Current Academic Work

 The following is a limited selection of academic works at the University of Regina that are recent, in progress, or upcoming as a part of my MFA in Media and Artistic Research (interdisciplinary studies in music communication of trauma in a health humanities theoretical lens).  Due to the nature of my graduate work and the confidentiality of my research, descriptions and further information are presently limited.  Items will be updated as they become more publicly accessible. April 2026 Update:  All MFA work including a project and defense are complete, pending final graduation.  

Health Humanities:   
  • "Creative Music Participation and Ontological Security: A Systematic Review" (collaborative academic article in progress).
  • "Changed, Not Broken: Expressing Trauma Through Music" (presentation for CAHH Creating Space 15 (2025), Peterkin Brett-MacLean Student Prize honourable mention). 

​Music Analysis:  
  • "The War and the War In Your Head: A Comparative Musical Analysis of Dolores O'Riordan's   
    Zombie (1994 & 2018)" (presentation for MFA work and WUGSOM 2025).

​MFA Project and Research:  
  • Composition based on my work Elegy for Who We Were Before (recording below, critical engagement paper available on University of Regina website soon).
  • Program for MFA Project Concert available in gallery below (click to enlarge each page, recommended to read prior to listening). ​
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Other Academic Credentials and Recent Awards (for more information please visit my LinkedIn):
  • Bachelor of Music Performance in Bassoon, 2009
  • Liberal Arts Diploma (minor in English), 2022
  • Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master’s (SSHRC, 2024-2025)
  • SHHRC Enhancement Award, University of Regina Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (2024)
  • UR Graduate Scholarship, University of Regina Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance (2024)
  • UR Graduate Scholarship, University of Regina Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance (2025)
  • UR Graduate Scholarship, University of Regina Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance (2026)
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Academic Creative Portfolio (2023, pdf)
portfolioofcreativeworkarlyssequiring.pdf
Curriculum vitae available 
by request.