MicroGrant Success: Susan Ksiezopolski 2020
Thanks to a MAC MicroGrant, Susan Ksiezopolski created this emotional 15 minute documentary highlighting the importance of incorporating the arts… Read More »MicroGrant Success: Susan Ksiezopolski 2020
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Ontario Brain Institute: How dancing can boost cognitive health
TVO.org speaks with Sarah Robichaud of Dancing With Parkinson’s about how physical exercise can help the body — and the… Read More »Ontario Brain Institute: How dancing can boost cognitive health
Art of Wellness Documentary Screening
MAC announces The Art of Wellness Documentary Screening, funded by MAC, Bell Canada and The Ontario Trillium Foundation.
Rewiring our brains to understand how art promotes mental health
Published in Mississauga News on April 8, 2021 Christine Long was walking across a parking lot when, “I felt something… Read More »Rewiring our brains to understand how art promotes mental health
Brain Beat Dance combines dance, storytelling and conversation to stimulate brain health in GTA seniors
Published in The Star on February 3, 2020 May Wong is leading her group of seniors through an apple-picking excursion.… Read More »Brain Beat Dance combines dance, storytelling and conversation to stimulate brain health in GTA seniors
Announcing the Art of Wellness Initiative
MAC wishes to catalogue the ways in which creative experiences help to improve mental wellbeing in Peel through the Art… Read More »Announcing the Art of Wellness Initiative
The Case for Music in Times of Loss
Published in The New York Times on May 21, 2020 If we’re going to survive this pandemic we need music,… Read More »The Case for Music in Times of Loss
Art helps Mississauga man overcome adversity
Published in Mississauga News on April 4, 2018 Doctors didn’t think he would survive. Christine Long was walking across a… Read More »Art helps Mississauga man overcome adversity