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Alison Bowie achieved her undergraduate degree in History from Queen’s University (Kingston, ON) in 2006. While working for the Living Arts Centre (Mississauga, ON) she developed the French Educational Arts Program through a Trillium Foundation of Ontario grant, which is now fully self-sustaining. Alison is passionate about teaching and the development of students' critical analysis, writing, and creative skills. She has 7 years of experience teaching in a university setting, and has acted as a Teaching Assistant and Instructor of record at both the University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA) and Concordia University (Montréal, QC). Alison recently co-authored a new textbook on Dramaturgy with Professor Gene Gibbons(Concordia University).
Alison completed a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Dramaturgy at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA) in 2014 and is a PhD Candidate in the Humanities program run out of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture at Concordia University (Montréal, QC), supervised by Louis Patrick Leroux, Sherry Simon, and Hervé Guay (UQTR). Her research is funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture as well as the Concordia Faculty of Arts & Science. Alison's research project focuses on the intersections of cultural and linguistic contact zones, dramaturgy, collective memory, and theatre history in a Québec context. |
Alison worked as the Project Manager for the 4-year Circus Dramaturgy project, led by Professor Louis Patrick Leroux, a collaboration between Concordia University and the Ecole nationale de cirque (Montréal, QC), and recently helped to launch the new World Circus and Stories Mapping Project. She has also worked as Project Assistant for the Lost Stories Project run by Professor Ronald Rudin through Concordia's Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling. Alison is currently working as the Lead Research Assistant for the "History of English-language Drama and Theatre in Québec, 1930-2015" project run by Professor Erin Hurley (McGill University).
Along with her dramaturgical work, Alison has also been active as a web developer and research project database developer and administrator. She worked as one of two developers for the database management and data analysis tools custom built for the Circus Dramaturgy Project. She is also currently building custom database solutions for three other research projects at Concordia University, McGill University, and a collaborative project between Concordia University and the Max Planck Institute of Empirical Aesthetics (Frankfurt, Germany). She is co-founder and lead web designer for Techne Creations Ltd, a company dedicated to providing custom web design, development, and archiving solutions to arts organizations across Canada. The company's mission is to provide resources that empower companies to be able to manage their data and own their online presence and stories. Techne Creations Ltd. has worked a variety of companies including: SpiderWebShow, Black Theatre Workshop, Montreal English Theatre Awards, Generator (Artist Producer Resource), and the Canadian International Organ Competition.
Alison also continues to be an active member of the theatre community. Since moving to Montréal in 2014, she has translated two plays, one of which has been produced twice (Me & You, Talisman Theatre, 2016 & 2018). She also worked as the Marketing & Development Assistant for Repercussion Theatre (2015). She has also worked as a grant writer, copy editor, and writer as part of her role as Associate Dramaturg for SpiderWebShow Performance. Alison also follows her passion as a photographer and musician (piano & voice).
Along with her dramaturgical work, Alison has also been active as a web developer and research project database developer and administrator. She worked as one of two developers for the database management and data analysis tools custom built for the Circus Dramaturgy Project. She is also currently building custom database solutions for three other research projects at Concordia University, McGill University, and a collaborative project between Concordia University and the Max Planck Institute of Empirical Aesthetics (Frankfurt, Germany). She is co-founder and lead web designer for Techne Creations Ltd, a company dedicated to providing custom web design, development, and archiving solutions to arts organizations across Canada. The company's mission is to provide resources that empower companies to be able to manage their data and own their online presence and stories. Techne Creations Ltd. has worked a variety of companies including: SpiderWebShow, Black Theatre Workshop, Montreal English Theatre Awards, Generator (Artist Producer Resource), and the Canadian International Organ Competition.
Alison also continues to be an active member of the theatre community. Since moving to Montréal in 2014, she has translated two plays, one of which has been produced twice (Me & You, Talisman Theatre, 2016 & 2018). She also worked as the Marketing & Development Assistant for Repercussion Theatre (2015). She has also worked as a grant writer, copy editor, and writer as part of her role as Associate Dramaturg for SpiderWebShow Performance. Alison also follows her passion as a photographer and musician (piano & voice).