PROGRAMMING
We regularly present and collaborate with partner organizations to host critical convenings that offer information and support the wellbeing of individuals and communities devoted to dance in Canada.
Want to partner with CDA? We’d love to work with you! Please contact Membership Manager Oriana Pagnotta at info@cda-acd.ca or 416-515-8444. Let’s communicate about future possibilities together.
Regional Activity
The Canadian Dance Assembly strives to meet often with the various regions to either, participate in local events, partner in an activity, host special meetings, or simply connect with regional members. Since 2004, meetings have been held in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, St. John’s and Halifax.
🧾 Members of Parliament will soon be voting on the next federal budget.
📣 It’s time to make our voices heard.
🥤💻 Bring a bevy and your writing instrument(s), let’s come together to write to our MPs!
💌 Collective Letter Writing Session with some prompts to inspire your writing!
💞 Let’s all participate in the collective call for the Canadian government to permanently allocate at least 1% of its overall spending to arts, culture, and heritage every year.
To achieve this for the 2025-26 fiscal year, the Government should increase its allocations by $270 million, specifically:
- An increase of $140 million to the Canada Council for the Arts (core, touring and individual artists funding);
- An increase of $130 million to the Department of Canadian Heritage.
🔗 Drop-in on the day or register in advance.
Join Artsdata for a step-by-step Wikidata workshop for members of the Canadian Dance Assembly. This free, expert-led series will focus mainly on how open data can benefit dance companies and artists. As a free and open knowledge base linked to Wikipedia, Wikidata is a trusted source of information for Google, Bing and other search engines.
In this workshop, participants will learn how to maximize their discoverability by either creating or enriching their own entry.
Workshop led by :
Gary Mandin (CAPACOA, Indigenous Librarian) (he/him) is a Cree-Métis artist currently located on unceded Algonquin Territory. He completed his undergraduate degree in Indigenous Studies and completed his master’s degree in Feminist and Gender Studies before completing a diploma in Music Industry Arts at Algonquin College.
Morgan Pannunzio (CAPACOA, Media and Data Agent) (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist working in Tkaronto, the traditional territories of the Anishinaabeg, Mississaugas of the Credit, Huron-Wendat, and Haudenosaunee. She is a recent graduate of Humber’s Bachelor of Music, Voice (2023) and Creative Writing (2024) programs. As Media and Data Agent at CAPACOA, Morgan is passionate about open data and the arts.
Participants must register to attend the 90-minute session on Tuesday, December 3rd at 1:00pm.
The workshop is FREE
In English with francophone ressource
Auto caption available
Caregiver friendly