CV
Education
York University, PhD Student in English & YCAR grad student associate (2021~)
Ryerson University, Continuing Studies: Practical Grammar and Punctuation (2017), Visual Skills in Publishing (2019)
University of Toronto, Master of Art (English/Diaspora and Transnational Studies) (2016)
University of Toronto, honours Bachelor of Art (2014)
University of Toronto, Bachelor of Education (Primary/Junior) (2014)
Conferences
Backreading Hong Kong Symposium 2023 - Translating Hong Kong 2: Translating Affect — Reading The Harcourt Village Scroll
Congress 2023 - ACCUTE: Signatories of Longing — Identity-making in Asian diaspora
TAships
EN2170 - Horror and Terror: Variations on Gothic
EN1002 - Intertextualities
EN1001 - An Introduction to Literary Study
Publications
“Transmedial Meditations on the shores of Southeast Asia” - Wasafiri
Work
Currently:
Special Projects Programmer (rarara.ca) - Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Youth Critics Initiative - Managing Editor
Past:
Program Supervisor – Codes of Contact Initiative (2020-2023_
Education & Industry Programmer – Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (2019-2021)
Grant Writer – Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (2019-2021)
Transcript Editor – Global Lingo (2017-2021)
Member Services – Artscape Daniels Launchpad (2019)
Reel Ideas Producer – Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (2018)
Festival Coordinator – Lights Dance Festival (2018-2020)
Consultant – Content Writing – AskforTask (2018)
Festival Coordinator – Regent Park Film Festival (2017)
SSAT Instructor – Ivy Global (2016 – 2018)
Publicist – In Sundry Languages with Toronto Laboratory Theatre (2017)
Festival Director – VIBE Arts Fest (2017)
Creative Consultant – Sweet Esc Dessert Cafe (2016 – 2017)
Marketing Coordinator – Attila Glatz Concert Productions (2016)
Programmer – Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Toronto (2015-2016)
Publicity Agent and Blogger – The Puritan (2015)
Copy Editor – The Culture Trip (2015)
Social Media Intern – SKETCH Working Arts (2015)
Communications – Emerging Young Artists (2015)
Facilitation
2023
Workshop Facilitator - JAYU
Narrative / Writing Facilitator – Unsung Voices, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival2022
Narrative / Writing Facilitator – Unsung Voices, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival2021
Narrative / Writing Facilitator – Unsung Voices, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival2020
Blackout Poetry Facilitator – Tea Base, Year of the Mall Rat Festival
Narrative / Writing Facilitator – Unsung Voices, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Career Development Facilitator – Supporting Newcomer Access Project, Planned Parenthood2019
Zine 101 Guest Instructor (2 classes) – Equity Course, OISE, University of Toronto
Program Manager / Facilitator – Diasporasian Futures, Space-Making Stream
“Stories in Motion” Stop-Motion Facilitator – Home Made Visible2018
Blackout Poetry Facilitator – XYZ: Zines from Analogue to Digital, Cedarbrae Library2017
Writing Facilitator – Medi(t)ations: A writing & zine program, Multi-Faith Centre at UofT
Zine Writing Facilitator – ZIPE x Toronto Art Book Fair2016
Workshop Facilitator – The Diasporasian Writer Talkeratives Series
Workshop Facilitator – The Diasporasian Writer Talkeratives Series
Poetry Workshop Facilitator – Too Close To Home, Writing Group at George Brown College
Workshop Facilitator – the Re-Imagining Series – Multi-Faith Centre at UofT
Editing
Beast at Every Threshold, Natalie Wee
Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines, Natalie Wee
Translation
Two Trees Make a Forest: On Memory, Migration and Taiwan by Jessica J. Lee (Primary source material)
Collectives
TACLA (2019 – Present)
Project 40 Collective (2015 – 2021)
Magazines:
Managing Editor – LooseLeaf Magazine (2015 – 2021)
Assistant Director, Educational Arm – Asymptote Journal (2018)
Managing Editor, Production – The Offing Magazine (2017 – 2018)
Poetry Reader – Transcendence Magazine (2015)
Panels & Talks
Speaker - RISE Community Panel, Apathy is Boring
Speaker - On Chapbooks & Zines, University of Toronto English
Speaker - Artist Talk on Migratory Aesthetics, hosted by Hart House Student Art Committee and Library Committee (2022)
Moderator - Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival for (re)Rites of Passage Editors’ Table Talk (2021)
Panelist - UTSC – Anti-Asian Racism and Community Arts Activism (2021)
Panelist - TAC / TAF – What is Success? Metrics, Impact and Creative Practice(2021)
Panelist - Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies (UofT) – b2B (2021)
Panelist - Get Some Lit Mag Love at Growing Room Festival (2020)
Jury & Committees:
Juror - Creative Communities, TAC (2023)
Juror - Career Catalyst Project Grant, OAC (2022)
Juror - ArtReach Toronto – Juror (2021)
Juror - Ontario Arts Council – Juror (2018)
Advisory Committee - Riverdale Hub Gallery (2017)
Poetry Judge – MIST Toronto Poetry Competition (2016)
Grants
RBC Emerging Arts Fund for Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (2024)
Ontario Arts Council, Inter-Arts for Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (2022)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (2021-2025)
Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization (2021-2024)
Canada Council for the Arts, Public Outreach for Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (2021)
Ontario Arts Council, Media Arts Projects for TACLA (2020-2021)
Canada Council for the Arts, Digital Strategy Fund for Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (2020)
Canada Council for the Arts, Professional Development for jabs (2020)
Toronto Arts Council x ArtReach, Phase 2 for Project 40 Collective (2020)
Ontario Arts Council, Literary Creation (2020)
Toronto Arts Council, Visual and Media Arts for Project 40 Collective (2019)
Toronto Arts Council x ArtReach, Phase 1 for Project 40 Collective (2019)
Ontario Arts Council, Publishing for Project 40 Collective (2017)
Art Starts Platform A Micro-Grant Recipient for Project 40 Collective (2017)
Art Starts Platform A Micro-Grant Recipient for Project 40 Collective (2016)
Press/Podcasts
Food for Thought with Jasmine Gui, with Backstory Podcast (2023)
A Practice of One’s Own, with Betty Xie at Everyday Talent, Toronto (2022)
Have Heart and Humility with Jasmine Gui of LooseLeaf Magazine, Lit Mag Love x Room Magazine, Vancouver (2019)
Support Your Local Collective Radio, Episode 78 Feature, Toronto (2018)
“Meet the Toronto artist creating a safe space for Pan-Asian creatives” with Emerge Magazine (2017)
“Lattes with Ladies: Jasmine Gui” with Hot Pepper Latte