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CODE promotes dance & drama education in schools and communities throughout Ontario.

CODE creates & distributes educational resources supporting the Ontario Dance & Drama Curriculum.

CODE promotes dance & drama education in schools and communities throughout Ontario.

CODE connects drama and dance educators and artists through local, provincial, national and international community building.

CODE Board Members Michelle Gram Giessen, Heather Newman, and Matthew Sheahan

Dream Forward with CODE

Join CODE Management Board members Michelle Gram Giessen, Heather Newman and Matthew Sheahan at the Dream Forward, Steam Ahead conference in Milton on Saturday, March 28th.

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Call for Writers: Phase 1 of Resource Revisions

We are pleased to announce that CODE will be revising resource materials to respond to the decisions and recommendations of the CODE Resource Review Committee. From 2016-2022, a team of...

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Webinar Series: January Events

CODE is excited to share 5 webinars offered in January (including 3 regional fireside chats) and early registration for a February webinar with ArtFusion. We hope to see you there! Read more for...

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Full steAm Ahead Presenter Notes

The Full steAm Ahead workshop notes are continuing to be added to the folder as they are received.

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CODE Conversation: Drama and Dance for the Future

How are Drama and Dancce able to lead us to the kind of world we want to live in? What are futurisms in Drama and Dance? With an older curriculum in need of a complete overhaul, what questions,...

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Full steAm Ahead 2025 Conference Recap

CODiEs gathered in Kitchener, ON for three days of collegiality, laughter, inspiration, venting, and collective imagining about the future. 70 educators as well as high school students and...

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Call for Writers - Visionary Voices

Call for Writers - Visionary Voices: Engaging with the Canada Theatre’s Museum Library of Legends through Drama and Inquiry We are pleased to announce that the CODE, in...

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