Research Track
Music care is the intentional use of music by anyone to improve health and wellbeing, and because music supports care in so many different ways, research helps us understand what works, for whom, and why. Our research track is for everyone: caregivers, community members, musicians, and care professionals alike. We’ll look at how anyone can bring curious, critical eyes to their own practice, with the goal of the best possible care outcomes. Research isn’t something reserved for academics. It’s an ongoing cycle of trying, noticing, learning, and adjusting, and every member of the music care community is invited to take part.
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Research Panel
Dr. Natalie Cheng - Medical Site Lead at Dartmouth General Hospital and a hospitalist, Dr. Cheng studied mechanical engineering before medicine and loves anything involving sunshine, music and laughter.
Emily Mansour-Hemlow
Hospice Halifax
Adapting Grief Music Therapy Through Community Partnership
Hospice Halifax shares how it is adapting its grief Music Therapy programs through a culturally safe(r) community partnership, to better meet the needs of African Nova Scotian grievers.
Heather Sparling
Cape Breton University
Cartographies of Vicarious and Disenfranchised Grief
Drawing on 33 songs written after the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting, many shared in an online kitchen party group, this talk explores how songwriting helped people process and share grief in isolation during COVID-19.
Sinéad George
Room 217 Foundation
Research in Action: Music and Wound Care
Room 217 Foundation and Kindera Living, with McMaster University, are studying personalized music during wound care in 11 Ontario long-term care homes. Early reports are encouraging, with results expected in 2027.