Interviewer — Building a Resilient Music Ecosystem with Frank Kimenai, Make it Music Conference, Canadian Independent Music Association, Toronto Ontario (April 24)
Moderator — Beyond Genre: Creating & Branding in a Post-Genre World with Jess Huddleston, Sydney Blu, Dani Dahl, Hill Kourkoutis, Mira Silvers, International Women’s Day Summit, Women In Music Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Lecture — On Escaping the Grasp of the Watcher through Kate Bush’s “Watching You Watching Me”, Jill Scott’s “Watching Me” and Simone Browne’s “Dark Souveillence”, Circumfluence, The Center for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — Press play: The Changing Music Media Landscape Eurosonic, Groningen, Netherlands
Moderator — The Hard Work Behind Great Playlists & Press play: The Changing Music Media Landscape Eurosonic, Groningen, Netherlands
Guest Speaker — Pop Stars We Lost This Year: Tina Turner with Annie Zaleski and Brian Newman, Pop Pantheon Podcast, New York. New York
Interviewer — On Practice and the City as Source Material with Spencer Badu, New Currency, Toronto Ontario
Guest Speaker — Meditations on Andre 3000’s New Blue Sun, CBC Day 6
Moderator — Communities vs. Audiences, with Darryl Hurs, Troy Lemberg, Amber Oosthuyzen, and Marvin Chan Kelowna, BreakOut West, British Columbia
Panelist — Building Bridges: Solidarity of Musicians & Music, Pop Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Host — Music Tech Conference 2023
Moderator — AI and the Future of Music, Debashis Sinha and Eliot Briton, Music Tech Summit, Toronto Ontario
Interviewer — Reimagining Canada’s Playbook for Digital Content with Jesse Wente. Elevate Festival, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — Building a Better Beat: Worldbuilding Music’s Future with Sorrell Salb, Stefana Fratila, and San Farafina, MUTEK Montreal, Montreal Quebec
Moderator — Resisting Unstable Diffusions: Art and the Governance of AI with Michael Running Wolf, Raziye Buse Çetin,and Blair Attard-Frost, MUTEK Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Guest Speaker — Stressed-out Swifties gear up for Taylor Swift Toronto ticket sale, CBC: The National
Guest Lecture — Reimagining the Origins of Metal and Blues Epistemologies, Introduction to Critical Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Facilitator — Day 5 Program, Flaherty Film Seminar, VTape, Toronto, Ontario
Guest Speaker — Roundtable on Live Music Booking and Standing out with Stefanie Purificati, Music BC and Arthaus, Toronto, Ontario
Guest Speaker — Master’s of Journalism Graduate Seminar, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario
Guest Speaker — Remembering Gordon Lightfoot, CBC: The National, Toronto
Guest Speaker — Avril Lavigne at the Junos, CBC: The National, Toronto
Panelist — The Myth of Data Neutrality: Unpacking Systemic Bias in Data Reporting with Inori Roy, The McHill Tribune Data Journalism Conference, Montreal, Quebec
Moderator — Equity, Music, and Technology with Noreen Hamid, Sook-Yin Lee, and Michelle da Silva, Women in Music Canada International Women’s Week Workshops, Toronto, Ontario
Panelist — Creative Assets Review with Amanda McCauley, Vanessa Adora, and Stacey Bedford, Women in Music Canada International Women’s Week Workshops, Toronto, Ontario
Guest Speaker — Lisa Marie Presley dead at 54, CBC: The National, Toronto
Guest Speaker — Canadian artists staged a major comeback in 2022, CBC: The National, Toronto
Moderator — What’s Up in Italy? Rap, Hip Hop, R&B, Trap - And Then?, Linecheck Music Meeting and Festival, Milan Italy
Moderator — The Creative Exile with Silvia Nocentini, Borut Viola / Bawrut, Magalie Berardo, Marc Ridet / MR Management, Linecheck Music Meeting and Festival, Milan, Italy
Moderator — The Onyx Experience Film Premiere with David Cox, SATE, Andrew Hamilton, M for Montreal, Monteal, Quebec
Guest Speaker — Nickleback to be inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame, CBC: The National, Montreal, Quebec
Interview — Why a Ping- Pong Table Is Not Enough: Finding Solutions for a Better Mental Health in the Music Industry with Menno Versteeg, M for Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Host — Music Tech Summit, Music Publishers Canada, Toronto, Ontario (October 25th)
Guest Lecture — Black Brits, Punk, and Grime, Music of the African Diaspora, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario
Guest Speaker — Remembering Loretta Lynn, CBC: The National, Toronto, Ontario
Panelist — Do Musicians Have to Be Influencers to be Successful? The rise of the social media first artist with Star Ah-Met-Ah-Su, Maryze, and David Shellenberg, Pop Montreal, Toronto, Ontario
Guest speaker — Shawn Mendes ends world tour to prioritize his mental health, CBC: Your World at 6, The National, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — A thoughtful conversation on memories a changing Toronto with DijahSB, Jay Montenegro, and Max Mertens, Thinker, Toronto, Ontario
Interviewer — Bedroom Rapper by Cadence Weapon, Penguin Publishing, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — The Onyx Experience Film Premiere with David Cox, SATE, Andrew Hamilton, Densil McFarlane, CBC Gem, Toronto, Ontario
Interviewer — Half Bads in White Regalia Lanuch with Cody Caetano, Penguin Publishing, Toronto, Ontario
Interviewer — Speaker Series with Witchprophet, Black Professionals in Music and Manitoba Music, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Guest Lecture — Website Workshopping, Branding Seminar, Graduate Course, School of Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — “Where We’re From” with Shad, Begonia, and Andrew Sannie, Breakout West, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Guest speaker — Neil Young gives Spotify an ultimatum: my music or Joe Rogan, CBC: Your World at 6, The National, Toronto, Ontario
Guest speaker —The Day 6 panel dives into the year’s best tracks with Odario Williams and Andrea Warner, CBC Day 6, Toronto, Ontario
Guest speaker on CBC Day 6: How did the Astroworld music festival turn so deadly, so quickly?, CBC Day 6, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — Art and Emerging from the Pandemic #2 with George Pimentel, Akshata Naik, Nicole Balm, and Mitchell Chan City of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — Art and Emerging from the Pandemic #1 with Robert Binet, Krista Kim, and Curtia Wright, City of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — Branding and Partnerships with Mauricio Ruiz (8 Til Faint), Dana Myerson (biz 3 PR), Tiffany Yu (WeTransfer), Jay Devonish (eOne), Pop Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Moderator — Social Media Strategy with Jenny Kaufman (Terrorbird PR), Eve Parker Finley, Paul Tao (IAMSOUND), Briana Cheng (4AD), Dre Ngozi, Pop Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Interviewer — Prism Prize MVP Project Lab with LIZA and Isiah Blake, Prism Prize, Toronto, Ontario
Interviewer — Prism Prize Special Award Recipient Series with Jordan Oram, Crack Cloud, Genelle Cruz. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Toronto, Ontario
Guest speaker — JUNOS Pre-Show National Broadcast on CBC: CBC Music Presents: If These Walls Could Talk, My Junos Moment, Toronto, Ontario
Guest Lecture — Media Pitches: Public Relations Writing, School of Continuing Studies, Western University, London, Ontario
Panelist — Genre: What is it good for, and where does it do harm? with Catalina Maria Johnson, Jorge Requena Ramos, and Alan Greyeyes, Global Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — Showcase Shutdown with Lizzy Newton, Dan Seligman, Aerin Fogel, and Marie Zimmerman, Megaphono, Ottawa, Ontario
Panelist — RPSM Talk on Self-Promotion with Cadence Weapon and Josephine Cruz, Regent Park School of Music, Toronto, Ontario
Guest Lecture — Website Workshopping, Branding Seminar, Graduate Course, School of Journalism, X University, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — The Making of New Fragility by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah with Alex Ounsworth, Will Johnson, Britton Beisenherz, and John Agnello, Online, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Panelist — Creating social content without losing your mind with Elsa Gebremichael, Vanessa Cito, Adam Kreeft, Very Prarie Saskatchewan Music Summit, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Panelist — Let’s talk about entertainment with Emily VanDerWerff (Vox), Barry Hertz (Globe and Mail), Johanna Schneller, NASH83: Disrupt, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — Bringing The Porter to Life with Sally Catto, Jennifer Kawaja, Ian Dimerman, Devin Griffin, Arnold Pinnock, Annmarie Morais, Marsha Greene, Charles Officer, RT Thorne, Canadian Media Producer Association Prime Time, Ottawa, Ontario
Moderator — The Music Industry and Another Meaning of Diversity with Josh Madell, Vincent DeGiorgio, Eva Karman Reinhold, Linecheck, Milan, Italy
Moderator — Radio, Culture, and Community in a Post-COVID World with Josephine Cruz and Jean Charles Leuvrey, New Currency and The French Embassy of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — In Conversation with Kid. Studio with Glenn Michael and Cristo Anesti, RBC Music and Prism Prize, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — Shifting the Conversation with Morgan Schaffner, Sammy Maine, Arianne Tong, and Alicia Bee, Venus Fest, Toronto, Ontario
Panelist —Dropping Gems with Dalton Higgins, CJRU 1280 AM, Toronto, Ontario
Panelist — Systemic & Systematic Racism: A Discussion on Anti-Black Racism in the Entertainment Industry with Dalton Higgins, Ian Kamau, Kevin Amougou, Daniella Etienne, Canadian Independent Music Association and Music Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Panelist — On Print Media as a Tool in the Expression and Definition of Culture with Geoff Snack, Michael Nyarkoh, Luis Mora, and Kelsey Adams, New Currency and Artscape Launchpad, Toronto Ontario.
Guest Lecture — Pitching and Branding, Graduate Course, School of Journalism, X University, Toronto, Ontario
Guest Lecture — The Ongoing History of White Men Dragging Other White Men, curated by Jordan Sowunmi with Alice Blackwell and Vidal Wu, Trampoline Hall, Toronto, Ontario
Panelist — Pop chart-toppers, indie show-stoppers: The Day 6 music panel unpacks 2019’s biggest hits with Odario Williams and Nate Sloan, CBC Day 6, Toronto, Ontario
Panelist — Year in Review: CanCon with NRC, Do Not Push!, Erin Ashley, ISO.Radio, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — How to Break in Toronto: A Perspective into Booking and Promoting for the Hip Hop Community with Jesse Ohtake and Chris Wilson, Canadian Independent Music Association and Music Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — Everything to Scale: Promoting at Different Levels with Niki Bodeman, Elsa Mirzaei, Chris Wilson, LAL, Pop Montreal Music Festival, Montreal, Quebec
Keynote Address — Mapping Toronto’s DIY Music Scene, Long Winter Paris x Collectif Mu, Paris France
Panelist — Will it be reggaton, country, or pop? Predicting this year’s song of the summer with Maura Johnston, Nate Sloan, CBC Day 6, Toronto, Ontario.
Panelist — The Evolution of Radio and Music: A Perspective from Women Visionaries who are Making it Happen with Barb Williams, Connie Walker, Megan Bingley, Patti-Ann Tarlton, Susan Marjetti, Canadian Music Week, Toronto, Ontario
Guest Speaker — Challenges and Triumphs: The Voices of Women in Music with Lisa Logutenkow, Samantha Slattery, Allison Lang, Sate, Brittany Farhat, Tau-Ming Lau, Korea Town Acid, Indie 88, Toronto, Ontario
Panelist — Equality in Media with Robyn Dolittle, Amanda Chan, Mindshare International Women’s Day Huddle, Toronto, Ontario.
Moderator — Women in Gaming, Alicia Junus, Val Silver, Sarah Wagg, Mindshare International Women’s Day Huddle, Toronto, Ontario.
Guest Speaker — Headlines: Pre-Junos Broadcast, CBC Music Presents, Toronto, Ontario
Panelist — Timeless tracks: 2018 had plenty of big hits, but which ones are built to last? with Nate Sloan, Andrea Warner, CBC Day 6, Toronto, Ontario
Moderator — The Anatomy of a Song with Widney Bonfils, Ilichna Morasky, Caitlin Loney, Philip Laffin Pop Montreal Music Festival, Montreal, Québec
Panelist —Careers in Canadian Magazines: Opinionated, and the role of the opinion essay with Kate Robertson, Erica Lenti, Alicia Elliott. Word on the Street, Toronto Book and Magazine Festival, Toronto Ontario
Panelist— Gettin’ Ink Done: The art of music publicity with Ken Beattie. Music and Film in Motion, a division of cultural industries of Ontario North, Sudbury, Ontario
Panelist — Polaris Shortlist Roundtable with Guillaume Moffat, Erin Ashley, Melody Lau. CBC Music, Toronto, Ontario.
Panelist — Art vs. the Artist: What is a festival’s role in curation and programming? with Erin Ashley, Jordan Sowunmi, Kevin Richie. North-by-Northeast Music Festival (NXNE), Toronto, Ontario.
Guest speaker — Hedley, #MeToo, and the music industry with Carly Lewis. CBC Metro Morning with Matt Galloway, Toronto Ontario
Panelist — Anti-Black Racism in Canadian Music with Rita Carter, Seiiizmikkk, Ali “Captain” Misnana. Kreative Kontrol at Megaphono Music Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.
Panelist — Tricks from the 6ix: Breaking into Canada’s Biggest Music City with Aliya Pabani,
Kvesche Bijons-Ebacher, Brandon Valdivia, Aerin Fogel. Megaphono Music Conference, Ottawa, Ontario.