Conferences and Festivals

Panelist, “Killing the Impostor: Dealing with Self-Doubt” and “One Ring to Bind Them: Writing Metaphors” | The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature (Can*Con) | Brookstreet Hotel, Ottawa | October 18-19 2025

Moderator, “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Journey Stories” | Word on The Street | David Pecaut Square, Toronto | September 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Panelist, “Projects and Reflections” | Kingston Writers’ Festival | Kingston Marriott, Kingston | September 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Panelist, “Escape Room” | Eden Mills Writer’s Festival | Eden Mills, ON | September 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Panelist, “Afrofuturism and Beyond,” and, “Submission Advice for Poetry: What Editors Are Looking For” | WorldCon | Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. (in person) | August 14-17, 2025

Moderator, “Poetry Performance Tips” | WorldCon | Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. (in person) | August 14-17, 2025

Moderator, “Augur Presents: More Passion, More Energy: Playfulness in Speculative Poetry” | The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature (Can*Con) | Sheraton Hotel, Ottawa | November 2, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Panelist, “The Need for Community,” and, “Writing What (And Who) You Know” | The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature (Can*Con) | Sheraton Hotel, Ottawa | November 2-4, 2024

Panelist, “Black Fantasy and Horror,” “Speculative Poetry,” and, “Editing Short Fiction as an Art Form” | World Fantasy Convention | Sheraton Niagara, USA | October 14-17, 2024

Panelist, “Introduction to Genre Poetry” | WorldCon | Glasgow, Scotland | August 9, 2024 at 4:00 PM BST

Moderator, “Themes of Hope and Joy in Black SFF” and “BIPOC Authors Meetup” | Nebula Conference | Online | June 6-9, 2024

Panelist, “How to Run Active Writing Communities” and “Fantastical Verse: Writing Speculative Poetry” | The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature | Sheraton Hotel, Ottawa | October 13-15, 2023

Keynote Panelist, “Otherwise Futures, Marvellous and Mundane: Black and Indigenous Futurisms in Conversation,” with Daniel Heath Justice and Chelsea Vowel | Indigenous Literary Studies Association (ILSA) | Congress 2023 | June 1, 2023 at 9:30 AM

Augur Guest Speaker | EW Reading Series, “Ominous October” | Online | October 17, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Moderator, “God Isn’t Here Today Launch with Francine Cunningham” | Type Books | September 10, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Panelist, “Constructing Your Collection: Arranging Stories and Poems,” “Inclusion: Beyond Diversity and Equity,” and “Jordan Peele, Black Horror, and the Path to Inclusivity in Horror” | WorldCon (Chicon 8) | Chicago, Illinois (in person) | September 1-5, 2022

Moderator, “The State of Black SFF,” “Black Speculative Poetry,” and “Virtual Table Talk – Terese Mason Pierre” | WorldCon (Chicon 8) | Chicago, Illinois (in person) | September 1-5, 2022

Moderator, “Worthy Sacrifices,” and, “Magic In Our Blood” | Word On The Street Toronto | June 11-12, 2022

Panelist, “Adamant Voices: Editors Who Game: Part 1” | Lightspeed Live | Online | April 24, 2022 at 11:00 AM

Moderator, “Black Speculative Poetry” | Flights of Foundry 2022 | April 10, 2022 at 10:00 AM

Panelist, “Into Words: Black Writers.” | League of Canadian Poets | February 26, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Moderator, “The Wild World of Speculative Poetry” | World Fantasy Convention | Montréal, Québéc | November 5, 2021 at 7:00 PM

Panelist, “Speculative Fact” | World Fantasy Convention | Hotel Bonaventure, Montréal, Québéc | November 5, 2021 at 10:00 AM

Panelist, “Fantastic Intersections: The Speculative in Prose, Poetry & Film” | Clarion West | Online | October 30, 2021

Panelist, “Adamant Voices: For the Love of Reading” | Lightspeed Live | Online | October 18, 2021

Panelist, “With Great Power Comes Great Insensitivity: Power Dynamics and Worldbuilding,” “Tales to Keep: Story Collections and How to Decide a Selection,” and “Sensitivity Reading while Marginalized: Workshopping Around White Fragility” | FIYAHCON | Online | September 16-19, 2021

Panelist, “Adamant Voices: Panel Discussion on SF/F/H Poetry feat. Authors + Editors of Fantasy + Nightmare” | Lightspeed Live | Online | August 23, 2021

Panelist, “Hanging up Your Shingle: How to Start in Freelance Editorial” | Nebula Conference | Online | June 6, 2021 at 11:00 AM

Moderator, “Writers on Mystery and Magic” | The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) | Online | May 4, 2021 at 8:00 PM

Moderator, “Editing Poetry” | Flights of Foundry Conference | Online | April 17, 2021 at 12:00 PM

Panelist, “Tips from Across the Table: An Author-Editor Roundtable” | Editors Toronto | Online | March 25, 2021 at 7:30 PM

Panelist, “Augur Magazine Editors” | Editors Ottawa | Online | March 17, 2021 at 6:00 PM

Panelist, “#PublishingPaidMe Discussion” | Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) | Online | March 4, 2021 at 6:20 PM

Panelist, “Speculative Poetry Reading” | VirtuousCon 2020 | February 21 , 2020 at 11:00 AM

Panelist, “Hexing Space, Time and Gender” | Unfettered Hexes Kickstarter, Neon Hemlock Press | Online | December 20, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Moderator, “Problematic or Powerful,” and “Featured Conversation: Stories for the Futures We Need” | AugurCon | Online | November 28, 2020 at 10:00 AM

Moderator, “How To Get Published” | Hart House Student Literary and Library Committee | Online | November 24, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Panelist, “Caribbean Diaspora Writers in Conversation” | CanCon Online | November 14, 2020 at 3:00 PM

Moderator, “Interview with Souvankham Thammavongsa” | Diaspora Dialogues | Online | November 4, 2020 at 5:00 PM

Panelist, “Writing to Market: BIPOC Writers Navigating Commercial Viability” | FIYAHCON | Online | October 17, 2020 at 6:00 PM

Moderator, “Modern Youth” | The Word On The Street Toronto | September 26, 2020 at 1:30 PM

Moderator, “Diaspora Dialogues: Andrew Pyper and Saleema Nawaz” | The Word On The Street Toronto | September 26, 2020 at 10:00 AM

Panelist, “Speculative Poets Hour” | HawaiiCon 2020 | September 25, 2020 at 5:00 PM

Panelist, “Desmond Cole’s The Skin We’re In Book Launch” | Art Gallery of Ontario | February 5, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Panelist, “Getting Published: In Conversation with Industry Professionals” | BIPOC Writers Connect Conference | October 30, 2019 at 12:00 PM

Panelist, “Small Press, Big Ideas: A Roundtable” | Toronto International Festival of Authors | October 26, 2019 at 5:00 PM

Panelist, “Behind the Scenes of Grant Applications,” “Ask Augur Magazine,” “The Realness of Fabulism,” and “Hierarchy and Oppression in SFF” | The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature (Can*Con) | The Sheraton Ottawa | October 18-20, 2019 at 12:00 PM

What We See in the Smoke: An Analysis of a Post-Apocalyptic Toronto | Academic Conference for Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy | Lillian H. Smith Library | June 7, 2019 at 9:00 AM

Panelist, “Speculative Poetry” | The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature | The Sheraton Ottawa | October 13, 2018 at 6:00 PM