Fantastic news today — I’ve been nominated for a 2024 Canadian Screen Award! Home Sweet Rome has been nominated for Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series. As I mentioned in my previous post, working on the series with showrunners Matt Huether and Courtney Jane Walker was a real thrill, as was time spent…
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Sort Of: The Final Season — November 17th on CBC Gem!
All good things must come to an end, huh? Truthfully, I’ve been grieving Sort Of. Season three will be its last. This show has been an incredible gift. I’ve said it before, but it’s rare to be a part of a series wherein I not only connected with the material from multiple intersecting identity access…
How to Fail as a Popstar — October 13th on CBC Gem!
It’s always a delight when worlds collide, and I’ve been a massive fan of Vivek Shraya’s theatre and written work for years, so the opportunity to collaborate with her on the CBC Gem television adaptation of her play How to Fail as a Popstar was a no-brainer. They say never meet your heroes? I prefer…
SkyMed: Season 2 — October 1st on CBC!
Are y’all ready for more sexy bear attacks? SkyMed returns for a new season this Sunday on CBC, and there’s a real doozy in store for you. As per the press release: “In SkyMed Season 2, expect all new hookups, breakups, and heartbreaks as CBC’s one-hour medical drama returns! The young medics and pilots flying air ambulances in…
The Globe & Mail: “25 Most Influential People in Canadian Television.”
Got some exciting news yesterday — my inclusion on a list in The Globe & Mail of twenty-five influential creatives in the Canadian television industry. I’m still processing, largely because a) I rarely make any of these sorts of lists, and b) I’m deeply uncomfortable with attention. (I know, I know. Blogging about this seems…
Home Sweet Rome: Season 1 — April 7th on Family Channel!
New show alert! I’ve been working on something… “Home Sweet Rome follows Lucy, a 13-year-old who moves from California to Rome to start a new life with her dad and stepmom Francesca… who also just happens to be an Italian pop star! With new friends, amazing food, haute fashion, and a best friend who is…
Macy Murdoch: Season 1 – March 23rd on CBC Gem!
In January 2019, I pitched a modern Murdoch Mysteries sequel about a biracial lead, inspired by own complicated ancestry. I partnered with the awesome Jessica Meya and, over the course of three years, we evolved the project together — making it our own. Last year, we handed the reins over to Jennifer Kassabian and Robina…
2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominee!
Woke up to some super cool news this morning — I’ve been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing on a Comedy Series for my episode of CBC’s Sort Of! Now I get to be one of the jerks who says things like “It’s an honour just to be nominated.” But it is!…
2023 CBC-BIPOC TV & Film Showrunner Catalyst!
Feeling very excited and honoured to be participating in the CBC-BIPOC TV & Film Showrunner Catalyst program, presented with the Canadian Film Centre. On the program: “Designed through an anti-racist and equity-focused lens, the accelerator program for senior-level writers who identify as Indigenous, Black, or People of Colour provides hands-on and personally tailored on-set experience, additional tools…
Sort Of: Season 2 — November 15th on CBC and December 1st on HBO Max!
Sometimes you get to work on a dream project, and Sort Of has definitely been that for me. It can be rare to find yourself on a gig where multiple aspects of your identity are seen as relevant to the material of a show, but that was absolutely the case here. And it also doesn’t…
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