Review of dance in Canada : Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage

REVIEW OF DANCE IN CANADA Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage Gordon Brown Chair JUNE 2015 41st PARLIAMENT, SECOND SESSION Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons SPEAKER’S PERMISSION Reproduction of the proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees, in whole or in part and in any medium, is hereby permitted provided that the reproduction is [...] Temporary Foreign Worker Program 1 REVIEW OF DANCE IN CANADA CHAPTER 1: THE COMMITTEE’S MANDATE AND PRESENTATION OF THE REPORT On 18 February 2015, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage adopted the following motion: That the Committee conduct a study of dance in Canada, over a course of no more than six meetings to take place beginning with our first meeting in May in order to inform the Com [...] In the sections that follow, we present the highlights of the evidence we heard broken down into five themes: The contribution of dance to Canadian culture; The contribution of dance to the development of young Canadians’ physical and musical skills; Issues related to employment and career transitions; The development of new audiences; 1 House of Commons, Standing Committee on Canadian Her [...] Lemay of the Department of Canadian Heritage affirmed that federal arts programs, notably in the field of dance, “promote pan-Canadian values of diversity, linguistic duality, and national-caliber excellence.”7 Amy Bowring, Director, Collections and Research, for the organization Dance Collection Danse, explained that dance is part of the “social, political, economic, and military history of Canad [...] CHAPTER 4: THE CONTRIBUTION OF DANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG CANADIANS’ PHYSICAL AND MUSICAL SKILLS Witnesses highlighted the importance of supporting the teaching of dance in schools and of encouraging students to practise dance because of its positive impact on the overall health of young Canadians.