IICSI: A Partnered Institute Research Team (2013–2023)

Position

Jerrard Smith

Jerrard Smith is a set. costume, mask, and puppet designer for thaeatre and dance. His ongoing research involves the development of designs for theatrical presentations usually presented in non-traditional venues.…

Alan Filewod

In his two decades at Guelph, Alan’s research has shifted focus from an emphasis on Canadian theatre history and the canons of Canadian drama, to an exploration of a wider…

Julie Dawn Smith

Dr. Smith is an Associate Researcher in the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, University of British Columbia. She is the former executive director of Coastal Jazz and the highly…

Michelle Stewart

Michelle Stewart is an award-winning, and internationally funded social sciences and health researcher, who is a known advocate and activist for social justice. She has a specialization in health and…

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…

Shawn Van Sluys

Shawn is the Executive Director of Musagetes, a philanthropic foundation that experiments in small Canadian and European cities with ways to connect communities more deeply with the arts and creativity.…

Ben Bolden

Dr. Benjamin Bolden, music educator and composer, is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at Queen’s University, Canada. His research interests include arts education assessment, creativity, arts-based research methodologies,…

Keiko Shikako-Thomas

Bio forthcoming.

Mark V. Campbell

Dr. Mark V. Campbell leads the FCAD Forum for Cultural Strategies at Ryerson University and is Adjunct Professor at the RTA School of Media. Mark is a former Banting Postdoctoral…

Ingrid Monson

Dr. Monson is Quincy Jones Professor of African American Music at Harvard University. She won the Sonneck Society’s 1998 Irving Lowens Prize for the best book in American music for…