Artistic Team

Tawhida Tanya EvansonArtistic Associate, Connecting Perspectives Tawhida Tanya Evanson is an Antiguan-Québecoise poet, author and artist. Her two poetry collections are Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018), and her first novel Book of Wings (2021) is fresh from Véhicule Press. She also has recent work in The Fiddlehead, UPPERCASE and Changing the Face of Canadian Literature (Guernica). With a 25-year practice in spoken word, she has performed at literary and arts festivals in over a dozen countries, released four studio albums and six videopoems including the award-winning Almost Forgot my Bones. In 2013, she was Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and received the Golden Beret Award for her contribution to the genre. She is program director of The Banff Centre Spoken Word Residency and vice president of The Quebec Writers' Federation. She works as an arts educator and arts event producer in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, and moonlights as a whirling dervish.

Tawhida Tanya Evanson

Artistic Associate, Connecting Perspectives


Tawhida Tanya Evanson is an Antiguan-Québecoise poet, author and artist. Her two poetry collections are Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018), and her first novel Book of Wings (2021) is fresh from Véhicule Press. She also has recent work in The Fiddlehead, UPPERCASE and Changing the Face of Canadian Literature (Guernica).

With a 25-year practice in spoken word, she has performed at literary and arts festivals in over a dozen countries, released four studio albums and six videopoems including the award-winning Almost Forgot my Bones. In 2013, she was Poet of Honour at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and received the Golden Beret Award for her contribution to the genre. She is program director of The Banff Centre Spoken Word Residency and vice president of The Quebec Writers' Federation. She works as an arts educator and arts event producer in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, and moonlights as a whirling dervish.

Nick GreenFestival Director, Social Distancing FestivalNick Green is a Dora Mavor Moore and Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award-winning playwright and the creator of The Social Distancing Festival (socialdistancingfestival.com). Projects produced and presented through The Social Distancing Festival include Connecting Perspectives, created in collaboration with the 13 diplomatic missions for Canada across the United States; COSMOCABARET, a partnership with Toronto’s Paprika Festival and Thesbos in Mumbai that celebrates emerging artists in both countries; Long Distance Art, a collaborative art project that has engaged artists in Canada, the US, the UK, Tanzania, Mexico, Estonia, Australia, and beyond; and the exhibition of nearly 300 artistic works from around the world. As a playwright, favourite credits include Body Politic (lemonTree Creations/Buddies in Bad Times, recipient of Dora Award); Every Day She Rose (co-writer, Nightwood Theatre); Dinner with the Duchess (Next Stage); Living the Dream (book, CMTP, Theatre Sheridan); Fangirl (book, Musical Stage Company); In Real Life (book; Theatre Sheridan/Musical Stage Company); and The Fabulous Buddha Boi (Guys in Disguise, Sterling Award). Nick has been a part of the Stratford Festival’s Foerster Bernstein New Play Development Program; Factory Theatre’s Natural Resources unit; Nightwood Theatre’s Write from the Hip; and Sheridan College’s Canadian Music Theatre Project.

Nick Green

Festival Director, Social Distancing Festival

Nick Green is a Dora Mavor Moore and Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award-winning playwright and the creator of The Social Distancing Festival (socialdistancingfestival.com). Projects produced and presented through The Social Distancing Festival include Connecting Perspectives, created in collaboration with the 13 diplomatic missions for Canada across the United States; COSMOCABARET, a partnership with Toronto’s Paprika Festival and Thesbos in Mumbai that celebrates emerging artists in both countries; Long Distance Art, a collaborative art project that has engaged artists in Canada, the US, the UK, Tanzania, Mexico, Estonia, Australia, and beyond; and the exhibition of nearly 300 artistic works from around the world. As a playwright, favourite credits include Body Politic (lemonTree Creations/Buddies in Bad Times, recipient of Dora Award); Every Day She Rose (co-writer, Nightwood Theatre); Dinner with the Duchess (Next Stage); Living the Dream (book, CMTP, Theatre Sheridan); Fangirl (book, Musical Stage Company); In Real Life (book; Theatre Sheridan/Musical Stage Company); and The Fabulous Buddha Boi (Guys in Disguise, Sterling Award). Nick has been a part of the Stratford Festival’s Foerster Bernstein New Play Development Program; Factory Theatre’s Natural Resources unit; Nightwood Theatre’s Write from the Hip; and Sheridan College’s Canadian Music Theatre Project.

The Jury

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Angela Harris

Angela Harris

Regie Cabico

Regie Cabico

Jonathon Adams

Jonathon Adams

Simone Saunders

Simone Saunders