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Programmes
NAVIGATORS EDUCATION PROGRAMME
Using the North Shore Culture Compass, the Navigators Education Programme connects educators and teachers to ideas and resources to engage students in learning about the culture, heritage, history, geography and diversity of Vancouver’s North Shore. The free, downloadable guide is suitable for in-class or outdoor learning, developed for grades 6-12 within BC curriculum, with many activities adaptable for younger ages and groups.
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2 streams currently available:
1 - Guide (limited printed copies available at North Van Arts and pdf version for download) for Secondary Level, supporting BC curriculum. Guide includes activities using the North Shore Culture Compass following the four points theme of people, places, time, stories. Activities may be adapted for other ages, groups. 2 - After School Art classes, fun activities to discover local culture, for ages 8-11. Place-based visual art activities inspired by public art.
In 2022, Navigators became a partner of Esri Canada Partners in Education programme. Esri Canada’s programme supports educators and organizations focused on working with K-12 youth with free ArcGIS software to create maps and StoryMaps. They also provide free training and resources to learn how GIS can be used to enhance student learning and engagement while promoting critical thinking and spatial problem solving skills.
DATA INSIGHTS
Culture Compass Data Insights help strengthen the cultural sector on the North Shore by informing planning, programming, and marketing.
Data Insights has 3 components:
Audience maps - created using postal code information collected from an organization’s audience Community Snapshots - compiled using demographic information from Statistics Canada and Environics Local Area Profiles - compiled by layering the audience maps and organizational location with statistical information
Knowing who a cultural asset is serving is helpful for planning and important to allow an organization to adapt and reflect the communities they serve by offering programs that are relevant and inclusive. The findings from Data Insights can be used to plan activities, programming, and events, decide where to concentrate marketing and outreach efforts, inform pricing or fee structures, or to support funding applications and augment reports to funders and sponsors, to best engage with and serve your community.
Audience Maps created using postal codes collected from audience
Local Area Profile created by overlaying demographic data with geographic information Community Snapshots compiled using demographic data
