June 12, 2016
Vigil in response to the Orlando Shooting
On June 11th the Queer community around the world was devastated to learn about the mass shooting of mostly black and brown queer people at the Pulse Night Club in Orlando. In response as Queer Commissioner I organized a vigil for the community to be able to come together. Below are some links to different media coverage of the event.
The Spec article:
CBC Ontario Morning interview with Annette and Wei Chen (begins at 29:10)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/ontario-morning-podcast-monday-june-13-2016-1.3632445
September 25th, 2015
Getting Out the Student Vote
As part of the Trent University Politics Society I was asked to speak about voter engagement of students before the 2015 Federal Election. To read more click the link below.
March 13th, 2017
Arthur Coverage of the Election
As part of their annual TCSA election's coverage, The Arthur has published a brief bio about each candidate. If you missed it find it on their website here:
November 16th, 2016
Make Trent Safe Speech
As TCSA's Queer Commissioner I had the privilege of Speaking at the Make Trent Safe rally back in November. For a copy of my speech click this link:
Peterborough Examiner's Coverage of the march: