Claudia Mitchell, DISE, Honoured with ARTS Life-time Achievement Award

Claudia Mitchell, Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education, was recently honoured by the ARTS Researchers and Teachers Society (ARTS SIG) as part of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education with the inaugural 2023 ARTS Life-time Achievement Award.

In making the award at the annual Congress of the Social Sciences Humanities hosted by York University, the selection committee noted the following: “We were particularly impressed by the myriad ways that your professional career has significantly advanced the field of arts based educational research through extraordinary and significant leadership, research, teaching, professional practice, and service. Thank you for the work that you do to push our thinking forward in the field”.   

In the photo from left to right: Dr. Roula Hawa, University of Western Ontario, ARTS SIG President; Dr. Claudia Mitchell, McGill; Dr. Pauline Sameshima, CRC Arts-Integrated Research, Lakehead University