EMPLOYMENT & PROJECTS

Registered Psychotherapist

2022 to present

+ helping people explore their lives, desires, and barriers to thriving. In private practice, CRPO license #11594

 

Certified Intimacy Coordinator

2019 to 2022

+ helping directors and actors safely & consensually navigate scenes of nudity & sexuality for film & tv

+ the first IC in Canada certified by IPA (Intimacy Professionals Association)

+ projects include Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley; Apple TV's See season 2; FX's Y: The Last Man and The Kings of Napa season 1

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Certified Sexual Health Educator

2014 to present

+ counselling individuals on issues regarding personal sexual health and relationships

+ facilitating educational settings on sexuality/sexual health issues for groups, private, & public organizations

+ writing articles, hosting public talks; speaking on panels; giving interviews to publications on various topics within the sexuality field, ie. Toronto Star, Men’s Health

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Volunteer Infoline Responder

Action Canada

2021 to 2022

+ responding to questions on sexual health and abortion services across Canada

 

Volunteer Crisis Responder

Crisis Text Line

2020 to 2021

+ responding via text platform for those in mental health crisis

 

Sexual Representation Collection, University of Toronto

Curatorial Assistant

2017 Fall semester; Work/Study

+ assisting in the daily activities; event planning for SRC outreach

 

The Keyhole Sessions: Art With Edge

Founder

May 2009 to present

+ erotic life-drawing, photography, filmmaking, and feminist events & projects facilitating the union between sex & art

+ ­­­­special community art events at offsite locations, including Nuit Blanche; hosting the Toronto Sex+ Film Fest

 

AfterBedford

Founder

January-December 2014

+ creation of an online information hub to educate Canadians about the legislative climate around sex work during the year of parliamentary debate over the Bedford Supreme Court of Canada case

 

Toronto Standard

Sex Columnist

September 2013 to August 2014

+ sexuality columnist under my own column, called Sex+, connoting the coupling of topics with sexual health & sex positivity

 

SlutWalk Toronto

Founder

February 2011 

+ feminist activist response to victim-blaming & sexual profiling in Toronto’s Police Services, the judicial system, and Mainstream Media

+ welcoming over 3,500 people marching in downtown Toronto, SlutWalkTO garnered world-wide attention on every network from CBC to CNN to Al Jazeera, plus coverage and satellite walks on 6 continents in almost 300 cities to date

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Various Boutique & International Design/Ad Agencies

Art Director, Graphic Designer

1995 - 2011 

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FORMAL EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology

Yorkville University {New Brunswick}

2019 to 2022

+ graduate studies to become a licensed therapist

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Honours BA, Specialist; Sexual Diversity Studies

University of Toronto

2016 to 2019

+ graduated with High Distinction

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Intensive Sex Therapy Training Program

University of Guelph

August 2015

+ 1-week intensive sex therapy certification

 

SFSI {San Francisco Sex Information}

San Francisco

October to November 2014

+ 60plus hours sex education certification

 

Sexplore with Den Temin SAR {Sexual Attitude Reassessment}

Toronto

July 2014

+ 3-day intensive certification to unlearn socially-taught biases on sex & sexuality, all within
an anti-oppression framework

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Tristan Taormino’s Sex Educator Bootcamp

Los Angeles

September 2013

+ 2-day intensive on formalizing sexual education as a business

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Safe Sets

July 2020

+ COVID-19 Level A Certification

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Intimacy Professionals Association (IPA) {Certification Training Program}

Toronto/Los Angeles

August 2019 to December 2019

+ intensive training under IPA‘s Amanda Blumenthal (Intimacy Coordinator for Euphoria, The L Word, Carnival Row, among others)

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Conflict Resolution & Negotiation

Toronto Hostels Training Centre

January 2020

+ 1-day intensive skills training

 

Kink and BDSM training

Toronto, various locations

2008 to present

+ ongoing training using RACK principles (Risk Aware Consensual Kink);
including Safe Rope Practices, BDSM Basics, Safe TakeDown & Capture, CBT

 

Mental Health First Aid

Toronto

August 2019

+ 2-day intensive certificate training on facilitating mental health first aid for people in crisis

 

Theatrical Intimacy Education 

New York City

June 2019

+ 2-day intensive workshop acquiring skills on how to facilitate safe and consensual sexual/sexually violent scenes in theatre

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Graphic Design Program

Ontario College of Art

September 1994 to April 1995

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Honours, BFA; Graphic Design major, Film minor

York University

September 1992 to April 1994

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ACCOLADES & AWARDS

C.L. Burton Open Scholarship, 2019

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Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, LGBTOUT Scholarship, 2019

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University College Alumni Scholarship, University of Toronto, 2017/2018

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Faculty of Arts and Science Dean’s List Scholar, University of Toronto, 2016-2019

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Various film director awards at international film festivals, 2013 to 2016

including Dan Savage’s HUMP! Fest, The Feminist Porn Awards, Oakland Briefs Festival 

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More Magazine, one of ‘More’s 50 Fiercest Women’, 2012

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Utne Reader ‘Visionary’, 2011

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The Grid, ‘Toronto Menschie’, 2011

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Torontoist, ‘Toronto Hero’ nominee, 2011

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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Various solo and collaborative presentations and panels include:

 

TEDx Toronto: Speaker on Slutwalk and the effects of sexualized language

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Western University, London, ONE LOVE Conference: Speaker on inclusivity

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Body Talk, Whitehorse: Speaker at conference for women’s wellness

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Youth Services Bureau, Ottawa: Speaker to youth workers on youth sexuality, health, & consent​

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Sexposium, Ontario Science Centre: Speaker on technosexuality

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Creative Mornings: representing Toronto on CM’s global topic of sex

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Playground Sexuality Conference, Toronto: Panel Facilitator on sex work & law; Speaker on technosexuality

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Catalyst Con, D.C: Speaker on educating communities through erotic art events

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The Philosophical Society at Trinity College, Dublin: Special Guest debater on the reclamation of

sexualized language

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Ontario Bar Association: Lead Panelist in feminist legal analysis discussion

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