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Selected Performances





* Mating Rituals of the Urban Cougar , Solo Performer: 60 MinuteTheatre Show Fringe Festivals of Canada Tour: 2008, Montreal,Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver.

* Guelph Poetry Slam, Feature, February 20, 2010, Guelph, ON.

* DubFest 2010, Feature, February 25, 2010, Peterborough, ON.

* SW Ontario Spoken Word Festival, Feature, Apr 17, 2010, London, ON.

* Calgary International Spoken Word Festival: Feature

April 24, 2010, Calgary, AB.

* fIEstival 4 de maelstrom Reevolution: International Poetry Festival, Feature, May 8, 2010, Brussels, Belgium.

* Bowery Poetry Club: Showcase of Canadian Female Spoken Word Artists Feature, May 23, 2010, New York, NY.

* City of Toronto: Marshal McLuhan 100 Celebration, Feature Performer / Event Co-Curator, November 8, 2011,Toronto, ON.

* Toronto Poetry Slam, Feature, August 12, 2012, Toronto, ON.

* University of Lethbridge, Solo, Oct 17, 2012, Lethbridge, AB.

* Mercedez Benz: Annual Art Reception, Solo Performer

November 7, 2013, Mississauga, ON.

* Words Aloud Festival, Feature, Oct 19, 2013, Owen Sound ON.

* Lexicon: Nuit Blanche (Diaspora Dialogues), Feature, November 20, 2013, Toronto, ON.

* YouthCanSlam: All Star Legends Showcase, August 20, 2014, Ottawa, ON.

* Word Up, Featured Reader, March 19, 2014, Regina, SK.

* University of Saskatchewan, Solo Reader, March 21, 2014,

Saskatoon, SK.

* M.I.X.E.D: Multimedia Art Show & Conference, May 2, 2015, Toronto, ON.

* Roots en Route: Hamilton World Music Festival, Feature, February 7, 2014, Hamilton, ON.

* The Literary Slam @ INSPIRE! Toronto International Book Fair,

Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Featured Performer,

November 15, 2014, Toronto, ON.

* Hillside Festival, Performer, July 26, 2015, Guelph, ON.

* South-Northern Griots Summit, Featured Performer, May 29, 2015, Harborfront Centre, Toronto, ON.

* Malcolm X: 50 Years After, Featured Performer, February 20, 2015, Toronto Central Library, Toronto, ON.

* Nuit Blanche: We Are The City (Diaspora Dialogue), Feature,

October 1, 2016, Toronto, ON.

* International Festival Of Authors: The Art of Writing Cabaret – Celebrating Ten Years of the Guelph Creative Writing MFA Featured Performer, October 27, 2016, Harborfront Centre, Toronto, ON.

* Canadian Writers' Summit, Performing Identity Featured Reader, June 16, 2016, Harborfront Centre, Toronto, ON.

* Sounding the Road, Featured Performer, April 19, 2016, OCAD

University, Toronto, ON.

* Niagara College: National Poetry Month Event, Featured,

April 4, 2016, Niagara, ON.

* Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Featured Reader January 29, 2016, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON.

* Feminist Arts Conference: Artist Residency, Solo Performer /

Presenter May 14, 2017, Artscape Toronto Island, Toronto, ON.

* League of Canadian Poets: AGM, Solo Reading Golden Beret Award, June 8, 2019, St. John’s, NF.

* White Wall Review Launch, Featured Reader, October 23, 2019, Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, ON.

* Arc Launch / Ottawa Writers’ Festival, Feature, October 27, 2019, Manx Pub, Ottawa, ON.

* Gathering Fall 2020: IBPOC Women in the Arts, Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario Feature, December 5, 2020, Tranzac Club, Toronto, ON.

* Aspire to Inspire: University of Toronto SCS, Solo Performer /

Featured Presenter September 10, 2020, Broadcast from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, ON.

* Best Canadian Poetry : 2020, Launch, International Festival Of

Authors, Featured Reader, Oct 23, 2020 Broadcast from: Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON.

* Re/Engaged: Creative Connection in a Digital Age, Performer / Presenter February 5, 2021, Zoom Broadcast, OCAD University, Toronto, ON

* Telefilm Canada Celebrates Black History Month February 12, 2021, Zoom Broadcast, Toronto, ON / Montreal PQ.



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