ArtsAbly offers help to artistic structures to improve their accessibility to performers with disabilities, and conversations about disability and accessibility in schools and university classrooms. By engaging and exchanging, our aim is to improve awareness about accessibility in the arts and create an open dialogue between performers, students, and artistic ensembles.

Founded in 1982, the AQPA was the first association for people with aphasia to emerge in Quebec. The founders sought to provide a service beyond rehabilitation for people with aphasia where they could break their isolation and continue to develop their autonomy.

Birdsong The David Martin New Music Foundation is a national charity dedicated to improving the lives of Canadians with mental illness. Our mission is to help, inform and inspire Canadians through new music, small local community concerts, promotions and awareness campaigns to change the existing belief system about people with mental illness. We offer production money and support to musicians with mental health diagnoses to publish their original music with top industry professionals. Our vision is to creatively change the existing stigma attached to the diagnosis of mental illness and change the way society speaks about people living with mental illness. BIRDSONG FOUNDATION IS ABOUT HOPE;  IT'S ABOUT AWARENESS; IT'S ABOUT THE POWER OF MUSIC FOR HEALING.

The Bruyère Research Institute (BRI)  focuses on research to improve the care of aging Canadians and vulnerable populations. BRI research contributes to relevant and practical knowledge to build a more responsive health care system that delivers the best care to patients and families so they can recover better, return to work earlier, and have more productive, higher quality lives.

CAMMAC is a non-profit organization – our mission is to encourage people of all ages to experience the joy of making music together in a welcoming, supportive environment. Located in the Laurentians, the CAMMAC Music Centre offers summer retreats for musicians of all ages & abilities, with additional activities throughout the year. Programs take place in a relaxing, non-competitive environment: make music, meet people who share your passions, learn from dedicated teachers & discover new repertoire.
CAMMAC is also present in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa-Gatineau: unique regional activities contribute to a lively amateur music-making scene throughout the year. The Musical Sundays Concert Series features 8 concerts throughout the summer, welcoming internationally renowned artists to the CAMMAC Music Centre. 
CAMMAC ONLINE brings high quality online masterclasses, workshops, lectures, online concerts, private classes & more to our community.

For more than 30 years, research and evaluation has increasingly informed program development and health and well-being initiatives at Canada's National Ballet School (NBS). The Research Institute at NBS seeks to continue the School’s leadership in evidence-informed practice across all programs, and contribute to a growing body of research on the life-changing impacts of dance.  NBS’ Research Institute aims to understand and lead research in human flourishing through two research priority areas:

• Dance for health and wellness - the ways in which dance supports individual and community health and wellness as well as effective implementation of dance opportunities for this purpose.
• Dancers’ health and wellness - ways to optimize dancers’ health and wellness while maximizing their potential as dancers.
   

The Canadian Network for Arts & Learning strives to increase access to meaningful arts experiences for all Canadians, laying the foundation for the strengthening of social, cultural, health and wellbeing, and economic vitality. Their mission is to unite local, regional and national arts and learning communities in a network for exchange, research and collaboration, cultivating a more creative, innovative, healthy and prosperous Canada.

The CNMHW is a network of collaborators within the Canadian music and health community coming together to: increase knowledge and understanding of musicians' health through research; advocate for healthy and ethical practices in music performance and education; develop evidence-informed resources for educating and promoting the health and well-being of musicians; promote sharing of knowledge and research among musicians' health researchers and educators; and build bridges between interdisciplinary network members of varying backgrounds.

Carleton University is a community of talented, committed and enthusiastic faculty and staff, dedicated to excellence and to supporting the education and research that distinguishes Carleton as Canada’s Capital University.

Community Music Schools of Toronto is all about kids thriving through music. Expanding from the Regent Park School of Music, it is a community music school that gives 1,000 kids a year a rich and rewarding music education, by removing the financial obstacle. For over 22 years it has seen that the study of music allows young people to flourish creatively, personally and academically enriching their lives and future prospects.

Concerts in Care Ontario performances energize seniors in care facilities with the healing power of professional live music performances.  Their musicians create moments of joy that honour the dignity and well-being of their audiences. Each year, they deliver over 450 concerts for nearly 20,000 seniors, staff, and care partners across Ontario. The professional musicians perform a wide range of genres, from classical and jazz to Broadway and world music. They collaborate with healthcare facilities, day programs, and housing services and engage in research with partners like Sheridan Centre for Elder Research and Music Care by Room 217. Since most facilities cannot cover musician costs, they offer a sliding scale fee model and rely on generous support from donors and funding partners to keep music accessible for seniors.

The Conservatoire is a high-level teaching institution whose musical tradition has been a feature of the city of Gatineau since 1967. From the age of eight, the Conservatory offers highly personalized training programs in performance that extend to the graduate level.

Conservatory Canada offers a modern and flexible range of musical instruction and evaluation programs to suit the individual needs of students and teachers. From their Flex Exams to Contemporary Idioms syllabi, they strive to be progressive and innovative in everything they offer.

Dalcroze Canada is a registered charity dedicated to the purpose of advancing education by promoting and developing the artistic and pedagogical principles of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze in Canada. It offers the only accredited Dalcroze Certification Training in Canada. The Dalcroze method, which integrates music and body movement, has shown positive effects on psychosocial wellbeing of various group populations.

The Dementia Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County provides compassionate support, tailored coaching and practical education for everyone impacted by dementia while building a dementia inclusive community.

The Equity in Health Systems (EqHS) Lab is a transdisciplinary team of theoretical and applied researchers, frontline health care professionals, and learners from diverse professional and academic backgrounds, and academic and health care institutions, who are seeking to make an impact on the community and health system with the work they are engaged with. Their method is to bring together a diversity of people and perspectives to create social change in our health system by creating space for critical conversations without borders and beyond traditional structures.

The Glenn Gould Foundation honours Glenn Gould’s spirit and legacy by promoting creativity and helping to transform lives through the power of music and the arts. It reflects the universal power of the arts to bring diverse people together in a spirit of harmony, compassion, and mutual understanding.

Grande-Rivière High School in Gatineau, Quebec, has been offering music instruction throughout the school year for many decades. Today, the school offers a program of study with a concentration in music, allowing students who choose it to begin learning this discipline. At the end of their high school studies, the program leads them to the knowledge and performance necessary for admission to graduate studies in music, both in university music faculties and at the Conservatory.

The Healing Song is a private practice dedicated to using music as a tool for connection, expression, and healing. The owner and operator, Courtney Radbourne, has extensive experience working with a variety of client populations, with a significant focus over the past 13 years in mental health at Royal Ottawa Place, a long-term care home affiliated with the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre. This facility supports adults with stable mental illness and/or physical limitations in a home-like environment. Courtney is also an internship supervisor with the Canadian Association of Music Therapists and enjoys mentoring interns as they work toward completing their academic and professional requirements to become certified music therapists. She is passionate about fostering the growth of future professionals in the field and ensuring that music therapy continues to have a meaningful impact on those who need it most. Using a client-centered approach, Courtney integrates music and musical elements to help clients achieve both musical and non-musical goals. The Healing Song's motto, "A Voice for Everyone," reflects Courtney’s commitment to ensuring that every individual she works with has the opportunity to express themselves fully.

Established and supported by the Carswell Family Foundation in 2016, the Helen Carswell Chair supports research that explores community cultural development. With a focus on fostering a mutually beneficial relationship with the Jane and Finch community, the Helen Carswell Chair is proud to have a long-term partnership with Regent Park School of Music (RPSM) Through their work with RPSM and other Community Arts organizations, they seek to disseminate new knowledge and research to community-based groups in the Jane and Finch community and in other high-risk neighbourhoods around the world.

Lotus Centre is a registered Canadian charity  which was founded by Erin Parkes to meet a community need for specialized music education. The Lotus Centre believes that every child has a right to appropriate education in any endeavour they choose to pursue. This means working with a teacher who understands the nature of the student’s needs and constantly strives to meet them, while creating a nurturing and fun environment.

MASC is an Ottawa-based community arts organization that brings the arts and culture alive for over 150,000 children, youth, and seniors each year. MASC offers schools and communities arts experiences led by professional artists that awaken the creative process, deepen cultural awareness, encourage engagement, and give vivid demonstration of Canada’s diversity.

The National Arts, Culture, and Well-being Community of Practice  is a volunteer-run network connecting individuals and organizations who have a vested interest in the intersection of arts and health, social prescribing, and other initiatives that explore how arts and culture can impact well-being. This group provides a space for arts & culture workers and healthcare professionals to expand their network, collaborate and share resources, and maintain a connection to the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing (CISP).

The National Arts Centre (NAC) is Canada’s bilingual, multi-disciplinary home for the performing arts. The NAC presents, creates, produces, and co-produces performing arts programming in various streams—the NAC Orchestra, Dance, English Theatre, French Theatre, Indigenous Theatre, and Popular Music and Variety—and nurtures the next generation of audiences and artists from across Canada.

Well-established in Montreal, at the crossroads of North American and European culture, the Opéra de Montréal acts as a catalyst for the city’s artistic creativity and celebrates Quebec and Canada’s rich vocal heritage, showcasing opera at its most diverse and daring. From great classics of the opera repertoire and new works from home and abroad, to a training program for the finest young Canadian singers and a strong commitment to the community and to education, the Opéra de Montréal offers unforgettable operatic events at which everyone is warmly received and feels welcome.

Changing lives through music. Ottawa Chamberfest has been sharing music since 1994. What began as an annual summer festival has grown over the years to include a popular concert series and a wealth of community engagement and education programming.

Wellness, for all, involves the opportunity to play, create and make choices. People in care need those same opportunities. Participation in the arts brings joy and connection; it demonstrates that people receiving care are much more than their medical conditions. Elder care needs radical transformation. Radical Connections ensures that aging is a time when people can share their wisdom and enjoy arts and culture.

Royal Ottawa Place is a long-term care home with 64 beds, located on the grounds of the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre.  Royal Ottawa Place supports and enhances the quality of life for adults with stable mental illness and/or physical limitations, and others who may benefit from a home-like environment. 

Seniors Junction offers high quality music education for retirees to prevent dementia and promote social connection. Through their website they offer group and private music classes, music appreciation and history courses, and discounts for live performances. Their goal is to help seniors engage with music and thereby stay sharp, feel connected, develop confidence and learn new skills.

The SingWell project considers group singing as a meaningful social activity for people living with communication challenges that appears to have potential to support communication function. While other effective interventions already exist for supporting communication deficits in communication challenges (CC), they tend to be costly to deploy, not widely available in remote communities, and generally not effective with regard to combating social well-being issues related to CC. Thus, group singing for CC appears to be an important complementary intervention worthy of further consideration from scientific, practical, economic, and ethical standpoints. Their mission is to understand, inform, and inspire choirs for individuals living with communication challenges.

SONG provides free musical education for children and youth in Northumberland County. Through music, SONG members learn social engagement and development, inclusiveness, and leadership, opening doors and helping them achieve brighter futures.

The Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra, one of Canada’s top chamber orchestras, was founded in 1976 by conductor Brian Law. The orchestra will be celebrating its 50^th anniversary next season in 2025-2026. The orchestra’s repertoire is diverse – covering music from the Baroque era to 21st century music – having commissioned more than 100 new works from Canadian composers.

Thirteen Strings presents its own subscription concert series and is collaborating with many arts organizations in Ottawa. Thirteen Strings isn't just about music: it's about education, community, and accessibility too. The orchestra is committed to fostering a love for music and for the string orchestra repertoire among all audiences. The orchestra’s education project, the Camerata Junior Thirteen Strings, brings together a pool of talented young people to work alongside the professional members of the Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra.

Through dedicated research focused on incubating innovation, improving treatment interventions, and advancing prevention strategies, The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR) is bringing significant hope to people living with depression and related conditions.

Brain and Mind Research Institute

Since its establishment in 2012, the University of Ottawa’s Brain and Mind Research Institute (uOBMRI) has been committed to advancing interdisciplinary research excellence on the brain and mind for greater impact. The uOBMRI’s strength is in its unique virtual model to promote collaborations — across disciplines; across our affiliated research hospitals, between researchers and knowledge users; and across the Ottawa region and internationally. 

uOttawa Library
The library is an essential partner in fulfilling the research, teaching and learning mission of the University. The University of Ottawa Library is composed of 3 main libraries - the Morisset Library (Arts and Science), the Brian Dickson Law Library and the Health Sciences Library - in addition to a number of specialized research collections. It has 161 employees, including 48 librarians, serving the students, faculty and employees of the University.

Professional Development Institute
The Professional Development Institute (PDI) is the proven leader in growing professional expertise and building workplace knowledge. Every year, thousands of public sector professionals and private sector leaders benefit from a variety of continuous professional development activities.

The Vanier Community Service Centre is a francophone organization offering a range of services in French and English to improve the quality of life for citizen of Ottawa-Vanier and surroundings.

The mission of Xenia Concerts Inc. is to offer high quality music and arts performances, presentations, and educational programs, in an environment that welcomes those who might not have access to such events and activities due to physical, mental, or financial barriers. Their vision is re-imagining music and arts events and activities to make them inclusive, relevant, and accessible to all members of society, thereby improving quality of life and promoting the enjoyment of the arts.

Zamar Music Academy offers affordable music mentorship and education programs in a wide variety of instruments including Voice, to students of all ages. They seek to remove the financial obstacles that are often present within our underserved and marginalized communities, so that more students, especially those in our BIPOC communities, can have access to quality music education.