February 2014 - News!
Conferences, Symposiums, Workshops view all upcoming
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First call for Symposia for the 24th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS). This year, the conference will be held at Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, from July 3 to 5, 2014
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LENA International Conference 2015 - From Research to Intervention, April 19th – April 21st 2015, Ritz-Carlton Denver, Colorado. Proposal submission begins Aug. 11, 2014
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The Canadian Studies Programme at the University of Prince Edward Island - Call for Papers: Versions of Canada, Charlottetown, September 25-27, 2014
To mark the 150th anniversary of the Charlottetown Conference, The Canadian Studies Programme at UPEI will host an interdisciplinary conference entitled Versions of Canada. The conference will coincide with the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Studies Network. The version of Canada that emerged 150 years ago was neither a clean starting point nor a sharp end point in the project of Canadian nation-making. In the days before and since Charlottetown, Canadians have offered-up many versions of what Canada was, is, and could be. To assert those definitions, to offer those versions – whether they emerge from writers, poets, artists, musicians, academics, broadcasters, or politicians – is to make a nation, to engage in what the Canadian intellectual Frank Underhill nearly 70 years ago called the “’moral struggle over the fundamental principles on which society should be based.” Versions of Canada recognizes the complexity and contest involved in charting the meaning of Canada. We invite papers, panels of three and a moderator, roundtables and other forms of presentations organized around the broad theme of “versions” of Canada. We suggest (but do not demand) linkage to one or more of the following sub-themes: images, cultures, politics, narratives, discourses, places, identities, powers, authorities, experiences. Please send your abstract of 350 words, along with a one page curriculum vitae (for each presenter), and contact information by April 28th, 2014 to our Academic Programme Committee: for proposals in English, Greg Doran, English Department, University of Prince Edward Island, gdoran@upei.ca
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New! On New Shores Conference October 16 – 17, 2014, Toronto, Ontario. The theme of the conference will be Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Families: Bridging Across Cultural Boundaries. Call for Proposals
Proposal submission deadline is March 1, 2014. All proposals must be submitted to Dr. Susan S. Chuang by email (schuang@uoguelph.ca), and must be accompanied by a submission form.
AIRS News
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Call for participation from singing teachers, speech language pathologists, and otolaryngologists: Interdisciplinary Survey on Common Usage of Breathing Terminology:
This survey was created by Shannon Coates (DMA Candidate, University of Toronto) to find quantitative data showing the level of consistency of terminology used by speech language pathologists, otolaryngologists, and singing teachers throughout North America. The survey was approved by the University of Toronto Ethics Board on 24th January, 2014 and forms a major part of Shannon's doctoral research. Your participation is completely anonymous and voluntary, and data collected from this survey will remain confidential, non-identifiable, and will be used for research purposes only. While participation in this survey will not benefit you directly, it will contribute to the voice community as a whole, and you may find benefit from reflecting upon the terminology that you use in your studio,clinic, or practice.
The survey takes approximately 20 minutes to complete and you may complete it all at once, or in more than one sitting. By clicking on the survey link, you are consenting to voluntary participation, acknowledging that you are at least eighteen years of age, and that you treat or teach classical singers in your studio, clinic, or practice. Shannon anticipates collecting data from 1st February 2014 until 15 March 2014, after which the survey link will no longer be active.
As a larger survey sample size will ensure more significant data, leading to a greater impact on the clarification of terminology used in the voice community, Shannon would be grateful if you would consider forwarding the survey link to any of your colleagues who teach or treat classical singers.
The survey may be accessed via this link: Interdisciplinary Survey on Common Usage of Breathing Terminology
If you have any questions concerning the research or the survey, please contact Shannon or her supervisor (contact information below). Your time and dedication to voice research is valuable and highly appreciated.
Shannon Coates, DMA Candidate in Vocal Performance, Specializing in Voice Pedagogy, University of Toronto shannon.coates@utoronto.ca
Professor Lorna MacDonald, Lois Marshall Chair in Voice Studies, University of Toronto lorna.macdonald@utoronto.ca
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The AIRS Proposal for the International Association of Music and Medicine
has been accepted for presentation at the next annual meeting to be held in Toronto, in June 25-27. Thanks to Laurel Young, Concordia University, Sub-theme leader of 3.3 for organizing this, as well as the consultation of Amy Clement-Cortes. Other participants include: Carol Beynon, Annabel Cohen, Carina Daugherty, Mary Gick, Jennifer Hutchison, Jennifer Nicol, Steven Livingstone, Lucille McGarry, and Frank Russo.
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Rena Sharon and co-authors Laurel Fais and Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson have a chapter in the new book, Language and the Creative Mind
by Mike Borkent, Barbara Dancygier and Jennifer Hinnell (release date: 15 February 2014). The chapter is entitled "Wiggle Room: How Gestural Parameters Affect Singer and Audience Cognition in Art Song Performance."
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New: AIRS-inspired multicultural singing group and song circle at the University of Malta initiated by Dr. Godfrey Baldacchino. (Missing from photo: Vince Fabri, photographer).