The influx of Eastern European immigrants during the nineteenth century in Canada elicited hostility and bigotry from the dominant population. Educators aimed for assimilation of immigrants into the mainstream of Canadian society and used the school curriculum to inculcate nationalism. Up to the 1940s and 1950s, Canadian history-education and…

Asserts that art education promotes high culture and ignores popular culture and is thereby precluded from making a positive contribution to students' lives. Outlines the principles for a socially relevant art education. Maintains that such an art education would contribute critically to the meanings, values, and beliefs students form with…