Faculty profile
Barry Freeman
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Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.
Latest funding
- $74,344
Archival ACTS: Unsettling Performance Histories in Atlantic Canada
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $27,980
Acting on Evidence: Mapping Values and Outcomes in Postsecondary Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies Education in Canada
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $24,685
PLEDGE@10: Inequities in the Repertoire of Theatre Training Programs in Canada
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
No publications available.
Archival ACTS: Unsettling Performance Histories in Atlantic Canada
Principal investigators: Wright, Kailin
Acting on Evidence: Mapping Values and Outcomes in Postsecondary Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies Education in Canada
Principal investigators: Freeman, Barry A.
PLEDGE@10: Inequities in the Repertoire of Theatre Training Programs in Canada
Principal investigators: Freeman, Barry A.
Keywords: Theatre; playwrights; equity; gender; diversity; education
Studying the Practice of Kedzentede Kedzedi
Principal investigators: Buffalo, Amanda
Keywords: Indigenous education; land-based educaiton; neurodecolonization; decolonization; resurgence; sovereignty; dena au'nezen; pedagogies of land; literacies of land
Staging Better Futures/Mettre en scène de meilleurs avenirs
Keywords: post-secondary theatre education; decolonization; anti-racism; equity; diversity; inclusion; restorative pedagogy; relational design research; community-driven research; intersectional feminism; translation studies; policy transfer studies; feminist DH
Performing Emergence: RePlay, ReCollect, ReExist
Principal investigators: Whittaker, Robin C.
Keywords: performance; theatre; drama; dance; Canada; bilingual; pandemic; emergence; emergencies; health care; climate crisis; Indigenous experiences; historiography; anti-racism; anti-oppression; resilience; decolonization; re-existence; redress; intersectional
Rebel acts: La Pocha Nostra's activist performance pedagogy
Principal investigators: Freeman, Barry
Keywords: theatre; performance; interculturalism; globalization; Latin America; activism; pedagogy
Nostos encounters with the open program
Principal investigators: Schotzko, Teri N.
Keywords: Jerzy Grotowski; theatre; performance studies; intercultural performance; globalization; North American studies; actor training; directing; audience; spectatorship; song; poetry; art as vehicle; Allen Ginsberg
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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Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.