Absolutely. In all my conversations in Ottawa over the last year, I keep hearing the words “lateral integration”. I can't stress largely enough how important it is that there be connection between the silos.
If we're going to address really complex problems in our country, we really need to bring artists together with health practitioners and with people who are doing cross-cultural work and building consensus around how best to use the arts to make Canada a healthier, more integrated, and more creative place. So often, these policies that come down reflect only a certain lens. If we have these conversations across disciplines and sectors, we stand a much better chance for sustainable resources and also just basically for inclusion of more people who are telling their own stories and, in doing that, creating policies and approaches for positive change.
I hope I'm making sense.