A 30-minute "live-to-tape" interview with Margaret Atwood on bioethics

                               and her book Oryx and Crake for NUTV, Calgary

About Colleen

I’m a creative professional and a strategist in storytelling and experience. I turn ideas into real-world results. I find opportunities, shape them into something meaningful, and make them happen.

I’ve led work across exhibitions, storytelling and media production, community-driven projects, and even hands-on industrial work. I take ideas from concept to delivery and help people turn their vision into something real. I’m known for seeing what’s possible, and getting people on board.

My experience has taken me from interviewing Margaret Atwood for live television to developing a North American premiere exhibition of pre-Inca gold from Peru, overseeing the creation of a new gallery, and working internationally in South Africa.  My work spans from A (Atwood) to Z (Zulu).

I bring a daring and adaptable approach to everything I do. Like working in heavy industry, where I built components for large-scale equipment. This experience strengthened my ability to step into unfamiliar environments, learn quickly, and work with all kinds of teams.

I’m comfortable working across creative, technical, and production processes. From media and storytelling to hands-on project delivery.  I’m always learning new tools and systems.

Grounded in community and shaped by global experience, I build relationships, ask questions, and create opportunities where none existed before.

Outside of work, that same drive and enthusiasm draw me toward new adventures, near and far.

At Work and Along the Way

1. Surrey on Screen exhibit | 2. With Margaret Atwood | 3. With Jerry Fielder (Karsh Foundation) | 4. With Dr. Izumi Shimada (Peru exhibition)

5. With Alex Cuba (Grammy winner) | 6. CICK Radio studio (with fire eater) | 7. Jim Carrey / Dr. Robotnik costume (Paramount) | 8. With Bahamas former heavyweight champion

9. With Renee Saklikar & Ranbir Johal (Being Punjabi premiere) | 10. With Suzie Vinnick (blues musician) | 11. Big Rock Eddies finalist & ex Mayor Bronconnier Calgary | 12. Alberta Film & TV wrap party (with Rob Mabee)

13. Welding at Universal Equipment | 14. Colleen as welder—A dirty job! | 15. Fabrication work in progress | 16. U of C Internationalization Award (with Joan Morgan)

17. Montreal solar eclipse (2024) | 18. Cappadocia, Turkey (2024) | 19. Polygon Gallery, Vancouver | 20. LEGO exhibit video still

21. Lego block exhibit video production | 22. Building LEGO block interactive installation | 23. Dine on Time exhibit (with John Bessette) | 24. Crew- Big Rock Eddies finalist film 

25. Zombie Walk (Smithers) Colleen "Scariest Zombie" | 26. Teaching: Art Uncovered (U of C) | 27. Sican pyramid site, Peru | 28. Girls in Aviation Day volunteer (2025)

29. Cross-country skiing (Slocan, BC) | 30. Kayaking (Semiahmoo Bay, BC) | 31. Magazine feature | 32. Punjabi exhibit coverage

33. Surrey on Screen media coverage | 34. WITS Alumni Review feature (Belize / Peru) | 35. With Don McKellar (CIFF) | 36. With Ian Hanomansing (CICK Radio)