AFM Local 571 acknowledges that our office is located on the traditional land of the Mi’kmaq Nation. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1725. The treaties did not deal with the surrender of lands and resources but in fact, recognized Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik title and established the rules for what was going to be an ongoing relationship.
Ryan Drew
Biographical Info Ryan E. Drew, percussionist and communications researcher from PEI, Canada, is a Teaching Artist with the National Arts Centre and performs with the PEI Symphony Orchestra and Charlottetown Festival Orchestra. His scholarly work in media studies, generative AI, inquiry-based learning, and “climate curiosity” has informed National Geographic-funded projects and presentations to international forums. Ryan is Artistic Director for Tuning in to Nature (PEISO), and recently associate produced for SPHERE: The NAC Orchestra’s Festival for Listening to the Earth, and The Great Canadian Orchestra Field Trip (NAC). Ryan also works as a design consultant for the Canadian Army and teaches Inquiry Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island. Holding a Bachelor of Music and a Masters in Global Affairs, he’s now engaged in doctoral studies at the University of New Brunswick.
Region Prince Edward Island
Instruments Percussion
Do you teach? no
With support from our Atlantic Canadian Music Industry
