Advocacy

The Council of Ontario Drama and Dance Educators (CODE) encourages and supports the development of drama and dance in education in Ontario. CODE often engages with partner organizations, as well as provincial, national, and international agencies to represent its members and advocate for issues of importance to those in the field of arts education.

CODE encourages its members and the public-at-large to assist us in advocating for the arts in your schools and communities. Please see the following links to support you in becoming an advocate for dance and drama education.

CODE Advocacy Resources

CODE Drama Brochure

CODE Dance Brochure

We Need to Talk About Drama: A Chorus of Voices: Shaping a Future for Drama in Education - Christine Jackson, former CODE President, CODE Conference October 2015

CODE Letters and Responses

2020

August 4 - Updated Return to school document, adding 18 COVID adapted resources and shared widely: Drama and Dance: Creative Community in the Time of COVID

June 25 - Document sent to School Boards in Preparation for Return to Schools: Drama and Dance in the Time of COVID

June 15 - Joint Letter (CODE, FNMIEAO, OAEA, OASPHE, OMEA, Ophea) to Directors and Trustee Chairs Return to Schools

English Francais

May 27 - Letter from CODE to MOET: Consultation for School Reopening - COVID 19

May 27 - Letter from all ARTS subject association to MOET: CODE, OAEA, OMEA: Joint Consulation for School Reopening

Note: We are working to add all previous advocacy letters so that we are always posting for one year and archiving our work in previous years in a public folder available here.

CODE Recommended Research and Writing

Arts Education Advocacy Toolkit - The Kennedy Centre Alliance for Arts Education Network
Arts Education for the Development of the Whole Child - Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
Ontario Arts Curriculum (2009) Front Matter

www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/arts.html

www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/index.html

Research Report on Teaching in Ontario by Kathleen Gould Lundy

All I's on Education: Imagination, Integration, Innovation Research Report, Kathleen Gould Lundy, 2016

Ten Lessons the Arts Teaches by Elliot Eisner
UNESCO Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Road Map for Arts Education: Report for Canada (March 2010)
Unleashing Potential, Harnessing Possibility: An Odyssey of Creativity, Innovation and Critical Thinking: An Action Research Study by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board: www.leadthewaytocreativity.com