News, Media & Speaking Engagements
LATEST NEWS
The Human Animal, Season Three of Reseed is released
September 24, 2023
Exploring the Intersection between Art and Our Relationship to the Land: A Community Conversation Hosted by Alice Irene Whittaker
January 23, 2023.
Book deal with Freehand Publishing for Homing
December 6, 2022
Poem collection Spruce Bones selected for CBC Poetry Prize longlist
November 10, 2022.
Season Two of Reseed is released
October 23, 2022
Alice Irene joins the Board of Directors of Régénération Canada
October 2022
Reseed featured on CBC Podcast Playlist
May 23, 2022
Signing on with Transatlantic Agency, represented by Marilyn Biderman
September 16, 2021.
Alice Irene is selected for the 2021 CBC Nonfiction Prize Longlist
September 15, 2021.
It’s official: Alice Irene is a speaker at World Circular Economy Forum 2021
May 2021
Alice Irene is awarded a literary grant from Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
April 9, 2021
GRANTS & AWARDS
CBC Poetry Prize, Longlist — 2022
CBC Nonfiction Prize, Longlist — 2021
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Innovation Grant, Grand Challenges Explorations – 2013-2014
CBC Literary Awards, Long list and Shortlist – 2008 and 2011
Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel Innovation Award, Award & Funding Recipient - 2011
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Interview on The GoodBeing Podcast with Bo Aganaba — 2024
Interview on The Heart Gallery Podcast with Rebeka Ryvola de Kremer — March 2023
Grassroots Groundswell, 2023, 2024
World Circular Economy Forum 2021
Recording: World Circular Economy Forum 2021 - Circularity at Home
Recording: World Circular Economy Forum 2021: Communicating Circularity
La Pêche Coalition for a Green New Deal – Circular Living: The Gatineau Hills and Beyond
Bank of Canada - Circular Economy and Circular Living - December 2020
MEDIA INTERVIEWS
Climate in a summer of smoke — CBC Radio (Aug. 15, 2023)
City Builder: Alice Irene Whittaker leads the charge on environmental issues in Ottawa — The Capital Current (2023)
Chelsea poet longlisted for CBC Poetry Prize — The Lowdown (Nov. 23, 2022)
Stratford-born writer longlisted for poetry prize — The Beacon Herald (Nov. 11, 2022)
CBC Live National Television: Interview with Natasha Fatah on the Circular Economy (July 2020)
Global Centre for Pluralism: Building Back the Post-Pandemic Economy: How a Circular Economy Can Help the Planet and Our Communities (September 2020)
CBC News: Turning beer into bread, a Montreal co-op takes on food waste (December 2020)
Globe and Mail: Recycling leftover meat and fish? It’s all part of Canada’s circular economy (February 2021)
OP EDS
Don’t just hope for climate action - head to your municipal election voting booth — The Toronto Star
Ottawa needs bolder action on the climate file — The Ottawa Citizen (co-authored)
The circular economy isn’t just a zero-waste goal - it should be critical to Canada’s action on climate — Corporate Knights (co-authored)
Fiscal updates show times of crisis need to be met with resilience — The National Observer (co-authored)
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