Date: April 9, 2025

Time: 4pm - 5:30pm EST

Location: Virtual

Link to Registration: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/virtual-values-based-arts-leadership-panel-with-marjorie-chan-and-jivesh-parasram

About the Session

How can aligning your leadership approach with your core values drive meaningful change in the arts?

Join Marjorie Chan, Jivesh Parasram, and Emily Jung for a conversation, moderated by Nikki Shaffeeullah, on leading with purpose in the arts. As leaders in the community committed to safety, collaboration, and sustainability, they’ll share insights from their journeys and discuss how centring core values can shape meaningful change in the industry.

This session is ideal for artist-producers and other arts workers looking to develop leadership skills that centre their core values, equity, and community care. 

There will also be an engaging Q&A section where everyone can participate in the conversation.

If you require ASL interpretation, please let us know by Sunday April 6, 2025. 

About the Panelists

🌟 Marjorie Chan - Current Artistic Director of Theatre Passe Muraille

Born in Tkaronto (Toronto) to settlers from Hong Kong, Marjorie Chan is the Artistic Director of Theatre Passe Muraille. As an award-winning interdisciplinary artist, she primarily identifies as a writer with specific interest in contemporary opera and collective forms, while also maintaining an active practice as a dramaturge and director.  Marjorie also has a long history of working at the intersection of accessibility and dramaturgy, creating spaces and processes for more radical inclusivity in theatre creation.

🌟 Jivesh Parasram - Current Artistic Director of Rumble Theatre

Jivesh is an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist, and facilitator of Indo-Caribbean descent. His work has toured Nationally and Internationally. Jiv is the founding Artistic Producer of Pandemic Theatre, and became the Artistic Director of Rumble Theatre following three years as the Associate Artistic Producer at Theatre Passe Muraille. He was a member of the Cultural Leader Lab with the Banff Centre and Toronto Arts Council. His public service work has included collaborations with the Ad Hoc Assembly, The Canadian Commission for UNESCO, and as an advisor to the National Arts Centre. His current cultural practice centres decolonization through aesthetics.

🌟Emily Jung - Director of Communications at The Theatre Center

Emily Jung is a Korean-Canadian artist and arts worker working with themes around labour (and rest), multilingual arts, social media, hauntology, and eco-dramaturgy. She is the co-founder of the conceptual artsworker collective ‘Labour in the Arts’. She works at The Theatre Centre as Director of Communications. Hey essay, Koreans Don't Care for Bingo, is available online on Choa Magazine. 

🌟 Moderated by Nikki Shaffeeullah – Director of Programming at Generator and Artistic Director of Undercurrent Creations.

Nikki Shaffeeullah is a theatre & film artist, facilitator, producer, writer, equity worker, and community organizer. She produces artistic work and sector change research and training projects through Undercurrent Creations, and has worked with many theatre and community arts companies across the land.  Her work has included serving as Artistic Director of The AMY Project; Editor-in-Chief of alt.theatre: cultural diversity and the stage; and Assistant Artistic Director of Jumblies Theatre.Nikki believes that art should disrupt the status quo, centre the margins, engage with the ancient, dream of the future, and be for everyone.

If you have any questions or accessibility requests, please reach out to Taranjot@generatorto.com.