Improvising Futures Research Team (2022–2027)

Position

Shoshanah Jacobs

The path that has brought me to the University of Guelph was full of interesting stops along the way. I completed a BSc in Biology with a specialisation in marine…

Troy Hourie

Troy is an installation artist and scenographer. Art Installations include: Odditorio | A Performative Installation, Ei! Marionettas (2020), Porto Portugal, Escape to Beira, (2014) ARTErra Portugal, Apparitions (2015) Arteles Finland…

Lawrence Hill

Lawrence Hill has taught and mentored developing writers for thirty years, and became a professor of creative writing in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of…

Meghan Forsyth

Meghan Forsyth is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology in the School of Music. Her research examines music and dance traditions of the Acadian diaspora, with particular focus on issues of language…

Fernanda del Monte Martínez

Fernanda el Monte Martínez is currently the Coordinator of Art, Performativity and Technology at 17, Institute of Critical Studies, and co-leads the Film and TV Degree in CENTRO. She is…

Adrian Chan

Adrian D.C. Chan is a Professor with the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, where he is also the Director of the Collaborative Specialization in Accessibility, and…

Peter Burton

Peter Burton is a music curator, artist manager, and arts administrator who focuses on Free Jazz, New Music, Sound Art and Folk/Popular Music from around the world. In 2020, he…

Phanuel Antwi

Phanuel Antwi is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia. In 2022 he was named Canada Research Chair in Black…

Katherine Zien

Katherine (Katie) Zien* is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the English Department (Drama and Theatre Concentration). Zien researches and teaches theatre and performance in the Americas, with…

Alyssa Woods

Dr. Alyssa Woods is a popular music scholar whose work intersects the areas of music theory, gender and sexuality studies, cultural studies, and religious discourse in hip-hop music. Dr. Woods…