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Kelly Bergstrom is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication & Media at York University where she teaches classes about digital cultures and social media. Her research examines the complicated relationships between audiences and the media they consume in their leisure time. Currently, she is working on a book about true crime fandoms.
KJ Howe is the international bestselling author of the Thea Paris series, featuring an elite female kidnap negotiator. She has won three Daphne du Maurier Awards and a Thriller Award while completing her Masters in Writing Popular Fiction at Seton Hill University. KJ is also the executive director of the International Thriller Writers, an organization […]
Kevin Donovan is the Toronto Star’s Chief Investigative Reporter, an author and podcast host of Billionaire Murders and Death in a Small Town. His focus is on journalism that exposes wrongdoing and effects change. Over more than three decades he has reported on the activities of charities, government, police, business among other institutions. Donovan also […]
Christa Big Canoe is an Anishinabek woman, mother and lawyer. She is from Georgina Island First Nation. She has been the Legal Director of Aboriginal Legal Services since 2011. She took a 2.5 year leave of absence to be senior and then Lead Commission Counsel to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women […]
Ralph Steinberg was called to the bar in 1977 and has practised exclusively criminal and professional discipline law since that time. He has been certified as a specialist in criminal law by the Law Society of Ontario since 1996. He is a past president of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association and a past co-president of the […]
Dave Perry is the founding chairperson of ISN (Investigative Solutions Network) Previously he had a 28-year decorated career with the Toronto Police Service. He retired at the rank of Detective Sergeant after being in charge of and solving some of Canada’s most complicated and high profile cases. The majority of his police career was spent […]
Arshy Mann is an award-winning journalist and the host of COMMONS, one of Canada’s most popular documentary podcasts. While working at Canadaland, Xtra, the Toronto Star and numerous other publications, he has reported on a wide range of issues, including the Toronto Gay Village serial murders, police misconduct and white-collar crime.
A transparent first-hand account of a Black officer maneuvering through three terrifying yet rewarding decades of policing, all while seeking reform in law enforcement When 16-year-old Keith Merith finds himself pulled over, berated, and degraded by a white police officer, he’s outraged. He’s done nothing wrong. But the officer has the power, and he doesn’t. […]
Kerry Watkins B.A., M.A., LL.M. is a former criminal investigator and investigative trainer. He conducted more than two thousand interviews of suspects, victims and witnesses during his 30-year police career in which the majority of his time was spent in specialized units investigating a wide range of matters including police corruption, corporate fraud and homicide. […]
Retired police superintendent Keith Merith ended his 31-year tenure in 2017 after holding command positions, including Bureau Commander of Information Services and Court Services and Officer-In-Charge of Investigative Services and the Organized Crime Bureau. Keith volunteers with various organizations mandated to pursue social justice, police reform and equality. Keith is the author of a national […]
Arwen Humphreys has been in the film and television industry for over 25 years and was a staple of the comedy scene in the late 90’s through to the early aughts. She is best known for playing Margaret Brackenreid on the iconic Canadian series Murdoch Mysteries (CBC), which recently wrapped shooting on its 17th season. […]
John “JP” Hancock’s day just got a whole lot worse. After a nasty breakup and being scammed into an acting job that doesn’t exist, JP suddenly finds himself the unwitting victim of an identity theft that has police detective Nya Grey hot on his heels for multimillion-dollar real estate fraud he didn’t commit. With the […]
Alie and Hejsa Christensen are a mother-daughter writing duo based in Ontario, Canada. They discovered their affinity for working together when they were in-house writers for a film production company. They have now made the leap from silver screen to printed page. Stealing John Hancock is their first novel. Want to know more? Learn more on […]
Twin brothers Michael and Zack Urlocker write under the name M. Z. Urlocker. Inspired by true stories of individuals in tumultuous times, they write fiction about the cold war, one of the strangest periods of history. They are inspired by the three-Ks of historical fiction, Philip Kerr (Berlin Noir), Joseph Kanon (The Good German) and […]
1950. The Cold War simmers, and ex-GI Jack Waters is called in to investigate a fatal accident at a research lab in California. When Waters recognizes the victim, he realizes he must revisit his hidden past in World War II to solve a murder and prevent Nazi scientists from creating a terrible, new weapon in […]
ONE WANTS THE MONEY . . . Riah Arora has traveled from Italy to San Francisco to find her twin. Born in India and separated from her sister at birth, even she isn’t sure if she’s on a mission to deliver a message from their ailing birth mother—or con her sister like one of the […]
Jass Aujla is a Canadian South-Asian author of suspense-thriller fiction. Studying creative writing as an undergraduate at the University of Toronto, she later earned a Certificate in Creative Writing from the School of Continuing Studies at UofT. She’s passionate about creativity and personal growth, and is an active member of the Canadian Authors Association and […]
Kristi Lee is the principal writer, narrator and producer of Canadian True Crime, a podcast that unravels and analyzes thought-provoking crime cases through immersive audio storytelling. Kristi started the podcast as a personal creative passion project several years after immigrating from Australia in 2009, and to her surprise, it soon gained an audience. Today, Canadian […]
Charles Reeve is Associate Dean of Arts & Science and Professor of Visual and Critical Studies at OCAD University. He is the author of Artists and their Autobiographies from Today to the Renaissance and Back (Routledge, 2022), co-editor, with Samir Gandesha, of To Hell with Poverty, about the politics and philosophy of the para-punk band […]
Join the Forensic Science Program Officer from the University of Toronto for a discussion about forensic science, debunking of popular media’s interpretations of crime scene investigation and the realities of working in forensics. This workshop introduces one of the most well-known forensic techniques, through an activity in fingerprinting and fingerprint identification, and is appropriate for […]
Kick off the MOTIVE weekend with a deep dive into the genre with none other than the master of mystery, Walter Mosley! Renowned for creating the iconic Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, LA’s coolest detective, Mosley has topped bestseller lists, garnered many accolades and even landed a spot in the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. […]
