Mandate
Drawing from its roots as the Canadian Association of University Schools of Music (CAUSM), MusCan has grown to encompass a wide-reaching collaboration of individual and institutional members reaching across the land called Canada.
Today, we are a bilingual interdisciplinary organization of educators, scholars, practitioners, students, administrators, and post-secondary institutions that embraces all aspects of, and approaches to, the study and practice of music in Canada and/or by Canadians.
Together we seek to:
- Support, stimulate, and advocate for music research, performance, composition, research-creation, and pedagogy in, amongst, and beyond post-secondary Canadian institutions;
- Continue the path toward reconciliation by building relationships with, advocating for, and supporting the work of Indigenous scholars, students, musicians, communities, and Indigenous ways of making music;
- Recognize and support the work of musicians, scholars and students from marginalized communities in Canada and beyond by removing barriers and creating space for inclusive participation within the society;
- Foster the exchange of diverse ideas and views at our annual meeting, through our journal, and through other in-person and online events;
- Provide timely and appropriate support for students as well as emerging, independent, and established scholars.