Soundcheck: Mental Health in the Canadian Music Industry
The Soundcheck Research Project is now complete.
Catherine led the Soundcheck Research Project, the most comprehensive research on mental health and workplace culture in the Canadian music industry, drawing on more than 1,200 music workers across the country.
Soundcheck was a year-long national research project examining mental health across the Canadian music ecosystem. Launched in September 2024, it remains thefirst research project of its kind to explore mental health across all roles in the Canadian music industry.
The final dataset integrates findings from:
- a national anonymous survey,
- facilitated focus groups,
- one-to-one interviews, and
- extensive field observations.
All contributions were confidential and anonymized, enabling candid insight into lived experience across artists, crew, managers, agents, employees, and leaders nationwide.
Catherine extends sincere thanks to the more than 1,200 music professionals who participated, and to the artists, crew members, managers, agents, employees, community leaders, fellow researchers, and media partners who helped amplify the initial survey across Canada.
The Soundcheck final reports are available to download
Press coverage of the research project and other articles are on the Media page.