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Shaping the Future of Adaptive Music Education: SSHRC Grant Awarded to Erin Par…
Erin Parkes, from the University of Ottawa and Lotus Centre for Special Music Education, alongside Matthew Breaden of Western Sydney University, have …
$2.5 Million SSHRC Grant Awarded for Music and Movement Project
A research team led by Dr. Gilles Comeau (Institute Director), Dr. Jason Steffener, and Dre. Louise Mathieu has received a $2.5 million dollar Partner…
Funding
Azrieli Foundation to Fund Community Music Research Project
MHRI partner organizations Community Music Schools of Toronto, Lotus Centre for Special Music Education, and Sarah McLachlan School of Music have rece…
Nov 7
A Trebek Forum for Dialogue
A Trebek Forum for Dialogue
The Institute will be the host of a Trebek Forum this fall, The impact of participatory music on mental health: dialogues with researchers and music e…
Nov 5
Clinic Inauguration
MHRI Clinic Inauguration
This November the Music and Health Research Institute (MHRI) at the University of Ottawa and the The Royal's Institute of Mental Health Research will …
Funding (Aug. 29, 2023)
MHRI researchers awarded national CFI funding
Professors Anna Zumbansen and Gilles Comeau were awarded a CFI grant to explore the benefits of non-clinical group music programs on ...
News (Aug. 23, 2023)
Gilles Comeau joins the Royal as a senior scientist
Dr. Gilles Comeau will be joining The Royal as a senior scientist within the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR) ...
Awards (May 10, 2023)
Dr. Anna Zumbansen receives KMb Excellence Award
Congratulations to MHRI Associate Director Dr. Anna Zumbansen, who was recently awarded by the University of Ottawa for her Knowledge Mobilization ...
News (May 6, 2023)
MHRI held its first conference
The Inaugural Conference of the Music and Health Research Institute was held at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre from May 3rd to May 5th, 2023 ..…
Funding (Apr. 14, 2023)
An MHRI team led by Gilles Comeau awarded a PHAC grant
Director Dr. Gilles Comeau and a group of Institute partners have recently been awarded 1M over four years from the Public Health Agency of Canada ...
Awards (Sep. 6, 2022)
Jesse Stewart elected to the College of the Royal Society of Canada
Congratulations to MHRI member Jesse Stewart who was recently elected to the College of the Royal Society of Canada! A member of Carleton University’s…
News (Apr. 27, 2022)
Music to improve the well-being of hearing-impaired children
Drawing on health sciences, social sciences, engineering and medicine, institute research covers many topics ...
News (Sep. 24, 2021)
New research institute to explore the impact of music on health and well-being
The newly established University of Ottawa Music and Health Research Institute (MHRI) has made it its core mission to ...
Awards (Dec. 9, 2021)
Professor Gilles Comeau wins learned society award
For 20 years, Gilles Comeau has shone new light on the mysteries of teaching and learning piano. His research at the crossroads of the humanities ...
Announcement (Aug. 20, 2020)
New Music and Health Research Institute to be launched at uOttawa
The MHRI, to be announced by the University of Ottawa in September, is an innovative research institute at the intersection of music, health sciences,…