Improvising Futures Research Team (2022–2027)

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 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 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 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 (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…

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 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…

Lisa Barg teaches in the Schulich School of at McGill University. Her work on race and modernism during the interwar years has appeared in American Music and Journal of the…

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…

Tom Scholte is Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at UBC where he teaches acting and directing for stage and screen. He has performed for such theatre companies…