MASS CULTURE'S GOVERNANCE
WORKING GROUPS
Find out who’s involved in governing Mass Culture by clicking below.
If you are interested in taking an active role in the Mass Culture initiative, please contact Kathryn at info@massculture.ca to participate in a group, or discuss other ways to collaborate.
This group contributes towards design and dissemination strategies for the promotion and coordination of various initiatives through social media and traditional media while helping to develop key messages for various initiatives.
Ainslee Beer
Joanna Prescod, Group Conduit
Meg Shannon
Jasmine Spei
This group contributes towards Mass Culture’s Knowledge Mobilization plan (Gatherings, MC Minds, Resource Centre, and other activities that engage individuals in arts research) to ensure that Mass Culture is adhering to its guiding principles and meeting the needs of its network.
Mary Blais
Kallee Lins, Group Conduit
June Park
This group contributes towards the building of Mass Culture’s Governance Roadmap by generating strategies to grow a healthy network and stewarding connections around research topics.
Mary Blais
Marnie Gladwell
Robin Sutherland
Michelle Yeung, Group Conduit
This group contributes towards the organization’s key operations such as its financial and human resources, organizational inner workings (bylaws & policies), and the foundational elements of its Operations Management plan.
Kate Cornell
Clare Daitch, Group Co-Conduit
Kenji Maeda, Group Co-Conduit
Tara Mazurk
Kristen Pauch-Nolin
Kathleen Sharpe
Clayton Windatt
Through the advisement of the network, the Research WG will set the organization’s annual research agenda as well as devise Mass Culture’s policies that pertain to its involvement with research.
Mary Blackstone
Natalie Dewan
Liz Forsberg
Bridget MacIntosh, Group Co-Conduit
Scott Marsden
Stephany Peterson
Jonathan Rouleau
Cate Proctor, Group Co-Conduit
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Annalee Adair, Project Manager, Cultural Human Resources Council
Mona Afshari, Marketing & Communications Manager, WorkInCulture
Jessa Agilo, President & CEO, ArtsPond/Étang d’Arts
Linda Albright, Executive Director, Arts Network for Children and Youth
Kathy Allen
Nichole Anderson
Holly Anghel
Lara Arabian
Gideon Arthurs, CEO, National Theatre School of Canada
Jean Assamoa, Founder & Artistic Director, Akwaba Cultural Exchange
Michael Aylward, Vice Chair, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Marnie Badham, Vice Chancellor’s Post Doctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University
Karen Ball
Sue Balint
Warren Bain, Artistic Associate, Sheatre
Joy Barrett, Executive Director, Castlegar Sculpturewalk
Sara Bateman
Renuka Bauri
Ainslee Beer, Policy Manager, Craft Council of BC
Steve Bellamy, CEO, Confederation Centre of the Arts
Katy Belshaw
Loretto Beninger
ed bernacki, Innovationalist, The Idea Factory
Stephanie Berrington
Anne Bertrand
Denis Bertrand
Blerina Berberi
Sylvie Binette, Owner, Museum Professional and Artist, Binette Cultural Solutions
Meridith Bisiker
Maegen Black, Director, Canadian Crafts Federation / Fédération canadienne des métiers d’art
Mary Blackstone
Mary Blais, Principal, Mary Blais Arts & Culture Consulting
Alexandra Badzak, Director and CEO, Ottawa Art Gallery
Alethea Bakogeorge
Sam Boer
Teresa van den Boogaard
Allison Bottomley
Miranda Bouchard, Artistic Director, Thinking Rock Community Arts
Shannon Bowler
Seika Boye, PhD
Jillian Bracken
Stuart Braidwood
Jutta Brendemuhl, Program Curator, Goethe-Institut Toronto
Lynn Briand, Senior Strategic advisor, KIK Strategic Management
Carrie Brooks-Joiner, Director, Tourism and Culture Division, City of Hamilton
Boris Brott, Artistic Director, National Academy Orchestra of Canada
Patti Broughton, Executive Director, Guelph Arts Council
Jennifer Brown
Belinda Bruce
Susila Bryant
Felicity Buckell
Jen Budney
Lori Burke, Executive Director, Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design
Jonathan Bunce, Artistic/Executive Director, Wavelength Music
Gregory Burbidge, Research & Policy Specialist, Calgary Arts Development
Emma Burgess
Ruth Burns, Executive Director, Ontario Culture Days
Rebecca Burton
Eva Cairns
Kayla Calder
Naomi Campbell
Katriina Campitelli
Mariana Castellanos, PhD Student, École nationale d’administration publique
Katherine Carleton, Executive Director, Orchestras Canada
Maria Carneiro
Nathalie Carrier, Executive Director, Quartier Vanier BIA
Adrienne Carter
Diana Carter
Nathalie Casemajor
Olinda Casimiro, Executive Director, Art Gallery of Northumberland
Brittney Cathcart, Vice President, Business / Arts
siva cherla, Director, Orchestra Toronto
Kristin Cheung
Helen Chimirri-Russell
Laura Clark
Kristian Clarke, Co-Founder of Mass Culture, Executive Director, Dancer Transition Resource Centre
Eddie Clifford
Amanda Coles, Lecturer, Arts and Cultural Management / Employment Relations, Deakin University
Kate Cornell, Co-Founder of Mass Culture, Executive Director, Canadian Dance Assembly and Co-chair of the Canadian Arts Coalition
Tanya Craig
Sandy Crawley
Susan Crocker
Tim Crouch
Vicki Cummings, President, Vision Co-Create
Zoe Cunningham
Al Cushing
Dr. Antonio C. Cuyler, Founder & Principal Consultant, Cuyler Consulting, LLC
Sara D’Agostino
Clare Daitch, Interpretive Planner, Government of Yukon, Tourism and Culture
Kathleen Darby, General Manager, Creative City Network of Canada
Stephen Davies, Assistant Professor, OCAD University, Graduate School, Strategic Foresight and Innovation Program
Diane Davy, Executive Director, WorkInCulture
Dani De Angelis
Mila Dechef-Tweddle
Michele Decottignies, Founding Artistic Director, Stage Left Productions
John Degen, Executive Director, The Writers’ Union of Canada
Elisha Denburg
Juliette Denis, Mobilization Officer, Synapse C
Scott Dermody, Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA)
Kevin Desjardins
Monique Désormeaux, Deputy CEO, Ottawa Public Library
Anike Després, Cultural Funding Officer, City of Ottawa
Marilyn Desrosiers
Natalie Dewan, Communications and Membership Services Coordinator, Ontario Presents
Sara Diamond, President Emerita, OCAD University
Ben Dick, Cultural Mapping and Research Officer, City of Ottawa
Russ Disotell, Organizer/Facilitator, Brockville Culture Days
Su Ditta, Executive Director, Electric City Culture Council
Idil Djafer, Membership Coordinator, Playwrights Guild of Canada
Laila Djiwa
Melinda Doherty Griffiths
Emma Doran
Tara Dorey, Program Director, Mural Routes
Chantal Dos Santos
Mike Douglas, Executive Director, Mississauga Arts Council
Cynthia Dubé
Eric Dubeau
Wayne Dunkley
John Dunne, Managing Director, One Yellow Rabbit
Stephanie Draker, Work In Culture
Nina Jane Drystek
Laurence Dubac, PhD Candidate, Université de Montréal
Julie DuPont, Portfolio Manager, Public Art Program, City of Ottawa
Gillian Dykeman, Executive Director, ArtsLink NB
Pamela Edmonds, Senior Curator, McMaster Museum of Art
Sue Edworthy, Owner, Sue Edworthy Arts Planning
Kate Einarson
Saada El-Akhrass
Nehal El-Hadi
Angela Elster
Lee Erdman
Kris Erickson
Robin Etherington, Executive Director, Bytown Museum
Karla Etienne, Executive Director, Canadian Dance Assembly
Danna Evans, General Manager, Culture and Tourism, City of Guelph
Leah Faieta, Leah Faieta Consulting
Mhiran Faraday
Robin Faye
Jennifer Faulkner
Alyssa Fearon
Liz Feld
Melanie Fernandez
Lisa Fiorilli
Lindy Finlan, General Manager, 4th Line Theatre
Stephanie Fischer, Executive Director, Capitol Theatre Restoration Society
Wendy Fitch, Executive Director, Museums Association of Saskatchewan
Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Director of Cultural Services, City of Humboldt
Todd Fleet
Aviva Fleising
Julie Fossitt
Liz Forsberg
Andre Forsythe
Barbara Franchetto
Kirsten Frankish
Carly Frey
Anne Frost
Deanna Galati
Deep Ganguly, Sound Healing, Nexus9
Lowell Gasoi, Carleton University
Dennis Garreck, Outreach Consultant, SaskCulture Inc.
Warren Garrett, Executive Director, Ontario Presenting Network
Guillaume Gaubert
Laura Rock Gaughan
Johan Geertsema
Kathryn Geertsema
Sarah Gelbard
Kat Germain
Sue-ellen Gerritsen, Program Officer, Canada Council for the Arts
Laura Gibbs
Andrew Giguère
Dominique Giguere, Currents Group Inc.
Emily Gillespie
Claire Gillis, Chief Business Affairs Officer, Access Copyright
Marnie Gladwell, Executive Director, Saskatchewan Arts Alliance
Hana Glaser
Alex Glass, Interim Executive Director, ArtsBuild Ontario
Sapna Goel
Lindsay Golds, Project Manager, ArtsBuild Ontario
Jen Gordon
Jennifer Gordon, Director, Centre for Creative Business Innovation & Humber Galleries, Humber College
Diana Gore, Programming and Communications Coordinator, Kingston Arts Council
Linda Gorrie
Eric Goudie
Julia Gray
Jennifer Green, Director of Donor Engagement, Toronto Arts Foundation
Harman Grewal
Janita Grift
Vidhi Gupta
Nadine Haddad, Director of Philanthropy, Confederation Centre of the Arts
Suzanne Haines, Executive Director, Aurora Cultural Centre
Monika Hakala, Ontario artsVest Program Manager, Business for the Arts
David Han
Sally Han, Manager, Cultural Partnerships, City of Toronto
Amanda Hancox
Tuija Hansen
Nathanial Hanula-James
Rebecca Harrison
Zoe Harvey
Annette Hegel, Director, SAW Video Media Art Centre
Eva Hellreich
Sherri Helwig, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream – Arts Management, University of Toronto Scarborough
Luisa Henz
Maxine Heppner, Artistic Director, Across Oceans Arts
Rhiannon Herbert
Andrea Hibbert, Executive Director, London Arts Council
Lisa Hickey Besserer, Business Strategist, Arts & Culture, The City of Calgary
Janna Hiemstra
Stephen Hignell, Cultural Sector Advisor, Nordicity
Kelly Hill, President, Hill Strategies Research Inc.
Shana Hillman, Operations Director, East End Arts
Sophie Hinch, Education and Public Program Coordinator, Art Gallery of Windsor
Danielle Hogan
Julia Horel, Publisher, Shameless Magazine
Richard Hornsby
Brendan Howlett
Patricia Huntsman, Principal, Patricia Huntsman Culture + Communication / Managing Director, Arts BC
Stephen Hurley, Founder and Chief Catalyst, voicEd Radio (Canada)
Chris Jackman, Chair, Arts & Design, Centennial College
Christine Jackson
Rebecca Jaine
Mark Jamison, President, envericom ltd.
John Jantunen
Patty Jarvis
Sarah Jarvis, Director of Partnerships, Tourism Toronto
M. Sharon Jeannotte, Senior Fellow, Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa
Amy Jenkins, Head, Art Bank, Canada Council for the Arts
Peter Jiao
Michael Johnston
Rick Jones
Frédéric Julien, Director of Research and Development, CAPACOA
Emily Jung
Beth Kates, Founder / Artistic Director, Digital Alchemy Creation Lab
Maria Karam
Heather Kaufman
Marta Keller-Hernandez, Managing Director, Mural Routes, Programming Director Paralia Newcomer Arts Network
Heather Kelly, Founder & CEO, HKC Marketing
Dave Kemp, Assistant Professor, Ryerson University
Shahda Khan
Melanie Kloetzel, Associate Professor – Dance, University of Calgary
Jacoba Knaapen, Executive Director, Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts – TAPA
Liz Kohn, VP, Marketing and Communications, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Ron Koperdraad
Kenneth Kutz
Monica Lacey, Program Coordinator, this town is small inc. – PEI’s artist run centre
Marie Lalonde, Executive Director, Ontario Museum Association
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Annetta Latham, Assistant Professor, MacEwan University
Gilles Latour
Brenda Leadlay
Sally Lee
Tammy Lee
Cliff Le Jeune, Executive Director, Dance Nova Scotia
Gaëlle Lemasson
Kristina Lemieux
Jeanne LeSage, Principal, LeSage Arts Management
Chris Leveille
Steven Levitan
Joanna Lilley
Milton Lim
Kallee Lins
Shannon Litzenberger
Sarah Lochhead, founder, Artistic and Executive Director, Simcoe Contemporary Dancers (SCD)
Charlotte Lombardo, PhD Candidate, York University Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change & Sketch Working Arts
Karen Love, Executive Director, Pemberton Arts Council
Carin Lowerison, Managing Director, Green Light Arts
Mary Elizabeth Luka, Assistant Professor, Arts & Media Management, University of Toronto
Janis Luttrell, Recreation Programmer, Arts and Culture at Corporation of the Town of Newmarket
Lauren Lyew
Amy MacDonald
Peter MacDonald, General Manager, Ottawa Chamberfest
Bridget MacIntosh, Creative Director / Principal Strategist, Bridget MacIntosh & Associates
Cory Mack
Jeff Macklin
Emmanuel Madan
Kenji Maeda, Executive Director, Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance
Carly Maga
Deb Maitland
Candace Makowichuk, Executive Director, Edmonton Short Film Festival
Manon, Communications et collaborations stratégiques, Fédération culturelle canadienne-française
Judith Marcuse
Michael Maranda, assistant curator, Art Gallery of York University
Fanny Martin, Director, Art of Festivals
Jane Marsland
Jacqueline Massey
Cathy Masterson
Julia Matamoros
Nicole Matiation
Nick Maturo, Research Coordinator, ELAN
Tara Mazurk, Co-Founder of Mass Culture, Consultant, Cultural Industries with Global Public Affairs
Haley MacDonald, Director, Customer Experience & Operations, Imagine Canada
Jean Macpherson, Program Manager, Digital and Media Art, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Mafa Makhubalo, Founder/Artistic Director, Mafa Dance Village
Michael McAllister
Jerrold McGrath, Director of Launchpad Programs, Artscape Launchpad
Kera McHugh, Membership & Marketing Coordinator, Comox Valley Community Arts Council
Hope McIntyre, Assistant Professor, University of Winnipeg
Micheline McKay
Raine McKay, Executive Director, Craft Council of BC
Douglas McLennan
Gil Meslin, Research and Development Manager, Artscape
Nicole Milne
Nicole Mion
Catherine Mitchell
Katie Mitchell
Aziza Mohammed
Kate Monaghan, Associate Director, Advancement, Arts Commons
Janis Monture, Director of Tourism & Cultural Initiatives, Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation
Allison Moore
Nancy Morgan, Executive Director, Playwrights Guild of Canada
Emma Morris, Consultant, Art and Cultural Heritage, City of Regina
Debora Moura Sarti
Alison Murphy
Greg Murphy
Collette Murray, Artistic Director, Coco Collective
Michael Murray, Executive Director, Toronto Musicians’ Association, Local 149 CFM & AFM
Mitzi Murray
Amy Mushinski, Associate Director, Public Affairs, Canadian Opera Company
Jessica Myers
Susan Nagy, Executive Director, Lakeshore Arts
Leslie Najgebauer, Director, Office of the CEO, TAS
Daniela Nardi
Daniela Navia
Lisa Ndejuru
Jane Needles
Garry Neil
Robin Nelson, Assistant Professor, MacEwan University
Helen Nestor
Benedict Nguyen
Emi Nishimura
Rebekah Noseworthy
Phyllis Novak, Artistic Director, SKETCH Working Arts
Tara O’Donnell
Toyin Oladele
Cassandra Olsthoorn, Executive Director, Arts Network Ottawa/Réseau des arts d’Ottawa
Gaia Orion
Jude Ortiz, Research Coordinator, NORDIK Institute
Tom Osborne
Devon Ostrom
Gail Packwood, Executive Director, Associated Designers of Canada
Jean-François Packwood, Directeur général, Conseil culturel et artistique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique
Angela Paparizo, Manager of Arts and Culture, City of Burlington
Maryse Paquin, Professeure titulaire, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Département d’études culturelles
Maria Parrella-Ilaria, Coordinator, The ArtSpeaks Project
June Park, Mass Culture Digital Strategy Advisory and The English Language Arts Network (ELAN)
Alicia Payne
Rebecca Peirson, Acting Chair, Arts & Design, Centennial College
Christine Pellerin, Manager, Governors Council, Shaw Festival
Sonia Pelletier, Directrice générale, Regroupemnt des arts interdisicplinaires du Québec (RAIQ)
Amanda Peters
Stephany Peterson
Jennifer Petrilli, Managing Director, Canadian Network for Arts & Learning
Inga Petri, Owner, Strategic Moves
Sergei Petrov
Taisa Petruk, Riverfront InterArts
Deb Pickman, Co-Artistic Director, shameless hussy productions
Alain Pineau
Geneviève Pineault
Bruce Pitkin, Executive Director, Art Starts
Susan Pointe, Commercial Art Consultant, S. Pointe & Co. Inc.
Anne-Laurie Poirier
Tatiana Poluch, Program and Communications Coordinator, ArtsBuild Ontario
Amy Poole
Vanessa Porteous
Cate Proctor, Founder/Principal, Proctor Shift Consulting
Marta Proctor
Mike Prosserman, CEO, Epic Leadership
Samyuktha Punthambekar
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Lisa Randall, Senior Program Manager, CultureLink Settlement and Comm Services
Kelly Reedy, Artist/Art Therapist/Educator, ArtWorks
Devon Reid, Director of Cultural Partnerships, Gallea
Henry Reid
Wendy Reid, Associate professor, Professeur aggrégée, HEC Montréal
Kai Reimer-Watts, Creative Director, The People’s Climate Foundation
Monique Renaud
Leah Resnick
Catherine Richards
Cynthia Roberts
Pru Robey, President, Pru Robey Consulting
Guy Rodgers, Executive Director, The English Language Arts Network (ELAN)
Malia Rogers
Natalie Roizman, Project Manager, UME Academy
Tamara Romanchuk
Phillip Rose-Donahoe
Justin Rutledge
Dana Sabbah
Ali Sabourin, Senior Project Manager, City of Hamilton
Victoria Sanchez
Mark Sandiford
Jason Saulay, Affinity Programs and Business Development, AFBS
Shahina Sayani
Laura Schembri, Supervisor, Culture Services, Town of Newmarket
Lisa Schincariol McMurtry
Kathryn Schoutsen, Manager of Community Engagement, Innisfil ideaLAB & Library
Fiona Scott
Eleonora Sermoneta
Meg Shannon, Content Creator & Communications Strategist
Rosie Shaw, Confederation Centre of the Arts
Melaina Sheldon
Danny Shelton Jr.
Catherine Shepertycki, Co-ordinator, Cultural Development and Initiatives, City of Ottawa
Paula Shewchuk
Kristen Shima
Mirette Shoeir
Claudia Sicondolfo
Hallie K. Siegel
Leslie Silverman
Roger Sinha
Lindy Sisson
Catherine Smalley
Charles Smith, Executive Director of Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO)
Colleen Smith
Jerry Smith
Jim Smith
Jacqueline Soczka
Robin Sokoloski, Co-Founder of Mass Culture
Jacinthe Soulliere
Clau Souza
Teri Souter
Jasmine Spei
Boomer Stacey
Eleanor Stacey, Executive Director, Nelson Civic Theatre Society/The Civic Theatre
Kelly Stahl, Senior Manager, Cultural Services, City of Brampton
Jenna Stanton
Shanna Steals
Victoria Steele
Derek Stevenson, Strategic Leader, ATB Branch for Arts & Culture
John Stevenson, President, LeisurePlan International Inc.
Sylvie Stojanovski
Naomi Stokes
Jini Stolk, Research fellow, Toronto Arts Foundation
William Straw, Professor, McGill University
Laura Suchan, Executive Director, Oshawa Historical Society/Oshawa Museum
Robin Sutherland, Founding Artistic Director, Thinking Rock Community Arts
Chuck Sutyla, Cult
Andrea Switzer
Sarah Todd
Jessica Telford, Exhibition Coordinator and Communications, Alberta Craft Council
Amy Terrill
Christina Tizzard
Éric Trépanier, Business Intelligence Director, Synapse C
Emily Trottier
Sara Udow, Principal, Process
Angela Vannatter, Marketing Manager, Pacific Legal Education & Outreach Society
Lidia Varbanova
Stephanie Vegh
Zainub Verjee
Michael Vickers, Co-Director, Akin
Peter Vietgen, President, Canadian Society for Education through Art
Samantha Wainberg, Executive Director, York Region Arts Council
Kaitlin Wainwright
Charles Walker, Tourism & Business Development Manager, Town of Florenceville-Bristol
Mike Wallace, Executive Director, Theatre Museum
Daniel Webster
Bobbi Westman, Executive Director, Alberta Dance Alliance
Emma Westray
Tim Whalley
Julie Whelan, Senior Manager, Nordicity
Lucy White, Lucy White Consulting
Jessica Whitford, Managing Director, Toronto Dance Theatre
Carol Wiebe
Paol Wierzbicki
Andrew Willick
Charlie Wilson-Borella
Michael Wilson, Coordinator – Professor, Imagination, Creativity and Innovation Cohort (ICI), Teacher Education, University of Ottawa
Clayton Windatt, Co-Founder of Mass Culture
Paulina Wiszowata
Camila Wong
Gillian Wood
Erin Woods
Betty Xie
Po Yeh
Michelle Yeung
Amino Yusuf, Communications Coordinator, Canada Council for the Arts
Gabriel Zamfir-Enache, Director, Research, Measurement and Data Analytics, Canada Council for the Arts
Joyce Zemans