Youth & Community Engagements

Workshops

Customized workshops for organizations.

Teaching & coaching

Artist mentorship, poetry workshop facilitation, slam team coaching, guest lecturing, teaching and coaching.

Host & MC

Hire me to Host or MC your event. Available for ceremonies, conferences, team building events, and more!

Work with me

Previous workshops

Poetry & Activism
Consent-Building Writing
Food, Culture, and Diaspora Workshop
Survivor Focused Writing
Gender Identity Writing
Intro to Spoken Word
Mental Health Writing Workshops
Environmental Justice & Poetry

Past coaching & teaching engagements

  
    Guest Lecturer
    Poetry and Activism (McMaster University, Dr. Marcus Syrus Ware)
    November 2022
  
    Guest Lecturer
    Poetry and The Body (OCAD University, Ian Keteku)
    March 2022
  
    Artist Mentor
    JAYU: Arts and Social Justice Anti-Racism Online Residency
    2021-2022
  
    Artist Mentor
    Workman Arts Mentors in Residence Program
    2021-2022
  
    Artist Mentor
    Workman Arts Disabled Resurgence Program
    2021-2022
  
    Artist Mentor
    Soul Pepper Theatre
    2021
  
    Artist Mentor
    Workman Arts
    2021
  
    Queer Summit Youth Poetry Workshop Facilitator
    Lakeshore Arts
    2018-2021
  
    Louder Than a Bomb Slam Team Coach
    East York Collegiate Institute
    2018-2020
  
    College Union Poetry Slam Invitational Slam Team Coach
    Ryerson Poetic Exchange
    2017-2020
  
    Youth Spoken Word Workshop Facilitator
    CANVAS and SKETCH
    2016-2018

Coaching

Coach & Program Manager (Louder Than A Bomb Toronto)
Toronto Poetry Slam Team (Canadian Festival of Spoken Word Champions)
Coach (Toronto Metropolitan University)

Artist Rates

Performance Fees

$150 - $300 (travel dependant)
$250 - $400 (travel dependant)
$300 - $500 (travel dependant)
$700 - $1000
$1000 - $2000

Workshop Fees

$250 - $500
$500 - $700
$700 - $1000

Funding Opportunities

The Poets In Schools Program covers workshop fees from $250 - $500 for an hour to full day of programming. Click here for availability.
Ontario Writer’s in School’s program supports $300 in funding for teachers to have me lead a workshop or perform, applications can be found here.
Through the Poets In Schools program, you can hire me to perform once a year, or two zoom sessions a year. Make an account and request me here.