2014 August News International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP

International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP E/News, August 2014

 

August 2014 News Update

Creative Arts in Humane Medicine, Brush Education, (dist. University of Toronto Press)

The book Creative Arts in Humane Medicine, edited by Cheryl  McLean, a project of IJCAIP and published by Brush Education (dist. by University of Toronto Press)  was released in January.  We were pleased to include a foreword in the book contributed by The American Medical Students' Association.  Described by Dr. Michael Gordon, Medical Program Director of Palliative Care, Baycrest Geriatric Health Care, Toronto, as a "must read for those responsible for medical education", the book, recently reviewed by Hektoen International, Journal of the Medical Humanities, Chicago  has been well received  internationally with reviews upcoming in 2014  from The Canadian Medical Association Journal CMAJ  and The South African Medical Journal SAMJ.  The book was recently featured in The Arts Health Institute, Australia journal/magazine, "spoonful" a leading new international magazine in the arts and health field.

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Update on Keynotes 2014 Alberta Psychiatric Association, Acadia School of Education

Alberta Psychiatric Association Annual Conference 2014, Rimrock Hotel, Banff Alberta

Living Stories of Hope and Change, Role of the Creative Arts in Healthcare and Physician Wellness

How can the creative arts and story bring about change and contribute to physician wellness?  How can creative arts in research and action  help enhance practice offering us new ways to communicate and empathize with client experience?  A recent keynote for psychiatrists sought to address these questions while demonstrating the creative arts in action in mental health.  See a transcript of highlights from this keynote.  Visit the Alberta Medical Association website for more information about this presentation.

 

School of Education, Summer Conference 2014, Acadia University, Nova Scotia

Navigating the Tides of Challenge and Change with The Creative Arts in Research and Practice

How do we engage today's teachers and educational leaders  in contemporary thinking that positions creativity at the centre of curriculum?    How can today's educators help offer solutions and navigate the tides of challenge and change in their own communities with creative arts in research and practice?  In a keynote address July 2014  for 200 students and faculty around the topic of Creative Professionalism in Education, this keynote examined problems of local concern while proposing creative solutions for change.  See complete transcript of the keynote Navigating Tides of Challenge and Change with Creative Arts in Research and Practice.    

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Courses 2014

I was invited this summer  to teach the course Problems in Education, Research in Creativity at Acadia University (MEd Curriculum Studies).  The course was designed to introduce creative arts in research and interdisciplinary practice relating to education and social needs and change in schools and/or communities and drawing on the research texts Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change and Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change for illustrative examples in practice.  Information CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com

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Upcoming Issues of IJCAIP Journal

 

Planning for the next issue of IJCAIP Journal is underway around the topic of alternative approaches in medical education and practitioner health and wellness.  Expected publication date November 2014.

 

For information contact:  Cheryl L. McLean  CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com

Publisher,  International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Editor CAIP Research Series
Follow on Twitter @creativeartprac
http://www.CherylMcLean.com

London, Ontario, Canada.

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Keynote Navigates Tides of Challenge and Change in Education

Press Release, May 20, 2014

 

Cheryl L. McLean invited to deliver  keynote address for Acadia University Summer Institute Conference

 

Navigating Tides of Challenge and Change

with Creative Arts in Research and Practice

 July 4, 2014 at Acadia University, Cheryl L. McLean will challenge educators to navigate the tides of challenge and change through creativity, research  and arts based approaches.   

Several key questions will be addressed in this presentation:

How do we engage today's teachers and educational leaders  in contemporary thinking that positions creativity at the centre of curriculum?     How can today's educators help offer solutions and navigate the tides of challenge and change with creative arts in research and practice?  What are topical examples of the creative arts in interdisciplinary research and practice currently making a difference in education and in programmes for community change?

Cheryl L. McLean is a leading contributor to the field of the creative arts in interdisciplinary research and practice, an educator, publisher, author and speaker, publisher of The International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP and editor of the CAIP Research series and books, Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change (2010), Creative Arts for Community and Cultural Change (2011), Creative Arts in Humane Medicine, Brush Education, distributed by University of Toronto Press (2014). Her journal and books feature international contributors exploring the intersections of the arts across disciplines in research in education, for social change and in healthcare transforming and broadening the way we think about the arts and creativity in education and practice for community and cultural change and in enhancing quality of life. She is also a trained actor and ethnodramatist.   Cheryl McLean  will be teaching the course Problems in Education, Research in Creativity for the M.Ed Curriculum Studies Program summer, 2014 at Acadia University.

She has been a featured keynote speaker, performer and facilitator for diverse groups among them The University of British Columbia/Okanagan Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, The Alberta Psychiatric Association, McGill Medical School, American Medical Students' Association, Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work, Congress of the Humanities and has taught the course Creative Responses to Death and Bereavement at The University of Western Ontario, London. Among her esteemed colleagues are leaders in creativity and education in Canada such as Dr. Robert Kelly, University of Calgary and Associate Editor of the first two books in the CAIP Research Series. She is honoured to return to Acadia University, once again to teach and present the keynote address for the Acadia University Summer Institute. In October 2012 she delivered the keynote address for the emerging Arts Based Research Network at Acadia made up of the Faculties of Arts, Professional Studies and Science.

More information http://www.CherylMcLean.com

CherylMcLean7007@gmail.com

IJCAIP Subscriber News, April 2014

 

IJCAIP  Spring/Summer 2014 Publishers' Supplementary Issue 12 Advance Announcement

Upcoming issue Summer 2014 Is.  #12 of IJCAIP Journal, "Creating Spaces for Change" will feature articles on The Healing Arts in Action * The Art of  Mindfulness for Practitioner Wellness * Story for Change * Book reviews and more...this supplementary issue will  be published with full text articles for access by IJCAIP subscribers,  June 2014 at http://www.ijcaip.com

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Arts and Medicine: Meeting the Challenge of Change

Living Stories of Hope and Change,  How can the creative arts contribute to practitioner wellness?

Excerpts from Keynote,  March 2014, Alberta Psychiatric Association Conference here

More follow up and news about this presentation at Alberta Doctors' AMA website

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Creative Arts in Humane Medicine

New Book! Creative Arts in Humane Medicine, a project of The International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, published by Brush Education, dist. University of Toronto Press

Information, Contributors, Table of Contents, Reviews,  how to purchase

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IJCAIP Subscriber News and Congratulations!

Dr. Vincent Hanlon, Physician and Family Support Program, PFSP, Alberta,  facilitated workshops Everyday Mindfulness Practice and Evidence and Ready or Not Here Comes Retirement, Alberta Psychiatric Association Conference, Banff, March 2014

New Book! Catherine Etmanski, Budd L. Hall, Teresa Dawson,  Learning and Teaching Community Based Research Linking Pedagogy to Practice, University of Toronto Press.

Amy Clements-Cortes, Assistant Professor, limited term appointment, Research, Music and Health Research, University of Toronto

Cheryl L. McLean, Pt. time faculty appointment, summer 2014, M.Ed. Curriculum Studies Program, Research in Creativity, Acadia University, Nova Scotia.  Keynote speaker summer institute 2014.