Walking Tall in the Hall: A Mapping Review of ArtsSmarts Projects in Aboriginal Settings Across Canada

This mapping review provides a 'snapshot' of the impacts of a variety of ArtsSmarts projects on teachers, students and communities in 15 off-reserve Aboriginal communities.  ArtsSmarts projects were undertaken at both the elementary and secondary school levels and varied considerably in the number of participants, length of project, number of teachers involved and art forms explored.  These projects taught a number of important lessons about ArtsSmarts as an intervention centred around four broad questions: (1) What works for schools?; (2) What are the indicators of and contributing factors to success?; (3) What are the components of successful classroom partnerships?; and, (4) What can be done to transfer or expand success to other schools?