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Additional Resources
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Meet the Speakers
Sedina Fiati, live performance/media performer, producer, creator & activist
Sedina Fiati is a Toronto based live performance/media performer, producer, creator and activist with over 15 years experience. She is proudly Black, queer and femme. Favourite projects: Every Day She Rose (Nightwood Theatre, co-director), Switch: The Village (collective member, street performance, Buddies in Bad Times 2018 & 2019), Maternal (short film, producer, winner of Best Short at CaribbeanTales Film Festival), Feminist Fuck It Festival (multidisciplinary festival, co-creator and co-producer), All You Can Hold (multidisciplinary performance with LAL and Ange Loft, producer, MOCA Toronto), Tokens (web series, performer, multiple award nominations). Sedina currently works at Generator as the lead facilitator of the Artist Producer Training Program. Upcoming: Last Dance (web series, producer, creator, performer), Switching Queen(s) (collective street performance, collective member).
Simon Brault, Director & CEO of the Canada Council
Mr. Brault has been active in the cultural sector for over 30 years and has been a driving force behind a number of major projects. Notably, as Administrative Director and Director General of the National Theatre School of Canada, he coordinated the ambitious project of restoring Montréal’s historic Monument-National.
A much sought-after speaker, Mr. Brault delivers many speeches every year at national and international venues, addressing the economic and social contributions of the arts and culture.
In 2017, he represented Canada as a cultural expert at the first G7 on arts and culture.