Creates positive social change through the confluence of improvisational arts, innovative scholarship, and collaborative action.

IICSI is a multi-locale partnered research institute funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The Institute is hosted at the University of Guelph, with sites at McGill University; Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN); University of British Columbia; University of Regina’ Carleton University; 17, Institute of Critical Studies (Mexico City); and Queen’s University Belfast.

IICSI seeks to contribute to interdisciplinary research and graduate training in the emerging field of improvisation studies.