Doug Friesen

I am a teacher and musician based in Toronto and have worked as a classroom teacher and consultant in public schools since 2002. During this time, I have also taught a number of post secondary and additional qualification courses for teachers. I recently completed a PhD on sound and listening pedagogies with a focus on critical practitioner research and collaborative inquiry. I have led teachers, students, musicians, and other interested folks across Canada and Latin America through ways of using listening and sound to engage creativity and facilitate community.

I have written resources, facilitated and consulted for the the National Arts Centre, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Ontario Museums Association, Massey Hall/Roy Thomson Corp, and the City of Toronto. As a musician, I have recorded and toured with Selina Martin, Kael Reid, Paul Linklater, Dave Bidini (Rheostatics), John K. Samson (Weakerthans), and many more.

My Mennonite grandparents fled religious persecution in the former U.S.S.R. and finally ended up settling in Manitoba on Treaty 1 territory: the land of Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, Dene, and Métis Nations. I grew up as a settler on this land and I have many privileges because of this.