2018
Samson Romero
My name is Samson Romero, I am a social worker and the outreach and community development manager with Toronto Gaymers. I have been organizing the group for the last nine years. Since it’s early inception Read more…
2018
Shel Kahn
What’s So Great About the Counter-Collaborative Mechanics of the Games “Microscope” and “A Quiet Year” Shel Kahn illustrates for, playtests, writes and educates in tabletop RPGs, videogames, comics and fiction. She has worked with the Read more…
2018
Dane Swan
Is this where we tell our stories? A former remedial English student in High School, Dane Swan has had 4 books published. Including, A Mingus Lullaby which was a finalist for the 2017 Trillium Book Read more…
2018
Tosca Teran
BIO-SONIFICATIONS: NON-HUMAN COLLABORATIONS Tosca Teran, aka Nanotopia, is a Toronto based multidisciplinary artist. Born in San Francisco, California, Tosca relocated to Canada in 2001. Working with metals, computer coding, and animation since the mid-eighties, Tosca Read more…
2018
Sofie Mikhaylova
Queering Electronic Music: How To Make Yourself Heard Sofie Mikhaylova is a Toronto-based multi-platform maker and thinker. She is the creator of Biblioteka Records, an independent record label releasing instrumental electronic music from around the Read more…
2018
Kate Welsh
Unpacking Ableism – DIY access Kate Welsh is a queer disabled community activist, feminist artist and educator. She has been honored to witness this journey with Co-la as Creative Director. She is passionate about social Read more…
2018
Alex Leitch
Make A Game In 15 Minutes This is a one-hour workshop on how to develop collaboration with new people, during which participants work together to put on a gnomic game, where they make up the Read more…
2018
Behind the Dust
Taking control of the narrative as racialized and Muslimah women mediamakers This is Worldtown is a digital hub featuring the first person expression of women of colour, globally, across storytelling mediums. We are a redemptive, Read more…
2018
Meagan Byrne
iNdigital: How imagineNATIVE is Going to Create Space for Indigenous Digital Media Artists Meagan Byrne is a Métis new media artist and game designer born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. She has been creating digital Read more…
2018
Justin Wiebe
Decolonizing Data and Digital Tech Justin Wiebe is Michif (Métis) from Saskatoon in Treaty 6 and Métis Territory, and currently lives in Toronto in territories covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant. Read more…