Owais Lightwala, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

creative producers producer training producing arts management theatre performing arts live performance digital performance

Latest funding

The Arts Impact Partnership (TAIP): Understanding the Arts' Civic Impact in the Data-Driven Economy
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
The State of Producer Training in Canada
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$24,750

All 2 grants and awards

The Arts Impact Partnership (TAIP): Understanding the Arts' Civic Impact in the Data-Driven Economy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: fine arts; arts impact; artistic research; metadata; nonprofit arts organizations; arts data taxonomies; data justice; epistemic justice; EDIA; open access; post-secondary institutions; research metrics reform; library and information science

$20,000

The State of Producer Training in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Lightwala, Owais

Keywords: creative producers; producer training; producing; arts management; theatre; performing arts; live performance; digital performance; organizational strategy; entrepreneurship; diversity; arts and culture

$24,750

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: creative producers Dear Professor Lightwala, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on creative producers connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The State of Producer Training in Canada" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]