Hello there! I was born in Cumberland, BC, on Vancouver Island, K’ómoks First Nation territory. Between 2003 and 2022 I lived in the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) on the island of Tiohtiá:ke, or Montreal, Quebec. I’m now based in Sofia, Bulgaria. I’m a scholar, writer and film curator of Dutch and English descent.

I’m currently Assistant Professor, Journalism, Media & Communication at the American University in Bulgaria – the best place I’ve had the privilege to work as a professor. At AUBG I teach Documentary Studies, Festival Studies, Semiotics, TV Studies, Ecomedia, Writing for Media and various other film and media courses.

Since completing a PhD in Communication Studies at Carleton University in December 2013 my research and teaching has focused on documentary media, film festivals, curating, settler/Indigenous film and media, alternative media, social movements and media (and what I call “screen ethics“). My dissertation interrogated the various cultural, political and ethical contexts that converge at the Hot Docs International Film Festival. A book version of my diss has been under construction for some time (now in post-peer review stage) and will be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press.

My newest publication is a eclectic collection of essays, interviews and roundtable discussions co-edited with the inimitable Dana Claxton and titled Indigenous Media Arts in Canada: Making, Caring, Sharing (published by Wilfird-Laurier University Press).

I’m the co-founder (with Svetla Turnin) and Director of Programming of Cinema Politica, a non-profit grassroots exhibition and dedicated distribution film organization that has been going strong since 2003.

I’m a Contributing Editor with POV Magazine where my work is published with some frequency. Plenty more books, chapters and articles are listed in my writing section.

Since lighting a match to my Twitter account you can find me on 🦋 BlueSky.
I have an “EzNewz” channel on Telegram you can join here.
I’m also on LinkedIn, although I rarely update there.
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