Bespoke Collective
Bespoke Collective is a Toronto-based creative consultancy that is reimagining how culture and civic life brings people together. Our breadth of expertise runs across facilitation and community engagement, cultural and strategic planning, and communications and storytelling. Founded in 2011, we work with clients across North America who are looking to make lasting positive change through the arts and […]
The Centre for the Sustainable Practice in the Arts (CSPA)
The Centre for the Sustainable Practice in the Arts (CSPA) aims to position the arts and culture sector as a driver of sustainable societies by providing tools, research, educational resources, training, and consultation services related to sustainable development. Their comprehensive consulting and training services include tailored guidance on sustainability strategies, climate adaptation and resilience, and […]
Andrew Russeth
Andrew Russeth is an art critic based in Seoul. He has been executive editor of ARTnews and an editor at Surface and The New York Observer. In 2019, he was awarded the Rabkin Prize for visual arts journalism. Russeth’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, the Financial Times, W, New York, and Artforum, as well as in exhibition catalogues.
Robyn Maynard
Author and scholar Robyn Maynard is assistant professor of Black Feminisms in Canada at the University of Toronto-Scarborough. She is the author of the bestselling book Policing Black Lives (2017), which won the 2017 Errol Sharpe Book Prize, and coauthor, with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, of the bestselling Rehearsals for Living (2022). Her writing has appeared […]
Celeste Davis Meledath (she/her)
Celeste is an engineer, explorer, and advocate of sustainability strategies across modern supply chains. She comes to The Bentway with a background in construction project engineering and her academia includes a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Post-Graduate certifications in Environmental Projects and Supply Chain Management. Her research work addresses innovations in city planning that can drive […]
Matthew Hickey
Matthew is Mohawk from the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve, receiving his Masters of Architecture from the University of Calgary and his Bachelor of Design from the Ontario College of Art and Design. His Mohawk background continues to have a significant impact on his work. Practicing architecture at Two Row Architect for 16 […]
Shawn Micallef
Shawn Micallef is the author of Frontier City: Toronto on the Verge of Greatness, Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto and The Trouble With Brunch: Work, Class and the Pursuit of Leisure. He’s a weekly columnist at the Toronto Star, and a senior editor and co-founder of the independent, Jane Jacobs Prize–winning magazine Spacing. Shawn teaches at the University of Toronto […]