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RDA 2023 Spring Newsletter: Caitlin MacDonald (SASI/CRC) on the topic of rural gender justice and SASI’s work to end gender-based violence in the Ottawa Valley.

New on the Countdown Story website: a resource page dedicated to providing support to survivors and those dedicated to ending gender-based violence.

New on the Countdown Story website: a monument map, visually indicating where all Countdown monuments can be found and visited in Ontario.

New on the Countdown Story website: a section dedicated to project impact. Now featured in that section is our 2020-2021 evaluation report, and the 50 minute KINSHIP podcast episode featuring members of the Countdown team.

ReDefine Arts is proud to partner with Lanark County Interval House to realize the Countdown Smiths Falls mosaic monument.

Closing out Theatre Passe Muraille’s 22.23 season, Trace by Tristan R. Whiston and Moynan King explores the ongoing nature of Queer being and becoming.

Exploring the role of arts-based research in collaborative and community-engaged artistic practice.

ReDefine Arts is hiring Community Arts Interns for the Countdown Public Art Project in North Hastings, Ontario.

RDA 2023 Winter Newsletter: In December 2022, RDA’s Program & Access Coordinator, Megan Wilk, joined Jumblies Theatre, The Community Arts Guild, and Arts4All for Artfare Essentials; an immersive workshop for artists working with community and community-engaged arts.

On November 17, 2022 in Maynooth, Ontario, the Community Corridor of Inclusion and Resilience project held Braiding Knowledges, a discussion of land, place and people, with 50 North Hastings residents.

ReDefine Arts looks forward to presenting DIGITAL STORIES: Building Cultures of Consent, an online showcase of digital art connected to our rural Ontario arts projects which are rooted in action to end gender-based violence through art-making and community-building.

RDA Fall 2022 Newsletter: Anna talks about an intense and rewarding summer working on the Renfrew County Inquest Public Art Response project in the Madawaska Valley.