How arts strengthen newcomer settlement in Canada

Toronto, Oct 3 (The Conversation) Settling in a new country is often imagined as a sequential process, built on a supposed hierarchy of needs. You accomplish one priority, then another, and another and then youre integrated into the country and economy. Material and essential matters housing, employment, language classes come first. Cultural or spiritual matters a sense of belonging, community connections, civic participation come second. The recently released research I conducted with Toronto Arts Council (TAC) on its Program for Newcomers and Refugees (PNR), however, suggests this logic needs to be challenged. What does art have