Canada Research Chair in Socially Engaged Theatre.

The CRC.

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

  • Agency: A belief that agency is a necessity for social change and arts can facilitate space for such to happen and to ask better questions, find expression and build empathy.
  • Community-led: engaged arts initiatives that inspire, empower, and lead participants to acknowledge their imagination and grow their confidence to create and nurture effective strategies for their lives and communities.
  • Creative practices: (drama, theatre and performance) for debate, foster collaboration and social interaction among people and in communities.

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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