Canada Research Chair in Socially Engaged Theatre.

The CRC.

The Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Socially Engaged Theatre expresses itself in different folds through:

  • Devising, as a method of theatre-making or performance creation in which the script or performance is generated through a collaborative process, fosters multi perspectives, builds capacity, and creates shared understanding. Through devising, we align with the Theatre Department’s new program on Devised Theatre and Performance.
  • Collaboration and relationship building: Intercultural, international, intersectional, inter-generational and inter-disciplinary.
  • Participation/Co-creation:Create a nurturing environment where participants can become co-creators of their shared future through research and creative methods that enable.

The 5 Interconnected Phases.

Applied Theatre, Justice and Policing.

Collectively addressing racism and oppression.

Creative Economy and Cultural Policy.

The Chair conducts this research creation and scholarship as Director of the Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre (C-SET), the first enterprise of its kind on the Canadian prairies.

Theatre, Immigration and Identity.

Expectations, belonging, and identity.

Art and Health.

Decolonization, Performance and Cinema.

The Chair.

Dr. Taiwo Afolabi

Holds the Canada Research Chair in Socially Engaged Theatre; Director, Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre (C-SET), and an Assistant Professor at the University of Regina. He is an artist, qualitative researcher, theatre manager, applied theatre practitioner and educator.

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