author-related activities & experiences

Ongoing

Instructor, Creative Writing/Novel Writing, Aug 2023 – present
University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies, Toronto ON

Founder & Mentor, Writers In Trees, 2022 – present

Workshop co-creator, Summer Scribes, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (virtual)
With author Adam Pottle

Program Adviser, gritLIT: Hamilton’s Literary Festival, 2018 – present
Hamilton, ON

Alumni Mentor, Faculty of Arts & Science 
University of Toronto, 2016 – present

Past

Juror, The Toronto Book Awards 2022

Juror, The Toronto Star Short Story Contest 2022

Juror, The Toronto Star Short Story Contest 2021

Co-founder, The Authors’ Book Club YouTube Channel (via YouTube)
With David Albertyn and Fiona Ross

Mentor, Diaspora Dialogues Mentorship Program
February – August 2020

Judge, 2019 Kids Write 4 Kids Annual Writing Contest
The Ripple Foundation
With judges Aviaq Johnston, Alice Kuipers, Kit Pearson, Karen Rivers, and Robert Paul Weston

Program Adviser, gritLIT: Hamilton’s Literary Festival, 2018 – present
Hamilton, ON

Juror, 2018 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
Prize is awarded to recognize the best Canadian literary fiction title
With jurors Mireille Silcoff and Robert Wiersema

Juror, gritLIT 2018 Memoir & Creative Non-fiction
Hamilton Literary Festival, Hamilton, ON
With jurors Kerry Clare and John Terpstra

Juror, 2018 Hart House Literary Contest
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
With jurors Sennah Yee and Kristyn Dunnion

Committee Member, KCSF Scholarship Selection, 2018
Korean Canadian Scholarship Foundation, Toronto, ON

Judge, Historica Canada’s Canada 150 Video Contest, 2017
A Canada 150 Signature Project by Historica Canada, Toronto, ON

Judge, 2017 Essay and Speech Contest – Korean Education Centre
Korean Consulate General of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Reader, 2017 CBC Short Story Prize
Team member to select long-list for annual prize and publication
CBC Books, Toronto, ON