Professional Speaking
As a woman with strong opinions and stronger stage presence, I make many appearances as a panel member or keynote speaker for conventions, protests, vigils, and other public events. My experience as a writer, teacher, and member of many marginalized groups equips me to speak to many different audiences in many different contexts. I can make sure your event is memorable and informative. Have a look at my list of appearances below to see the range of topics at which I can speak with conviction, authority, information, and skill.
LIST OF APPEARANCES
Neurodiversity and Non-Monogamy ft. Alyssa Gonzalez (ep. 43) – The Poly (Pod)Cast, 24 November 2024
Trans(form) the Narrative – West Side Pride, 23 November 2024
Trans Love Panel – Central Toronto Youth Services, November 2024
(Exo)skeletons are Spooky, Right – Presented to the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society, 28 October 2024
Interview with Chaudiere Books – 25 August 2024
Anomia in Ottawa: with Colangelo, Gonzalez, and Moran – Perfect Books, Ottawa, 17 August 2024
How Not to Build a Paludarium – Presented to the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society, 22 April 2024
Trans Love Panel – Central Toronto Youth Services, April 2024
LGBTQ2SIA+ Identity and Neurodiversity – Nokia EQUAL!, October 2023
Disclosure and Actualization – Central Toronto Youth Services, August 2023
Nonmonogamy and Neurodiversity: A Perfect Match – Pollywood 2023
On Little Finny Hands: Fish That Walk – Presented to the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society, 24 April 2023
Alyssa – Normalizing Non-Monogamy Podcast Episode 283
Neurodiversity and the Benefits and Challenges of Nonmonogamy (with author Alyssa Gonzalez) – Multiamory Podcast Episode 416
Neurodiversity and Gender Diversity Panel – Central Toronto Youth Services, March 2023
Elegy for the Ones Who Never Got to Be – Transgender Day of Remembrance presentation delivered to Department of Canadian Heritage, November 2022
Meet New Member Alyssa Gonzalez – Interviewed for National Association of Science Writers newsletter
A Landscape of Safety – Dykes Gone Digital 2020
Lunch and Learn: Transgender Awareness Session – Natural Resources Canada
Queersplaining – Interviewed by Callie Wright for podcast, 13 August 2019
Midweek: The Radio Show – Interviewed for Carleton University journalism students’ radio show, 21 November 2018
Sensual Massage as Sensory Play – Unholy Harvest 2018
Unstick My Heart And Say You’ll Write Me At Last: Turning that one persistent idea into a beginning, a middle, and an end. – Queering Power 2018
SAEFTY’s Human Library – Support and Education for Trans Youth (SAEFTY)
One Girl, Five Queeroes – Algonquin College Student Association Pride Centre
Transgender Possibility Panel – CUSA Gender and Sexuality Resource Centre
Today We Are Candles – Ottawa Trans Day of Remembrance 2017 (Centretown News) (Joycast)
Sensual Massage as Sensory Play – Unholy Harvest 2017
Panelist – Empowering the Trans Community in the Workplace and Beyond
Keynote Address for Violence and Trans Women of Color: The Intersections – CUSA Gender and Sexuality Resource Centre
Today We Remember – Ottawa Trans Day of Remembrance 2016 (En Español) (Video)
He Came for Me – Ottawa Pulse Memorial Vigil 2016 (En Español)