Presenter, CCA Conference
Congress 2024

2022

Presenter, Crafting Community: A Symposium
October 19, 2022, Toronto Metropolitan University

Interviewer, Toronto International Festival of Authors 
October 2, 2022: Female Freedom: Martha Batiz and Jessamine Chan

Presenter, Canadian Communications Association Conference
June 6, 2022, Congress 2022

Presenter, Society of Media and Cinema Studies Conference
March 20, 2022

2021

Presenter, Popular Culture Association Conference
June 2, 2021

Presenter, Canadian Communications Association Conference
June 3, 2021, Congress 2021

Presenter, Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference
March 20, 2021

Presenter, Creative Writing Online in Canada Colloquium
February 5, 2021

Co-host, White Wall Review 50 launch
February 11, 2021

2020

Reader, The New Spice Box: Launch 
December 14, 2020, Holy Blossom Temple

Presenter, Sister Writes: The Work Issue for IWD 
March 13, 2020, Gladstone Library, Toronto

Interviewer, Free School: Rethinking Archives 
March 5, 2020, Ryerson University, Toronto

2019

Interviewer, Toronto Trailblazers: With Ruth Panofsky
November 20, 2019, Ben McNally Books, Toronto

Host and Editor, Sister Writes: The Work Issue
November 19, 2019, Burdock, Toronto

Host and Editor, White Wall Review launch
October 23 2019, Burdock, Toronto

Presenter, Narratives and Social Justice
October 22, 2019, Social Justice Week, Ryerson University

Presenter, Building a Community Creative Writing Program
June 20, 2019, The Arts in Society Conference, Lisbon

Presenter, The New Sex Worker in Popular Culture
June 5, 2019, The Canadian Communications Association, Vancouver

Keynote speaker, Toronto Public Library Great Books Series-The Happy Hooker
May 25, 2019

Host, Sister Writes at Jessie’s magazine launch
January 22, 2019, Me to We Centre, Toronto

2018

Facilitator/mentor, Sister Writes at Jessie’s 
Fall 2018, Toronto

Speaker and Host, Women’s Words: Creative Writing Showcase 
Thursday March 8, 2018, Bloor Gladstone Library

Presenter, From Pen to Paper Conference: Building a Career in Writing 
November 17, 2018

Co-faciliator, Sister Writes
Winter 2018

Speaker and Host, Women’s Words: Creative Writing Showcase 
March 8, 2018, Bloor Gladstone Library

Guest Author, Maggie’s Sex Workers Outreach Project 
Tuesday March 20, 2018

Speaker: University of Toronto MA in Creative Writing 
March 9, 2018

Speaker, Students for Social Change Conference 
March 8, 2018, University of Toronto

2017

Host, Sister Writes launch
December 8, 2017, Toronto

Guest Lecturer, Literatures of Modernity Program
November 20, 2017, Toronto

Guest Author, Jessie’s Centre for Teen Moms
February 8, 2017, Toronto

Host, 7th annual Sister Writes launch
January 14, 2017, Toronto

2016

Instructor, CENG505 Creative Writing
Winter 2016, Ryerson University

Lead facilitator, Sister Writes program, ninth session
Winter 2016, Toronto

Instructor, Sister Writes in the Community Program
Fall 2016, The 519 Community Centre

2015

Instructor, CENG505 Creative Writing
Winter 2015, Ryerson University

Guest Author, OUT LOUD!Conference
October 16, 2015, Toronto

Lead facilitator, Sister Writes program, eighth session
Fall 2015, Toronto

Instructor, CENG505 Creative Writing
Summer 2015, Ryerson University

Lead Facilitator, Sister Writes Program, seventh session
January 2015-April 2015, Toronto

2014

Guest Writer, Toronto Writer’s Group
November 24, 2014, Toronto Reference Library

Instructor, CENG505 Creative Writing
Winter 2014, Ryerson University

Sister Writes launch
June 5, 2014, Bloor Gladstone Library

Instructor, CENG505 Creative Writing
Spring and Summer 2014, Ryerson University

Lead Facilitator, Sister Writes Program, sixth session
January 2014, Toronto

2013

Host, Sister Writes Launch
May 2013, Bloor-Gladstone Library, Toronto

Judge, Fiction Contest, Hart House Literary Competition
April 2013, Toronto

Judge, Fiction Contest, University of Toronto Magazine
April 2013, Toronto

Judge, Haiku Contest
April 2013, Ryerson University, Toronto

Sister Writes Workshop Leader – “Fiction” workshop series
January – February 2013, Toronto Public Library

Instructor, ENG505 Creative Writing
Winter 2013, Ryerson University

2012

Young Authors Project Finalist for Ontario Minister’s Award for Innovation in Arts
December 2012

Lead Artist, Generations of Writers Project
October – December 2012, Paris, ON

Judge, Broken Pencil Novel Pitch contest at Canzine
September 21, 2012, Toronto

Lead Facilitator, Sister Writes Program, fifth session
September 2012, Toronto

Guest Author, “Literature for Our Time” (ENG140Y)
August 8, 2012, University of Toronto

Guest Author, “Keep Toronto Reading,”
April 19, 2012, Toronto Public Library

Mentor, Disapora Dialogues Program
March – June, 2012, Toronto

Guest Author, Parkdale Street Writers
March 20, 2012, Toronto

U.S edition of Where We Have to Go published
March 16, 2012

2011

Host, International Festival of Authors
October 25, 2011, Toronto

Canada Council Writer-in-Residence
June 28, 2011-June 28, 2012, County of Brant Public Library

Reading, THIS Magazine’s 45th Anniversary Launch
June 2, 2011, Toronto

Guest Author, L3 Conference
April 15, 2011, Barrie, ON

Guest Author, “Literatures of Immigration” graduate course
February 11, 2011, Ryerson University, Toronto

Reading, Rower’s Pub Reading Series
February 2, 2011, Toronto

Lead Facilitator, Young Authors Project
January – April 2011, Paris, ON

2010

Host, International Festival of Authors
October 29, 2010, Toronto

Reading at Toronto Public Library Yorkville Branch with Toronto Book Awards Shortlist
October 5, 2010, Toronto

Guest Author at Diaspora Dialogue Youth Workshops Showcase
July 21, 2010, Toronto Public Library, Toronto

Guest Author
April 14, 2010, The Rosedale School, Toronto

Co-facilitator, Neighbourhood Diaries Project
January – April 2010, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

Reading, Word on the Street, City of Toronto Book Awards Shortlist
September 26, 2010, Toronto

Guest Author
May 2, 2010, Royal St. George Academy, Toronto

Guest Author at I CARE Festival
April 20, 2010
Sir Robert Borden BTI Secondary School, Scarborough, ON

Reading at L3 Writer’s Conference
April 15 & Friday April 16, 2010, Barrie, ON

Sister Writes “Roots to Branches” launch
April 8, 2010, Toronto Public Library, Bloor-Gladstone branch

Reading, Toronto Public Library’s Barbara Frum branch as part of The Eh List Reading Series
March 25, 2010, Toronto

Reading, Walter Stewart Library as part of Diaspora Diaogues Student Writers Showcase
March 5, 2010, Toronto

Keynote, Brant County Public Library “One Book, One Brant”
February 28, 2010, Paris, ON

Reading, The Box: a Mixed Cultural Salon
February 24, 2010, The Rivoli, Toronto

Reading, Vagabond Trust Series
February 12, 2010, This Ain’t the Rosedale Library, Toronto

Reading
January 28, 2010, Avalon Woods, Etobicoke, ON

Reading, Kama Literary 
January 27, 2010, Hyatt Hotel, Toronto

2009

Reading, Pivot at the Press Lounge
December 2, 2009, Toronto

Reading, Free Speech
November 24, 2009, Tinto Coffee House, Toronto

Reading, Benefit for Free the Children
November 12, 2009, School Bar, Toronto

Signing
November 19, 2009, Ben McNally Books, Toronto

Guest Author, Writer’s Trust of Canada Gala
November 5, 2009, Toronto

Reading, IFOA Ontario
November 3, 2009, Midland, ON

Reading, Toronto Jewish Book Fair
November 1, 2009, Toronto

Reading, The Peep Show, The International Festival of Authors
October 23, 2009, Toronto

Reading, The International Festival of Authors
October 27, 2009, Toronto

Reading, Word on the Street
September 27, 2009, Toronto

Reading, Winnipeg International Writers Festival
September 22, 2009, Winnipeg, MB

Reading, Words Alive Festival reading
September 20, 2009, Sharon, ON

Electronic Writer-in-Residence, Open Book Toronto
July 2009, Toronto, ON

Where We Have to Go launch presented by This is Not a Reading Series
June 22, 2009, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto

2008

Reading, I Live Here, The International Festival of Authors
October 24, 2008, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

Reading, Victoria College Reunion
May 28, 2008, University of Toronto

2007

Reading, Hart House Review launch
October 16, 2007, Hart House, University of Toronto