PROJECTS
co-founder & co-director
Textile (formerly Textile Magazine) is a hyper-local arts collective supporting writers and artists with connections to Waterloo Region, Ontario, particularly those from historically excluded and marginalized groups.
Our scope of practice includes publishing, mentorship, curation, and residencies. We’re drawn to projects that are grounded in urgent questions animating our communities, and creative work that (re)imagines public memory.
Stay in touch via Instagram: @textilemag__ and our newsletter, here.
Our scope of practice includes publishing, mentorship, curation, and residencies. We’re drawn to projects that are grounded in urgent questions animating our communities, and creative work that (re)imagines public memory.
Stay in touch via Instagram: @textilemag__ and our newsletter, here.
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.
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 was a project led by Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice at the University of Guelph. This initiative explored the nuanced histories of oppression and education in Canada, shedding 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.