Join us on November 26 for Vancouver's final Story Collider show of 2019! Come hear five true, personal stories about science.
Hosted by Kayla Glynn and Josh Silberg.
Stories by:
Jessica Johns is a nehiyaw aunty and member of Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta and is currently living on the traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. She is the Managing Editor for Room Magazine, and a co-organizer of the Indigenous Brilliance reading series. Her short story, The Bull of the Cromdale, was nominated for a 2019 National Magazine Award in fiction and her debut poetry chapbook, How Not to Spill, is nominated for the 2019 BP Nichol Chapbook Award.
Originally from Vancouver, Ivan Decker is a stand-up comedian that now makes his home in Los Angeles California. He has been featured on CBC, CTV, TBS and many other media outlets as part of shows such as: The Debaters, Just for Laughs, CONAN and he has a half hour special on NETFLIX. In 2018, Ivan was also the first Canadian to win a JUNO award for comedy album of the year since the award was given to Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas for the soundtrack to the movie strange brew in 1984.
Laura Yvonne Bulk (@LYBOT) is a friend, learner, woman, teacher, disabled person, occupational therapist, Christian, artist, scholar, advocate, and activist. Her work focuses on enhancing understanding across and within diversity, and promoting human flourishing. As a public scholar, Laura aims to benefit the wider community and the academic and clinical communities, making purposeful social contributions and employing innovative forms of collaborative scholarship. She works in the areas of quality of life in palliative care; belonging in academia; being blind; inclusion of disabled people in healthcare professions; and the use of creative methods (including research-based theatre and audio theatre) and cross-sectoral partnerships to do research for the public good.
If you google "guy seals himself in a jar", you will find news articles about Kurtis Baute. After getting an MSc in Environmental Science, he turned to making YouTube videos full-time. He once biked across Canada's longest road to measure the earth with just my bike and two sticks, he once spent a week wearing goggles that made everything appear upside-down to me, and yes, he once sealed himself in a giant jar with a bunch of plants in order to talk about climate change. It's a weird and wonderful life.
Avneet Johal is an award-winning storyteller with expertise in communication and leadership. He previously managed housing programs for the Canadian Mental Health Association where he founded the first run & walk for mental health in Western Canada. A Canadian representative at the United Nations, he follows politics and also enjoys sports, languages, and (good) rap music. He currently serves on the board for the Los Altos Institute and feels very lucky to work with a team of talented undergraduate students at the University of British Columbia—a team which he thanks for encouraging him to share his stories with a wider audience.