CAMT: A Focus on Equity and Diversity

Canadian Music Therapy

In this episode, we are speaking with Kimiko Suzuki about her role as the Canadian Association of Music Therapists chair of Equity and Diversity. Kimiko also tells us more about her journey to becoming a music therapist and what inspires her.

Here is a little more about Kimiko:

Kimiko Suzuki, MA, MTA (she/her/hers) is the current Equity & Diversity Chair for CAMT since 2021. She received her MTA status in 2016, has been working in the field of music therapy since 2017, and obtained her MA in Creative Arts Therapies (Music Therapy Option) at Concordia University in 2018. Her current professional role is Lecturer for the 3rd and 4th year music therapy courses at Acadia University's School of Music (located in Mi'kma'ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq nation). She has presented at four annual CAMT Conferences, acted as a guest panelist for "Sound, Mind, and Body: The Healing Power of Music" hosted by the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, and toured around Canada as a performing violist.

For more information on how to access the CAMT documents mentioned in this episode: https://www.musictherapy.ca/about-camt-music-therapy/camt-and-social-justice/