CFI: ImprovLab Research Team (2017–present)
Position
Ajay Heble
Ajay Heble is the Founding Director of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation and Professor of English in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University…
Carla Rice
Carla Rice is a Canada Research Chair in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences at the University of Guelph. She founded and directs Re•Vision: The Centre for Art…
Daniel Fischlin
University Research Chair Daniel Fischlin is a leading Canadian humanities researcher who has produced important cross-disciplinary work, including some sixteen books with a wide variety of international presses. His most…
Jesse Stewart
Jesse Stewart is a composer, percussionist, visual artist, researcher, and educator. His music has been documented on over twenty recordings including Stretch Orchestra’s self-titled debut album, which was honoured with…
Ellen Waterman
Ellen Waterman is Professor and Helmut Kallmann Chair for Music in Canada at Carleton University. Previously she taught at Memorial University of Newfoundland where she was IICSI site coordinator. She…
James Harley
James Harley is a Canadian composer presently based in Ontario, where he teaches at the University of Guelph. He obtained his doctorate in composition at McGill University in 1994, after…
Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016)
Pauline Oliveros (1932 – 2016), was a distinguished composer and improviser who performed extensively locally and in many parts of the world in a variety of venues. She coined the…
Eric Lewis
Eric Lewis is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at McGill University, where he is also the Director of the Laboratory of Urban Culture. He was Director of the Institute for…
Rebecca Caines
Dr Rebecca Caines is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist and scholar. Her artistic practice, teaching and research work crosses between creative technologies (including sound art, new media, and augmentation), contemporary performance…