The Young Citizens program focuses on citizenship and is a complementary component to Heritage Fairs, an annual event where students present the results of their research on Canadian heroes, legends and key events in Canadian history. Participants in the Young Citizens program make a short video about their heritage fair topic, much like an evening news report or short documentary. The student videos are posted online and reviewed by a panel of judges for a chance to win a trip to Ottawa to attend the Canada’s History Forum.
To view these great videos, visit http://www.canadashistory.ca/Kids/YoungCitizens/Find-a-Young-Citizen
Canadian Geographic Magazine, dedicated to uncovering Canadian stories since 1930, needs your help in choosing its April magazine cover! Contest ends February 25, 2014.
Visit their website to select your favourite photo. By voting, you also enter a draw to win a FREE one-year subscription to Canadian Geographic!
After two years of intensive action research, the value and benefits of performing arts presentation for Canadians are brought to light in a unique report. This report, released on April 29, 2013, was commissioned by the Canadian Arts Presenting Association.
According to the CAPACOA news release, the Key Findings in this report are:
- Canadians value the performing arts, with 3 in 4 reporting attending a wide
range of live events.
- Canadians volunteer in the performing arts: for each paid staff member,
there are 17 volunteers giving their time to performing arts presenting
organizations.
- Media viewing of performing arts doesn’t replace live attendance; it
supplements it. Canadians are twice as likely to ascribe a high importance to
live performing arts attendance than to any media-based viewing.
- Canadians attend events predominantly in specialized performing arts
facilities and outdoor venues, and most say these facilities are important to
the quality of life in their communities.
- Canadians believe that the presentation of performing arts equally benefits
the individual who attends and the community as a whole.
- For Canadians, the highest-rated benefits of the performing arts in their
communities are energy and vitality along with improved quality of life, and a
more creative community.
- There are more than 1,400 presenting organizations of all types in Canada:
volunteer presenters and professionally-run organizations, based in a
purpose-built theatre or operating in non-specialized venues, presenting
festivals and series of performances, specialized in a single artistic form or
presenting several disciplines such as music, theatre, dance, comedy and
storytelling.
