BIO
Cheryl McLean MA from London, Ontario is an independent scholar and educator and Founder, Publisher and Executive Editor 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" (August 2010) and "Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change" (for release Sept. 2011) Associate Editor, Dr. Robert Kelly, University of Calgary, Published by Detselig Enterprises Inc., Calgary, Alberta).
Cheryl McLean has a background in journalism, social science, the arts and adult and community education (BA, Social Science, University of Western Ontario, London) (MA , Creative Arts Therapies, Faculty of Fine Art, Concordia University, Montreal). As an actor she also studied and worked in projects for two years (Stanislavski,realism) under the mentorship of Dr. Muriel Gold, formerly the Artistic Director of the Saidye Bronfman Theatre, Montreal. Her research took place with low income seniors in an "over 60 community mental health programme" at Maimonides Jewish Geriatric Hospital and the Rene Cassin Institute of Social Gerontology. She wrote and performed the "ethnodrama" "Remember Me for Birds" based on data gathered in research and true stories (a number of her clients were Holocaust survivors) and toured the performance as an actor raising awareness about aging, mental health and autonomy in keynote solo presentations for national conferences, universities and medical schools in Canada and the U.S. The work was produced as an educational film in 2006.
An agent of change and longtime arts advocate, as publisher of IJCAIP and Editor of the CAIP Research Series, Cheryl McLean continues to publish new research in the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice and has presented to audiences across Canada contributing to education and knowledge in the emerging international field raising awareness about the vital role the arts have to play for hope and change in communities worldwide. She has taught the course "Creative Responses to Death and Bereavement" at The University of Western Ontario, London, and facilitates creative arts for community change workshops (Creating and Living Stories for Hope and Change) for professionals across disciplines at The Windermere Manor (UWO), London. She continues to be an active member of the London arts community with special interests in writing, acting and contemporary theatre.
She is researching and writing the third volume of the CAIP research series, VOICE, Transforming cities through citizen stories and the arts in action
INFO ijcaip@gmail.com
Cheryl McLean MA from London, Ontario is an independent scholar and educator and Founder, Publisher and Executive Editor 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" (August 2010) and "Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change" (for release Sept. 2011) Associate Editor, Dr. Robert Kelly, University of Calgary, Published by Detselig Enterprises Inc., Calgary, Alberta).
Cheryl McLean has a background in journalism, social science, the arts and adult and community education (BA, Social Science, University of Western Ontario, London) (MA , Creative Arts Therapies, Faculty of Fine Art, Concordia University, Montreal). As an actor she also studied and worked in projects for two years (Stanislavski,realism) under the mentorship of Dr. Muriel Gold, formerly the Artistic Director of the Saidye Bronfman Theatre, Montreal. Her research took place with low income seniors in an "over 60 community mental health programme" at Maimonides Jewish Geriatric Hospital and the Rene Cassin Institute of Social Gerontology. She wrote and performed the "ethnodrama" "Remember Me for Birds" based on data gathered in research and true stories (a number of her clients were Holocaust survivors) and toured the performance as an actor raising awareness about aging, mental health and autonomy in keynote solo presentations for national conferences, universities and medical schools in Canada and the U.S. The work was produced as an educational film in 2006.
An agent of change and longtime arts advocate, as publisher of IJCAIP and Editor of the CAIP Research Series, Cheryl McLean continues to publish new research in the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice and has presented to audiences across Canada contributing to education and knowledge in the emerging international field raising awareness about the vital role the arts have to play for hope and change in communities worldwide. She has taught the course "Creative Responses to Death and Bereavement" at The University of Western Ontario, London, and facilitates creative arts for community change workshops (Creating and Living Stories for Hope and Change) for professionals across disciplines at The Windermere Manor (UWO), London. She continues to be an active member of the London arts community with special interests in writing, acting and contemporary theatre.
She is researching and writing the third volume of the CAIP research series, VOICE, Transforming cities through citizen stories and the arts in action
INFO ijcaip@gmail.com
RECENT BOOKS
Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice Inquiries for Hope and Change (editor Cheryl McLean, Publisher of The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, associate editor, Robert Kelly, Associate Professor, Fine Art, University of Calgary) is a project of IJCAIP, The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, and is published by Detselig Temeron Books, Calgary. First hand topical accounts are featured from leading academics, health researchers, nurse educators, physicians, educators, environmentalists, artists and others who actively use the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice in cutting edged research and in methodologies for health, hope and change. Readers will discover how the creative arts in interdisciplinary practice can re-illuminate the human story, stage human vulnerability, foster citizenship and give voice to narratives of human experience. This is a contemporary book that asks questions seeking vital solutions to the most critical social crises of our times while sharing courageous accounts of life and personal transformation..stories of hope and change."
Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change
Many of the researchers, artists, educators, participants and community members you will read about in these accounts strive for change by joining together in interdisciplinary projects to address the most fundamental of human needs, the need for healthy and safe communities with water to drink and air to breathe, the need for human expression and connection, the desire to be accepted and acknowl-edged as a human being of value and to voice their personal stories for witness whether it is from a stage, a study circle, a kitchen table or to be experienced at exhibits in public spaces in the photographs of a community of women, street workers, sharing images depicting stories of survival on the streets of the inner city.”
“We expect many will be transformed by what they witness through these ac-counts and a few might be inspired to take action themselves launching new initia-tives and igniting change for the betterment of places, for the life of our cities and all who call them home and because they believe in the arts and all that communi-ties, in action, together, can accomplish. At a time of desperate need and ongoing unrest internationally, this important contemporary research collection is a valu-able source of information as well as a call for creative new approaches in contem-porary research leading to meaningful action. Creative Arts for Community and Cultural Change provides first hand insights into evolving processes unique to the creative arts in research and interdisciplinary practice as well as a wealth of infor-mation and examples for in class review and highly relevant in-depth dialogue and debate.”
Many of the researchers, artists, educators, participants and community members you will read about in these accounts strive for change by joining together in interdisciplinary projects to address the most fundamental of human needs, the need for healthy and safe communities with water to drink and air to breathe, the need for human expression and connection, the desire to be accepted and acknowl-edged as a human being of value and to voice their personal stories for witness whether it is from a stage, a study circle, a kitchen table or to be experienced at exhibits in public spaces in the photographs of a community of women, street workers, sharing images depicting stories of survival on the streets of the inner city.”
“We expect many will be transformed by what they witness through these ac-counts and a few might be inspired to take action themselves launching new initia-tives and igniting change for the betterment of places, for the life of our cities and all who call them home and because they believe in the arts and all that communi-ties, in action, together, can accomplish. At a time of desperate need and ongoing unrest internationally, this important contemporary research collection is a valu-able source of information as well as a call for creative new approaches in contem-porary research leading to meaningful action. Creative Arts for Community and Cultural Change provides first hand insights into evolving processes unique to the creative arts in research and interdisciplinary practice as well as a wealth of infor-mation and examples for in class review and highly relevant in-depth dialogue and debate.”
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Windermere Manor, London, "Creating and Living Stories for Hope and Change" workshop/ creative arts in research and practice for community and cultural change for nurses/social service and community workers
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, Okanagan Campus, "Creative Arts in Action for Community and Cultural Change" presentation
Dietitians of Canada, National Conference, Montreal, Crafting Stories for Change in Dietetics panel/presentation
Simcoe Muskoka Palliative Care Network, Orillia Ontario, Living Stories of Hope and Change, keynote
King's University College, University of Western Ontario, Bereavement Services London, "Living Stories of Hope and Change" keynote
Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Educators National Conference CASSWE, Congress of the Humanities, Kings University College, University of Western Ontario, "Ethnodrama Remember Me for Birds" keynote
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Centre for Research and Education in Aging and Health, keynote and performance
McGill Medical School, Montreal, Interdisciplinary Geriatric Seminar, "Ethnodrama Remember Me for Birds", keynote
Rene Cassin Institute of Social Gerontology, Montreal, Ethnodrama, "Remember Me for Birds" performance
Canadian Counselling Association National Conference, Winnipeg, Ethnodrama, "Remember Me for Birds" performance
PUBLICATIONS
Publisher, Executive Editor International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice IJCAIP http://www.ijcaip.com
Editor, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change", CAIP Research Series, Detselig Enterprises Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, August 2010.
"Creative Arts in Research for Community and Cultural Change", Detselig Enterprises Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, for release August 2011.
UPCOMING
New Book 2013 "VOICE! Transforming Cities Through Citizen Stories and the Arts in Action"
C. L. McLean from the research based solo performance "Remember Me for Birds"
