• Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg Devising Workshop (June 6-7 2026)

• Raina von Waldenburg I AM ONE WHO Workshop (Aug 2-6 2025)

• Stephen Wangh Expanse Teaching Workshop (July 4-8 2022)

• Corporeal Mime (1995 - Present)    

• Yoga (1995-2020, 2022-Present) and Pilates (2019, 2022)

• Bellydance (1994, 2011-16)     

• Grotowski nine-day Intensive: East Meets West, Heart in Centre with Linda Putnam, Stephen Wangh, Raïna von Waldenburg, David MacMurray Smith and Gabriella Minnes-Brandes (2014)

• David MacMurray Smith Intensive: Creative Character Development and Personal Transformation through Clown, 186 hours (Fall 2013)

• Richard Armstrong Intro & Ongoing Voice workshops (2013 and June 2015)

• Linda Putnam Performance workshops (2002 & 2005) & Two-Week Basics workshop (1995)

• Charles Marowitz Master Class in playing Shakespeare Text (2003)

• Boca del Lupo Physical Theatre Workshop (2003)

• Margie Gillis Modern Dance workshops (2003 & 1998)

• Canadian National Voice Intensive (2001)

• Flamenco Dance (2000)

• da da kamera workshop with Daniel MacIvor and Sherrie Johnson (1999)

• Mascall Dance Improv workshop (1999)

• Foursight Theatre Collective Creation workshop (1998) & Total Theatre workshop (1996)

• Mime, Voice, & Text Intensive with Dean Fogal and Stephen Atkins (1994)

• Mime workshop with Ide Van Heiningen of Mime Centrum – Netherlands (1992)

• Butokukan Karate (1991)

• 2026: Canadian Association of Theatre Research, UVIC

• 2025: Grotowski Assembly, New York City

• 2019: Emotional Fluency Project Vancouver Showing, UBC

• 2019: Canadian Association of Theatre Research, UBC (including Laborarium: The Postmarginality of Modern Times Stage Co.)

• 2019: Indigenous Knowledge, Our Past, Present and Future Keynote Address by Shelley Joseph, and Three Streams: A Convergence of Indigenous, Digital, and Meaningful Storytelling workshop, Douglas College

• 2019: Educational Technology, Douglas College

• 2017: Honouring Cultural Diversity through Collective Vocal Practice Performance Workshop with Joseph Naytowhow and Gary Oker, SFU

• 2017: Public Scholars workshop on Making Research Matter in a Digital Age, UBC

• 2017: Aging; Acts of Memory and Forgetting Theatre Symposium, UBC

• 2017: Intercultural Dance Seminar, The Dance Centre

• 2016: Canadian Association of Theatre Research, U Calgary

• 2016: Tri-U Colloquium, UBC

• 2016: Public Scholars StrengthsQuest workshop, UBC

• 2016: PUSH Voice and Performance Panel, SFU

• 2015-16: CTLT’s Aboriginal Initiatives Classroom Climate workshops, UBC

• 2015-16: CTLT’s Community of Practice monthly meetings, TA Coordination, UBC

• 2015: Guillermo Gomez-Pena, La Pocha Nostra, LIVE Performance Art Biennale

• March-Dec 2014: BC Arts Professional Development Grant: Grotowski-based Master Teacher Mentorship Circle. Interviews/coaching from Penelope Stella, David MacMurray Smith, Raïna von Waldenburg, Brad Gibson, and Virginie Magnat

• Feb 2014: Grotowski Workcentre Masterclass at the University of Toronto

• 2013-2016: EPIC Member – Engaged Philosophical Inquiry Consortium at UBC

• Nov 2013-April 2014: Acting Teacher Mentorship with Raïna von Waldenburg at SFU

• Jan-April 2014: Movement Teacher Mentorship with Brad Gibson at Studio 58

• 2012-13: Movement Teacher Mentorship with Catherine Lee, Kathleen McDonagh, Brad Gibson @ Studio 58, & David MacMurray Smith @ Douglas College

• 2007: PUSH Assembly, International Performing Arts Festival

• 2005: Performance Creation Canada: A New Ecology for Performance

• 2004: Magnetic North Festival, Edmonton

• 2002: Making a Scene, Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance

• 2000, 2005: High Performance Rodeo, One Yellow Rabbit, Calgary

• 1997: Performance Matters – A Forum on the Lively Arts, UBC

• 1996: Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, UBC

• 1996, 1999, 2000: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland

Claire has received competitive Scholarships, Awards, Fellowships, and Research Grants including:

President's Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award (2020-2023), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship (2015-2019), UBC Four Year Fellowship (2015-19), Faculty of Arts Graduate Award (2014, 2018, 2020, 2022), Public Scholars Fellowship (2016, 2017), Mr. and Mrs. G E Poole Award (2016), Errol Durbach Graduate Scholarship in Theatre (2014), U Alberta Master of Fine Arts/ Master of Design Scholarship (1998-2000), Canadian Federation of University Women Professional Fellowship (1999), Arts Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent (ArtsFACT) Grant (1998, 1999), Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Student Award (2000), UBC President's Entrance Scholarship (1990-1995), Clark McLaughlin Memorial Scholarship (1994), Ann Munton Memorial Scholarship in English (1995), Governor General’s Bronze Award (1990), Citizenship Award (1990), French Immersion Award (1990), Drama Award (1990), VanFest Best Actress Award (1989), and Passport to Education and Provincial Exams Scholarship (1990).

Claire has written and received theatre grants from:

The BC Arts Council, BC Gaming, The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation, The Vancouver Foundation, and Canada Council for the Arts.