We all know and admire creative people in our lives and communities. The Tyee’s Creative Forces series seeks to honour those who are using their creativity — their original ideas, their imagination, their innovation — to make a positive, tangible impact on those around them.
Creative Forces is a special publication and event series seeking allies across the creative community in B.C. First aboard is CreativeMornings/Vancouver, The Tyee’s community partner who will feature a Creative Forces spotlight onstage at their monthly breakfast events and invite the creative community to nominate the next honouree. Next year we plan to collaborate on a special event to showcase some of the most impactful Creative Forces in the province.
We’re seeking reader input to make Creative Forces work. Do you know someone in B.C. who is using their creativity as a force for good? We’d love to learn about them and consider them for a Creative Forces spotlight. Please submit your ideas here. Let’s get creative together.
In This Series
Survival of the Loudest: How a Vital Venue Beat the Odds
Jim Carrico is a Creative Force. His Red Gate all-ages music refuge overcame evictions and even Chip Wilson.
Brewster Kahle Is a Creative Force
The wizard of the open internet has been working for decades to make knowledge more widely available. A Tyee interview.
Jenn Farrell is a Creative Force
Her Witness The Fitness gym in Vancouver centres women and LGBTQ2S+ people of all sizes, shapes and experiences.
Hossein Martin Fazeli Is a Creative Force
‘My relationship with Iran is layered and complex,’ says the Coquitlam filmmaker and poet. ‘I side with people, not systems.’ A Tyee interview.
Sirish Rao Is a Creative Force
The head of the Vancouver Art Gallery champions art as a conduit for healing.
Eden Fineday Is a Creative Force
The Cree media leader looks back on a transformational year. Second in a series.
Anthonia Ogundele Is a Creative Force
She founded a Black-centred, Black-led academy connecting youth with science and the arts. First in a series.
Do You Know a Creative Force? Tell Us Who!
The Tyee is launching a new project that profiles innovative people using their creativity as a force for good.