Previous PRESENTATIONS

Online September 9, 2023

A 60-minute panel discussion on the safe, resilient, and mindful practices that support actor wellbeing in the context of portraying a character for the Performing Arts Medicine Association Conference “PAMAthon”, September 9 - 10, 2023. Panelists: Alan Powell, Pat O’Toole, Elisa Lewis, Mariel Pastor, Tom Stroud, Sara Lovett, Kate Glasheen. 

Toronto, ON,  May 20, 2023

A 90 - minute presentation and praxis workshop on the development and practice of Emotional Fluency Training for the Association of Acting Coaches and Educators Conference: "Power: Evolving Dynamics", Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, Ontario. May 20-21, 2023. Presenters: Ines Buchli and Tom Stroud.

 Lethbridge, AB, June 14, 2022

A 90-minute livestream and in-person presentation and praxis workshop on the development and practice of Emotional Fluency Training at the Canadian Association of Theatre Research Conference, Performing Emergence: RePlay, ReCollect, ReExist, the University of Lethbridge, June12-14, 2022. Presenter: Tom Stroud.

 Winnipeg, MB, May 19, 2022

A 90-minute live-stream and in-person presentation of the results of the two-year SSHRC funded Insight Development Grant Utilizing BOS Method Effector Patterns as a Mechanism for Emotion Control in Contemporary Acting at the University of Winnipeg, May 19, 2022. Presenters: Tom Stroud and Ines Buchli.

 Online, January 21, 2021

A 60-minute live-stream presentation of the results of the two-year SSHRC funded Insight Development Grant Utilizing BOS Method Effector Patterns as a Mechanism for Emotion Control in Contemporary Acting for Emotional Body®. Online, January 21,2021. Presenters: Tom Stroud and Ine Buchli.

Toronto, ON, August 1 and 2, 2019 

Two live presentations at the at Joseph G. Green Theatre at York University, Toronto, Ontario, August 1 and August 2, 2019, of a 3-week rehearsal process utilizing the BOS Emotional Effector Patterns. The presentations were part of a two-year government funded research project titled Utilizing BOS Emotional Effector Patterns as a Mechanism for Emotion Control in Contemporary Acting and featured an opening address to the audience, live performance, and a question-and-answer period with the actors. Presenters: Tom Stroud, Ines Buchli and Gayle Murphy.

 Vancouver, BC, June 27 and 28, 2019

Two live presentations at the Dorothy Somerset Studio Theatre at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver B. C., June 27, and June 28, 2019, of a 3-week rehearsal process utilizing the BOS Emotional Effector Patterns. The presentations were part of a two-year government funded research project titled Utilizing BOS Emotional Effector Patterns as a Mechanism for Emotion Control in Contemporary Acting and featured an opening address to the audience, live performance, and a question-and-answer period with the actors. Presenters: Tom Stroud, Ines Buchli and Gayle Murphy.