Project Coordinator - South x South Collaborations Society

My role as a Project Manager has me supporting:

Creating greater cultural industries cooperation through research and successful project delivery.
Expanding existing connections and opportunities for collaboration among Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific in the area of creative economy.
Prototyping, piloting, and scaling grant-funded projects in the cultural industries.
Supporting creatives to co-design, co-create, launch, and grow their visions of the the Global South’s cultural industries.

South x South Collaborations’ Official Priorities:

To support high-impact opportunities for Canada–Global South creative economy collaboration, with emphasis on Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Asia-Pacific region;
To strengthen cross-border networks among diaspora community members, governments, philanthropic organizations, academic institutions, entrepreneurs, and businesses to co-design practical collaboration solutions;
To generate and share actionable research and learning on creative-sector cooperation in the Global South, and to use evidence to improve partnership models and decision-making;
To prototype, pilot, and scale Canada–Global South partnership initiatives that expand exchange and market access.

Current Projects

The podcast seeks to amplify the often-marginalized voices of entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, artists, and cultural changemakers of Global South backgrounds. Interviewees will be asked to share how their community, civic, and business engagements advance intercultural social innovation. The podcast promotes greater civic literacy and encourages youth participation across communities by providing insights into actionable strategies for change-making.
Seeks to foster scholarly dialogue and disseminate emerging research that explores innovative approaches to Global South cultural sector organisation, production, and cross-border cooperation. By providing a platform for innovative ideas and preliminary findings, the series aims to support the development of knowledge, practice, and policy that promote social impact, sustainability, and equity in cultural industries globally.