HEROINE’S JOURNEY—EMERGING STORY BY REFUGEE WOMEN DURING GROUP ANALYTIC MUSIC THERAPY

CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN: BRANTFORD – FÉDÉRATION CANADIENNE DES FEMMES DIPLOMÉES DES UNIVERSITÉS

MARCH 27, 2013

“Music can be a powerful, healing force” Heidi Ahonen, Ph.D.

Music and Women—come to what promises to be a fascinating and informative evening. Heiedi Ahonen, Ph.D. is a Professor of Music Therapy and director of the Manfred and Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy at Wilfrid Laurier University. Ms. Ahonen provides a safe and nurturing environment for community members who participate in her sessions to explore emotions that are sometimes too difficult to express with words.

In her presentation “Heroines’ Journey—Refugee Women and Music Therapy”, Ms. Ahonen will be presenting her most recent work with refugee women and their exploration through music of feelings of loneliness, fear, guilt and loss.

Low Frequency Sound Treatment Promoting Physical and Emotional Relaxation – Qualitative Study

Low Frequency Sound Treatment Promoting Physical and Emotional Relaxation – Qualitative Study

Abstract

Low frequency sound has many applications to medicine but the efficacy and effectiveness of low frequency sound treatment in health prevention remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives and potentials of physioacoustic chair’s low frequency sound treatment when applied to daily activities among a sample of music students, faculty and/or staff, and to examine how participants view the benefits of the intervention for their well-being, health and health-related activities. The results show that the physioacoustic low frequency treatment added to participants’ subjective well-being by increasing their physical and emotional relaxation level, decreasing pain and stress, and increasing emotional enrichment and concentration. The study served as a pilot, to confirm stakeholder interest and to inform the feasibility of a larger study.

The Colloquy on Music in Health and Medicine

Medical and Health researchers from Toronto talk informally about their current and on-going interests in music and related research projects.

Included are researchers from
Royal Conservatory of Music: Dr. Ann Patteson

Featured speaker
Dr. David Alter, noted cardiologist and songwriter
University of Toronto

Participating researchers:
Dr. Joseph Chan (Sunnybrook), Otolaryngologist-in-Chief
Dr. Larry Picard (Mount Sinai), Neurology
Dr. Karen Gordon (Sick Kids), Audiologist, Cochlear Implant Program
Dr. Amy Clements-Cortes (Baycrest), Senior Music Therapist
Dr. Tom Chau (Holland-Bloorview), Senior Scientist and Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Rehabilitation Engineering
Dr. John Chong (Musicians’ Clinics of Canada), Medical Director
Dr. Heidi Ahonen (Laurier), Director, Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research
Dr. Ann Patteson (RCM), International/National Director of Research for Learning Through the Arts

Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building

5TH Annual Woman Abuse Awareness Event

“The Healing Power of Music”

Thursday, November 17th, 2011
At Whistle Bear Golf Club
1316 Dickie Settlement Road, Cambridge
Doors Open at 5:15 p.m.
Dinner Served at 5:30 p.m

Featuring One of Canada’s Most Accomplished Singer/Songwriters: Lynn Miles
“Lynn Miles is a musician in the rarest sense of the word,an unmistakable talent, an eye for both the subtle and sweet that can only be unearthed with experience..”

Also: Guest Speaker, Dr. Heidi Ahonen, Director of the Manfred & Penny Conrad Institute for Music Therapy Research

And: The Woman to Woman Choir

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