Education
- PhD Music Education, University of Toronto
- MMus Music Education, University of Toronto
- BEd Elementary Education, University of Alberta
- BMus Piano Performance, University of Alberta
Biography
Dr. Bina Ann John teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Piano Skills for Music Education, Psychological Foundations of Music Education, Social Psychology of Music, Developmental Psychology, Curriculum Inquiry, and Advanced Topics in Music in Childhood. Dr. John received the Faculty of Music Excellence in Teaching Award in May 2014. She is a faculty member of the Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development at the University of Toronto. She is also a member of the Board of Directors as well as the Educational Services Committee at the Regent Park School of Music, Toronto. Bina has also served as a Judge for the Canadian JUNO Awards.
Dr. John’s current research involves a collaborative pilot project, Of music and Social Justice: a case of music education with youth in the Canadian Justice System, with the Regent Park School of Music and Turning Point Youth Services in Toronto. She is also researching the preservation of Syriac chants in the Indian Orthodox Church in Canada. Dr. John has presented research papers at the International Society for Music Education in Glasgow, at ECME/ISME in Barcelona, at the International Society for Sociology in Music Education in New Orleans, OMEA Resonate Conference at Niagara Falls, the Association for British Choral Directors at Newcastle, England, the Third International Conference of Music Education at the University of Exeter, and at the Youth Music Early Years Conference in Yarmouth, England. Bina has published articles on creative musical play in the ACT (MayDay) Journal, ISSME Special Edition, a chapter on Affect and Music, in Volume II of the CMEA Biennial Series Book, Questioning the Music Education Paradigm, and in Music Time.
Bina John has conducted award-winning choirs across Canada and toured in Paris, Washington, Chicago, Boston, Montreal and Ottawa with the Montcrest Singers. She is an actively sought sacred choral clinician and conducts the Adult and Children’s Choirs at St. Gregorios at Lakeview Orthodox Church, Mississauga. Dr. John performs with the In Contra Ensemble and the Awaaz Ensemble in Toronto.