Activities of the Chair

Projects of the Chair:

• Creativity in Drama/Theatre and Arts Education, a multi-year, international study with collaborators in Canada, Norway, the United States, Jamaica
• Development of E-learning for Drama/Theatre Teachers, a multi-year, international project with collaborators in Canada, Norway, Sweden, Chile, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia.
• Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS), a $2.5 million dollar multi-national research project based at the University of Prince Edward Island, co-investigator and event co-sponsor
• International Monitoring and Comparative Research in Arts Education – reporting for UNESCO,  (In collaboration with UNESCO chair for education in arts and culture, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany and Hong Kong Institute of Education, in cooperation with Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung / German Commission for UNESCO)

Events of the Chair:

• Webcast Symposium on Creativity in Arts Education 2007
• Webcast Symposium on Educating Drama/Theatre Teachers (plus training workshops) 2008
• Canadian Symposium on Arts and Learning in Kingston (host and producer of webcast) 2008
• Canadian Symposium on Arts and Learning in Toronto (program organizer and webcast producer) 2009
• Gifts for a Culture of Peace Symposium in Kingston (co-host and webcast producer) 2009
• AIRS—UNESCO Chair joint pre-conference academic program, Phenomenon of Singing Conference, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador 2009
• Canadian Symposium on Arts and Learning in Winnipeg (webcast producer) 2010
• Webcast on The Seoul Agenda: UNESCO's Commitment to Arts Education held Sept. 14, 2010
• Invitational Workshop on International Monitoring and Comparative Research in Arts Education – reporting for UNESCO,  May 25 – 27, 2011 in Wildbad Kreuth, Germany (in collaboration project partners)
  

Communications and Publications:

• Electronic Newsletter distributed internationally
• Website hosting webcasts and disseminating information
• Informational bulletins distributed though email list
• Encounters on Education/Encuentros sobre Educación/Rencontres sur l’Éducation, guest editor of Volume 11: Navigating the UNESCO Roadmap for Arts Education: Current directions in research and best practice (Fall 2010)
• Refereed E-Journal, Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts,guest editor of Vol 1, Issue 6: ‘Singing: Interdisciplinary perspectives on a natural human expressive outlet’.