Forum on the Social Impact of Music
From October 6 – 10 at Toronto Metropolitan University, more than 70 amazing Speakers will converge for five days of inspiring keynotes, roundtables, and panel discussions, exploring the emotional, cognitive, and developmental power of music.
All this for just $10 per day
Come and hear experts, like Gabor Maté, Lil Buck, Jamie Bernstein, Dr. Ahmad Sarmast, Joshua Cohen, Bob Ezrin, among many more remarkable participants. Each day is built off of a different theme, all driven by the fact that music changes lives.
Explore the sessions below and get your tickets here:
Monday: The Power of Music
Tuesday: Music and the Promise of Childhood
Wednesday: Music as a Path to Understanding
Thursday: Music and Social Impact
Friday: Music, Reconciliation, and Healing
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October 6, 2025 @ 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Join this special appearance by author, narrator, director and filmmaker Jamie Bernstein. Her 2018 memoir, Famous Father Girl is about growing up with legendary composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein, subject of the…
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October 6, 2025 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Frontier Economics is one of the world’s largest economics research firms with a staff of over 500. In 2024, Frontier Economics completed a major study for the UK government examining…
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October 6, 2025 @ 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm
Drawing on nearly two decades of field research in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dr. Pairon will introduce the concept of ‘positive fatalism’ relating how the art of music-making may…
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