About

Shall I say something about my three awesome children or the daug dog who lives with us?  Complain about the Canadian winter? Or perhaps tell you that I love to run, even when my hips hurt, for it is my meditation.

I am also a chronic student. I have a PhD in Critical Disability Studies and an MA in Art History from York University. I studied there with brilliant scholars from whom I learned far more than academics, but also how to live a life. I studied Animation at Seneca College and applied those skills at the late Acme Pictures. I began my learning with a BScN from the University of Toronto and worked in inpatient psychiatry for 12 years. While working as a nurse, I went back to school and studied all kinds of art practices, theories and histories at of the Ontario College of Art. Mostly, I revelled in learning that experimentation and play are wellsprings of creativity and innovation.

My current research and drawing practice are combined in my work as a diary cartoonist. I am guided by theoretical and methodological pluralities, in particular critical feminisms and critical disability theories. I thrive in creative collaborations with students, artists, the public and with my youngest daughter, born with the neurodivergence, Down syndrome.

My employment is the current and founding Program Coordinator of Illustration at Seneca College and occasional contract faculty at York University. I was instrumental in the creation of the award winning Animation Arts Centre and coordinator in the early years. More recently I was the interim Chair of the School of Creative Arts and Animation. I have taught drawing, painting, colour theory, art and illustration history and a seminar class in Comics and Social Justice.

Thanks for indulging me. I will end by saying I think comics can save the world, one story at a time.