Improvising Futures Research Team (2022–2027)
Position
Elizabeth Jackson
Elizabeth Jackson is the Acting Director of the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) at the University of Guelph. She builds on her research and teaching expertise in community engaged scholarship, practice-based…
John Semple
John L Semple MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS Upon graduating from high school Dr Semple studied at the Ontario College of Art. He then completed a BSc in Medical Illustrating (Art…
Ian Gold
Ian Gold is Associate Professor of Philosophy & Psychiatry at McGill University in Montreal. He completed a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Princeton University and did postdoctoral training at the Australian…
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…
David Brackett
David Brackett is Professor of Music History and Musicology in the Schulich School of Music of McGill University. His publications include Interpreting Popular Music (Cambridge, 1995; repr. University of California,…
Kevin McNeilly
Kevin McNeilly teaches Cultural Studies and contemporary literatures in English at the University of British Columbia. He was the UBC site manager as well as the coordinator for the Text…
Joel Bakan
Joel Bakan is a professor of law at the University of British Columbia, and an internationally renowned legal scholar and commentator. A former Rhodes Scholar and law clerk to Chief…
Gillian Siddall
Gillian Siddall (research collaborator) is the President and Vice-Chancellor of Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Her research area is Canadian literature, with a focus on musical improvisation, both…
Rumina Dhalla
Dr. Rumina Dhalla is an Associate Professor, Organizational Studies and Sustainable Commerce area in the Department of Management, College of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph. She is…
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…
