An analysis conducted by the Strategic and Institutional Research Initiatives Unit, in the Office of Research Services at 91亚色, revealed that between 2006 and 2012, 91亚色 researchers received more SSHRC awards valued at $1 million or more than any other institution in Canada. SSHRC鈥檚 large-scale awards offered between 2001 and 2012 have included the Community-University Research Alliance (CURA), Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI), the Strategic Knowledge Clusters and the SSHRC Partnership Grants.

鈥�91亚色 is a leader in collaborative, interdisciplinary, social sciences and humanities research in Canada,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research & innovation. 鈥淩esearch at 91亚色 is research with impact. These research projects led by York University researchers demonstrate our capacity and continued commitment to work collaboratively with governments, non-profit organizations, NGOs, community organizations and private sector partners to advance knowledge for maximum impact both nationally and internationally.鈥�

Robert Hach茅

From the development of models for violence prevention in Aboriginal communities, to the creation of a comprehensive youth strategy that supports positive youth development in urban communities, to measuring the costs of the social justice system, to identifying promising practices for the improvement of long-term residential care and more, 91亚色 researchers are working to develop solutions to complex challenges and to mobilize knowledge to make a difference in the world.

The large-scale SSHRC projects led by 91亚色鈥檚 researchers seek to employ a collaborative method to support the creation of new knowledge and undertake knowledge mobilization initiatives so that research and evidence resulting from these projects can help inform decisions about public policy and professional practice.

To view a list of project descriptions of each of the active large-scale SSHRC projects at 91亚色, click here.

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On Monday, Gary Goodyear, minister of state (science & technology) announced the significant investment by the Government of Canada in basic research and research training in the social sciences and humanities.

Gary Goodyear

鈥淲e are very pleased with SSHRC鈥檚 investment to support the work of 91亚色鈥檚 researchers in the Social Sciences & Humanities,鈥� said, Robert Hach茅, 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research & innovation. 鈥淭his funding allows our researchers to grow and strengthen their innovative research programs while contributing to Canada鈥檚 knowledge base.鈥�

Thirty-two 91亚色 faculty members received more than $3.8 million to fund their research projects through SSHRC鈥檚 Insight Grants and programs.聽 In the Insight Grants competition, 91亚色 enjoyed an exceptional 39 per cent success rate, which is 12 per cent higher than the national success rate for the competition.聽

Robert Hach茅

The funding was granted for research covering a wide range of topics, including:聽

• Institutional changes and adaptive search behaviour of business groups in developing economies
• Industrialization, human capital and democracy
• Teaching for mathematical understanding: The potential of 'folding back' as a pedagogical tool
• Second generation success and marginalization: the impacts of race, gender and place on employment and social mobility
• Multilingualism and ethnic identity: An international perspective
• The roles of lead banks and institutional investors in secondary loan sales
• Modernist Literary Musics

Graduate students and doctoral fellows benefited from the announcements as well: 聽167 91亚色 master鈥檚 and doctoral students have won more than $5.8 million in scholarships and fellowships.聽More than 2,400 graduate and postdoctoral projects across Canada received funding.聽

鈥淐anada鈥檚 position as a world leader in research excellence leads to discoveries, innovations and advanced skills that drive job creation and opportunities in the knowledge economy,鈥� said Goodyear. 鈥淭hrough Economic Action Plan 2012, our government provided additional resources to support advanced research at universities and other leading research institutions, which will build on previous investments to further strengthen Canada鈥檚 research advantage.鈥�

鈥淭his research is the key to innovation and to building knowledge for Canada鈥檚 future,鈥� said Chad Gaffield, president of SSHRC. 鈥淭hrough this funding support, we are generating insights and developing innovative solutions for today鈥檚 social, economic and cultural issues, while training the next generation of researchers and leaders.鈥�

A complete list of SSHRC-funded projects is available on the website.

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91亚色聽psychology Professor Debra Pepler, together with Shelley Cardinal of the Canadian Red Cross, has received over $2.4 million in funding over five years from SSHRC to lead a major national project: "Walking the Prevention Circle: Researching Community Capacity Building for Violence Prevention".聽 They are joined by Susan Dion, a 91亚色 education professor, and other researchers and partners. The project will examine how communities mobilize and build capacity through the Canadian and Australian Red Cross Societies' Walking the Prevention Circle (WTPC)聽鈥� a model for violence prevention in Aboriginal communities. The project will receive more than $1.2 million in matching funding from partnering organizations.

Debra Pepler

Pepler, a Distinguished Research Professor in the Faculty of Psychology and core member in 91亚色鈥檚 LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, will lead a 10-member research team as they study the process of community capacity building.

鈥淭his grant provides an extraordinary opportunity to collaborate with communities in learning how they engage with the Red Cross community capacity-building process to share knowledge, promote stronger relationships, and move from the cycle of violence resulting from colonization to the circle of healing based in Aboriginal traditions,鈥� said Pepler.

Project partners include the聽Canadian Red Cross, Australian Red Cross, CAMH Centre for Prevention Science, Chiefs of Ontario, Prince Albert Grand Council, Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network (PREVNet), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Victoria Native Friendship Centre.

Susan Dion

Six 91亚色 researchers were also awarded more than $1.1 million in SSHRC funding through the Partnership Development Grants program, with more than an additional $1 million in total funding from matching partner contributions.聽The Partnership Development Program encourages applicants to work collaboratively with partners to develop research in the social sciences and humanities.聽This funding will support partnerships between 91亚色 researchers and Canadian and international universities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government departments, domestic and international associations, among others.

鈥淭he results of these recent SSHRC competitions are a testament to the exceptional track record 91亚色 has in leading interdisciplinary and collaborative research projects,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research and innovation. 鈥淭he project led by 91亚色 Professor Debra Pepler and Shelley Cardinal of the Canadian Red Cross, in collaboration with local and global partners, is designed to address and prevent the cycle of violence and improve the quality of people鈥檚 lives.鈥�

Robert Hach茅

The announcement was made on Friday, May 25聽by Gary Goodyear, federal minister of state for science and technology, while speaking at the launch of the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.聽 In total, more than $70 million is being awarded over a period of seven years to support 92 research teams across the country through SSHRC鈥檚 Partnership Grants and Partnership Development Grants.

鈥淥ur government鈥檚 top priority is jobs, growth and long-term prosperity. To remain at the forefront of the global economy, our government is investing in the people and ideas that will produce tomorrow鈥檚 breakthroughs,鈥� said聽Goodyear. 鈥淭hrough these investments, we are creating the best educated and most skilled workforce in the world and strengthening Canada鈥檚 research advantage.鈥�

鈥淭hese multi-sectoral research partnerships are key to innovation and to building knowledge for Canada鈥檚 future,鈥� said Chad Gaffield, SSHRC president.聽鈥淲ith this funding support, we are gaining insight about, and developing innovative solutions to today鈥檚 social, economic and cultural issues, while training the next generation of researchers and leaders.鈥�

For a complete list of Partnership Grant and Partnership Development Grant awards, visit the 听飞别产蝉颈迟别.

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鈥淚 am delighted that Lisa and Walter have accepted the positions,鈥� said Hach茅.聽鈥�91亚色 is home to exceptional students, staff and faculty in every discipline. Recognizing our strengths in interdisciplinary and collaborative research, we are developing partnerships and initiatives that will continue to enhance our international research reputation and exploring new ways to showcase the innovative and important work of 91亚色鈥檚 researchers,鈥� said聽Hach茅. 鈥淥ur new leadership team is ready to move forward on a new and exciting strategic path to build on our research successes.鈥�

In their new roles,聽Philipps and Tholen will provide leadership in promoting strategic research development at 91亚色 and lead the development of research policy that bridges the needs of researchers and the institution.聽They will work with Hach茅聽to intensify the services available for all researchers, track 91亚色's research performance more effectively and enlarge the University's collaborative role with external stakeholders and communities.

Right: Lisa Philipps

Philipps (LLM '92), served as associate dean research, graduate studies & institutional relations, at 91亚色's Osgoode Hall Law School from聽2009 to 2011, and has been on faculty at 91亚色 since 1996.聽Prior to that, she held appointments in the faculties of law at the University of Victoria and the University of British Columbia, and has held visiting professorships at Melbourne Law School, University College London and the University of Toronto, among other institutions.聽Her research focuses on tax law, budgets, and feminist legal studies.

Philipps聽has participated in several projects funded by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada and has published extensively on topics such as fiscal transparency, tax expenditures, income splitting, gender budgeting, the distributional impact of tax cuts and the tax treatment of unpaid work.聽She has provided tax policy expertise to parliamentary committees, women鈥檚 groups, public agencies and the media.聽She has been active in 91亚色's senate and its committees and was a member of the White Paper Implementation Committee on Research Intensification at 91亚色.

鈥�91亚色 has earned international recognition for excellence in research,鈥� said Philipps. 鈥淚 am looking forward to working with our exceptional researchers, students and staff, as we continue to promote the vast range of cutting-edge and interdisciplinary research projects at the University.鈥�

Tholen, who received his PhD from the University of M眉nster and his Habilitation four years later from Fernuniversit盲t Hagen, Germany, has held a number of appointments at 91亚色.聽He has served as associate dean of research and faculty affairs and聽interim dean in the Faculty of Science聽& Engineering. Tholen was also chair聽of the Department of Mathematics聽& Statistics.聽He has been on faculty since 1983.

Tholen has also been a visiting professor at numerous institutions, including Max Planck Institute in Bonn, ETH Z眉rich, University of British Columbia, McGill University, University of Sydney, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Georgian Academy of Sciences, University of Coimbra, University of L'Aquila and University of Trieste. His general research interests are in category theory and its applications to algebra, topology and computer science. His research examines the establishment of algebraic and topological facts in arbitrary categories, without recourse to sets. His work is published in some 120 research articles and is supported by the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Right: Walter Tholen

鈥淎s the University expands its academic endeavours, this is an exciting time to take on this leadership position at 91亚色,鈥� said Tholen.聽鈥淚 am looking forward to working with my colleagues and the 91亚色 community to broaden and strengthen the research enterprise at the University.鈥�

Hach茅聽added, 鈥淟isa and Walter鈥檚 leadership contribution will be essential as we work towards intensifying research at the University, attracting and retaining the world鈥檚 best researchers, and building and strengthening new and existing partnerships with industry, government and community organizations to support new collaborative research projects. I look forward to working with them to advance strategic research initiatives at the University.鈥�

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The Canadian Knowledge Mobilization 100, a survey run by , asked respondents to rank the biggest influences of their knowledge mobilization practice. Phipps, who leads 91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization Unit and , Canada鈥檚 knowledge mobilization network, topped the list.

Left: David Phipps

Also mentioned among the top influencers in Canada were Peter Levesque (Knowledge Mobilization Works), Melanie Barwick (Hospital for Sick Children), Ben Levin (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education) and Gary Myers (KMbeing.com). 聽The survey collected responses from Jan. 5 to June 15, and results were released by Knowledge Mobilization Works on Monday.

鈥淜nowledge mobilization is a key element of 91亚色鈥檚 research outreach strategy,鈥� said Robert Hach茅, 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research & innovation. 鈥淭hrough David鈥檚 efforts and leadership, 91亚色鈥檚 excellent reputation as a leading knowledge mobilization university in Canada continues to be strengthened.聽This recognition by his peers is well deserved.鈥�

91亚色 piloted institutional knowledge mobilization in 2005 under a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.聽Since then, 91亚色 has grown its knowledge mobilization collaboration with the University of Victoria to include the other four 搁别蝉别补谤肠丑滨尘辫补肠迟-搁茅蝉别补耻滨尘辫补肠迟搁别肠丑别谤肠丑别 universities: Memorial University of Newfoundland & Labrador, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montr茅al, University of Guelph and University of Saskatchewan.聽91亚色 also works closely with the United Way of 91亚色 Region to deliver knowledge mobilization services to the 91亚色 Region community, municipal and regional agencies.

Knowledge mobilization is a suite of services that connect university research and expertise to government and community agencies so that research can help these organizations make better informed decisions about public policy and social services. Knowledge mobilization is a process that results in social innovation.

鈥淜nowledge mobilization has become very important for Canada,鈥� said Steven Gaetz, professor in the Faculty of Education who leads both the and the . 鈥淒avid鈥檚 work and that of the knowledge mobilization unit is very helpful to those of us seeking to make research accessible to policy makers.鈥�

Levesque, president and CEO of Knowledge Mobilization Works, undertook the survey to obtain a snapshot of who people see as influential in their knowledge mobilization practice in Canada.

鈥淲e think that knowledge mobilization as a concept and as a practice is growing. We think that we have barely scratched the surface of understanding what influences knowledge mobilization practice,鈥� said Levesque.

Founded in January 2007, Knowledge Mobilization Works聽supports聽individuals and organizations to create incentives and infrastructure for knowledge mobilization.

For more information on 91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization Unit contact , manager, Knowledge Mobilization at ext.聽88876.

To view the results of the survey, visit .

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The ,聽which is now located at 91亚色, moved last year from the University of Alberta's Faculty of Law and is partnered with Osgoode Hall Law School and the 91亚色 Centre for Public Policy & Law (YCPPL). It is one of the country's leading organizations devoted to interdisciplinary research on civil justice.

The study, "The Cost of Justice: Weighing the Costs of Fair and Effective Resolution to Legal Problems," will attempt to measure what聽the civil justice system costs, who it serves, whether it is meeting the needs of users and the price of failing to do so.聽The study聽is headed by Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Trevor Farrow (right), director of the Clinical Education Program at Osgoode and chair of the board of the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice.

"There is a significant lack of empirical research on these individual and societal cost questions generally," said Farrow. "There have been modest attempts internationally and some efforts in Canada, but we very much hope that this will be a groundbreaking study that will really further our collective thinking in this area."

Researchers will examine whether the cost of achieving resolution is economically and socially warranted by addressing the following questions:

• How can we better calculate, understand and balance the social value to democratic societies of ensuring an accessible, effective civil justice system against the financial costs of doing so, or the socio-economic costs of failing to provide access?
• What can be done to effectively prevent disputes, and at what costs and benefits?
• What methods are there for limiting or eliminating the need for legal services, through consumer protection, licensing, standard-setting and pro-active regulation, or other innovations identified by the research?
• What can be done to prevent recurring problems for low and middle income Canadians, most especially those who are the most vulnerable?

Osgoode Dean Lorne Sossin described the study as "an extremely ambitious research project that will lead to new knowledge about the costs of justice in Canada and which, in turn, will no doubt drive academic and policy-related thinking here at home and around the world."

Farrow is joined on the lead research team by co-investigators Diana Lowe, QC, of Alberta Justice and chair of the forum's research committee, Professor Lesley Jacobs聽of 91亚色's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, who was also the inaugural director of YCPPL, and Mary Stratton, who was formerly the forum's research director.

In addition, there are approximately 50 other co-investigators, collaborators and partners including academics, government departments, law commissions, law reform agencies, law societies, bar associations, judicial associations and other individuals and institutes from around the world.

Community-University Research Alliances (CURA) awards bring postsecondary institutions and community organizations together as equal research partners to jointly develop new knowledge and capabilities, provide research training opportunities and enhance the ability of social sciences and humanities research to build knowledge in areas that affect Canadians and their changing communities. Researchers interested in pursuing partnership research can now apply to SSHRC's Partnership Development Grants or Partnership Grants funding opportunities.

Further information is available on the website.

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Right: A cooperatively owned high-rise building in Halle聽has a market at its base聽with three identical abandoned buildings behind it. Photo by Josh Neubauer

This summer, 13 master鈥檚 students from 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Environmental Studies travelled to Berlin and Leipzig to participate in a graduate urban planning course, co-taught by a team of 91亚色 faculty members under the directorship of environmental studies Professor Ute Lehrer and urban studies coordinator Douglas Young, as well as CITY postdoctoral fellow Will Poppe. The students learned first-hand how German planners are responding to large-scale population decline in urbanized areas.

鈥淭his workshop gave me the opportunity to go to Europe for the first time, and Berlin simply blew me away,鈥� says Nishanthan Balasubramaniam, a student in the Masters of Environmental Studies (MES) Planning Program. 鈥淚 learned a lot about German planning and culture. This course abroad was an unforgettable experience.鈥�

From June 24 to July 9, the students spoke with urban researchers, local planners, activists and residents. Through these conversations, along with many hours of exploring Leipzig, Berlin and Halle-Neustadt on foot and by bike, and taking hundreds of photographs, the students pieced together a picture of how East German cities are working to adapt to their shrinking populations and socio-economic challenges, and what these changes have meant for the everyday lives of residents.

Left: 91亚色 planning students consult a map of Halle-Neustadt with local planners. Photo by Josh Neubauer

The students learned that many of the biggest changes are taking place in neighbourhoods that are visibly similar to parts of Toronto 鈥� demolitions are taking place in the clusters of pre-fabricated apartment towers on the edges of the city. These communities, like Toronto鈥檚 high-rise neighbourhoods, are often stigmatized even though many of their residents are relatively content. MES planning student Gwen Potter says residents are concerned about the way their community has been targeted for demolition. 鈥淔rom our conversations with local residents, we heard about their deep pride in their community,鈥� says Potter.聽

Despite the challenges that population decline has created for residents and planners, it has also produced unexpected benefits in communities like Gr眉nau. With fewer apartment blocks, there are now more open spaces, and the community is surrounded by lush meadows and forests. Throughout Leipzig, residents are making the best of the shrinking population by turning demolition sites into new green spaces. As they walked and biked through these neighbourhoods, the 91亚色 planning students were struck by how differently plants and trees were integrated in the community than in Toronto鈥檚 manicured neighbourhoods. 鈥淚 was introduced to a new way of discussing the urban landscape and the importance of urban ecology,鈥� says MES planning student Christine Furtado, who sees the benefits of this practice.

For the students, the course provided an important international perspective where they learned about the contradictions of new developments at the periphery at the same time that population decline is occurring in the core city. With continued sprawl and decreasing populations, planners in many German cities now work with community members, property owners and developers to shape their urban spaces with a focus on quality rather than quantity. The students indicated they were inspired by the innovative approaches to community building that have emerged as a result of these collaborations and hope to carry these lessons into their future planning work in Canada.

Right: Population loss leaves room for an abundance of green space in Gr眉nau, Leipzig.聽Photo by Josh Neubauer

During the course, the students also had the opportunity to learn about the challenges of suburban neighbourhoods and outlying tower districts all over the world. They observed a two-day conference on suburban governance organized as part of 91亚色鈥檚 Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada-funded major collaborative research initiative (MCRI) 鈥� Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land & Infrastructure in the 21st Century, which brought together international researchers studying suburbanization processes around the world. The direct link between the themes of the workshop and the conference were an essential component of the learning experience in Leipzig.

As Lehrer says, 鈥淭his course had a different approach than your normal planning workshop because it was trying to make a regular course part of an international research project. This innovative teaching approach allows both students and researchers to learn from each other in ways that are not possible in a regular classroom. It was a huge success and we hope to replicate it by taking students to Montpellier, France, next year and to Shanghai in 2014.鈥�

Left: Large apartment buildings being demolished in the Gr眉nau neighbourhood in outer Leipzig. Photo by Josh Neubauer

The 91亚色 students also shared findings and research interests with a group of Polish architecture and sociology students conducting their own analysis of the Leipzig-Gr眉nau housing estate, which added another important international dimension.

The MES students are now producing a final report, aimed at planners and policy-makers in Toronto and the GTA, that will draw on their research in Germany to make recommendations for how Toronto鈥檚 tower neighbourhoods might be transformed.

This graduate course was a component of the Global Suburbanisms project based at 91亚色鈥檚 CITY Institute under the direction of Professor Roger Keil. The course was made possible with generous financial support of 91亚色 International and the German Academic Exchange Service and benefited from institutional, academic and personal support of Professor Sigrun Kabisch and Professor Dieter Rink, as well as other colleagues from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig, a partner in 91亚色鈥檚 Global Suburbanisms project.

By 91亚色 MES students Gwen Potter and Josh Neubauer, who travelled to Germany this summer

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Visual arts Professor Anna Hudson is currently researching the circumpolar cultural shift from the visual artwork created by generations past to feed a hungry collectors鈥� market in the south, to a new generation of artists who are using words, music and digital media to create work for northern audiences.

With support from the , Hudson's聽research project, 鈥淏reaking the Boundaries of Inuit Art: New Contexts for Cultural Influence鈥�, addresses the gap between the established Inuit visual arts and the increasingly relevant time-based media, performance and autobiographical storytelling produced primarily for Inuit audiences.

鈥淲hile there鈥檚 still a market for carvings and prints, and they鈥檙e an economic resource for the Inuit, they are also very resource-intensive,鈥� said Hudson, who was the associate curator of Canadian art at the Art Gallery of Ontario prior to joining 91亚色. 鈥淚n the past, many artists had access to these resources through co-ops, but such art centres are now fading away and it seems the next generation isn鈥檛 interested in continuing these market-based art practices.

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鈥淭oday, young artists in the north are working with everything from hip hop-influenced music and fashion to performance poetry, beat and throat boxing, and video. They鈥檙e disseminating their work by digital means. And they鈥檙e looking for opportunities to travel with it, to perform or create their work live 鈥� unlike the generations of visual artists whose work was shipped away while they remained at the co-op in their community.鈥�

While the mediums these up-and-coming Inuit artists are exploring are common in the south, there is often a distinctly northern feel to what they create.

鈥淏eat boxing has been combined with throat singing to become throat boxing,鈥� said Hudson. 鈥淎nd the poetry, whether it鈥檚 written for spoken word or as lyrics to songs, is deeply connected to the artists鈥� personal experiences. Often, it鈥檚 very dark, reflecting on issues such as the extremely high suicide rate in the north.鈥�

Hudson鈥檚 research award has allowed her to make several trips to communities in Nunavik and Nunavut in the Canadian north, and to bring northern artists south to Toronto and Ottawa. Most recently, she organized a four-day artists workshop and a two-day concert, co-produced by in Iqaluit, Nunavut to celebrate both National Aboriginal Day, June 21, and the end of term with School鈥檚 Out performances.

Aided by her graduate assistant Jean O'Hara, a doctoral student in theatre studies, Hudson arranged for throat singers and spoken word, rap, beat box, hip hop and folk performers from Nunavut, Greenland and Toronto to lead workshops for each other and the public, creating new collaborations and sharing the results in a free public concert.

Right: Jean O鈥橦ara (left) and Anna Hudson soak up the scenery of the Frobisher Bay coastline

鈥淚t was a great experience and I was thoroughly impressed by the talent of all the artists,鈥� said O鈥橦ara. 鈥淚 think 91亚色鈥檚 involvement was what made this collaborative approach possible. We created a space for Inuit and non-Inuit artists to inspire each other and create new works while also showcasing their own pieces. For example, we had throat singing combined with spoken word, a harmonica and beat boxing. Fusions like this allow for new imaginings and reflect northern life, which is filled with both traditional and contemporary art and music forms.鈥�

The concert featured Greenland鈥檚 Nive Nielsen and the Deer Children, an award-winning Inuk indie band known as the 鈥渉eirs to Arcade Fire鈥�; Baker Lake rapper Shauna Seeteenak and her cousin, beat boxer Nelson Tagoona; harmonica master Mike Stevens; madeskimo DJ Geronimo Inutiq; and Toronto鈥檚 spoken word artist/rapper Ian Kamau.

Left: Harmonica master Mike Stevens (left) and beatboxer Nelson Tagoona collaborated at the 鈥淪chool鈥檚 Out鈥� workshops

The entire program was documented by Philip Joamie of Inuit Communications and Jimmie Papatsie of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, with the intent to share it online.

鈥淲hile there are similarities between producing a concert and curating an art show, this was my first time working with live performance, and I was very grateful to be collaborating with Jean,鈥� said Hudson. 鈥淚t was amazing to see the collaborations come together, watching older performers work with younger artists in front of a very intergenerational crowd.鈥�

鈥淢ost of the research in the North centres on climate change, social sciences and ecology,鈥� said Hudson. 鈥淏ut there鈥檚 also a very exciting arts revolution happening up there. I think one can facilitate positive change in communities that are struggling with massive challenges, but more importantly, non-Inuit can learn a lot from Inuit peoples about being engaged in a globalized world.鈥�

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