Monthly meeting

February Meeting Research Presentations

Join us February 24th 12:30-2:30 pm for student presentations, followed by a discussion panel! Open to all students, faculty, and staff. Food and refreshments will be provided.

New College, Wilson Hall, Room 2007D – 40 Wilcocks Street. Enter the front sliding doors, up the stairs, and curve right around the staircase

“Somakai: Embodiment Revolutions”
Mitsuko Noguchi, UTSG undergraduate

Mitsuko Noguchi is a Canadian intermedia artist, dancer, and performer exploring (dis)embodiment in immersive media technologies and the reverberations of trauma in the corporal and spiritual body. Mitsuko is in their final year of undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto as a Visual Studies Specialist in the Studio Stream, and has worked as a research assistant and fellow for three years with the Japanese Canadian Arts and Activism Project (JCAAP). Mitsuko is also a commercial and VR actor represented by Inclusive Model and Talent Management (IMTM), and their foundation in circus arts fuses with stunts, martial arts, butoh dance, and somatic arts training.

“You May Never Get Better: A Review of Myself Reviewing the Literature on Anxiety Disorders and Autonomic Dysfunction”
Linnea Sander, UTM undergraduate

Linnea Sander (he/they/xil) is a third-year Chemistry student at UTM minoring in Professional Writing and Communication as well as Drama and Dramaturgy Studies. He is also a multidisciplinary theatre artist with a degree in Professional Acting from John Abbott College in Montreal. Linnea firmly believes art and science benefit from each other and hopes to see more scientific creativity and artistic research. When it comes to his future, Linnea hopes to construct his career around projects that combine science and the humanities. His last major project was a play featuring space science, robots, and dance. Linnea hopes he gets to do that type of thing for the rest of his life.

“Why Healthcare Needs the Humanities”
Gillian Marr, UTM undergraduate

Gillian Marr is a second-year undergraduate student studying English at UTM. She is heavily involved with the English and Drama Department as an LIA! executive, a poetry editor for Folia Literary, and the events associate for English with EDSS. Gillian is an avid reader and writer, and aspires to become a published author. She intends to use her writing to encourage social change that creates an inclusive and beautiful world.