Dr. Wilfred Gallant

1. Dr. Wilfred Gallant Research interests • Addictions and Substance Abuse • Music-Based Grief Intervention with Addictive Clients • Spiritually-Oriented Music-Based Intervention Current projects • Brentwood Recovery Home Research Grant for Individuals Experiencing Grief and End of Life Issues • Music/Lyric Composition with Research Clients • Using Assessment Scales to Measure the Effectiveness of Music-Based Intervention in Social Work Practice

2. Research Interests • Addictions and Substance • Abuse • Music-Based Grief • Intervention with • Addictive Clients • Spiritually-Oriented • Music Based Intervention Current Projects Brentwood Recovery Home Research Grant for Individuals Experiencing Grief and End of Life Issues Music/Lyric Composition with Research Clients Using Assessment Scales to Measure the Effectiveness of Music-Based Intervention in Social Work Practice

3. A Historical, Cultural and Spiritual Coal Mining Heritage Revealed in Prose and Song: A Modest Reflection of a Miner’s Son Wilfred Gallant. Ed.D., M.S.W., R. S. W, I. C. A. D. C. Associate Professor of Social Work

4. A Historical, Cultural and Spiritual Coal Mining Heritage Revealed in Prose and Song: A Modest Reflection of a Miner’s Son Wilfred Gallant. Ed.D., M.S.W. I. C. A. D. C. Michael Holosko, Ph.D., M.S.W.

5. This presentation will attempt through prose and song to: • Recall the elements of the past • Reflect on the present conditions and • Anticipate the future potential of the coal mining industry.

6. Identifying Time in a Song • The past is captured in the Song/Poem: The Wet, Dark, Dusty Seam • The present is represented in the Song: New Waterford’s Calling

7. Identifying Time in a Song The religiousand the spiritualis encapsulated in the Song: La Joi Du Paradis (The Joy of Heavenly Bliss) Thefutureis reflected in the Song: Bringing Up The Coal

8. Identification of Each Song The Wet, Dark, Dusty Seam is a tribute to my father and his work in the mines. New Waterford’s Calling speaks of the sadness in the close of the last mine and the feeling of nostalgia in wanting to return to one’s roots.

9. Identification of Each Song La Joi Du Paradis (The Joy of Heavenly Bliss) is tribute to my mother and father for their strong faith, courage and sense of perseverance. Bringing Up The Coal is a light hearted song which anticipates the re-opening of the mines in Cape Breton.

10. A Pied-Piper Announcing the possible liberation of Maritime inhabitants from the throws of desperation and despair, ravished by a deep sense of “social inferiority”. (Cameron, 1995)

11. Introduction to My Music I Inherited My Love of Music from Acadian Irish Inheritance (OUR FAMILY DOG WOOFIE And HIS PAL IN A PIANO DUET)

12. This Presentation is a Musical-Autobiographical Journey Impressed by helping professionals who have borrowed from the science and art of helping, in the health and social welfare field, and Influenced by professional musicians who, borrowing from the science and art of music have reached out to others in a spiritual and cultural fashion.

13. Introduction to The Song Writer Science and Art Discipline and Creativity

14. Introduction • Reflects the Spirit of Cape Breton • And Moulds Its Indomitable Character (O’Donnell, 1984) The Power of Music

15. Writing A Communicative ArtMusic An Expansive Art Allistair MacLeod reveals in his internationally acclaimed novel “No Great Mischief” of his working in the mines during the summer to pay for his education at St. F.X.

16. Writing is a “communicative art” where someone receives one’s noble offering(MacLeod, 2005). Music is an “expansive art” which “touches” people within a universal language thus, “opening and expanding the heart” (Gallant, 2005).

17. Rationale The Words to a Song Can Often Trigger A MemoryA Story or an Experience Providing Congruence Between ones History, ones Roots and Ones PresentCondition

18. Rationale The words to a songs can also challenge us to think more seriously about our existing environment.

19. Assumptions Music Can Help Clarify and Enhance Ones Negative Worldview Resolving Issues of the Loss of the Coal Mines Can be Similar to Aspects Related to Grief Resolution

20. Assumptions Music Can Provide an Avenue for Change

21. Objectives of This Presentation That we might learn ways to recognize our own insight in terms of dealing with The Past The Present and The Future

22. Objectives of the Presentation Exploring ways “to foster the potential of coal mining” while being ‘pensively-grateful’ For the invaluable contribution of the courageous miners and their families

23. Objectives of The Presentation Discern Our Own Attitude About Coal and How Relevant the Mining Issue Is for Us Through the Use of the Music Impact Questionnaire (MIQ) Discerning Ones Attitude and How Relevant the Mining Issue is for Us Through the Use of Music Impact Questionnaire (MIQ)

24. THE MUSIC IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE (MIQ) MINING SYMPOSIUM — PAST — PRESENT — FUTURE Please indicate your immediate responses to the song: 1. 2. 3. 4.

25. The following statements describe a variety of possible reactions by people. Some of the statements may represent your own experience in listening to the selected musical pieces, while others may not.

26. For each of the items there are six possible choices. Please mark with the number 1, 2, or 3, 4, 5, or 6 in the appropriate ( ) space below the choice which most accurately describes your experience in listening to the following musical selection: Name of Song ( ). There are no "right" or "wrong" answers; your personal response is what is important.

27. 1. Not At All 2. A Little 3. Somewhat 4. Moderately 5. Considerably 6. Very Much

28. My response to this song was: • It reminded my own story about coal mining ( ) • It really made me think of the life of a miner ( ) • It made me examine my personal experience about coal mining ( ) 4. It invited me to reflect upon instances and experiences related to coal mining which are important to me ( ) 5. It reminded me of the richness of a miner’s life and his family ( )

29. 6. It reminded me of negative things (behavior/s) that miner’s have experienced. ( ) 7. It made me think of troubling things about the coal mining experience ( ) 8. It made me want to change the present day coal mining situation. ( ) • It provided me with hope for changing the present mining condition ( ) 10. It provided an incentive for me to do something about coal mining in Nova Scotia ( )

30. Historical Context of the Mines First Mine Opened Known Mine Disasters Cut Wages Strikes Labor Union Unrest First Mine Opened Known Mine Disasters Cut Wages Strikes Labor Union

31. Led to the formation of the United Mine Workers of America (Expression)

32. Miner’s Memorial Day June 11th, 2005In Honor of William Davies (1925)

33. Riseand Fall of The Coal Mines in the 40’s

34. Danger In The Mines

35. Cultural ContextPreserved through music

36. The Men of the Deep Have Been A Vehicle to Perpetuate Folksongsand toInspire the Creation of New Songs About Mining

37. The Song “Working Man” Speaks of the Determination of Some Miners in Echoing the Words: “And I Never Again Will Go Down Underground.”

38. Consequences of the Mines “Dust in the Air”

39. Despite The Danger And Tragedies of the Coal Industry, My Father, [Like Other Miners] Loved The Mines And Had A Natural Affinity for its SolitaryCharacter and The Bond He Closely Shared With “The Men Underground.”

40. The Wet, Dark, Dusty Seam Composed for my father, Dan Gallant to honor his dedication to his work in the mines, and Reflects my own perception of a miner and of being a miner’s son.

41. Tunnel Boring Machine

42. The Present Context It is incumbent upon us to learn from our History. Some Cape Bretoner’s never thought that the Coal Mining Industry would come to an end. Some pessimists believe that Cape Breton will die a slow death and the Island and its inhabitants should be tugged out to sea.

43. The Present Context The closing of the last coal mine was a shattering event for miners and their families There are mixed reactions to the closing of the mines varying from optimism, negativity and disillusionment. I have chosen to sing about my own nostalgia related to the mines and an inherent desire to return to my roots

44. New Waterford’s Calling Speaks of the sadness in the close of the last mine and the feeling of nostalgia in wanting to return to one’s roots.

45. The Future Context • The Implications of the Price Rise in Imported Oil • The Promise of Coal as an Indigenous Energy Source • Air of Optimism in Conversion of Oil to Coal

46. Right Steps Bright Future “If fifteen mines opened tomorrow in Cape Breton, there would be hordes of people applying for the jobs -- going back there to work.”

47. Freedom From Emancipation

48. Reason for Optimism

49. The Greenest Coal Plant in Canada The new Genesee 3 power plant is the most advanced coal-fired facility ever built in Canada. A $90 million investment in clean air technologies cuts nitrogen oxide emissions in half, and stops 99.8 percent of fine particulate from reaching the atmosphere.

50. To help meet Canada’s climate change commitments, EPCOR has also reduced and offset Genesee 3’s greenhouse gas emissions down to the level of a modern natural gas combined cycle plant.