Judith Marcuse Projects has more than 30 years of Canadian and international experience in arts for social change. In the last several years, through a concentrated process of research and dialogue, JMP organized an international symposium in 2004; an international activist arts festival (attended by 20,000 people) under the auspices of UNESCO during the Vancouver World Urban Forum in 2006; and the completion of a rigorous in-depth survey of 46 art-in-community organizations around the world (see the Resources section for details). JMP toured its live theatre multi-media production, EARTH=home, to theatres across Canada in the Spring of 2009.
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is ideally placed to house the International Centre of Art for Social Change. Since its founding, SFU has been committed to research and education relevant to practical ways to promote social justice in Canada and around the world. For more information about SFU, please visit www.sfu.ca.