Nadia+Chaney+Bio

I'm Nadia Chaney, 28 years old, poet, hip hop emcee, youth arts facilitator and activist. My work in facilitation started about five years ago, with a community discussion forum (combined with slide show, and drum and bass evening) called the PsyCoSlySo. I am very passionate about group building, edutainment, and arts empowerment. I live with 8 lovely folks at a community house inVan, called the Main Artery, which we founded about a year and a half ago. I work entirely on small contracts, often with youth involved in incarceration, but also in lots of other pockets of the lowermainland community. At the moment I'm working on my novel.

eternal.flux@gmail.com **Nadia Chaney** 604 254 8988 (b.sept 30, 1978)

Nadia Chaney is a charismatic and inspiring facilitator, an energetic community organizer, and a gifted performer.

She is also a sensitive and encouraging writing coach and youth mentor, and a precise, dynamic copywriter and text editor.

May 2002- present
 * Facilitation/ Grassroots Organization/ Events Host/Youth Arts Empowerment**

Links PCRS “Probation Education Services” Art //Program Director// fall 2006 Vancouver Asian Film Fest //Panel Moderator// Nov 2006 Kinex Advanced Facilitator Training-//Lead Facilitator// Nov 2006 BC Housing //Project Coordinator//-Break Free Dance Program Summer 2006 Service Canada Skills Link //Program Coordinator, Lead Facilitator//- Dream Seeds June-Nov 2006 UBC Dr. Matt Hern’s “Social Issues in the Classroom” course //Guest Lecturer// nov 2006 A People’s Project //Facilitator// 2006 The Surrey Urban Youth Project //Lead Facilitator, Team Coordinator// 2005-2006 The Purple Thistle Centre //Mentor////, Writing Teacher, Project Coordinator//, 2005-present East Van Celebration Society //Board Member// 2005-present Waypoint Rehabilitation Centre, //Facilitator// 2005, 2006 Surrounded by Cedars //Facilitator// (spring break, and summer 2006) Safeteen //Facilitator// 2005-present Frontier College //Train the Trainers// for writing camp, and for ESL teachers 2004-present Britannia Community Centre parents and teens transitional group //Facilitator// 2005-present Peer Perspectives //Facilitator// 2003-2005 (Canadian Race Relations best practice award) Drive Fest //Spoken Word Stage Coordinator//, 2005, 2006 Diversity Though Hip Hop //Facilitator// Burnaby Youth Detention Centre 2003-present The Momentum Project //Facilitator, Co- Founder// 2003-2006 Crystal Clear Harm Reduction Project //Facilitator// 2005 Making Waves (Sierra Club youth activist conference) //Mentor// 2002 Inside Out Development //Mentor// 2003 The Power of Hope summer //Volunteer, Mentor, Facilitator, Lead Facilitator// 2003-present Under the Volcano //Spoken Word Stage Coordinator// 2003 Cat Call //Host// 2002, 2003 The PsiCoSlySho //Host, Coordinator, Founder// 2002

Oct 2001-present (below listed only 2006)
 * Arts and Performance (poet, lyricist, musician, mixed media visual art)**

Collage and Painting show in Purple Thistle at East Side Culture Crawl Nov 06 In.stead at Blessing the Next Level at Rhizome Café Nov 25 06 BPM at the Anza Club Stop the Highway Protest Party Nov 24 06 BPM at Beats without Boarders 2nd anniversary at the Red Room Nov 23 2006 BPM at Melana Desi Queer Alliance Gathering Scotia Bank Dance Centre Nov 17 06 In.stead at Melana Desi Queer Alliance Gathering Scotia Bank Dance Centre Nov 17 06 Rapspace Tv launch Nov 9 2006 Parade of Lost Souls Ancestor Dome with Dream Seeds Oct 28 06 Painting with Mandy Two Hearts Purple Thistle/BYRC group show oct 06 BPM at Wise Hall Chai House for Diwali oct 22 06 Delhi Nights, with BPM April 21 2006 Collage: Eclectic harmony opens july 8 2006 In.stead: at world urban forum june 24 06 And at world peace forum virtual conference on june 25 06 Drive Fest (ii) June 18 2006 In.stead at We Run Tings at Lick Sept 15 2006 Anti war hip hop month july 23 closing night performance with Demon Shea Ki Rohn Fundraiser July 12 2006 Opened for (Gae Rusk novelist from Granville island publishing) on july 19 2006 Hastings Sunrise Pandora Park Wellness Fair (my 4th year) aug 16 2006 Colouring Book, Fundraiser and book Launch all year 2006 Earthling, Judith Marceusse Productions, BCIT Performance Centre April 2006 LEAF Breakfast Opening Invocation March 10 2006 BALLE BC 2 performances March 18 Opened for Pacifica at Montmartre Café Feb 2006

June 2002- present
 * Freelance Text Editor/ Copy Writer/ Scribe/ Writing Coach**

SUYP Newspaper Article Realities of Race Conference Scribe and Final Report The Colouring Book, contributor, and copy editor Sista’hood Text Editor Youth Civic Election Strategies Scribe Rights Based Monitoring Project Scribe Predatory Grace, poet, editor, illustrator Artist Bios, and Vision Statements: DubGee (music), Clubhouse Producitons (music), Rup Sidhu (interdiscipline), Satya (music), Bernard Yankson (painting), Shaukat Chaney (sculpture) Milton Randall Final Text Editor Karen V Lee Final Text Editor, Writing Coach (2003-present) Ron Devitt Text Editor Edward Bruyere Final Text Editor Candice Larscheid Writing Coach, Scribe

//Glowing references available upon request.//
 * Education:** B.A English Literature, U.B.C