Kendra Besanger

DIGITAL STORYTELLING

McConnell Foundation’s Catalyst Series (writing, research, interviews)

• “Retrofitting” social services for greater inclusion

• “Changing the rules of the game to empower young women”

• “Helping create the next generation of changemakers”

Urban Matters (writing, research, interviews)

• “UAD Brings Wheelchairs into the Wilderness”

• “Innovating for Empowerment and Employment”

• “Innovation Matters” (for World Creativity and Innovation Week)

• “International Overdose Awareness Day: A time to remember and a time to act”

City of Kamloops (project management & concept)

• The Rayleigh Skateboard Park Story

• Conversation about affordable housing

• #Access4All Promotional Video and Accessibility Week 

• Seniors' Lights Tour 

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

• Talking Through the Ages (Audio piece for the SSHRC Storytellers competition)

OP-EDs & ARTICLES

• Seniors fall prey to telecom sales tactics (Toronto Star)

• Sales tactics for internet, phone, TV require scrutiny (Montreal Gazette)

• ACHIEVED: A genuine effort to engage older adults (Concordia News)

• Age 3.0: The Creative Side of Growing Older (Concordia News)

• Bringing Activism to the Airwaves (ACT Concordia)

• Walking with Locals (ACT Concordia)

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

• Le Champ des Possibles: notes toward a politics of enchantment (Master’s Thesis)

• “The Kamloops Public Produce Project: A Story of Place, Partnerships, and Proximity in an Edible Garden Setting” in No Straight Lines: Local Leadership and the Path from Government to Governance in Small Cities. (University of Calgary Press, print)

• “Situating Sustainability in Place: A Case Study of the Public Produce Project” in the International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability (co-author with Robin Reid)

• “The Kamloops Public Produce Project: An Edible, Artistic Site of Social Change” in Animation of Public Space through the Arts: Toward a More Sustainable Communities, ed. Nancy Duxbury (co-author with Robin Reid, print)

CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS

• Presenter: “Research to Action: Confronting Exclusions in Municipal Policy Consultations” at the Canadian Association of Gerontology in Vancouver, BC, with ACT Concordia

• Presenter: “Students on a mission: The power of experiential learning,” at Beyond Disciplines in Montreal, QC, with ACT Concordia

• Presenter/Facilitator: “Sexy streets and pretty places: Who has access to Montreal’s public spaces?” at the Pro Walk, Pro Bike, Pro Place Conference in Vancouver BC, with ACT Concordia

• Poster & Paper Presenter: “Beets on our Streets” at the Urban Ecologies Conference, OCAD in Toronto, ON

• Pecha Kucha Presenter: “The Public Produce Project...” with Robin Reid at Congress of the Humanities & Social Sciences in Victoria BC

• Presenter (National Finalist - Top 25): “Talking through the ages” at the SSHRC Storytellers Competition in Victoria, BC

• Presenter: “Revisiting Sustainability Discourse Through Sense of Place” Under Western Skies - Environment, Community, and Culture conference at Mount Royal University in Calgary, AB