The Canadian Commission for UNESCO is working in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts and other partners to promote a greater awareness of the benefits of arts and creativity within Canadian schools and the broader community.
The Commission’s role within this larger framework of the Arts and Learning initiative focusses on follow-up in Canada to the First UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education in 2006, and preparations for the Second World Conference, held in Seoul, Korea, May 25-28, 2010.
UNESCO’s Medium-Term Strategy for 2008-2013 states that “UNESCO will promote the potential of dialogue based on music and the arts as a vector for the strengthening of mutual understanding and interaction as well as for building a culture of peace and respect for cultural diversity. UNESCO will follow-up in an intersectoral manner the Lisbon Roadmap adopted at the 2006 Lisbon Conference on Arts Education and contribute to the Seoul Conference on Arts Education.” (Section 97)
The Commission is currently working in partnership with the Canadian Network for Arts and Learning, the UNESCO Chair in Arts and Learning at the Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba, and the Manitoba Arts Council in organizing the 4th Canadian Arts and Learning Symposium in Winnipeg, December 2-4, 2010. For more information about the Symposium, see www.eduarts.ca
Background:
To assist in preparing Canada’s position for the 2006 First World Conference, the Commission held a series of regional consultations across Canada with specialists in the field of arts and learning. This list of consultations follows:
For more information, see the Commission’s Consultation Paper and consult the Publications archive page for regional reports.