Megan Stewart
Rise Up
Megan Stewart is no stranger to the theatre landscape on Prince Edward Island. Notably, she co-founded the March of the Crows parade in 2011 and the I...
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Lucky Fusca
Coming home
Though Lucky Fusca didn’t grow up on Prince Edward Island, they are coming home to themselves as they connect with and build community on the Island...
Elizabeth Iwunwa
Education in action
Elizabeth Iwunwa and I chatted during that 24-hour period in January where we had a snowfall warning, a freezing rain warning, and then a rain warning...
Johanna Nutter
Collective artistry
Johanna Nutter has been newly appointed as the executive director of the Victoria Playhouse. Listening to her speak about that place and the people wh...
Sandra Sunil
Catalyst for change
Sandra Sunil’s generosity and commitment to community-building was clear throughout our entire conversation. She is a systems-level thinker with a c...
Mark Carr-Rollitt
A world of music
A man of many talents, Mark Carr-Rollitt is taking the seasonal shift from summer to fall as an opportunity to finish writing his thesis for a Master...
Meaghan Brander
For the love of film
You could say that Meaghan Brander is a bit of a film buff. She has been working in the film industry for about 20 years and is passionate about bring...
Bob Foster
A man of music
All roads lead to music for Bob Foster, who currently holds the role of Musical Director for The Charlottetown Festival at Confederation Centre of the...
Josie Baker
Community Builder
Josie Baker comes by her community-building ways honestly: “I grew up with a strong sense of community so as I got older, I continued to question wh...
Jenene Wooldridge
Living full circle
After many years of working in senior leadership roles with Abegweit First Nation, Jenene Wooldridge became the Executive Director of L’nuey, the Ep...
Michelle MacCallum
Challenge accepted
When I called Michelle MacCallum to chat, she just came in from a walk in the woods where she was foraging watercress. We talked about the beautiful a...
Kathleen Flanagan
Curious & engaged
Kathleen Flanagan has worked her entire life in early childhood education. She was born in New Jersey and went to university in Boston. In 1975 she mo...
Jay Gallant
In the zone
For more than 15 years, Jay Gallant has been sharing parts of his story to help create safer and braver spaces across PEI for gender diverse folks. He...
Sobia Ali-Faisal
Building a home
You may have heard the saying “build it and they will come” and if you ask Sobia Ali-Faisal, she’ll likely say that’s exactly what has been ha...
Sara Roach Lewis
By her own rules
Sara Roach Lewis doesn’t like to play by other peoples’ rules, and she has cultivated a life and a business to help other women build businesses t...
Mitch Cobb
Crafting change
Folks likely know Mitch Cobb as one of the guys behind Upstreet Craft Brewing, but you may not know that he has an interestingly varied background in ...
The Hon. Brian Francis
Leading with love
Senator Brian Francis grew up on Lennox Island First Nation where he attended Indian Day School, but he left home at a young age knowing that he wante...
Adam Brazier
Create compassion
When Adam and I met on a patio, it felt like old friends catching up. We had never met before that day, but we chatted up a storm and I was completely...
Dave Stewart
Standing proud
I met Dave Stewart for a midday coffee and as soon as he walked in the room, he was greeted by old friends and others who wanted to talk to him about ...
Mike Ross and Nicole Bellamy
Living in harmony
As soon as I walked in the back door of the Harmony House in Hunter River, I was struck by the powerful and magical energy that greeted me. Mike Ross ...
Kirstin Lund
Making it happen
Kirstin Lund is an innovator and manifester who continually builds community through collaboration. If she sees a gap, she does what she can to help f...
Richard Pellissier-Lush
Strong sensitivity
Whether in work, play, or life, Richard Pellissier-Lush shows up as his full self and endeavours to live a life that inspires others to do the same. R...
Sweta Daboo
Hope for humanity
There’s nothing quite like meeting young women in leadership who are making waves and forging paths for other women to do the same simply by being t...
Joce Reyome
Peace, power, play
As we drank hot beverages at a café on a cool (not quite wintery) Sunday afternoon in January, Joce’s playful and passionate nature shined through....
Peter & Nancy Richards
Keep on Buzzin’
The fifteenth of the month is approaching, and the arts community in PEI knows what that means: time to get your act together to meet The Buzz deadlin...
Richard Schroeter
Making things
“The world is run by artists and mathematicians,” Richard Schroeter muses, on a peaceful fall visit to Charlottetown from his home in Kensington. ...
Patricia Bourque
Sacred moments
As we walked to a quiet place to talk, three people stopped photographer Patricia Bourque—each to praise her episode of Postcards from the Island, a...
Julie Bull
Change-maker
As the one-year anniversary of her return to PEI approaches, Julie Bull has been making things happen. The Inuk performance poet, originally from Labr...
Tamara Steele
Giving Voice
The surging Black Lives Matter movement across North America called on Tamara Steele to trade a microphone for a megaphone and an audience of dancers ...
Stephen DesRoches
Given Time
“If you photograph landscape,” photographer Stephen DesRoches laughs, “you really have to be committed to dumb hours, terrible hours.“ The hou...
Chrissy Blanchard
A Place to Play
Before we get to sit down to chat at a coffee shop in Charlottetown, a former student from the music program at Bluefield High School pegs his high-sc...
Mo Duffy Cobb
Moving words
Author and PEI Writers’ Guild president Mo Duffy Cobb holds a mug of coffee in her Charlottetown kitchen, reflecting on the recent strategic plannin...
Ava & Lily Rashed
Two Part Harmony
Ava and Lily Rashed, their parents David and Sue, and I re-watch together the broadcast of their energetic performance of Elle King’s song “Ex’s...
Shelagh Lindley
Craft building
Shelagh Lindley moved to PEI as a builder but soon fell in love with rug-hooking and set up Plum Tree Studio in Rustico. “Plum Tree Studio started t...
Marti Hopson
Finding a home
Marti Hopson of Wheatley River counts her role as president of the board for ACT (a community theatre), in its 25th anniversary year, as one of her fi...
Tanya Davis
Change of climate
“I don’t know exactly where I’m living right now,” Tanya Davis says when we meet during her artist residency with this town is small at Upstre...