Research-Based Theatre, Practice, Possibilities, and Assessment Symposium

Symposium Guests:

• Dr. Alisha Ali (Applied Psychology, NYU)
• Dr. Nisha Sajnani (Drama Therapy, NYU)
• Dr. Justine Schneider (Mental Health and Social Care, U. Nottingham)
• Dr. Scott Mealey (co-founder of the Centre for Audience and Spectatorship Research, U. Toronto).

Over the course of three days on the University of British Columbia’s Point Grey Campus, the Research-Based Theatre, Practice, Possibilities, and Assessment Symposium will offer participants the opportunity to explore practice and possibilities for strengthening and clearly articulating how to effectively assess Research-Based Theatre (RBT) projects. RBT projects are often cross-disciplinary in nature and combine diverse research methods call for new assessment approaches that can be used in support of funding applications and community partnerships. The symposium will consist of a number of interactive, collaborative sessions exploring RBT assessment, and feature four RBT projects from UBC Research Based Theatre Collaborative: Water in Rural and Indigenous Communities; Disabilities in the Health Professions; Student to Student Abuse in Residential Schools; and Veterans Recovering from Trauma.