This research was conducted by Karen Gallant and four others at Dalhousie University and the University of Manitoba, Canada
This paper addressed the question of how art-making and exhibiting impacts recovery from mental health conditions. It asked artists themselves to reflect on their experiences. The study found that the arts …
This research was conducted by Chiara Giacosa and four others at the Université de Montréal, Canada.
Dance and music are universal forms of human expression that have common and distinct features. Dance engages the whole body and requires the integration of visual, auditory and motor information. Music engages specific parts …
This research was conducted by David Gerry, Andrea Unrau and Laurel J. Trainor at McMaster University, Canada.
To understand the developmental impact of active participation in music, this study worked with two groups of six-month old infants who attended music-based sessions with teachers and their parents. One group participated in …
This research was conducted by Simon P. Landry and François Champoux at the Université de Montréal, Canada.
This study aimed to investigate whether long-term musical training improves unisensory (audio or tactile) and multisensory (audio and tactile) processing capacities. It found that musical training improves ability for both single and multiple …
This research was conducted by Betty A. Bailey and Jane W. Davidson at the University of Sheffield, UK
Singing in a group can bring profound positive emotional results, though the exact nature of the benefits may vary with the singer’s background. This study examined the experiences of Canadian singing …
This research was conducted by E. Glenn Schellenberg, Kathleen A. Coriggall, Sebastian P. Dys and Tina Malti at the University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada
This study investigated whether group music training in early childhood is associated with improved pro-social skills. The researchers followed 38 Canadian eight- and nine-year olds over …
This research was conducted by Sandra D. Sjollema and Jill Hanley at McGill University, Canada.
This paper sought to investigate the impact of poetry for community development. The study found that poetry groups are used as a tool for community development in community settings, generating numerous benefits for both disadvantaged …
This research was conducted by Duncan Low and Peter V. Hall at the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.
This paper looks at the benefits of hosting a Cultural Olympiad for different kinds of arts organisations in the host city. It takes Vancouver 2010 as an example and argues that …
This research was conducted by Normand Turgeon and Francois Colbert at HEC Montreal, Canada
This paper sets out a model to illuminate and explain the ways in which corporations decide to sponsor arts events or organisations. Even by 1992 the authors confidently stated that the 'days of sponsorship decisions being …
This research was conducted by Glenn Schellenberg at the University of Toronto at Mississauga, Canada
The researchers randomly assigned 144 six year old Canadian children to one of four groups: one received music tuition for the keyboard, another got voice coaching using the Kodaly method, and (by way of contrast …