Resume

• 2012

  Master's degree

  Geography

  Cupe 3902 Union Representative for Graduate Geography Student Society (GGAPPS)

  University of Toronto

  Sustainable Cities Field School

  Urban Cultural Geography

  Cities and The Olympics

  Urban Social Geography

  The Cultural Economy

  Globalization and The City

  Urban Organization

  Urban Political Geography

  Urban Field School (San Francisco)

• 2008

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  Urban Studies/Affairs

  VP Communications for Calgary Urban Students Association

  University of Calgary

• 2002

  Calgary Folk Festival

  Geography

  Sociology

  Live Sound

  Urban Studies

  General Awesomeness

  Audio Engineering

  Human Geography

  Urban Sociology

  Music Production

  Cultural Institutions

  Cultural Geography

  Economic Geography

  Urban Economics

  Labour Issues

  Music Industry

  Sound Design

  Urban Geography

  Critical Thinking

  Social Theory

  Professional Audio

  Zendel

  My research sits at the intersection of cultural

  economic and labour geographies. I am currently conducting an ethnography of backstage workers in the live music industry in Canada

  entitled ‘Working in Live Music: Precarious Labour

  Livelihoods and Cultural Policy in the Canadian Live Music Industry’. The goal of this research is to investigate precarious labour practices both in the live music industry and cultural industries more broadly.

  Adam

  Zendel

  Sound Art Canada

  University of Toronto

  Adam Zendel Audio Services

  PK Sound

  Calgary

  Alberta

  As a freelance sound technician

  I have worked for a number of bands and mixed sound at numerous concerts and festivals across western Canada.

  Sound Technician

  Adam Zendel Audio Services

  Calgary

  Alberta

  With PK I work as a front of house

  monitor

  and system technician at a number of concerts and music festivals in western Canada. Duties range from production management to sound mixing. I have mixed and managed shows with more than 10

  000 people. I am familiar with a wide variety audio equipment

  ranging from numerous digital consoles to setting line-arrays and point source systems. I am able to critically mix a variety of genres music

  ranging from acoustic jazz to pounding EDM.

  Sound Technician

  PK Sound

  Sound Art Canada

  University of Toronto

  Toronto

  As a the Master's cohort representative on the Graduate Geography and Planning Student Society (GGAPSS) I have had the opportunity to approve new courses and represent fellow students on a variety of departmental boards and meetings.

  MA Student

  University of Toronto

  I am interested in the experience of workers in cultural industries. Arts and Cultural industries are amongst the fastest growing

  and most resilient sectors of the Canadian economy. Creative industries and their no-collar workers deliberately relocate to cities with vibrant live music scenes. Numerous policy directives have been created to develop cultural industries in cities both to attract capital investment and to directly stimulate job creation. Yet

  rarely do these policies address the livelihoods of those working in cultural industries. This sector has rampant worker precarity which is manifest through highly flexible working arrangements

  lack of full time employment

  and limited access to benefits. My research seeks to investigate this apparent paradox that various levels of state and businesses seek to develop cultural industries for the purpose of job creation without trying to improve the cultural worker experience.\n\nMy current project focuses on labour in the live music industry. I am particularly interested in worker livelihoods

  cultural policy

  and overcoming cultural worker precarity. This project

  tentatively entitled \"Working in Live Music\" has taken the form of an ethnography of live music workers in Calgary and Toronto.

  Researcher at the Cultural Economy Lab

  Toronto

  Teaching assisted for:\n\nCanadian Pluralism\n\nUrban Political Geography\n\nMunicipal Finance\n\nUrbanization

  Contemporary Cities and Urban Life. \n\nThis class is amongst the most popular first year courses in the geography department. Topics covered range from historical urbanization and early cities

  to gentrification and issues of gender and race in contemporary cities. My responsibilities included leading two weekly tutorials

  holding office hours

  and grading student assignments and tests. During the tutorials I taught students on how to write effectively

  including proper citation formats and how to conduct academic research. I received very favorable reviews from students praising my enthusiasm

  patience

  and ability to clarify complex concepts.\n\nMarketing Geography\n\nThe focus of this course is to explore how organizations can use geographical tools and knowledge to more effectively market

  and develop their practices. Topics include: urban retail histories; retail location strategies; demographic analysis; and more general marketing theories. In this class I led weekly tutorials and grade students work. This class was particularly interesting as the majority of students were non-majors

  allowing me to develop a certain skill at introducing geographical thought the unfamiliar.

  Teaching Assistant

  University of Toronto