Ruano: Ottawa students need arts education to thrive during COVID-19

Author and speaker Sir Ken Robinson passed away last month after a brief battle with cancer. I was introduced to him years ago through his humorous and compelling TED talk titled “Do schools kill creativity?” Through a series of anecdotes backed up by his own extensive research, Robinson made a strong case for arts education and challenged the global tendency to exclude the arts from our school curriculum – an argument that rings true today. Read More