four public speaking engagements this year. The evening will also include a live performance of Surface Tension (2009), by pianist Eve Egoyan and multimedia artist David Rokeby. A collaborative work for disklavier piano and interactive video, Surface Tension and was first commissioned by the Open Ears Festival through the Canada Council for the Arts.

Other highlights of this two-day event include Keynote Speakers:

Mariale Hardiman (Assistant Dean, Urban Schools Partnership; Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, Johns Hopkins University School of Education) will discuss Brain-Targeted Teaching and the Arts.
Stan Kutcher (Professor, Dalhousie University Department of Psychiatry; Sunlife Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health Director, WHO Collaborating Centre) will explore ArtsSmarts and Adolescent Mental Health.
Stephen Huddart (The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation’s President & CEO) will talk about Change for Good: The Arts, Learning and Creative Communities.” (from news release)”

To find out more, please visit the website and register now!