About This Speaker: Vivek Shraya
Vivek Shraya is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, TV, film, and fashion.
A three-time Canadian Screen Award winner, Vivek is the creator and writer of the new CBC Gem Original Series How to Fail as a Popstar, which had its international premiere at Cannes.
She was nominated for the Polaris Music Prize and has collaborated with musical icons Jann Arden, Peaches, and Jully Black.
Her best-selling book I’m Afraid of Men was heralded by Vanity Fair as “cultural rocket fuel,” and she is the founder of the award-winning publishing imprint VS. Books (featured on CBC’s Canada Reads), which supports emerging BIPOC writers.
Vivek has been a brand ambassador for MAC Cosmetics and Pantene, a guest host on The Social and CBC’s Q, and she is a director on the board of the Tegan and Sara Foundation.
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