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Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Reporting on the biometrics and digital identity sectors for leading industry publication. Covering identity verification and authentication, AI, deepfakes, identity theft, financial fraud, age assurance, mobile and digital credentials, digital wallets, and global regulation on AI and digital identity.

Toronto

Tech journalism, news briefs, digital storytelling, web and mobile copy, SEO, interactive media, social content and everything else. Currently writing for Biometric Update. Award-winning documentaries for CBC and Discovery. Bylines in The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, Canada's History, more. Corporate work for clients including Brunico, Deep Inc., ISSD, more. Debut short fiction collection, DIFFERENT BEASTS (2019), published by Goose Lane Editions. Debut novel FALSE BODIES coming 2024 from… Show more Tech journalism, news briefs, digital storytelling, web and mobile copy, SEO, interactive media, social content and everything else. Currently writing for Biometric Update. Award-winning documentaries for CBC and Discovery. Bylines in The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, Canada's History, more. Corporate work for clients including Brunico, Deep Inc., ISSD, more. Debut short fiction collection, DIFFERENT BEASTS (2019), published by Goose Lane Editions. Debut novel FALSE BODIES coming 2024 from Breakwater Books. Words for any and all occasions. Show less

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Research on Holocaust survivors in prep for VR interview shoots.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Interviewing famous wrestlers for the documentary series, Dark Side of the Ring.

Toronto, Canada Area

Planning, launch and editorial oversight of Root & STEM, a magazine for educators. Lead on content strategy, editorial direction, and execution. Inaugural issue nominated for a National Magazine Award (Issue Grand Prix).

Toronto, Canada Area

Teaching Fiction and Non-Fiction Narratives as part of Film and Media Studies' Cross-Platform program. Showing students cool stuff, to help them dream.

Mississauga, On

Helping Ontario's largest community hospital connect staff, patients and community members through digital technology.

Toronto, Canada Area

Teaching Digital Storytelling (CMPW 710) as part of the Professional Writing program at the Story Arts Centre. We explore how to use the power of storytelling to engage people in a digital culture.

Toronto, Canada Area

Working through the Transmedia Zone at TMU to incubate Lichen, a project exploring environmental education through Augmented Reality.

Toronto, On

Director of Digital for a revolutionary 360 cinematic experience engaging Canadians for Canada 150. Lead producer on the interactive Virtual Reality app, MERIDIAN. Leadership, strategic planning, narrative and brand development, budgeting, production and direction on interactive digital components of a $12.5m Canada 150 Signature Project exploring how creativity shapes Canada’s land and people. • MERIDIAN VR – Mobile app featuring five original, interactive VR stories about Canadian… Show more Director of Digital for a revolutionary 360 cinematic experience engaging Canadians for Canada 150. Lead producer on the interactive Virtual Reality app, MERIDIAN. Leadership, strategic planning, narrative and brand development, budgeting, production and direction on interactive digital components of a $12.5m Canada 150 Signature Project exploring how creativity shapes Canada’s land and people. • MERIDIAN VR – Mobile app featuring five original, interactive VR stories about Canadian artist/creators shaping their world through creativity. For Cardboard, Gear VR and Oculus Rift. Featuring A Tribe Called Red, Hani al Moulia, loscil, more. 10,000+ downloads. Content toured Canada and the world in 2017. Concept design, curation, production, director (1 segment).• Meet Your SESQUATCH – Interactive WebGL quiz. Walk with a virtual Sesquatch across a “little planet” and answer questions to change its look, movement and environment. Share and compare on social media. Featuring contributions from noted Canadians including David Suzuki, Elaine Lui, Susan Aglukark. • Sesqui.ca – Project website, including SESQUI Learning Hub, tour schedule, programming information, interactive experience, online programme, etc. Show less

Toronto, On

Pioneering Canadian media company specializing in documentary film, television and digital media exploring the intersection of landscape and culture, including the award-winning National Parks Project (NPP). With a history in online publishing, digital distribution and production for broadcast, theatrical, Web-based and mobile media, FilmCAN showcases the natural beauty, cultural diversity and rich history of Canada on screens of all sizes. I WAS BORN THERE (documentary short… Show more Pioneering Canadian media company specializing in documentary film, television and digital media exploring the intersection of landscape and culture, including the award-winning National Parks Project (NPP). With a history in online publishing, digital distribution and production for broadcast, theatrical, Web-based and mobile media, FilmCAN showcases the natural beauty, cultural diversity and rich history of Canada on screens of all sizes. I WAS BORN THERE (documentary short, 2015)Film installation in the Illusuak Cultural Centre in Nain, Labrador, created to celebrate the culture and history of the Labrador Inuit. BEYOND THE HORIZON (documentary short, 2015)Short film about the discovery and excavation of artifacts from the wreck of the HMS Erebus. Official selection, TIFF 2015. NORTHWORDS (documentary/interactive/e-book 2012)Broadcast Documentary: Winner, Best Documentary, Banff International Pilots Competition. Official Selection, Planet In Focus THE NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT (TV/film/music/interactive, 2011)TV Series, 13 x 30min, narrated by Gord Downie, Discovery Canada / Short Film Collection x 13 / www.nationalparksproject.ca - Winner, Gemini Award, Best Arts Documentary Series (Discovery Channel series)- Nominated, International Documentary Awards, Best Limited Series- Winner, Genie Award, Best Short Documentary ("Sirmilik," dir. Zacharias Kunuk)- Winner, Atomic Award, Best Transmedia- FWA Site of the Day - Finalist, SXSW Interactive Awards, Best Art Interactive- Nominated, Banff World Media Awards, Cross-Platform Project: Non-Fiction- Nominated, Gemini Award, Best Cross-Platform Project: Non-Fiction- Nominated, Digi Award, Best Cross-Platform Project: Non-Fiction- Screenings at Berlinale, SXSW, Hot Docs, MoMA (New York), DOXA, Possible Worlds (Sydney), Reykjavik IFF, Nouveau Cinema (Montreal), more.NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT: GROS MORNE (creative documentary, 2009) - Official Selection, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Hot Docs Show less

Toronto, On

Documentaries on science and nature.MISSION ASTEROID (broadcast doc, 2014) Aired on CBC Doc Zone in April 2014 to an audience of over 500,000 people. CSA nomination, Best Science or Nature Documentary. International Sales through Entertainment One. Narrated by Ann-Marie MacDonald (Canada), David Cronenberg (Int'l).

Toronto, Canada Area

Curation of the program for the 10th annual Planet In Focus International Environmental Film and Video Festival in Toronto. Duties include screening and selecting films, designing and organizing panel discussions, consulting on sponsor partnerships, writing program notes for the festival catalogue and liaising with guests.

Toronto, Canada Area

Film/music critic and entertainment reporter for the print arm of a national, youth-targeted daily commuter magazine/online hub and lifestyle brand, from startup to closure.

Bachelor Of Arts, Honours, English Literature

Toronto Cultural Leaders Lab, Leadership And Cultural Ecolology

Selected as one of 18 fellows participating the the inaugural partnership program between the Toronto Arts Council and the Banff Centre.

Tiff Studio, Film Production

Selected as one of 16 mid-career producers to participate in TIFF's inagural STUDIO program, a year-long comprehensive training course.

Media Production

Selected as a Bell Media Fellow to attend the Banff World Media Festival and Conference, 2012.

Transmedia

Incubating the Augmented Reality app, Lichen.