In Person Event

Join Farzana Doctor, Chelene Knight and Kamra Hakim in a discussion about their new books and self and community care.

Farzana Doctor is a Toronto-based Registered Social Worker who has been working with individuals and couples since 1993. As an activist, educator and writer, she has taught clinicians, co-written manuals for mental health providers and contributed chapters and articles about 2SLGBTQ+ issues, anti-oppression, self-care and female genital mutilation/cutting. She is the co-founder of WeSpeakOut and the End FGM Canada Network. She has written four critically acclaimed novels and a poetry collection.

Chelene Knight is the author of four books including Let It Go: Free Yourself From Old Beliefs and Find a New Path To Joy (HarperCollins Canada 2024). She is founder of her own coaching studio, Breathing Space Creative through which she’s launched the Thrive Coaching Program where busy professionals can learn how to manage their energy and make space for all the things they are passionate about.

Kamra Hakim is an autodidact audio composer and entrepreneur. Raised in the dry desert now living between the Western Catskill Mountains and Toronto, Kamra owns and operates a small-scare farm. Kamra co-produced their record, Verdant Banks, and shot a music video for their lead single “Hear My No”. Their second record out later this year is set to receive label representation.

Kamra is the author of Care Manual, a workbook pulling up fixed notions of consent, harm, care, and pleasure from their roots and Care Ecology, a newsletter of personal essays. They presented their book at Dia Chelsea and Brooklyn Museum. Kamra curates and hosts Activation Residency, a satellite artist residency known for its restorative programming, in collaboration with other artists and facilitators, and also formed Activation Cooperative Fund to support working artists through the pandemic.