About

Deanna Yerichuk has dedicated her academic and music career to community-engaged social change. Through her Ph.D. in Music Education (University of Toronto), she investigated the emergence of Canada’s community music schools in the early twentieth century, and is currently working on a monograph. Dr. Yerichuk has begun investigating contemporary issues of inclusion and justice in cross-cultural collaborations through music, leading a pilot project on music and racial justice in high schools funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada. She has earned several awards, including the SOCAN Foundation Award for Writings on Canadian Music, and the Dr. Franklin Churchley Graduate Essay Competition Prize. As an Assistant Professor, Dr. Yerichuk coordinates the Community Music program at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, and teaches courses in community music and singing foundations.