In the context of research universities, what kind of places and spaces can we create for ourselves that foster a holistic vision of learning and community, a vision that is responsive to the shifting social and ecological landscapes of the Anthropocene? How can these spaces simultaneously address the need to nurture both personal and cultural…

This article begins with a synopsis of the film "Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured Landscapes", directed by Jennifer Baichwal. While the author can relate to the statements made in this synopsis, her experience and understanding of this 90-minute journey is much more intense and complex. In this essay, she attempts to dissect and examine…

Over the past three decades, environmental issues have been on the global forefront and continue to affect people's daily lives. Although the need for environmental attention is at an all-time high, outdoor and environmental education (OEE) plays an insufficient role in school systems. As technology continues to contribute to advancements in every…

Outlines some demographic changes which are transforming Canada's economy. Discusses the relationship of these changes to increasing participation in the arts. Illustrates ways in which art education can enhance the production skills required by current economic change. (Author/RKM)

A Canadian art educator remarks on three aspects of discipline-based art education (DBAE): (1) the nature and scale of the Getty Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts; (2) perceived problems in the development and implementation of DBAE projects currently under way; and (3) the possibility of establishing DBAE. (Author/RM)

Visual literacy contains a vat of underlying understanding that fuses to the bones of students who actively pursue an art education. For everything visible, there is an invisible internal counterpart, and arts education provides vital depth that is currently being drained from Canadian culture. Visual literacy begins with the elements and…

The process of curriculum development in art education at the provincial level in Alberta, Canada, is described. The interests, needs, and assumptions of five groups of stakeholders--government, the curriculum development committee, art teachers, students, and interested onlookers--are examined. (RM)

Reviews the illustrations of Canadian Barbara Reid in three recent books: "The New Baby Calf,""Have You Seen Birds?", and "Sing a Song of Mother Goose." Notes Reid uses plasticene to create rich, inspiring images. (ARH)

Several avenues of communication that bind art education in the United States and Canada are described. Developments of mutual understanding have tightened the art education relationship between the two countries. (RM)

Many opportunities for linkages between the arts and adult education communities are examined. Discusses the emergence of the Canadian Association for Adult Education, adult educators' interest in the Canadian National Film Board, and the trend toward increased arts involvement. (CT)

Alberta's (Canada) new 1984 elementary art curriculum, which is described here, has as its central focus the child as artist. It is concerned with having children think and behave as artists. (RM)

The career and ideas of a pioneer art teacher, William P. Weston, who emigrated to British Columbia, Canada, from England in 1909, are described. (RM)

Teacher education in the visual arts in Canada has passed through a creative, golden age and is now in a critical period. The expansionist period of the 1960s and 1970s has passed, giving way to cutbacks and restraints. Possible scenarios are discussed. (RM)

Two Canadian art educators carry on a fictional exchange of letters that address a very common set of problems: "Why do art educators have to educate the public to the value of art while a similar kind of public consciousness raising is not necessary for, say, math or reading educators?" (RM)

An art teacher who went to Bella Bella, a remote island in British Columbia, to teach an arts methods course for the University of British Columbia's Native Indian Teacher Education Program describes her experiences and the course she taught. (RM)