Canada Timeline 2005 – 2019
We have been compiling our first trenche of grey literature documents from the field of Arts and Health in Canada so here is the TIMELINE to view the years in which documents were published.
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Canadian Forum on Arts and Health 2005: Forum Summary Report
This report summarises discussion from the first time that individuals from across Canada involved in the intersection of arts and health and arts in health care came together in a forum to discuss the state of these fields. Research and experiences were shared, assessments of implications for Canadian policy in hea...
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Roundtable on Mental Health and the Arts
This report summarises the discussion at the National Arts Centre Roundtable on Mental Health and the Arts, the second in a series of roundtables on healing and the arts. Presentations and talks covered various subjects ranging from current scientific knowledge about genes and creativity, to how the arts can be used...
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Roundtable on Healing and the Arts: Healthy Mental Development for Children and Youth
This report summarises discussion from the National Arts Centre Roundtable on Healing and the Arts: Healthy Mental Development for Children and Youth, which covered a range of topics from the extent of mental health illness among young people to how the arts can be beneficial to mental health sufferers.
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There Ought To Be Clowns: Child Life Therapy Through the Medium of a Clown
This paper documents the work and experiences of Karen Ridd, a therapeutic clown who worked in Winnipeg Children’s Hospital with the Child Life department, starting in 1986. In 2009, the Canadian Association of Therapeutic Clowns decided to acknowledge the influence of Karen’s work by officially publishing h...
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Community Vitality: a report of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing
The goal of this concept paper by the Canadian Council on Social Development is to discuss alternative conceptualizations of “community vitality” and its component parts and to propose an initial set of measures for inclusion in this domain of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW).
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Dancing, Singing, Painting, and Speaking the Healing Story: Healing Through Creative Arts
This report describes the results of a study by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) in the use of creative arts in cultural healing programs for aboriginals affected by the legacy of Canada’s residential school system. The study demonstrated that clearly, art therapy can be an important tool in safely addr...
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The Arts and Individual Well-Being in Canada: Connections between Cultural Activities and Health, Volunteering, Satisfaction with Life, and Other Social Indicators in 2010
This report from Hill Strategies Research, Inc. examines whether connections exist between Canadians’ cultural activities and their personal well-being. The study examined 18 cultural activities with eight indicators of health and well-being (such as physical health, mental health, volunteering, feeling stress...
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Making a Holistic Case for the Arts: Canadian Evidence regarding the Relationship between the Arts and the Quality of Life, Well-being, Health, Education, Society, and the Economy
This report, commissioned by the Canadian Public Arts Funders for a staff meeting in June 2014, provides an overview of key Canadian evidence and sources using a holistic framework that recognises the complex and interrelated benefits of the arts in Canada. Five areas of impact of the arts were examined, ranging fro...
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Survey of the Social Impacts of Dance Organisations in Canada
This in-depth survey is the final phase of the Canada Dance Mapping Study, a multi-year study undertaken by the Canada Council for the Arts to map both the profession and non-professional dance sector in Canada. The survey was carried out to gain a better understanding of activities or programs offered by dance orga...