Listen in as Kiki Chang and Joel Klassen talk about what it has been like for Canadian music therapists during the pandemic and changes made at the Canadian Association of Music Therapists. Kiki will also share the relationship between music therapy and the social determinants of health while Joel speaks about his journey as an atypical music therapist.
Kiki is the current President of the Canadian Association of Music Therapists. She has been a Certified Music Therapist (MTA) since 2009, primarily working in hospital and long-term care settings with older adults. Kiki has completed graduate-level training in both music therapy and counselling and psychotherapy, and is currently a PhD candidate specializing in health policy and equity. Her doctoral research focuses on the government regulation of health care professions from a health equity perspective and its impacts on music therapy in Canada.
Joel Klassen is a Certified Music Therapist (MTA) living and working in rural Southern Manitoba. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music), and a Postgraduate Diploma in Music Therapy (Nordoff-Robbins) from the University of Edinburgh. For the past 15 years he has been a full-time music therapist for Eden Health Care Services, serving a mental health hospital and numerous long term care homes. Trained in cello, piano, guitar and voice, his clinical work focuses on dementia care and the enabling of recovery from mental illness.
Joel serves as a practicum supervisor and lecturer for CMU in Winnipeg, and is currently vice president on the board of the Canadian Association of Music Therapists.
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