Maya Ameyaw is a former bookseller and currently works as a community arts writing instructor. She has edited several mental health–themed anthologies for youth and adults, and her writing was included in the anthology Brilliance Is the Clothing I Wear (Dundurn Press). Maya also runs a YouTube series and blog where she interviews YA authors […]
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Curtis Campbell is a writer, playwright and director. Curtis released his debut novel, Dragging Mason County, to critical acclaim in 2023. Recent nominations include the Forest of Reading White Pine Award and the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play. He is currently the Ontario Arts Council Playwright In Residence at Tarragon Theatre, as […]
Rosena Fung is an illustrator, educator and comic artist. Her debut graphic novel, Living With Viola, was named a best of the year by the New York Public Library, School Library Journal, and Kirkus Reviews, and nominated for the Silver Birch Award, the Jean Little First-Novel Award, and the Garden State Teen Book Award. In […]
Anu Chouhan is a Punjabi-Canadian illustrator and former mobile game artist from Vancouver, BC. A trained animator and character designer, Anu often combines her love of her cultural heritage, anime and global fashion into her art. She enjoys creating art that celebrates diversity and empowerment.
Mahak Jain writes for young people and adults. Her picture book Maya (illustrated by Elly Mackay) was a Kirkus Best Book of the Year, a CBC Books Best Book of the Year and winner of the 2017 South Asia Book Award. Mahak lives in Toronto, ON.
Khodi Dill is a writer, author, spoken word artist, and educator who was born in Nassau, Bahamas and raised in Moose Jaw, Canada. At a young age he found himself writing spoken word poetry and has since traveled extensively to share his work at poetry slams and festivals across the country. He is a strong […]
Shezza Ansloos is a Cree writer, educator, and speaker. Ansloos is nêhiyaw-iskwêw (Cree) and English and is a member of the Fisher River Cree Nation (Ochekwi-Sipi; Treaty 5). Growing up an adopted child of the ‘60s Scoop, Ansloos has a unique Indigenous perspective that is articulated in her creative work. She expresses her blended cultural identity […]
Rebecca Thomas is a Mi’kmaw woman registered with Lennox Island First Nation. She is the daughter of a residential school survivor and unrelenting advocate for her community. She is a published poet and was the Halifax Poet Laureate from 2016 to 2018. She lives in K’jipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki.
Jeffrey Ansloos is an educator and psychologist. Ansloos is Nêhiyaw (Cree) and English and is a member of Fisher River Cree Nation (Ochekwi-Sipi; Treaty 5). His family was deeply affected by the Indian Residential Schools System and 1960s Scoop, experiences that have pushed him to pursue an education in psychology and education. As a psychologist […]
