canadian network for arts & learning/le réseau canadien pour les arts et lapprentissage

Canadian Network for Arts and Learning / Le Réseau canadien pour les arts at l'apprentissage (CNAL/RCAA) brings together all stakeholders engaged in arts education, across disciplines and regions. This includes artists, arts organizations, educators, schools and academia, policy-makers, funders, researchers and other umbrella organizations and individuals that share our vision for arts education for all Canadians. We believe that the arts are the gateway to creativity and are fundamental to the education of the fully realized individual. We are dedicated to building a world where the arts are integral to the learning process, not only in school but throughout life. In this place, knowledge, wisdom, cultural development and imagination flourish in a climate of generosity and collaboration, through arts and learning. This vision of the future is shared by a growing worldwide movement. The movement is calling for a systemic transformation that will realize the full potential of the arts to achieve crucial social, economic and cultural objectives for children, youth and life-long learners of all ages Our mission is to promote awareness of the benefits of learning in, and through, the arts in fostering creativity for all Canadians, to serve as a forum for the dissemination of research and exemplary practices, and to identify and mobilize partners committed to the goals of the Network