TD Learning with the Arts School Performances Program
The TD Learning with the Arts program provides Oakville teachers and students with opportunities to experience live performances.
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Upcoming school performances
Where Have All The Buffalo Gone?
Thursday, October 23, 2025
11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Where Have All The Buffalo Gone? follows two souls through seven different periods of Métis history. Filled with stories about the Sun Traveller and the Callihoo family, incorporating a life-like buffalo puppet. Inspired by historical events of the Métis people of Canada, this original play for young audiences explores the loves, the losses and the fight of Treaty 6’s Métis people – and their love and kinship to the buffalo.
Recommended for Grades: 4-12
Chris McKhool Earth, Seas and Air
Thursday, January 29, 2026
11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Part musical performance, part environmentalism and 100% fun, this show is fully interactive! Chris gets kids singing, dancing and talking about taking care of the Earth. For over a decade, Chris has taken his audience beyond the 3 R’s of ecology to a new level of understanding of our global connection to forests, air, water and animals. Everyone leaves with the feeling that they can really make a difference!
Recommended for Grades: K-6
Shaun Boothe Unauthorized Biographies
Thursday, February 5, 2026
11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Shaun Boothe and the Unauthorized Biography Series is a critically acclaimed musical project that celebrates the world’s greatest cultural icons through biographical rap songs – Repackaging History through Hip-Hop. Half TED Talk, half live concert, Shaun uses music, multimedia, and motivation to deliver powerful and transformative messaging in a way that will truly resonate with your audience and leave them incredibly inspired.
Recommended for Grades: 6-12
Finding Home: A Salmon Journey Upstream
Thursday, April 30, 2026
11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Finding Home a play about two best friends who also happen to be salmon from Lake Ontario. Beagle and Sojo do everything together, as true best friends do. Until one day Beagle starts to change and gets the urge to set off on an adventure upstream–whether Sojo wants to come or not. It’s tough to swim against the current of the Humber River and the two face all kinds of challenges together, but along the way they learn what it means to be a real friend, how beautiful it is to complete your life cycle, and why salmon really are the rockstars of the fish world!
Recommended for Grades: 1-5
Missy D
Mercredi 6 mai 2026 / Wednesday, May 6, 2026
11 h et 13 h / 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Note: This performance is presented entirely in French.
Missy D est une artiste hip-hop, rap et soul qui pratique la musique comme une forme de thérapie. Elle donne du pouvoir aux gens grâce à l'amour et à la musique comme moyen d'exprimer ses sentiments, de partager un message et de créer du lien avec ses auditeurs. Missy puise son inspiration dans les mélodies françaises et les légendes du R&B, de la soul, du jazz, du hip-hop, du rock et du rap. Missy D vous fera vivre toutes les émotions et chanter YES MAMA, en embrassant la diversité des instruments, de la musique et, surtout, des personnes. 123, on y va, on y va !
Recommandé pour les niveaux : 1-8
Missy D is a hip hop, rap & soul artist who makes music as a form of therapy. She empowers folks with love and music as a way to express feelings, share a message and connect with listeners. Missy draws inspiration from French melodies to r&b, soul, jazz, hip hop, rock and rap legends. Missy D will have you feeling all the feels and singing YES MAMA as she embraces diversity in instrumentals, music and most of all, people. 123, on y va, on y va!
Recommended for Grades: 1-8