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School Alliance of Student Songwriters (Canada) Administrators



Artemis Chartier   sass@sasscanada.net   905-259-9540
SASS Co-Founder, Board Officer,
singer-songwriter, recording artist, and high school teacher


Dale Russell   sass@sasscanada.net   905-903-3130
SASS  Executive Director and Co-Founder
lead guitarist of
The Guess Who (1983-2000)
award-winning songwriter and producer


Members of the SASS Board:

Mark Magee, SASS President
D. Artemis Chartier, SASS Director and Secretary
Darlene Voogt, SASS monthly Community Open-Mic. Co-Ordinator
Murray Moynes, Student Interschool Recital Co-Ordinator
Other Board Members:
 Victor Fuke, Charmaine Huculak,
Cara Moynes, Mary Ann Nova, Josh Raycroft














SASS Board meetings take place several times a year
and are considered public events.
If you would like to attend one of our upcoming board meetings
or even submit topics of discussion for one of our upcoming agendas,
please feel free to contact us to know the date of our next meeting.
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Martyn Beckett
Director, Durham District School Board      

SASS has provided an important opportunity for students to express their musical talents
in an emotionally-safe environment. Our students and teachers have found that
SASS helps to engage all students, including those at-risk of not achieving academic success. While
athletics may serve this need in some students, we recognize that there are students for whom athletics is
not the connection to school. Many of these students have found that SASS provides a forum for them to
express their feelings… through music. They feel a connection to their teacher, engage with school, and find
that they have gifts and talents which have perhaps not been recognized in the past...  I encourage other
school boards to experience the excitement of SASS and the growth of their students through music.  I offer
my warmest wishes to SASS for continued success in helping young people to share their gifts.
Dale Russell
in his Guess Who Days
in the l990s
D. Russell
D. A. Chartier
M. Beckett