CV
Education
2014 - 2016Master of Arts, Cinema & Media Studies, York University
Thesis: Gendered Robot Design in Mainstream Media & Technology
Supervisor: Dr. Janine Marchessault
2010 - 2014
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Specialized Honours, Film (Screenwriting), York University
Academic Honours & Awards
2018
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, York University
2017
York Graduate Scholarship, York University
2015
Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Government of Canada
2014
E.S. Rogers Film & Video Scholarship, York University
Magna Cum Laude, York University
York Graduate Scholarship, York University
2010 - 2014
Member of Dean’s Honour Roll, York University
2010 - 2013
Entrance Scholarship, York University
SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
2023 - present
Social Media Manager, CrowdRiff
2022 - 2023
Content Manager, Juno College of Technology
2021-2022
Marketing Specialist, Juno College of Technology
2020 - 2021
Marketing Coordinator, Juno College of Technology
2018 - 2020
Knowledge Mobilization Officer, Archive/Counter-Archive, York University
2019 - 2020
Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Screenwriting, York University
2016 - 2018
Research Assistant, Sensorium: Centre for Arts & Digital Technology and The Academic Innovation Fund, York University
Book Publications
Lin’s Lucky Red Envelope, Holt Renfrew commission, 2022
My Day With Gong Gong, Annick Press, 2020
Deep Web, The Vault by With/out Pretend, 2019
How Do I Look?, Metatron Press, 2017 – translated into Spanish by Paloma Ediciones, 2022
The Gl.a.de, Dancing Girl Press, 2017
The Aquarium, Dancing Girl Press, 2014
Academic Publication
“You bet she can f*ck” – Trends in Female A.I. Narratives within Mainstream Cinema: Ex Machina and Her, Ekphrasis Vol. 17, Issue 1, 2017
Editorial Experience
2020 - present
Managing Editor & Co-Founder, In The Mood Magazine
2019 - 2023
Poetry Editor, Peach Mag
2018
Judge, Hart House Review Literary Contest
2017 - 2020
Arts Editor, Shameless Magazine
2016 - 2018
Associate Editor, Wigleaf Top 50
2015 - 2017
Co-Editor, The Fuck of the Century
2015
Reader, BEST PRIZE Chapbook Contest for POC Poets, Big Lucks
SELECTED Filmography
Retrograde (2022), dir. Adrian Murray
Cinedigm (US) & Vortex Media (Canada)
- World Premiere: Slamdance Film Festival
- Grand Jury Honorable Mention: Best Breakout Feature, Slamdance Film Festival
Withdrawn (2017), dir. Adrian Murray
Netflix (US & Canada)
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World Premiere: Slamdance Film Festival
- Nominee: Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature, Slamdance Film Festival
- Winner: Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature, Mammoth Lakes Film Festival