rema tavares

I am the Founder of Mixed in Canada, a national cultural resource centre for racialized mixed-race identified Canadians, and a co-founder of the MIXED Art Conference, which focused on racialized mixed-race identity and intersectionality. I have been invited to speak at the University of Toronto, Ontario Public Services, CBC Radio Metro Morning, CTV Canada AM, CBC News The National, and more. I am passionate about climate justice and am a volunteer at Black Eco Bloom (BEB). BEB’s mission is to support the growth of Black Women, Black Transgender Women and Black Non-binary individuals in the environmental sector. I love biking, reading, science, native plant gardening and Star Trek.

Curriculum Vitae

Art Shows & Curation:

• Jun  3, 2017 (Toronto): Mixed Art Conference
• Dec, 2015 -Mar, 2016 (Toronto): Capital One Art Program Black History Month Exhibit
• Sep 13-27, 2015 (Toronto): Feminist Art Conference
• May 2-9, 2015 (Toronto): Mixed Art Conference
• May 29-31, 2014 (Toronto): Cos.mo.pol.i.tan
• Mar 3-9, 2014 (Toronto): Feminist Art Conference
• Feb 15 & 22, 2014: Real Talk: Race, Resolutions, Redemption
• Nov 24, 2013 (Toronto): Shades of You: The Complexion Complex
• Oct 3-7, 2013 (Toronto): COMPLEXion
• May 16, 2013 (Toronto): Laissez les Femmes Peindre
• Mar 9, 2013 (Toronto): Feminist Art Conference
• Feb, 2013 (Ottawa): Defining Moments with the National Capital Commission and the National Art Gallery
• Feb-Mar, 2013 (Toronto): Faces In Between
• 2012-2013 (International): Defining Moments: Discovering our Canadian Stories
• Fall 2012 (Toronto): Rooted in Regent Park: Open to the World

Radio & Podcasts:

• Aug 12, 2021: Mixed in the Six podcast “Navigating Adoption as Mixed-Race Parents with Dani Kwan-Lafond & Rema Tavares”
• July 2, 2020: Mixed in the Six podcast “Imagining a Different Future”
• Feb 6, 2019: Inappropriate Questions (IQ) CBC podcast “What are you?”
• Jun 26, 2015: CBC Radio 1 Ontario Today “Conflicts over self-identity”
• Jun 16, 2015: CBC Radio 1 (99.1 Toronto) Metro Morning “Cultural Appropriation”
• Apr 2, 2013: CHRY 105.5fm re 3MW Collective & the mixed experience in Canada
• Feb 1, 2013: CBC Radio 1 (99.1 Toronto) Here & Now interview
• Mar 17, 2012: Mixed Up Mixed Up, CIUT Radio Panel
• Jul 20, 2011: Interview on CJMQ 88.9 FM

Television:

• Mar 15, 2021: CBC The National on Oprah’s interview with Meghan Markle
• Jul 15, 2015: CTV Canada Am “Cultural Appropriation at Festivals”
• Mar 4, 2013: Interview on Rogers TV Toronto “daytime” on Feminist Art Conference

Newspaper & Online:

• Nov 30, 2021: “Growing Together: Planting Trees for a Better Planet” for LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests)
• Aug 12, 2019: “How #BikeMonth got me Back on my Bike” Point A
• Jan 30, 2019: “Five Tips for Creating a Social Strategy that Pays Off” w. Kayla Lewis, Campus Sonar
• Feb 12, 2013: “Mixie Me”, Toronto Life
• Aug 24, 2012: Questioning Being Black and White in Canada, Canadian Dimensions
• Jun 8, 2012: Defining Moments Toronto opening

Publishing:

• Jan 28, 2023: Responsive essay, The Unknown Relative is Home, for Ilene Sova’s “Unknown Relative” International Exhibit
• Aug, 2014, Indexed Mixed Race Amnesia by Dr. Minelle Mahtani
• Apr, 2013, Edited chapter “Mixed Black” in (1)ne Drop:Shifting the Lens on Race by Dr. Yaba Blay

Panels:

• Nov 22, 2022: “The Transformative Power of Self-advocacy”, HELIX HERizons
• Jan 21, 2017: “Resilient Bodies: Class, Work, and Worth” (Moderator)
• Oct 25, 2015: “Unpacking Colorblindness” at Race, Class, & Parenting (Los Angeles, California)
• Sep 27, 2015: “Shattering Standards:  Beauty In The Body” at the Feminist Art Conference (Moderator)
• Mar 12, 2015: “Selfies, Feminism, Race: #BlackoutDay & #GirlsLikeUs: A Selfie Revolution”, Activate TO
• Feb 19, 2015: “Race, Resolutions and Redemption”, Real Talk
• Jan 28, 2015: Queer of Gender Presents “Blackness(*): Our Stories”, York University’s Centre for Human Rights “2015 Inclusion Day Conference”
• Mar 8, 2014: “Intersectionality – Collaboration, Cooperation, Community”, Feminist Art Conference
• Feb 22, 2014: “Revisiting Representations of the Female Black Body”, The State of Blackness
• Feb 15 & 22, 2014: “Race, Resolutions, Redemption”, Real Talk
• Nov 24, 2013: “The Complexion Complex”, Shades of You
• Mar 9, 2013: “Black Exoticism: The Fetishization of the Black Female Body”, Feminist Art Conference
• Jan 31, 2013: “Canadian identity”, National Projections

Workshops:

• Apr 23, 2020: “Branding for Small Businesses on Social Media” w. Ran Luo, Markham Public Library
• Mar 21, 2014: “Canada Remixed” Workshop w. Jamaias DaCosta, Durham District School Board
• Jul 22, 2013: “Shadeism Workshop” for  girls aged 13-18 w. Jamaias DaCosta, MUJER: Latina Summer Camp
• Jun 22, 2012: “Serving ‘Realness’: A Dialogue on Privilege & Passing” w. Kim Crosby, The People Project
• Mar 4, 2010: Sister 2 Sister 2010: Girls’ Issues are World Issues, OISE

Lectures:

• May 9, 2023: “Dismantling Barriers to Inclusion”, HELIX Career Recharge
• Feb 17, 2022: “Intersectional Environmentalism”, Ajax Rotary Club
• Apr 26, 2021: “Creating Safe and Inclusive Workspaces”, HELIX Career Recharge
• Apr 6, 2021: “Understanding Power & Privilege”, HELIX Career Recharge
• Feb 25, 2015: “Cultural Competency in Fundraising”, Humber College
• Feb 9, 2015: Spaces of Multiraciality: Critical Mixed Race Theory, University of Toronto
• Oct 1, 2014: “Art as Resistance: Mixed-race women vs Exoticism”, Markham Group of Artists
• Mar 4, 2014: Spaces of Multiraciality: Critical Mixed Race Theory, University of Toronto
• Mar 21, 2013: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, “Citizenship & Canadian Identity”, Lincoln Alexander Public School
• Feb 26, 2013: Spaces of Multiraciality: Critical Mixed Race Theory, University of Toronto
• Apr 26, 2012: Diversity Mentoring Partnership Program, Ontario Public Services
• Mar 20, 2012: Spaces of Multiraciality: Critical Mixed Race Theory, University of Toronto

Past Board Membership:

• Director, Sky’s the Limit Youth Organization
• Advisor, Queer of Gender