PuSh Blog

Reneltta Arluk, D.Litt., is Inuvialuk, Gwich’in and Denesuline, Cree from the Northwest Territories, raised by her grandparents on the trap-line until school age. This early nomadic life provided Reneltta with the unique skill set to […]

Vanessa Kwan (VK) is a curator and artist based on Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh territories (Vancouver, BC). They have been in artistic leadership roles for more than 20 years, contributing to organizations such as grunt […]

Susan Bennett (Professor Emerita, University of Calgary) has been a prolific researcher in the field of theatre and performance studies. She is the author/editor of 9 books with special interests in contemporary performance and in […]

Naomi Campbell (she/her) has over 35 years of programming, touring, and producing experience, both nationally and internationally. She has worked with a range of performing arts companies in various roles and was the originating producer […]

After fifteen years juggling marketing and editorial production day jobs in San Francisco & New York with amateur theatre at night, Justin Neal relocated to his family’s traditional Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) lands to earn […]

Yvette Nolan (Algonquin) is a playwright, director and dramaturg who works across Turtle Island. Her works include the plays The Art of War, The Unplugging, Annie Mae’s Movement, The Birds (a modern adaptation of Aristophanes’ […]

Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Erika Latta is the artistic co-director and co-founder of WaxFactory in New York City. WaxFactory continues to nurture a hybrid approach, based on unconventional narrative styles, originally dramaturgy, visual and physical rigor, technological […]

Marlene is a first-generation Turkish-American marketing and events specialist in the arts industry. Having moved to Canada over 19 years ago in the ancestral lands of the Metis people, known as Saskatoon, Marlene gained a […]