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Creative Youth Create Better Communities: The transformative power of the arts
On December 14, 2006, a workshop in Ottawa examined how an innovative project in Toronto encourages creative expression and fosters youth engagement in under-served areas.
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During the past few years, Canadian cities and communities have experienced an erosion of infrastructure in many service areas, such as medical and social assistance, transit, affordable housing and cultural activities. On December 14, 2006, a workshop in Ottawa examined how an innovative project in Toronto is helping to change this situation – at least in the cultural field – by encouraging creative expression and fostering youth engagement in under-served areas.
This three-year pilot project – ArtReach Toronto – aims at increasing arts opportunities for excluded youth to help develop their leadership abilities. Supported by eight organizations from all three levels of government and the non-profit sector, the project is also enabling funders to work collaboratively to maximize the impact of cultural interventions among marginalized youth and to foster a culture change within their own organizations in terms of how such support is managed and delivered. The workshop was part of the Collaborative Community Initiatives speaker series, which is co-sponsored by a group of federal government departments. It featured presentations by Shahina Sayani, Program Manager of ArtReach Toronto, Alexis Carty, Advisor on Youth Justice at the Department of Justice Canada, and Patrick Tobin, Director of Strategic Policy and Communications in the Ontario Region of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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