DAREarts Atlantic 2015: Mi’kmaq Culture Empowers Youth Achievement – DAREarts

November 2, 2015

Thanks to our supporters The McCain Foundation, Northbridge Insurance, Scotiabank, and RBC Foundation, October has been an inspiring Mi’kmaq Heritage Month for nearly 100 grade six children from three Nova Scotian schools; they’ve been “dared” to step out of their comfort zones and to entrench themselves in a world of arts and culture.

The students from Astral Drive ES, Riverside EC, and St. Joseph’s A. McKay ES each spent a week with DAREarts’ Atlantic Team, consisting of Lead Teachers Laura MacKinnon and Trish Gibbon, plus artist-educators Alan Syliboy, Henri Gielis, Alexis Milligan, and June Zinck.

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