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Laura Risk is an Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, Culture, and Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough, with a graduate cross-appointment in the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto. Her research proactively builds public archives to amplify unheard voices and critically interrogates the notion of tradition, focusing on traditional music historiography in Quebec. Risk has published in prominent journals such as the Journal of the Society for American Music, Ethnomusicology, MUSICultures, and Critical Studies in Improvisation. She is a recipient of the 2014 Prix Mnémo for her co-production of the CD Douglastown: Music and Song from the Gaspé Coast. Additionally, her album Traverse was awarded Quebec’s prestigious Prix Opus in the Album of the Year category for Traditional Québécois Music in 2024. Risk is an active participant in the research and teaching community, focusing on topics like inclusive musical histories and community-engaged music archiving.
Department of Sociology