Faculty

JOY COHNSTAEDT

BFA (Manitoba), Post-Grad Dipl. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
Professor Emerita,
Department of Visual Arts, York University

joyc@yorku.ca

An experienced arts administrator and educator, Professor Cohnstaedt is a former Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at York University. She has also served as Chair of the Ontario Council of University Affairs, and prior to her appointment at York, as Deputy Minister of Culture, Heritage and Recreation, Manitoba, and Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Arts Board.

Her research interests and publications include studies in comparative cultural policy, arts and the law, arts and cultural administration, and minorities and the arts.

She was awarded the Bora Laskin National Fellowship in Human Rights Research in support of her work in this area in relation to cultural and communications policy.