Jason Grunn
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Jason Grunn

Jason Grunn is a graduate of the Sociology program at Mount Royal University, a lifeguard, and a freelance writer.

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Allen Forrest
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Allen Forrest

Born in Canada and bred in the U.S., Allen Forrest has worked in many mediums: computer graphics, theatre, digital music, film, video, drawing, and painting.

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Jibola Fagbamiye
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Jibola Fagbamiye

Influenced by artists like Shepard Fairey, Lemi Ghariokwu, Andy Warhol, and Abayomi Barber, Nigerian-Canadian, JIBOLA FAGBAMIYE explores how eyeglasses influence our opinion of pop and cultural icons, in his dynamic series ‘POINT OF VIEW’. 


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Jennifer Ellis
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Jennifer Ellis

Jennifer Ellis was born and raised in Los Angeles, California until the age of twelve when she moved to Toronto with her family.

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Sue Corke
2017, 2016 Alanna Rusnak 2017, 2016 Alanna Rusnak

Sue Corke

Sue Corke is a retired public servant who has wanted to write since she was twelve, and now, finally, has the time.

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Trisha Causley
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Trisha Causley

Trisha Causley has a PhD in Linguistics, which has facilitated past lives in academia, artificial intelligence, and native language dictionary development.

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Nancy Allan
2017 Alanna Rusnak 2017 Alanna Rusnak

Nancy Allan

Nancy Allan is a former Medical Laboratory Technologist (Microbiology). As a teenager, Nancy read some poetry by the English poets (Wordsworth, Tennyson) that captivated her imagination.

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M J
2018 Alanna Rusnak 2018 Alanna Rusnak

M J

When clouds began creeping into her paintings, Toronto artist, MJ, decided to investigate this strange obsession, challenging herself to paint one hundred clouds and get them out of her system.

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Jessica Kluthe
2018 Alanna Rusnak 2018 Alanna Rusnak

Jessica Kluthe

Jessica Kluthe, named one of Edmonton’s Top 40 Under 40, is an instructor at MacEwan University and the co-creator of the Third-Verb writing workshops.

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Stephanie Karakochuk Hardy
2018 Alanna Rusnak 2018 Alanna Rusnak

Stephanie Karakochuk Hardy

Stephanie Karakochuk Hardy is a lyric essayist and caffeine addict currently living in Tampa, Florida with her husband and two cats.

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Hanorah Hanley
2018 Alanna Rusnak 2018 Alanna Rusnak

Hanorah Hanley

Hanorah Hanley is a multi-ethnic artist and advocate for consent based in Montreal.

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Mark Halpern
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Mark Halpern

Mark Halpern has lived since 1993 in Tokyo, where he runs his own law firm.

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Karen Grosman
2018 Alanna Rusnak 2018 Alanna Rusnak

Karen Grosman

Using symbolism to express different female stereotypes, Toronto-based artist, KAREN GROSMAN, is interested in portraying internalized messages and expectations.

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Emily Fata
2018 Alanna Rusnak 2018 Alanna Rusnak

Emily Fata

Emily Fata is an author and blogger based in Toronto. She runs the travel and lifestyle blog Emulating Emily and has recently launched a travel website, Wanderous Affair.

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Katerina Eleftheriou
2018 Alanna Rusnak 2018 Alanna Rusnak

Katerina Eleftheriou

Katerina Eleftheriou is a Toronto-based freelance copywriter and blogger who graduated from the University of Toronto for English and Classical Civilizations.

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Joy DeVito
2018 Alanna Rusnak 2018 Alanna Rusnak

Joy DeVito

Joy DeVito is the co-author of Lifting Hearts off the Ground: Exploring Indigenous Rights in Poetry which seeks to breathe life into the dry legal language of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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