Kendra Besanger

DIGITAL STORYTELLING

McConnell Foundation, 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”

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)