PROJECTS
Co-founder & Project Director
Textile (formerly Textile Magazine) is a hyper-local arts collective in Waterloo Region, Ontario. Launched in 2019, Textile works with emerging writers and artists, with a focus on supporting historically excluded and marginalized groups through a social practice that includes publishing, mentorship, curation, and residencies.
The Creek Collective was founded in the summer of 2023 during Inter Arts Matrix’s “A Hole in the Ground” artist residencies by multimedia environmental artists Deborah Carruthers and Syd Lancaster, along with place-based nonfiction writer Geoff Martin. They discovered a shared fascination with Schneider Creek and invited other local artists to join the Collective to develop community-focused programming around Schneider Creek in 2024.
Advisory Committee member
The ACB Network of Waterloo Region is a grassroots initiative forged by Black leaders to confront systemic oppression and build community power. The network engages in systems-level advocacy and organizing, challenging structural barriers and racial inequities faced by the Black community in Waterloo Region. Through collective action, the Network aims to dismantle oppressive systems and create pathways for Black liberation and self-determination.
Collaborator, informant, advisor (archived)
Into the Light: Living Histories of Oppression and Education in Canada is a project led by Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice at the University of Guelph. This initiative explores the nuanced histories of oppression and education in Canada, aiming to shed light on these critical issues through artistic and social justice lenses.
Project Facilitator & Co-chair (archived)
In partnership with the Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program (MAREP), the Young Carers Project of WR was a community collaborative aimed at educating the public about the existence and needs of young carers and motivating community action. Using a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach, this joint project co-created three key knowledge mobilization products: the By Us For Us© "Support Matters" guidebook, an online resource, and a documentary, which were shared with researchers, policy-makers, and advocates internationally.