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Melissa Proeitti, PhD candidate听with our听Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE), and Jimmy Baptiste, former Artist-in-Residence with the Faculty of Education, spoke recently to听Journal Metro听regarding the urban arts school established at James Lyng High in Place St-Henri.

In the article, Justine Gravel writes about the new mural covering the school's exterior walls.听

In 2015 DISE听embarked on a program to support the transformation of听James Lyng High into the first urban arts school in Canada, with the goals of engaging听students and improving听success rates.听The partnership grant, "Building partnership synergy between school, university, and community artists", is funded by the听Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), led by DISE Prof.听Bronwen Low, and听supported by DISE Profs.听Mindy Carter, Claudia Mitchell and听Elizabeth Wood.听

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