Join us for our October show in Toronto featuring five true, personal stories inspired by science!
Hosted by Misha Gajewski and Jesse Hildebrand.
Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm.
Eva Bloom is a sex researcher and online sexuality educator. She recently obtained a Masters with her thesis focusing on sexting, with interests in self-compassion and bisexuality. She is the creator of the pleasure-inclusive, anti-oppressive, and evidence-based webseries “What’s My Body Doing”, which has garnered over 1 million views and 8,800 subscribers. She has spoken at the Guelph Sexuality Conference among others and is a winner of a Planned Parenthood Toronto’s Choice Award (2017) for excellence in sexuality education.
Michelle Sim is a motivational speaker, humorist, playwright, producer, recording artist, author, creator of Love Bombs and an Ordained Christian Minister. Michelle has been on hundreds of stages in Canada and the U.S., has been featured on or hosted many ‘live’ TV and radio shows and podcasts, has produced a number of concerts featuring Canadian artists and is the author of three books, ‘Adventures with Jesus…YIKES!’; ‘My Son, My Gift…Living with Autistic Spectrum Disorder’, and; ‘The Woman’. Further information can be found at www.MichelleSim.com
Paul Aflalo is a storyteller and documentary producer. He creates narrative-driven pieces for film, radio and podcasts. His work has been featured at film festivals around the world and he is the artistic director of Confabulation Toronto, an all true storytelling series. He also makes the best lasagna.
Jesse Hildebrand is the founder of Science Literacy Week, a Canada wide celebration of science that grew from 4 events in 2014 to over 800 events in 100 cities coast to coast in 2017 (scienceliteracy.ca). Jesse suffers from an excess of personality, watches too many Blue Jays games for his own good, and can enter into a spirited debate on the merits of the Marvel films.
Shawn Hercules is currently a Biology Ph.D. candidate at McMaster University. He investigates the epidemiology and genetics of an aggressive form of breast cancer disproportionately affecting women of African ancestry. After moving to Canada from the island of Barbados, Shawn quickly got involved with Let’s Talk Science and communicating science via social media (@shawnhercules) and most recently co-produced and participated in the first ever "Science is a Drag” show presenting science in drag!