Cheryl has a strong background in corporate communications and credits Doreen McKenzie-Sanders of “The Business Quarterly”, University of Western Ontario, Graduate School of Journalism, for originally inspiring her interest in publishing.

Cheryl McLean

Cheryl McLean M.A., is founder and publisher of the academic peer reviewed journal The International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, IJCAIP (www.ijcaip.com) established in 2006, the first web based Open Access international journal in this emerging interdisciplinary field.

She is Editor of the book, “Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change” published by Detselig/Temeron Press, which will be followed by two additional research texts in the series;“Across Cultures and Communities for Change” and “Story, Technology and Transformation”.

Her academic background includes Social Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London and, after close to twenty years working in journalism/ publishing and adult education, she returned to graduate school to complete an MA, Creative Arts Therapies, Faculty of Fine Art, Concordia University, Montreal, in 2003. Active in regional theatre as an Artistic Director and producer in Ontario, she also trained as an actor (realism) while attending Concordia and studied and performed for two years under the mentorship of Dr. Muriel Gold formerly the AD of the Saidye Bronfman Theatre, Montreal.

Her research, in association with Maimonides Jewish Geriatric Hospital and The Rene Cassin Centre for Social Gerontology, involved group therapy with older persons living in residential care in Montreal and writing, performing and touring original research based educational ethnodrama created to raise awareness about aging, autonomy and mental health. She is a keynote speaker at national events illuminating through active presentations, storytelling and performances the many applications of the creative arts in research and interdisciplinary practice.

Contact email: CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com