The newest instalment of the Ethics of Trauma-Informed Research Webinar Mini-Series co-hosted by the University of Victoria’s Visual Storytelling and Graphic Art in Genocide and Human Rights Education project and the UBC-V Public Humanities Hub is now live!
In this session, Matt Huculak, Head of Advanced Research Services, interviews Dr. George Belliveau and Christina Cook, who created an arts-based research project co-developed between returning military veterans, counselling psychologists and artists. “Using Research-based Theatre as a methodology, the team collaboratively created a play, Contact!Unload, which features veterans as performers sharing their stories of serving and the sometimes difficult return to civilian life. Research-based Theatre unites the research and theatre creation process. As the lead theatre artist on the project, George shares the relational learning that emerged amidst the team in the development and performances. Christina is a counsellor and worked on the project as a researcher. She shares her insights on the therapeutic potential of using theatre as a mode of research and, as importantly, the care required for all members involved during the various stages of this project.”