author-related activities & experiences

Instructor, Summer Writing School: Novel Workshop (2023)
University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies

Mentor, Writers In Trees, 2022

Juror, The Toronto Book Awards 2022

Juror, The Toronto Star Short Story Contest 2022

Juror, The Toronto Star Short Story Contest 2021

Workshop co-creator, Summer Scribes, 2020, 2021, 2022 (via Zoom)
With author Adam Pottle

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

Mentor, Diaspora Dialogues Mentorship Program
February – August 2020

Co-founder, The Authors’ Book Club, 2020
With author David Albertyn

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

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

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

Workshop co-creator, Summer Scribes, 2020 (via Zoom)
With author Adam Pottle

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

Mentor, Diaspora Dialogues Mentorship Program
February – August 2020

Co-founder, The Authors’ Book Club, 2020
With author David Albertyn

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

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

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

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