Curriculum Vitae
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Education
2018 - 2020
2014 - 2018
2014 - 2018
MSc Planning | University of Toronto - Department of Geography & Planning
BA Social Theory & Practice and French & Francophone Studies (highest honors with distinction) | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
BA Social Theory & Practice and French & Francophone Studies (highest honors with distinction) | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Books
November 2023
December 2022
December 2022
Morning Poems (San Press)
COUNTER-MAP: A Poetics of Place (Reflex Urbanism)
COUNTER-MAP: A Poetics of Place (Reflex Urbanism)
Published Literary Work (poems & stories)
December 2023
November 2023
August 2023
May 2023
June 2021
March 2021
February 2021
January 202
Eye of Water (self-published zine)
Associations v.1 (self-published zine)
Void (The Blasted Tree)
Nest (Vallum: Contemporary Poetry, 20:1)
rāz dār am (self-published zine)
LAID BARE (Toronto Int’l Festival of Authors)
A Mourner’s Lesson on Living (QT Literary Magazine)
Tense III: Nightwalkers (from Light in Three Tenses) (QUEER.ARCHIVE.WORK)
Published Essays and Criticism (articles & chapters)
June 2024
April 2024
May 2023
February 2023
September 2022
September 2020
May 2019
April 2024
May 2023
February 2023
September 2022
September 2020
May 2019
The Image of All Matter: Alchemical Methodology in the Photograms of Danielle Goshay (Peripheral Review)
Review: “Foggy” -- Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & the Archive (C Mag)
The Question of Planning: Transformation, Abolition and Queer Space (PM Press)
Infrastructure, landscape, modernism: the short films of Juan José Pereira (Pleasure Dome)
Sitting in the chair: a response to Noor Khan’s SABIREEN (The Asian Canadian Living Archive)
Vernacular Culture in the Social Economy: Zines, Queers, and Economic Democracy (The Progressive City)
Reinventing Segregation in Northern California: An Interview with Alex Schafran (Metropolitics)
Review: “Foggy” -- Palestine Solidarity, Cinema & the Archive (C Mag)
The Question of Planning: Transformation, Abolition and Queer Space (PM Press)
Infrastructure, landscape, modernism: the short films of Juan José Pereira (Pleasure Dome)
Sitting in the chair: a response to Noor Khan’s SABIREEN (The Asian Canadian Living Archive)
Vernacular Culture in the Social Economy: Zines, Queers, and Economic Democracy (The Progressive City)
Reinventing Segregation in Northern California: An Interview with Alex Schafran (Metropolitics)
Exhibitions
February 2022
August 2021
May 2018
August 2021
May 2018
Indelible Discards (group) | Curated by Bunker 2 at XPACE
CUE Annual Art Show (group) | Curated by CUE Art Projects
Locating Belleville (solo) | Self-Curated at University of Michigan
CUE Annual Art Show (group) | Curated by CUE Art Projects
Locating Belleville (solo) | Self-Curated at University of Michigan
Curatorial & Community Projects
September 2022 - April 2023
March 2023
September 2022
June - August 2022
April 2022
March 2022
March 2021
September 2020
September 2017 - May 2018
March 2023
September 2022
June - August 2022
April 2022
March 2022
March 2021
September 2020
September 2017 - May 2018
Programming Coordinator @ Images Festival
Selection Committee @ Toronto Queer Film Festival
Collective Member @ Bricks & Glitter
Events Coordinator, @ mages Festival
Organizer and Moderator @ Place-Based Practices Roundtable
Selection Committee and Content Writer @ Toronto Queer Film Festival
Selection Committee @ Toronto Queer Film Festival
Collective Member @ Bricks & Glitter
Collective Member @ RADFUN
Selection Committee @ Toronto Queer Film Festival
Collective Member @ Bricks & Glitter
Events Coordinator, @ mages Festival
Organizer and Moderator @ Place-Based Practices Roundtable
Selection Committee and Content Writer @ Toronto Queer Film Festival
Selection Committee @ Toronto Queer Film Festival
Collective Member @ Bricks & Glitter
Collective Member @ RADFUN
Workshops
July 2023
July 2022
April 2022
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
September 2020
May 2019
May 2018
July 2022
April 2022
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
September 2020
May 2019
May 2018
Poetics of Place @ Mildred’s Lane
Poetics of Place @ countermap.land (Partners: Trinity Square Video & Digital Justice Lab)
Dyeing & Printing on Textiles (4 workshops) @ Textile Museum of Canada (Partners: University Settlement, Scadding Court Community Centre)
Community Power Mapping @ Tamil Archive Project
Community Power Mapping @ Unit 2
Place-Making and Mapping Beyond Binaries @ InterAccess Vector Festival
Community Power Mapping @ Bricks & Glitter
Community Power Mapping @ Unit 2
Locating Belleville: Curating Research @ University of Michigan
Poetics of Place @ countermap.land (Partners: Trinity Square Video & Digital Justice Lab)
Dyeing & Printing on Textiles (4 workshops) @ Textile Museum of Canada (Partners: University Settlement, Scadding Court Community Centre)
Community Power Mapping @ Tamil Archive Project
Community Power Mapping @ Unit 2
Place-Making and Mapping Beyond Binaries @ InterAccess Vector Festival
Community Power Mapping @ Bricks & Glitter
Community Power Mapping @ Unit 2
Locating Belleville: Curating Research @ University of Michigan
Classes
January - April 2023
September - December 2020
September 2017 - present
January - April 2023
September - December 2020
September 2017 - present
Poetics of Place (private classes)
Queer Geographies of the Greater Toronto Area (U. Toronto)
French (private classes)
Panels
November 2021
October 2020
October 2020
Future of the Festival in Crisis (panel), Reel Asian
This Space: Lessons from the Landscape, ArtsPond
This Space: Lessons from the Landscape, ArtsPond
Grants & Awards
September 2022
April 2021
March 2021
December 2020
November 2019
April 2018
April 2021
March 2021
December 2020
November 2019
April 2018
Professional Development for Artists, Canada Council for Arts
Career Catalyst, Ontario Arts Council
1st Prize, Power to the Poets Competition, Power Plant Gallery & Toronto Int’l Festival of Authors
Artists on the Margins Award, CUE Art Projects
Innovation Award, Planning Alumni Committee - University of Toronto
Cornerstone Award, Spectrum Centre - University of Michigan
Career Catalyst, Ontario Arts Council
1st Prize, Power to the Poets Competition, Power Plant Gallery & Toronto Int’l Festival of Authors
Artists on the Margins Award, CUE Art Projects
Innovation Award, Planning Alumni Committee - University of Toronto
Cornerstone Award, Spectrum Centre - University of Michigan
Residencies & Fellowships
May - December 2024
March - May 2024
April - October 2023
September 2021 - December 2022
April 2021 - April 2022
June - August 2020
Continuing Education
January 2024 - present
June 2023 - present
May 2024
September - December 2023
September - November 2023
July - August 2023
November 2021
November 2021
April - June 2021
March - May 2024
April - October 2023
September 2021 - December 2022
April 2021 - April 2022
June - August 2020
Continuing Education
January 2024 - present
June 2023 - present
May 2024
September - December 2023
September - November 2023
July - August 2023
November 2021
November 2021
April - June 2021
Research Fellowship @ Center for Book Arts
Intelligent Terrain @ Ferme Lanthorn & UKAI Projects
Poetics of Synthetic Language Residency @ UKAI Projects (Toronto & Milan)
Virtual Grounds @ Trinity Square Video & Digital Justice Lab (Toronto)
Next Up Leaders Lab @ SKETCH Working Arts
DiasporAsian Futures @ The Asian Canadian Archive Project
Publishing Certificate Program @ Chang School of Continuing Education, Toronto Metropolitan University
Image-Text Workshop @ Downtown Writers’ Center
Trick Methods @ Poetry Project
Modern American Poetry @ Kelly Writers’ House, U.Penn
Traduction Poétique @ Dr. Nadia Bongo
Like Dreamers Do @ Poetry Project
The Imaginary and the Synchronous: the Self in Video Performance @ Trinity Square Video
Intro to Premier Pro CC @ Trinity Square Video
Colour Theory & Pattern Design @ Toronto School of Art
Intelligent Terrain @ Ferme Lanthorn & UKAI Projects
Poetics of Synthetic Language Residency @ UKAI Projects (Toronto & Milan)
Virtual Grounds @ Trinity Square Video & Digital Justice Lab (Toronto)
Next Up Leaders Lab @ SKETCH Working Arts
DiasporAsian Futures @ The Asian Canadian Archive Project
Publishing Certificate Program @ Chang School of Continuing Education, Toronto Metropolitan University
Image-Text Workshop @ Downtown Writers’ Center
Trick Methods @ Poetry Project
Modern American Poetry @ Kelly Writers’ House, U.Penn
Traduction Poétique @ Dr. Nadia Bongo
Like Dreamers Do @ Poetry Project
The Imaginary and the Synchronous: the Self in Video Performance @ Trinity Square Video
Intro to Premier Pro CC @ Trinity Square Video
Colour Theory & Pattern Design @ Toronto School of Art