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Laurel Young is a Professor of Music Therapy at Concordia University (Montréal). Prior to joining Concordia in 2011, she was the Professional Leader of Creative Arts Therapies at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto). Dr. Young has received awards from Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo) and Temple University (Philadelphia) for outstanding contributions to her field. In 2014, she received the Canadian Association of Music Therapists’ (CAMT) Research & Publications award. She has over 20 years of diverse clinical experience, authored multiple publications, presented internationally, and served on the CAMT and Canadian Music Therapy Fund Boards. She is a research member of Concordia’s School of Health, Concordia’s Arts in Health Research Collective (AHRC), and the Centre for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology (CREGÉS). She served as the inaugural Associate Director of engAGE: Concordia’s Centre for Research on Aging between 2017-2025.