Curriculum Vitae
Books:
2022 Griot: Six Writers Soujourn into the Dark. ed. Whitney French, PRHC.
2019 Black Writing Matters. ed. Whitney French, University of Regina Press.
2017 Face Full of Atmo. Self Published.
2012 3 Cities: Poems. Self Published.
Additional Publications:
“Accept, Embrace, Invite Change: A Case for Facilitation Guided by Octavia E. Butler’s Parable Series.” Toil, for Laughter: Black Women & Work ed. Ezi Odozor, forthcoming 2023.
“lingua franca in diaspora.” FIYAH Magazine: Literary Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, Food and Cuisine Issue #23 ed. Davaun Sanders, Summer 2022.
“when our babies survive, they’ll say” and “the currency is in the collective”. Carousel Magazine, Special Issue: Afrofuturism + Indigenousfuturisms, ed. Terese Mason Pierre and Molly Cross-Blanchard, December 2021.
“Rhizome Home”. WATER Magazine: Issue 02, October 2020.
“mare&me”. The Ex-Puritan, Special Issue: Alkebulan Mixtape, ed. Ian Keteku, October 2020, online.
“long night”. ARC Poetry Magazine: Issue 92, Summer 2020, 86.
“Soft body tidalectics”. Watch Your Head: Writers & Artists Respond To The Climate Crisis, ed. Kathryn Mockler, 2020, 69-70.
“Glass”. Black Notes: Anthology of African Canadian Women in Fiction, ed. Althea Prince, 2018, 60-69.
“Want to be a successful Black writer in Canada? Whitney French has advice for you”. CBC Books, column, February 2018, online.
“Golden Days Astray”. Commissioned poem for the Varley Art Gallery Inscape Exhibit, January 2018.
“Community is the Curriculum: Holding Space for Black Writers”. WRITE Magazine, ed. Cherie Dimaline, November 2017.
“The Helpless Act of Editing”. The Town Crier, ed. Canisia Lubrin, Sept 2017, online.
“Examining the Root of Cultural Appropriation”. (Reprint) Geist Magazine No. 105, Summer 2017, 52-53.
“Dance Like All Your Selves Are Watching: Ronnie Clarke’s Sole Purpose.” Xpace Cultural Centre. June 2017, online.
“Examining the Root of Cultural Appropriation”. Quill & Quire, May 2017, online.
“a story of death” and “pilot’s prerogative”. Canthius Journal, ed. Claire Farley & Cira Nickel, Spring-Summer 2016.
“a wish”. The Great Black North: Contemporary African Canadian Poetry, Frontenac House, February 2013, 86-87.
Workshops:
Conflict Transformation Workshop :: Children’s Peace Theatre
George Webster Elementary, Toronto — January 2020
Poetry and Theatre Making Programming :: Mikw Chiyam Residency
Vougeur Memorial High School, Mistissini, QC — November - December 2019
Write by the Water :: BIPOC Creative Writing Series
Lakeshore Arts Gallery, Toronto — July 2019
Youth Summit Summer Institute :: Student Equity Program
North Toronto Collegiate, Toronto — June 2019
Writing While Black & Indigenous :: Soil Spirit Society
Children’s Peace Theatre, Toronto — May 2019
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience ::
University of Guelph, Guelph — April 2019
Spoken Word & Music Programming :: N’we Jinan Residency
Waapiitiwewan School, Ouje Bougoumou QC — March - April 2019
Writing While Black :: Living Black Studies
Concordia University, Montreal QC — March 2019
Writing While Black :: Room Festival
Board Room Suite, Vancouver — March 2019
Spoken Word Programming :: N’we Jinan Residency
T’letinqox Elementary School, T’letinqox BC — January - February 2019
Futuring a Zine :: XYZines Youth Programming
Cedarbrae Library, Scarborough — October 2018
Zines: The Power of Art & Text for Educators and Teachers
Paperhouse Collective, Toronto — October 2018
Story Reno Studio Workshops CUE Arts Projects,
Margin of Eras Gallery Toronto — April - October 2018
Twining While Black: Exploring Digital Storytelling Writing While Black
Margin of Eras Gallery — August 2018
Sandbox Sessions Drop-In Writing Workshops
Margin of Eras Gallery, Toronto — May - September 2018
Zine Making Programming :: Mikw Chiyam Residency
Luke Mettaweskum, Nemaska QC — March - April 2018
Anti-Oppression Workshop :: Children’s Peace Theatre
Equinox Alternative High School — January 2018
The Wisdom Project :: Lakeshore Arts
Assembly Hall Etobicoke — November 2017
Artist Panel/ Artist Jam :: ZIPE
Paperhouse Outreach, Toronto — June 2017
The Future of our Ancestors :: Project Futures
Children’s Peace Theatre, Toronto — June 2017
Writing While Black :: Mayworks Festival
The Public Studio, Toronto — May 2017
What You Mean? Community Zine :: Arts Etobicoke
Rayburn Arts Youth Centre, Etobicoke — April - May 2017
Shazaam Photography and Poetry Workshop :: Lakeshore Arts
St. James Cullan Elementary, Toronto — April 2017
Express Yo’ Stress :: UNITY Charity :: Co-facilitated with Zeinab Aidid
St. Aloysius Gonzaga CSS, Mississauga — November 2016
Writing While Black Workshop Series :: Whitney French Writes
Ottawa, Detroit, Halifax, Montreal :: June – August 2016
Writing While Black :: Anti-Black Racism Conference
Ryerson University — February 2016
Character Development Workshop :: Emerging Voice Conference
University of Toronto Scarborough — February 2016
Spoken Word Series :: Showcase Performance
Aga Khan Museum — November 2015
Online Poetry Session :: Lawrence Park Blyth Academy High School,
Online — November 2015
Youth Inter/Action :: South North Griots Summit
Harbourfront Centre — May 2015
Story Reno Studio :: CUE Arts Projects Writing Program
SKETCH, Toronto, April – July 2015
Branding Yourself Beautiful :: Female Empowerment Workshop
Urban Arts, Toronto, April 2015
Poetry Saved Our Lives :: Pan Am Poetry Slam
Toronto Public Library, Parliament & Parkdale Branch, March – May 2015
The Renaming of Young Women :: Equity Day
Contact Alternative School, Toronto, February 2015
Express Your Stress :: UNITY Charity
Dartmouth H.S., Dartmouth Halifax, November - December 2014
Poetry Workshop :: School District 82
Parkside Secondary School , Terrace BC, April 2014
Acoustic Flow Music Workshop :: Ellington’s Café
Womyn of Indigo, Toronto, March – June & October – December 2014
Creating Equitable Spaces :: For Youth Initiative
Status of Women Gender Based Analysis, Toronto, January – August 2014
Zine Machine Workshop :: Story Planet
Intergalatic Travel Authority, Toronto October - November 2013
Suwilaawks Community School :: School District 82
Terrace, British Colombia, April 2013
Poetry Workshop :: School District 82
‘Na Aksa Gila Kyew Learning Centre, Kitsumkalum BC, April 2013
Spotlight on Black Heritage :: Nia Centre of the Arts
H.J.A. Brown Education Centre, Peel, February 2013
“I DO” Initiative :: Forced Marriage Project
Agincourt Community Services Association, Scarborough
October – December 2012
Self Publishing Workshop :: On Turtle’s Back
Centre of Social Innovation Bathurst, Toronto, October 2012
Reading and Writing Circle for Teen Mothers :: Literature for Life
June Callwood Centre, Toronto, July 2012 – June 2013
Syntax Meets Sound: An Exploration of Linguistics & Poetry :: Professor Almasi
University of Toronto, June 2012
Character Development Workshop :: Story Planet
Bloor Collegiate Institute, Toronto, May 2012
Lyrics Workshop for Young Offenders :: Operation Springboard
East York and Downtown Toronto, March 2011- December 2013
Education and Training:
BA in Child Psychology from Concordia University, Montreal, 2009
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training: Crisis Prevention Institute, Inc., 2010
Level C CPR/AED Training: St. John Ambulance, 2012, 2014
Vulnerable Section Screening: Toronto Police, 2012, 2013
Art of Facilitation: Workshop Facilitator Certificate Nia Centre for the Arts, 2012
Artist-Educator Level 1 - 3: Workshop Facilitator Certificate UNITY Charity, 2013
Artist Education Foundations Course: Royal Conservatory of Music, 2014
Copy Editing COMM 904: George Brown College Continuing Education, 2016
Banff Centre of Arts and Creativity, Centering Ourselves Fellow, Banff AB, 2017
Hurston Wright Foundation Creative Writing Fellowship, Washington DC, 2018
Mentorship with Makeda Silvera funded by the Ontario Arts Council Skills and Career Grant, 2019-2020