2025
Presenter • June 2025
Play Spaces and Makeshops, ACCUTE Conference
Congress, Toronto
Presenter • June 2025
Labour Panel, CCA Conference
Presenter • June 2025
Motherhood Panel, CCA Conference
Presenter • April 2025
Olive: Creative Writing Panel, Popular Culture Association
Presenter • April 2025
Cuddle, Converse, Care: Eros Panel, Popular Culture Association
Invited Lecturer • March 2025
Anora’s Moment, Carleton University
Invited Course Speaker • March 2025
School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
Invited Course Speaker • March 2025
Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology, University of Toronto
Organizer • February 2025
Sister Writes Coffee Shop, Bloor Gladstone Library
Presenter • February 2025
Let’s Talk About Sex, TMU Series
Past
Co-host • November 12, 2024
White Wall Review 52 & 53 launch
Burdock, Toronto
Organizer • Fall 2024
Sister Writes Coffee Shop
Bloor-Gladstone Library, Toronto
Book Launch • November 2024
Launch of Sex Work in Popular Culture
Clubhouse Social, Toronto
Presenter • June 2024
“A Job and I Like it: Popular Culture’s Webcam Model.”
Canadian Communications Association, Congress
Workshop Organizer • Fall & Winter 2024
Sister Writes Coffee Shop
Bloor Gladstone Library, Toronto
Workshop Organizer • Summer 2024
Sister Writes Coffee Shop
Bloor Gladstone Library, Toronto
Winner • 2024
Service Award
Faculty of Arts, TMU
Co-host • November 12, 2024
White Wall Review 52 & 53 launch
Burdock, Toronto
Organizer • Fall 2024
Sister Writes Coffee Shop
Bloor-Gladstone Library, Toronto
Book Launch • November 2024
Launch of Sex Work in Popular Culture
Clubhouse Social, Toronto
Presenter • June 2024
“A Job and I Like it: Popular Culture’s Webcam Model.”
Canadian Communications Association, Congress
Workshop Organizer • Fall & Winter 2024
Sister Writes Coffee Shop
Bloor Gladstone Library, Toronto
Workshop Organizer • Summer 2024
Sister Writes Coffee Shop
Bloor Gladstone Library, Toronto
Winner • 2024
Service Award
Faculty of Arts, TMU
Presenter • June 2023
Canadian Communications Association
Organizer • Winter 2023
Sister Writes Coffee Shop, Bloor-Gladstone Library
Organizer/co-host • March 2023
White Wall Review 51 launch, Burdock, Toronto
Organizer • Summer 2023
Sister Writes Coffee Shop, Bloor-Gladstone Library
Organizer • Fall 2023
Sister Writes Coffee Shop, Bloor-Gladstone Library
Co-Organizer • October, 2022
Crafting Community: A Symposium, Toronto Metropolitan University
Interviewer • October 2, 2022
Presenter • October 19, 2022
Organizer facilitator • Fall 2022
Sister Writes
“Community Creative Writing as Participatory Action for Social Change.”
Guest, ENG230, TMU
Presenter • June 6, 2022
Canadian Communications Association Conference
Presenter • March 20, 2022
Society of Media and Cinema Studies Conference
Presenter • June 2, 2021
“Popular Culture’s New Sex Worker as Entrepreneur and Care Worker.”
Popular Culture Association Conference
Presenter, • June 3, 2021
“The Work Issue: A Case of Storytelling as Community Action.”
Canadian Communications Association Conference
Presenter • March 20, 2021
“Showing the Work of Sex Work in American Documentary.”
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference
Co-facilitator • 2021
Sister Writes, Zoom Sessions
Guest lecturer • March 13, 2021
“A History of Little Magazines.” ENG910, TMU.
Presenter • February 5, 2021
Creative Writing Online in Canada Colloquium
Presenter • February 10, 2021
“Community Programs in COVID-19.”
Faculty of Arts, TMU
Co-host • February 11, 2021
White Wall Review 50 launch
Reader • December 14, 2020
The New Spice Box: Launch, Toronto
Presenter • March 13, 2020
Sister Writes: The Work Issue for IWD, Toronto
Winner • June 2020
New Faculty Teaching Award, TMU
Interviewer • March 5, 2020
Free School: Rethinking the Archives, TMU
Interviewer • November 20, 2019
Toronto Trailblazers: With Ruth Panofsky, Ben McNally Books, Toronto
Host and Editor • November 19, 2019
Host and Editor • October 23, 2019
Presenter • October 22, 2019 • Ryerson University
Presenter • June 20, 2019
“Building a Community Creative Writing Program,” The Arts in Society Conference, Lisbon
Winner • October, 2019
Victoria College Emerging Leader Award
Presenter • June 7, 2019
“A New Sex Worker in Popular Culture.”
Canadian Communications Association, Congress, UBC
Keynote speaker • May 25, 2019
Toronto Public Library Great Books Series – The Happy Hooker
Host • January 22, 2019 • Me to We Centre, Toronto
Facilitator/mentor • Fall 2018
Sister Writes at Jessie’s, The June Callwood Centre
Speaker and Host • March 8, 2018
Women’s Words: Creative Writing Showcase, Bloor Gladstone Library
Winner • 2018
Arts Bridges Award for Achivement in Community Arts
Presenter • November 17, 2018
From Pen to Paper Conference: Building a Career in Writing
Co-faciliator • Winter 2018
Guest Author • March 20, 2018
Maggie’s Sex Workers Outreach Project
Speaker • March 9, 2018
University of Toronto MA in Creative Writing
Keynote Speaker • March 8, 2018
University of Toronto, Students for Social Change Conference
Host • December 8, 2017
Sister Writes Launch, Bloor Gladstone Library
Guest lecturer • May 2, 2017
Summer Research Institute, Victoria College
Guest Lecturer • November 20, 2017
Literatures of Modernity Program, TMU
Guest Author • February 8, 2017
Jessie’s Centre for Teen Moms, Toronto
Host • January 14, 2017
Sister Writes launch, Toronto
Instructor • Winter 2016
CENG505 Creative Writing, Ryerson University
Lead facilitator • Winter 2016
Sister Writes, Bloor-Gladstone Library
Facilitator • Fall 2016
Sister Writes in the Community Program
The 519 Community Centre, Toronto
Instructor • Winter 2015
CENG505 Creative Writing, TMU
Organizer and Guest Author • October 16, 2015
OUT LOUD! Conference, Glad Day Bookstore, Toronto
Facilitator • Fall 2015
Sister Writes, Toronto
Instructor • Summer 2015
CENG505 Creative Writing, TMU
Facilitator • Winter 2015
Sister Writes, Toronto
Guest Writer • November 24, 2014 • Toronto Reference Library
Toronto Writer’s Group
Instructor • Winter 2014 • Ryerson University
CENG505 Creative Writing
June 5, 2014 • Bloor Gladstone Library
Sister Writes launch
Instructor • Spring and Summer 2014 • Ryerson University
CENG505 Creative Writing
Lead Facilitator • January 2014 • Toronto
Sister Writes Program, sixth session
Host • May 2013
Sister Writes Launch, • Bloor-Gladstone Library
Judge • April 2013
Fiction Contest, Hart House Literary Competition
Judge • April 2013
Fiction Contest, University of Toronto Magazine
Judge • April 2013
Haiku Contest, TMU
Workshop Leader • Winter 2013
Sister Writes, Toronto Public Library
Instructor • Winter 2013
ENG505 Creative Writing, TMU
December 2012
Young Authors Project Finalist for Ontario Minister’s Award for Innovation in Arts
Lead Artist • Fall 2012
Generations of Writers Project, Paris, ON
Judge • September 21, 2012
Broken Pencil Novel Pitch contest at Canzine, Toronto
Lead Facilitator • September 2012 • Toronto
Sister Writes Program, fifth session
Guest Author • August 8, 2012
“Literature for Our Time” (ENG140Y), University of Toronto
Guest Author • April 19, 2012
“Keep Toronto Reading,” Toronto Public Library
Mentor • Spring 2012
Disapora Dialogues Program, Toronto
Guest Author • March 20, 2012
Parkdale Street Writers, Toronto
March 16, 2012
U.S edition of Where We Have to Go published
Host • October 25, 2011
International Festival of Authors, Toronto
Canada Council Writer-in-Residence, June 2011-June 2012
County of Brant Public Library
Reader • June 2, 2011
THIS Magazine’s 45th Anniversary Launch, Toronto
Guest Author • February 11, 2011
“Literatures of Immigration” graduate course, TMU
Reader • February 2, 2011
Rower’s Pub Reading Series, Toronto
Lead Facilitator • Winter–Spring, 2011
Young Authors Project, Paris, ON
Host • October 29, 2010
International Festival of Authors, Toronto
Reader • October 5, 2010
Toronto Public Library, Toronto Book Awards Shortlist
Reader • July 21, 2010
Diaspora Dialogue Youth Workshops Showcase, Toronto
Guest Author • April 14, 2010
Diaspora Dialogue Youth Workshops Showcase, Toronto
The Rosedale School, Toronto
Diaspora Dialogue Youth Workshops Showcase, Toronto
Co-facilitator • Winter 2010
Neighbourhood Diaries Project, w/Harbourfront Centre
Reader • September 26, 2010
Word on the Street, City of Toronto Book Award Tent
Guest Author • May 2, 2010
Royal St. George Academy, Toronto
Guest Author • April 20, 2010
I CARE Festival, Sir Robert Borden BTI Secondary School, Scarborough, ON
Reading • April 15 & 16, 2010
L3 Writer’s Conference, Barrie, ON
Host • April 8, 2010
Sister Writes “Roots to Branches” launch, Bloor-Gladstone Library
Reader • March 25, 2010
The Eh List Reading Series, Barbara Frum Library, Toronto
Reader • March 5, 2010
Diaspora Diaogues Writers Showcase, Walter Stewart Library
Keynote Speaker • February 28, 2010
One Book, One Brant, Paris Public Library
Reader • February 24, 2010
The Box: a Mixed Cultural Salon, The Rivoli, Toronto
Reader • February 12, 2010
Vagabond Trust Series, This Ain’t the Rosedale Library, Toronto
Reader • January 28, 2010
Avalon Woods Book Club, Toronto
Reader • January 27, 2010
Kama Literary, Hyatt Hotel, Toronto
Reader • December 2, 2009
Pivot Reading Series at the Press Lounge, Toronto
Reader • November 24, 2009
Free Speech Reading Series, Tinto Coffee House, Toronto
Reader • November 12, 2009
Art Bar Reading Series, Toronto
Signing • November 19, 2009
Ben McNally Books, Toronto
Signing • November 19, 2009
Guest Author • November 5, 2009
Writer’s Trust of Canada Gala, Toronto
Reader • November 3, 2009
IFOA Ontario, Midland, ON
Reader • November 1, 2009
Toronto Jewish Book Fair, Toronto
Roundtable discussant • October 23, 2009
The Peep Show, The International Festival of Authors, Toronto
Reader • October 27, 2009
The International Festival of Authors
Reader • September 27, 2009
Word on the Street, Toronto
Reader • September 22, 2009
Winnipeg International Writers Festival, Winnipeg, MB
Reader • September 20, 2009
Words Alive Festival reading, Sharon, ON
Electronic Writer-in-Residence • July 2009
Open Book Toronto
Launch Party • June 22, 2009
Where We Have to Go launch presented by This is Not a Reading Series (TINARS)
Reading • October 24, 2008
International Festival of Authors, Toronto
Reading • May 28, 2008
Victoria College Reunion, University of Toronto
Reader • October 16, 2007
Hart House Review launch, Toronto