Canadian Association of Storytellers for Children

MISSION

The Canadian Association of Storytellers for Children (C.A.S.C.) is an active response to the growing interest in storytelling for children and youth and is committed to:

• promoting storytelling for children & youth,
• developing a national network for storytellers, families & communities.

C.A.S.C. is a member-based association co-ordinated by volunteer executive directors: Carol Ashton, Joan Bailey, Donna Dudinsky, Sally Jaeger, Laurie Malabar, Hildy Stollery, Meghan Thompson, and Harriet Xanthakos.

• co-host  performances with public libraries, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, The Bata Shoe Museum, historic settings, school boards, Frontier College, Riverdale Farm, provincial literacy networks, and other organizations
• provide storytelling concerts for children and their families
• create a national network for Canada’s “storytelling for children & youth” community of tellers
• facilitate bi-annual adult storytelling SWAPS called “The TALKING POT” to discuss resources, strategies, voices & visions for our work with children & youth, as well as to grow from and encourage one another.
• produce storytelling newsletters, bibliographies, thematic pamphlets, reviews of events and oral tradition resources.
• present professional development workshops for E.C.E. seminars, parent-education networks, teachers, librarians, children’s literature scholars, storytellers, and others