Writing
The Monster and the Mirror
A book of creative nonfiction forthcoming from ECW Press in the fall of 2024.
Features
“I Made the Difficult Choice Not to Have Children Because of My Mental Illness.” Chatelaine, March 2023.
“Nobody Talks About It.” West End Phoenix, December 2022.
“Who Gets to Be Mentally Ill?” The Walrus December 2022.
“Then there was me.” West End Phoenix, October 2022.
“The Long-Term Care Issue We’re Not Talking About.” Chatelaine, 2021.
“Will a Writers’ Trust award honouring Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson mark the beginning of a hopeful year for writers?” The Globe and Mail, January 2021.
“Disability justice now: Youth-led Ontario organization looks to transform discussions around disability.” This Magazine, October 2020.
“‘We Can’t Even Have a Funeral For Him.’ What It’s Like to Lose a Father to COVID-19.” as-told-to feature, Toronto Life, May 2020.
“How to Look After Your Mental Health When the News Feels Overwhelming.” The Loop, March 2020.
“Small, Simple Steps to Help You Move Forward When Life Feels Overwhelming.” The Loop, March 2020.
Essays & Op-eds
“As Employment in Canada Continues to Struggle, It’s Disabled Folks who Feel it the Worst.”The Globe and Mail, September 2020.
“Monsters, Magic, and Mental Health: What Fantasy Can Tell Us About Perceptions of Mental Illness.” This Magazine, July/August 2020.
“In our push for productivity, are we Sisyphus cursed to endlessly roll a boulder up the mountain?” The Globe and Mail, June 2020.
“A thank you note to Gen Z D&D gamers: With appreciation for making gaming more inclusive.” This Magazine, November/December, 2019.
“Ableist Language is Insidious. Let’s Choose Our Words More Carefully.” The Globe and Mail, November 2019.
Film & Book Reviews
“Christy Ann Conlin’s The Speed of Mercy paints a stunning portrait of secrets, trauma and female worth.” The Globe and Mail, March 2021.
“Jael Richardson sets a new standard for social criticism through dystopian storytelling in her debut novel, Gutter Child.” The Globe and Mail, January 2021.
“Andrew Pyper’s The Residence Pays Homage to Gothic Tradition and Contemporary Fears.” The Globe and Mail, August 2020.
“I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir by Sarah Kurchak.” Room Magazine, Issue 43.3 Neurodivergence. Summer, 2020.
“Digging in the Dirt is an Exploration of Suicide Among Men in the Oil Fields. Told Through Film.” Luma Quarterly, Spring 2020.
“Author Amanda Leduc calls for making space for the disabled, even in our fairy stories.” The Globe and Mail, February 2020.
“Dorothy Ellen Palmer’s New Extraordinary Memoir, Falling For Myself, is a Tale of an Ordinary Girl.” The Globe and Mail, December 2019.
Reportage
“17 Things We’ve Learned: Profiles No. 7, 8, and 17,” Ryerson University Magazine, Summer 2021.
“The Writers’ Trust of Canada removes ‘discriminatory’ age cap on prestigious RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers,” The Globe and Mail, January 2021.
eTalk Dailies Celebrity Reporting, 2020.
“Making Space for Queer D&D Players in the West End.” West End Phoenix, May 2020.
Fiction and Poetry
“Panic.” Open Minds Quarterly, Vol. 22, Issue 3, Fall 2020.
“Empath.” Dreamers Creative Writing, Winter 2019.
“The Window.” Year 1 Anthology, Dreamers Creative Writing, 2019.
Programs, Honours & Awards
Digital Publishing Awards, Gold Winner - Best Personal Essay, ‘Who Gets to Be Mentally Ill?’, 2023.
Ontario Arts Council, Grant Recipient, Recommender Grant for Writers, 2022-2023.
Joe Burke Journalism Fund for Social Justice Reporting, Recipient Winner, 2022-2023.
Ontario Arts Council, Grant Recipient, Recommender Grant for Writers, 2021-2022. (x3)
Canada Council for the Arts, Grant Recipient, Explore and Create—Literature—New/Early Career Artist, 2021.
Ontario Arts Council, Grant Recipient, Literary Creation Projects (Works for Publication), 2021.
Writer-in-Residence, 2020. Firefly Creative Writing.
Honourable Mention - Open Minds Quarterly Poetry Contest, 2020.
Honourable Mention - Dreamers Creative Writing Haiku Contest, 2019.