SPEAKING APPEARANCES & PRESENTATIONS
MAINSTREAMING MARGINALIZED VOICES for Storyworld at Catalyst Festival Duluth, Minnesota 2019
CENTERING VOICES FROM THE MARGINS & MAINSTREAMING UNDERSERVED AUDIENCES Storyworld 3.0 L.A. 2018
INTERACT: TV ON THE WEB (Special Speaker) Interactive Ontario 2014
GAME-CHANGERS: NEW VENTURES IN DISTRIBUTION Ontario Writer’s Conference Ajax, Ontario 2014
Speaker at Masters of Digital Media, Centre of Digital Media, University of BC on the topic Transmedia in Toronto 2012
WELCOME Second Global Transmedia Meetup of Meetups at Storyworld Los Angeles 2012
READ AT OWN RISK: EMERGENT NARRATIVE FORMS & WATTPAD Transmedia 101 2012
THE KARADA presented at Storyworld‘s Inproduction Showcase San Francisco 2011
GUEST LECTURER
PARTICIPATORY FICTION for Experimental/Interactive creative writing classes OCADU 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 & 2019
TRANSMEDIA for Advanced Television Writing & Transmedia class York University 2013
EXPANDING NARRATIVE: TRANSMEDIA/ARGS for Experimental Writing class OCADU 2010
METAPHOR for Creative Writing One class OCADU 2010
FROM CONCEPT TO TEAR DOWN for Professional Practice OCAD 2009
URBAN ART & ADVERTISING, BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY for OCAD 2008
SPECIAL GUEST/GUEST SPEAKER
Launch Announcement Party of OCADU’s Creative Writing BFA, DFI Lounge, OCADU 2017
TranVergence Summit’s Storyhackathon Los Angeles 2013
Town Hall Meeting, Transmedia LA Los Angeles 2013
Guidestone’s Meetup 2012
PANELIST
DIGITAL MARKETING: A CAMPAIGN BEYOND A POST Ontario Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Toronto 2018
WE’RE BROADS, THEY’RE CHICKS, LET’S MAKE CHANGE! (Webinar) 2015
DRIVE PEOPLE TO YOUR WEBSERIES (Webinar) by Conducttr 2015
WEB SERIES IP Program Centennial College 2014
THE BUSINESS OF TRANSMEDIA CANADA Transmedia LA Los Angeles 2013
THE BIG TALK OCADU 2012
THE ROLE OF THE ART CRITIC ArtSPEAK Series Gallery 1313 2007
MODERATOR
Q&A sessions for TO WebFest 2017 for the following screenings:
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- HOPE & STRUGGLE
- PIQUED MY INTEREST
- UNIQUE & UNUSUAL
SO YOU WANT TO CROWDFUND TO Webfest 2014
BUILDING A BUSINESS MODEL FOR WEB SERIES Playback Summit 2014
CANUCK WEBSERIES SHOWCASE Merging Media 2013 Vancouver 2013
X-COLLABORATION + OTHER CO-CREATIVE SYNERGIES Merging Media 2012 Vancouver 2012
FROM PLAYER TO PUPPET MASTER ARGFest 2012
INVITED HOST/FACILITATOR
SCREENING OF BEAT GIRL PREMIER Merging Media 2013 Vancouver 2013
NOT SO FRIENDLY FAMILY HOUR (Co-Host) Social Media Week with the IWCC 2013
STORY THIS! (Story/Performance Workshop Facilitator) DIY Days RYERSON University 2013
