Dernière mise à jour 7 mar 2008
Faire une recherche par catégorie Jan Andrews RR 2 Lanark ON K0G 1K0 Home/Résidence:613-256-0353 FAX/Télecopier: 613-728-3872 Email/Courriel: jandrews@magma.ca Bio: Jan Andrews has a particular interest in epic stories, as well as traditional folk and fairy tales. She delights in communicating her passion for the storyteller's art in workshops and teaching situations, and tells in schools. A children's author and Past National Coordinator for Storytellers of Canada/Conteurs du Canada, she produces a winter series of epic tellings in Ottawa and has organized such events as a complete telling of The Odyssey. Available year round. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,AW Gail Anglin 1552 Lassiter Terr, Ottawa ON K1J 8N4 Home/Résidence: 613-745-3689 Email/Courriel: gail.anglin@sympatico.ca Bio: Gail brings all kinds of characters (even ancient, epic ones) to life with her lively style of storytelling. You'll often find music and laughter accompanying her telling. Adwoa Badoe 74 Janefield Avenue, Suite 136, Guelph, ON N1G 2L6 Home/Résidence: 519-766-9240 Email/Courriel: adwoa@afroculture.com Kathleen J. Bailey Toronto, ON Work/Travail/: 416 395-5728 Email/Courriel: driftway@sympatico.ca Bio: Kathleen is a children's librarian who works for Toronto Public Library Maryann Bailey 4 Woodland Glen Drive Guelph ON N1G 3N6 Home/Résidence: 519-829-2818 Email/Courriel: < baileyfamily@sympatico.ca - Bio:A traditional storyteller for over 18 years. Experience in libraries, schools, early childhood, foster care and children's recreation is a foundation for her instant rapport with listeners of all ages. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,AW Ron Baker 1004 Dyers Bay Road RR #1 Miller Lake ON N0H 1Z0 </font> Home/Résidence: 519-795-7652 Email/Courriel: ronritabaker@aol.com Bio:Ron Baker has always told stories – at school, in youth clubs, in church and as a librarian. He's been an actor, director, mime, clown and comedian, but in 1986, at a children's camp he became a STORYTELLER, which seemed to be where life had been leading! All other skills and arts learned along the way blended seamlessly into this timeless art. Told with gentle humour and compassion, Ron's stories cover the gamut of human emotion. An experience not to be missed! Ariel Balevi 68 Wells Hill Avenue, 1st floor Toronto, ON M5R 3A8 Home/Résidence: 416-534-2291 Work/Travail : 416-212-6254 Email/Courriel: bergottemorel@hotmail.com Bio: Ariel is a storyteller for adults, children, and general audiences. He tells stories from the Eastern tradition, in particular from the folklore and literature of Iran and Turkey. His repertoire includes stories from Shahnameh, the Haft Paykar and the Thousand and One Nights. Ariel also has an interest in the French literary tales as exemplified by such writers as Perrault, d'Aulnoy and Leprince de Beaumont. He has performed in Washington D.C., Ottawa as well as Toronto. Bob Barton 308-50 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto ON M5R 1B5 Home/Résidence: 416-686-6016 Work/Travail: 4416-686-6016 Email/Courriel: bobbarton@sympatico.ca Bio: Bob Barton has performed at festivals throughout Canada, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. His written works range from children's books to professional texts. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,AW Patricia Bear Claw 85 Henry Lane Terrace, Apt. #314 Toronto, ON M5A 4B8 Home/Résidence: 416-504-8241 Email/Courriel: p_bearclaw@yahoo.ca Bio: Pat has a passion for pioneer survivial and trickster stories. She is an adventurer, professional speaker and grew up as a pioneer in tents and one room dirt floor cabins. She has told stories for over 20 years to small and large groups. She delights in showing people how the pioneer survived. Micki Beck P.O. Box 430 Apsley, ON K0L 1A0 Email/Courriel: bumbleberry@sympatico.ca Bio: Micki, also known as "Micki the Pot 'O Gold Storyteller" has told for over 40 years internationally as well as at Ottawa and Toronto festivals, and in Alberta and Vancouver as well as starting story circles in Bancroft and Apsley and organizing "A Celebration of Storytelling North of Seven" for the past three years. Mariella Bertelli 140 Ellsworth Avenue Toronto ON M6G 2K6 Home #:416-652-3775 Email/Courriel: mbertelli@tpl.toronto.on.ca Pat Bisset (Buffalo Jump Artists Collective) 100 Bain Ave #72 Maples, Toronto ON M4K 1E8 Home/Résidence: 416 767-6650 Work/Travail: 647-346-1907 Email/Courriel: patbisset@yahoo.ca Bio: Buffalo Jump Artists Collective is a group of storytellers, actors and artisans staging the Toronto National Aboriginal Day Walk, Music and Storytelling Event each June 21 along with storytelling and traditional craft activities etc. during the year. It is Native run but open to people from the four directions - see our giant buffaloes! Contact Pat Bisset. Categories: E,C,YA,A Marva Blackmore Ottawa, ON K2C 0V3 Home/Résidence: 613-226-2972 Email/Courriel: marva.blackmore@gmail.com Bio:Marva’s experience is largely with adult and young adult audiences. She is particularly interested in historical tales and also tells personal stories about her lively travels with her husband, David. Tales with an interesting twist are her favorites and she is currently expanding her repertoire to also include myths and legends along with the folk tales and literary stories she already tells. Categories: E,YA,A,YAW,AW,T B. George Blake 300 Park Road North Oshawa, ON L1J 4M2 Home/Résidence: 905-579-7149 FAX/Télecopier:905-579-3601 Email/Courriel: geoblake.vijja@sympatico.ca Bio:George Blake was born in Jamaica. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He came to Canada in 1966, taught for a time in at York University in Downsview, Ontario and at retirement was director of Psychological Services at Oshawa General Hospital. Since then he has been an active storyteller, specializing in AfroCaribbean folktales, his own compositions and Jataka tales (birth stories of the Buddha). He is founder of the Durham Folklore Society and the Kalalu Percussion Ensemble. The drum plays a key role in AfroCaribbean presentations. Categories: E,C,YA,A,AW,T Jim Blake Box 1248 Haliburton, ON K0M 1S0 Home/Résidence: 705-457-5278 Work/travai:705 457-3351 Email/Courriel:jblake@sympatico.ca Bio: Jim Blake, who hangs his hat in Haliburton, Ontario, has a storytelling repertoire that encompasses traditional and literary tales, personal stories and original work cobbled together from the detritus of every day life. His original stories have been published in a number of collections. Jim is the curator of “Fabled City – The Lost Stories of Toronto” a series of storytelling performances recounting parts of Toronto’s history done in collaboration with the City of Toronto Museums and the Toronto Festival of Storytelling. Brant Taletellers Guild 13 Horner Street Brantford, ON N3R 2C5 Home/Résidence: 519-756-0727 Website/site Web: www.tales.bizbrant.com/ Email/Courriel: taletellers@bizbrant.com Bio:The Brant Taletellers Guild in an incorporated non-profit organization that encourages storytellers to grow in their art and fosters enjoyment and appreciation of oral stoytleling in the communities of Brant Count. It hosts monthly public meetings where storytellers and listeners gather to pracice the art of oral storytelling. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,AW June Brown 76 Florence Ave Toronto, ON M2N 1G3 Home/Résidence: 416-221-3190 Email/Courriel: jandabrown@rogers.com A teller for all ages in schools ,libraries and public venues. Has a special bond with preschool and primary children. Uses an interactive style,songs, flannel boards and a draw and tell method to captivate her audiences. Lorne Brown 44 Wentworth Avenue Toronto ON M2N 1T7 Home/Résidence: 416-225-1547 FAX/Télecopier:416-225-6891 Email/Courriel: lorbro@rogers.com Bio: "Singer of Old Songs, Teller of Old Tales" Founder of Appleseed Quarterly, the Canadian Journal of Storytelling. Co-founder of The Storytellers School of Toronto. Founder of "The Ballad Project". Director of the Canadian Society for Traditional Music. Artistic Co-director, The Legless Stocking. Lorne is a storyteller, author, oral historian, ballad singer and banjo picker. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,AW Brenda Byers 429 Stinson Avenue Burlington ON L7R 2X1 Home/Résidence: 905-637-3071 Email/Courriel: brenda@storywyse.com Website/site Web:http://www.storywyse.com Bio: Brenda's natural exuberance and delight in her listeners shine through as she weaves her tales for the very young to the young at heart. Brenda tells folktales and spirit stories of humour, wisdom, healing, searching for truth and more. A member of the Burlington Storytellers' Guild, Uppity Women, The Storytellers School of Toronto, Storytellers of Canada/Conteurs du Canada and Tales from Two Tellers with Marilyn Helmer, Brenda has been telling professionally for eight years. Categories: E,C,YA,A Canadian Association of Storytellers for Children (CASC) 336 Willard Ave Toronto ON M6S 3R2 Home/Résidence: 416-699-2608 Email/Courriel: cascinfo@yahoo.ca Bio:The Canadian Association of Storytellers for Children (C.A.S.C.) is an organization committed to promoting storytelling for children and youth and developing a national network for storytellers, families and communities. CASC publishes a quarterly newsletter packed with rhymes, stories and articles. CASC also presents several concerts and two professional development swaps a year. Executive directors are: Carol Ashton, Joan Bailey, Donna Dudinsky, Sally Jaeger, Hildy Stollery, Meghan Thompson, and Harriet Xanthakos. Bruce Carmody Home/Résidence: 905 853-6334 Email/Courriel: bruce@storytree.ca Website/site Web: www.thestoryteller.ca Bio: Bruce Carmody is a bilingual storyteller (English and French), who tells in schools and churches throughout southern Ontario. He is currently president of the Storytellers School of Toronto. Judy Caulfield 58 Ferndale Crescent Brampton, ON L6W 1E9 Home/Résidence: 905-457-5117 Email/Courriel:jcaulfield@oise.utoronto.ca Categories: E Jennifer Cayley RR 2 Lanark ON K0G 1K0 Home/Résidence: 613-256-0353 FAX/Télecopier:613-728-3872 Email/Courriel: jcayley@magma.ca Bio: Jennifer Cayley has been listening to stories and reading them forever. During the last five years she has told at festivals in Ottawa, Vancouver, Toronto and North Bay and in classrooms in the National Capitol Region. The old wisdom of epic myth and wonder tales along with the traditional folk and fairy tales are her favourites. Stories from The Odyssey and The Iliad are a particular specialty. Programs can be developed for audiences aged eight and above. Categories: E,YA,A Dianne Chandler 3171 Chandler Drive Port Perry, ON L9L 1B6 Home/Résidence:905-985-3424 Work/Travail: 905-985-5297 Email/Courriel: story.teller@sympatico.ca Bio: Dianne weaves candlelit dramas illuminating folktales, fairy tales, and historical tales to enchant listeners of all ages. With some stories Dianne uses props and puppets and audience participation is invited. Time is allowed for quiet reflection to focus the inner eye on each story’s images and the opportunity for group sharing of these powerful images. Equally comfortable in any story light, Dianne applies her years of teaching and curriculum writing experience to planning and performing her programmes and workshops. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW Susan Charters 1192 Birchcliffe Cres., R.R. 4, Orillia, ON L3V 6H4 Home/Résidence: 705-325-8463 FAX/Télecopier: 705-325-5596 Email/Courriel: chartersfamily@hotmail.com Bio: Susan brings stories to schools, festivals, churches and interfaith communities. She has a collection of wolf tales and loves to share traditional stories, mainly from the British Isles, often presenting with a partner who provides music to add to the weaving of the tales. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,CW,YAW,AW,T Charly Chiarelli 1656 Shore Rd, Kingston, ON K7L 5H6 Email/Courriel: wendy.ross@queensu.ca Categories: E,O (Italian) Megan Collings-Moore 61 Ballantyne Ave Stratford, ON N5A 3A6 Home/Résidence: 519-273-3457 Work/Travail : 519-884-4404 x 28604 Email/Courriel: mcolling@renison.uwaterloo.ca Bio: Megan tells stories for children and adults. An Anglican priest, she delights in folk-tales and religious stories, as well as creating interactive versions of Biblical stories especially for children and adults. Categories: E,C,A Paul Conway - see Voyageur Storytelling Rita Cox 65 Southport St., #801 Toronto, ON M6S 3N6 Home/Résidence: 416-762-7113 FAX/Télecopier: 416-762-7791 Email/Courriel: rcox408@rogers.com Ruth Danziger 42 Vermont Avenue Toronto ON M6G 1X9 Home/Résidence: 416-588-0068 Work/Travail: 416-588-5234 FAX/Télecopier: 416-588-1355 Email/Courriel: rdanziger@ca.inter.net Bio: Ruth tells to adults and children at festivals, Spiral Gardens, Bloorview MacMillan Centre Hospital in Toronto, as an "Artist in the Schools" and in workshops across Canada. Her role as a storyteller/teacher with the Parent/Child Mother Goose Program has given her experience using storytelling with adults in a community setting. She told as part of the South Riverdale Lives and Legends project and at Milk Festival 2000. Ruth tells traditional stories from around the world. Categories: E,T,C,YA,A,CW,AW Phyllis Davison 65 Nepahwin Ave Sudbury ON P3E 2H5 From Jan 07 - Apr 07 163/5 Easter Rd Edinburgh, Scotland GB EH7 5QB Email/Courriel: phyllis@cs.laurentian.ca Bio: Story with song, poem, string game and anecdote invites audience response of "engaging, interesting, educational and entertaining". Immigrated to Canada from Scotland; now travelling back each year; developing a project in association with the Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh. Presentations to schools, museums, libraries, historical societies, arts groups, botanic gardens, science and history fairs.
Donna Dudinsky 305-330 Winnett Avenue Toronto ON M6C 3L9 Home/Résidence: 416-654-9930 Work/Travail: 416-484-2600, ext 2360 Email/Courriel: storyvine@yahoo.ca Bio: A former documentary television producer, Donna Dudinsky tells old tales to the young at heart. Specializing in folk and fairy tales from around the world, Donna has told at Storytelling Festivals, schools, libraries and concerts. She is on the Executive of the Canadian Association of Storytellers for Children, the Board of The Storytellers School of Toronto, and works part-time for SC/CC. Categories: E,F,T,C,YA,A,CW,AW Deborah Dunleavy P.O. Box 205 Brockville ON K6V 5V2 Home/Résidence: 613-342-3463 Work/Travail: Email/Courriel: kgp@ripnet.com Website/site Web: www.deborahdunleavy.com Bio: Trained as a dramatic arts teacher at York University and University of Toronto, Deborah has specialized in the performing arts for over 20 years. Her storytelling and musical skills are enriched by courses in mime, clown, dance, musical theatre and voice. A founding member of The 1000 Island Yarnspinners, Deborah leads and hosts monthly gatherings. Deborah's stories come from personal experience, family truths and lies, and obscure collections in the libraries of small towns in Eastern Ontario. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,YAW,AW,T Ellis-Lynn Duschenes 483 Westminster Avenue Ottawa, ON K2A 2T9 Home/Résidence: 613-761-9542 Email/Courriel: ellis_duschenes@ocdsb.edu.on.ca Ruthanne Edward 4305 Meadowvale Lane Ottawa ON K1B 5A1 Home/Résidence: 613-741-7098 Email/Courriel: ruthanne-edward@rogers.com Bio: Ruthanne has been telling stories since 1989 in a variety of situations, including: in period costume at historic sites; while holding snakes of various sizes; above the roar of rush-hour traffic; and in jail (an historic one of course)! She specializes in telling ghost stories, legends and tales of Ottawa and Canadian history. She loves to engage children and teenagers with historical stories made relevant to their own lives. Categories: E,C,YA,A > Kevin Eisbrenner 5 Lamoreaux, Apt 61 Hamilton, ON L8R 1T9 Home/Résidence: 905-528-7506 Email/Courriel: kevin.eisbrenner@gmail.com Allen Ender 1101 Steeles Avene W1 Apt 812 Toronto ON M2R 3W5 Home/Résidence: 416-667-8688 Ann A. Estill 16 Amberwood Lane Guelph ON N1G 4X7 Home/Résidence: 519-763-4598 Email/Courriel: annieest@rogers.com Bio: Ann is a professional storyteller with experience in presenting workshops on how to choose and prepare a story; concerts of ancient and contemporary tales; entertainment for banquets or meetings; classes on general or theme presentations. Categories E,C,YA,A,AW Four Winds Library - c/o Norm Perrin 2878A Dundas Street West, Apt #1 Toronto ON M6P 1Y8 Home/Résidence: 416-763-4146 Email/Courriel: talewind@web.net Bio: Norman Perrin's storytelling travels have taken him from Toronto's Spiral Garden, across Canada, and overseas to Edinburgh, the Orkney's and Sri Lanka's Butterfly Peace Garden. He tells world tales, stories with an ecological theme, singing tales and original tall tales set in the Ottawa Valley. His Four Winds Storytellers' Library, a 4,000 volume collection of folktales, is open to storytellers and researchers, and hosts storytellings featuring the many cultures of the storytelling world. Categories: E,A,YA,C,T Gail Fricker 54 Milton St Stratford ON N5A 3T8 Home/Résidence: 519-272-1039 Email/Courriel: gfricker@rogers.com Susan Getchell 287 Village Green Avenue London ON N6J 3Z2 Home/Résidence: 519-641-0574 Email/Courriel:SuzyQ_50@sympatico.ca Website: www.suetellsstories.ca Bio:Susan is an experienced storyteller who draws upon the richness of her cultural heritage, her family history and knowledge of children of all ages in her story selection and her performance. This richness transforms itself into stories that she creates as well as those she excavates from folk and mythic tradition. As well as performing, Susan conducts workshops for children and adults that explore stories in relation to personal meaning, as well as storytelling techniques. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,AW,H,T Michelle Gram 111-4005 Bayview Avenue Toronto, ON M2M 2Z9 Home/Résidence #: 416-218-9093 Work/Travail #: 416-768-9091 Email/Courriel: michellegram@gmail.com Bio: Michelle is a shadow puppeteer, actress and educator living in Toronto. She conducts storytelling workshops for Early Childhood Educator and Teacher Candidates in addition to storytelling for groups of young children. She primarily tells published children's stories, but is very interested in delving into folk tales of the world and stories for adults. Sarah Granskou 48 DeKay Street Kitchener, ON N2H 3T2 Home/Résidence: 519-579-3011 or 519-578-0227 Work/Travail : 519-749-8473 Email/Courriel: tradevind@yahoo.ca Categories: E,O(Norwegian),C,YA,A,AW,T Katherine Grier Ottawa,ON Email/Courriel: kgrier@magma.ca Pauline Grondin Burlington, ON Home/Résidence: 905-522-4157 Email/Courriel: spingolli@hotmail.com Website/site Web:www.paulinegrondin.com Bio: Following her French Canadian and Irish roots, Pauline’s storytelling has delighted audiences of all ages in Canada and the U.K. In the oral tradition of storytelling she presents a potpourri of fairy tales, myths, legends, folk tales, self penned and first person stories, often accompanied by a number of instruments and song. Dressed in period clothing and using artifacts and reproductions, Pauline will bring yesteryear to your heritage celebrations and educational programmes. She has just issued her first CD. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,AW Laurel Dee Gugler 342-219 College St Toronto, ON M5T 1R1 Email/Courriel: lgugler@primus.ca Bio:Storyteller/children’s author (eight published books); frequent presenter, former teacher; Children’s Museum programmer; co-founder, Hamilton Storytelling group; toured U.S. with peace display; English teacher, India. Primary (including Kindergarten), Junior, Intermediate. Often does Family Literacy Events. Tells favourite, high-interest stories. Also “Stories to Solve” (riddles, and stories told in the manner of riddles in which the audience solves the mystery). Also, oral tellings from her Junior-Grade novel, Catching Forever, which includes her childhood memories. Categories: E,T,C Diane Halpin 29 Holborn Ave London ON N6J 2P7 Home/Résidence: 519-434-7147 FAX#: 519-434-7320 Email/Courriel: storytree@rogers.com Website/site Web: www.storytreeproductions.ca Bio: Diane Halpin's storytelling performances and workshops are dynamic and nteractive. She specializes in multi-cultural folktales and life-stories, and interweaves her storytelling with Celtic drumming. Diane's guest and keynote presentations are described as "inspiring" and "creative". She performs in schools and universities, as well as at libraries, festivals, conferences and nursing homes. Diane Halpin's passion is to encourage literacy and joie de vivre through storytelling. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,AW,T Hamilton Children's Museum 1072 Main St. E Hamilton, ON L8M 1Y7 Work/Travail : 905-546-4848 Email/Courriel: childrensmuseum@hamilton.ca Bio:Hamilton Children's Museum, established in Hamilton in 1978 was the first civic Children's Museum. We encourage learning through participatory experience. Categories: E,A,C Brian Hetherington 58 Almond Ave Thornhill ON L3T 1L2 Home/Résidence: 905 731-4991 Email/Courriel: hetheringtonbrian@hotmail.com Bio: Teacher, writer, storyteller interested in the uses of stories in education, in English-As-A-Second-Language and religious settings. Brian is the editor of Appleseed Quarterly, the Canadian Journal of Storytelling Categories: E,YA,A,AW Jack Howard 18 Wood Glen Rd Toronto, ON M1N 2V7 Home/Résidence: 416-691-9122 Cell: 416-689-9122 FAX/Télecopier: 416-691-9122 Email/Courriel: jack.howard@utoronto.ca Bio: Twenty years a storyteller, Jack Howard tells mainly in the Toronto area; he has also told in Japan and Korea. He favours traditional tales of East Asia. Categories: E,O,C,A,T Lynda M. Howes 36 Palmerston Gardens Toronto M6G 1V9 Email/Courriel:lyndaandjames@sympatico.ca Bio: For 22 years, Lynda has been an active member of Toronto's storytelling community. She works in schools (ages 8+) and has given workshops for The Storytellers School of Toronto since 1985. She is available for festivals and tours. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,AW Maureen Hunter 51B Thirty Third St Toronto, ON M8W 3H2 Home/Résidence: 416-253-7477 Email/Courriel: yoyohunter@hotmail.com Categories: E Sally Jaeger 105 Victor Ave Toronto ON M4K 1A7 Home/Résidence: 416-465-5982 Email/Courriel: jaegershome@sympatico.ca
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Suzy Juneau 83 Java Street Ottawa, ON K1Y 3L5 Sue Kenney 7150 Beach Drive Box 35 Floral Park Washago, ON, L0K 2B0 Home/Résidence: 705-689-2975 Email/Courriel: sue.kenney@sympatico.ca Website/site Web: www.suekenney.ca Bio: A storyteller, pilgrim, professional speaker and author who walked the Camino; a medieval pilgrimage route covering 780kms across the north of Spain, alone in the winter. Sue weaves tales about people she met and her experiences guiding the audience on a journey of self discovery. To hear samples of Sue’s storytelling on her CD Stone by Stone, go to www.cdbaby.com/suekenney. Sue’s book, My Camino, was released in 2004. Anna Kerz Email/Courriel: anna.kerz@tel.tdsb.on.ca Bio: Anna is a storyteller and writer. She loves stories that touch the heart, tickle the funny bone and reveal the secrets of the human soul. Some of her stories are personal tales about a childhood spent in an Austrian D.P. camp and in the Kensington Market area of Toronto. She helped develop the Story Jam program to help students develop speaking and listening skills and build their foundations for literacy. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,AW Kim Kilpatrick 291 Nepean St Ottawa, ON K1R 5G2 Home/Résidence: 613-567-7137 Work/Travail : (613) 736-5266 x 227 Email/Courriel: kimard@cyberus.ca Bio: I have been storytelling since 2001. Have told at the NAC Fourth Stage, Ottawa Storytelling Festival, and several other local venues. I tell many personal stories about my life. I am totally blind which makes for some fascinating, humourous, and enlightening stories. I am also involved in the organizing of the local festival in Ottawa. Categories: E,A,YA,C,T Kathleen Kompass 1195 Major St Ottawa On K2C 2S1 Home/Résidence: 613-228-2195 Email/Courriel:Kompasshouse@rogers.com Bio: Kathie Kompass, a storyteller since 1983, has been sharing her tales in schools, festivals, parks, camps, churches, and libraries. Her desire is to light a verbal candle drawing the audience closer as adventures from history, mythology and mystery emerge. Categories: E,T,C,YA,A,CW,AW Ingrid Kosijer 703-1510 Riverside Dr Ottawa, ON K1G 4X5 Email/Courriel: Eyekay111@rogers.com Bill Lalonde 62 Manor Drive, Brockville ON K6V 3E6 Home/Résidence #:613-342-0136 Email/Courriel: < wglal@ripnet.com Tom Lips 230 Davidson's Side Road Ottawa, Ontario K2K 2Z4 Home/Résidence: 613-596-0551 Work/Travail: 613-952-3446 E-mail: tom@tomlips.ca Website/site Web:www.tomlips.ca Bio: Tom Lips is a creative, dynamic teller of traditional and original tales, and a gifted singer-songwriter with three recordings. Since 1992 he has shared stories of high adventure, laughter and the supernatural at such venues as the Ottawa, Toronto, Westport and North Bay Storytelling Festivals, the Governor-General's Residence, the National Arts Centre 4th Stage, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, and Ottawa's "Stories from the Ages" series. Tom has given introductory workshops on storytelling and songwriting Categories: E,T,C,YA,A,AW Celia Lottridge 42 Vermont Ave Toronto ON M6G 1X9 Email/Courriel: celialottridge@yahoo.com Bio: Celia Lottridge is a teller of traditional and original stories to adults and children. She is a co-founder of the Storytellers School of Toronto, co-founder and former director of the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program and author of many award-winning children's books including retellings of folktales and novels based on family stories. She has been telling stories in libraries, schools, community events and everyday life for decades. Categories:E,C,YA,A,AW Norma Lundberg 28 Blithfield Avenue Toronto ON M2K 1Y1 Home/Résidence: 416-225-8214 Email/Courriel: lundberg@sympatico.ca Bio:Toronto writer with prairie roots, active in Scarborough's Bluffers Tales, and a beginning balladeer. I love and learn and am beginning to tell all manner of traditional fairy stories and folk tales from Northern Europe, Canada; earth wisdom tales from anywhere; and fables from the Jataka and Panchatantra traditions of India. I also write stories designed for my telling, including developing a sequence concerning Canada's Great Depression, based on family letters Categories: E,A,YA Laurie Malabar Bio: Laurie Malabar developed her passion for storytelling when researching her great grandmothers’ journey from widowhood to costume entrepreneur. Specializing in family, costume and fabric stories, Laurie delights audiences of all ages. Laurie has told stories and run workshops at the Toronto Festival of Storytelling, the Royal Ontario Museum, schools, hospitals and seniors homes. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,AW,T Jane Mallory 311 Glastonbury Drive Stratford, ON N5A 6B8 Email/Courriel: mallory17@sympatico.ca Categories:E,YA,C Mary-Eileen McClear 89 Snyders Road West Baden, ON N3A 2M2 Home/Résidence: 519-634-8973 Email/Courriel: maryeileen@thestorybarn.ca Bio: Mary-Eileen is acclaimed for her curriculum-related school programmes and as founder of The Second Story workshop, promoting storytelling as an art form and educational tool. A speaker who weaves together contemporary and traditional material, reviewers have applauded her "warm stage presence," "expressive face," and "captivating sense of humour and intriguing touch of magic." An award-winning storyteller, she has performed in venues including Stratford Festival, Toronto Festival of Storytelling, Celtic Roots Festival, Summerfolk Festival and Harbourfront. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,AW Jim Meeks 291 George Street #427 Toronto, ON M5A 2N2 Home/Résidence:416-340-9387 Email/Courriel: jwmeeks@yahoo.com Bio: Jim hails from Alabama and was immersed in the oral traditions of the southern Appalachian mountains while growing up. For more than a decade he has shared stories, songs and ballads with listeners in countless venues from schools to wilderness trips. Currently living in Toronto's downtown core, Jim is involved in several projects and programs using the power of story to advocate for the homeless and socially marginalized. Categories: E,C,YA,A,T Cathy Melville 234 Melita Ave Toronto ON M6G 2A2 Home/Résidence: 416-536-3862 Email/Courriel: melville@sympatico.ca René Meshake 27 Tiffany Street East Guelph, ON N1H 1X6 Home/Résidence: 519-824-8519 Email/Courriel: renemeshake@sympatico.ca William (Bill) Dennis Montgomery 375 River Street Gananoque, ON K7G 2P9 Home/Résidence: 613-382-1891 FAX: 613-382-8635 Bio: My Christian name is Bill Montgomery, the name given to me by my Noni is Yaahl han tl'uujus. I am Haida, Raven, from the Yahgu7laanas clan of Dadens of Haida Gwaii. You know this land as The Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C.. It has been scientifically proven, thus far, that my family has lived on our land for 12-15,000 years. We know though, as our stories tell us, we have been here since the beginning of time. Categories: E,A,YA,C,T Anne Nagy 302 Friel St Ottawa ON K1N 1J5 Home/Résidence : 613 789-7032 Work/Travail : 613 789-7034 Email/Courriel: anne.nagy@rogers.com Categories: E,A,AW Laura Newland 160 Balmoral Ave Apt 204 Toronto ON M4V 1J7 Home/Résidence: 416-924-2385 Email/Courriel: larisne3@yahoo.ca Bio: Laura shares world tales with children and adults. Her special interests are in stories from the Scottish, Gaelic, creating magical puppets, and writing family stories. Categories: E, C Ottawa Storytellers 8 Burndale Road Ottawa, ON K1B 3Y5 Phone #: 613-322-8336 Email/Courriel: patrick.holloway@sympatico.ca Website; www.ottawastorytellers.ca Bio:The Ottawa Storytellers promote the art of storytelling, nurture and inspire novice and experienced storytellers, and provide tellers and listeners with opportunities to share and enjoy stories. Monthly story swaps are held at the Library and Archives of Canada, 395 Wellington Street, on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m.. Admission is free and the public is invited to come hear and tell stories. The Ottawa Storytelling Festival takes place each year in early November. Categories:E,H,T,C,YA,CW,AW Dale W. Pepin PO Box 1087 Copper Cliff, ON P0M 1N0 Home/Résidence: 705-682-3440 FAX: 705-682-4418 Email/Courriel: dalejeannine.pepin@sympatico.ca Website: http://storysocks.pages.web.com Since retiring from the classroom, Dale has travelled extensively to schools, festivals, summer fairs and aboard the train to share his wealth of multi-cultural stories which now make up the Canadian mosaic. One of the favourite in-school packages is Dale's "Scary Stories in the Dark", adapted for the Hallowe'en season. Additionally, he enjoys telling from a faith-based package for faith-based schools, churches and Sunday schools. Information about the programmes can be found at Dale's website. Categories: E,A,YA,C,T Marylyn Peringer Unit 131, 2 Withrow Avenue Toronto ON M4K 1C9 Home/Résidence: 416-465-4327 Email/Courriel: applesfromheaven@hotmail.com Bio:Marylyn discovered the folklore of French Canada 25 years ago and shares these tales bilingually with audiences old and young across the country. Her repertoire also embraces classical myth, tales of the stars and constellations, trickster and riddle stories. She currently serves as Resident Teacher for the Storytellers School of Toronto and leads a Storytelling course at George Brown College. Marylyn recently returned from a month-long trip to the island of Malta, where she explored the folklore of her maternal heritage. Categories: E,F,C,YA,A,AW Richard Preston 105 Hostein Drive Ancaster, ON l9G 2S9 Home/Résidence: 905-648-1598 Email/Courriel: prestonr@mcmaster.ca Leslie Robbins-Conway - see Voyageur Storytelling Barry Rosen Hamilton, ON Email/Courriel: barryrosen@sympatico.ca Bio:Barry Rosen founded the Hamilton Storytelling Circle in 2002, and he continues to serve as the group’s facilitator. His story interests include Jewish Folktales, original and family stories. He has told in a number of settings and contexts. Categories: E,A,AW,T Lucie Roy 319 Powell Ave Ottawa, ON K1S 2A7 Home/Résidence: 613 569-5454 Email/Courriel: lucieroy@trytel.com Bio: Lucie Roy has been telling since 2002. Fluently bilingual, she tells in French and English. Lucie has co-facilitated the Ottawa Storytellers workshops with Kathie Kompass. In February 2004, she made her professional debut at the 4th stage of the National A rts Centre. Lucie is presently working to establish the Cercle de conteurs de l’Est de l’Ontario (CCEO), a group of francos and Francophiles in the Outaouais region. Categories: E,F,C,A Jean Ryan 16 - 357 Hunter Street West Hamilton, ON L8P 1S6 Home/Résidence: 905-528-1792 Work/Travail: 416-869-3232 X445 FAX/Télecopier: 416-596-8032 Bio: A believer in the need to remind people that there is magic in the world and the power of story to entertain and heal. Categories:E,A,AW,T Alan Shain 264 Lisgar St., Apt. #302 Ottawa, ON K2P 0C8 Home/Résidence: 613-234-5742 Email/Courriel: alanshain@yahoo.ca Website/site Web: www.alanshain.com Bio: Alan specializes in personal stories as a person with a disability. Told with much humour, he tells how he used his difference to advantage, gaining acceptance and making friends. (A 200-pound wheelchair can make all the difference in tug of war!) Alan also tells folk tales which humanize giants and dragons. And, of course, his favourites are the stories of the wise fool. Categories: E,T,YA,A Marta Singh Ottawa, ON Email/Courriel: martas@magma.ca Goldie Spencer 28 Graylee Ave Scarborough, ON M1J 1M6 Home/Résidence: 416-267-1506 Email/Courriel: goldie@the-wire.com Categories: E,A,C Donna Stewart 28 Brodeur Crescent Kanata, ON K2L 1Z3 Home/Résidence: 613 592-1223 Email/Courriel: donna-stewart@sympatico.ca Bio: After telling stories for half a century to anyone who will listen, Donna was elder for 2003 SC/CC conference. She likes stories that help understanding or are means of remembering or just make you laugh or think – and has told them in schools, libraries, church, community centers, playgrounds, museums. Categories: E,T,C,YA,A,CW,AW Ruth Ann Stewart-Verger 236 Breezehill Ave. South Ottawa, ON K1Y 2J3 Home/Résidence: 613-722-8402 Email/Courriel: ruth@rasputins.ca Bio: Born into a storytelling family, Ruth learned her art in self-defense. Member of the Ottawa Storytellers, active on the Ottawa Storytelling Festival Committee, keen to share string-stories, folk tales, epic and literary stories with audiences of all ages. A storyteller who likes to listen as much as she likes to tell. Categories: E,C,YA,A Storytellers School of Toronto 720 Bathurst St., Ste. 500A Toronto, ON M5S 2R4 Telephone/Téléphone: 416-656-2445 Fax: 416-656-8510 Email/Courriel: admin@storytellingtoronto.org http://www.storytellingtoronto.org Molly Sutkaitis 110 – 177 Stephen Dr. Toronto, ON M8Y 3N5 416-239-1345 Email/Courriel: mollysutkaitis@hotmail.com Bio: I am from a Scottish family where the oral tradition is strong. I am the Storyteller in Residence at The Children’s Peace Theatre T.O. I have offered storytelling workshops for TESL Ontario, Teacher Professional Development Days, The Little Children of the World, in Tennessee and the Philippines and performed in schools. Categories: E,C,A,CW,AW,H,T Stephen Van Vugt 75 Glen Lake Crescent Kitchener, ON N2N 1C4 Home/Résidence: 519-744-1488 Work/Travail: 519-635-1303 Email/Courriel: storyteller@vanvugt.ca Bio: Stephen is a singer and storyteller who enjoys telling traditional fairy and folk tales to children of all ages as well as personal and historical stories to adults. He has enjoyed annual local performances for non-profit organizations at heritage sites and churches. Categories: E,C,YA,A,T Nancy Vermond P.O. Box 543 St. Marys, ON N4X 1B3 Home/Résidence: 519-284-2698 Email/Courriel: nvermond@sympatico.ca Voyageur Storytelling (Paul Conway and Leslie Robbins-Conway) 56 Brinkman's Road RR #1 Miller Lake ON N0H 1Z0 Home/Résidence: 519-795-7477 Work/Travail: 519-795-7477 Email/Courriel: mail@voyageurstorytelling.ca Web page: www.voyageurstorytelling.ca See webpage for biographical information. Voyageur Storytelling hosts Country Supper Story Concerts in its rural home in Northern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario. The company is inspired by the Northern Muses and is dedicated to the proposition that art and food co-exist in profound symbiotic rapport. Its repertoire of stories is wide-ranging and diverse in form, drawn from classical and folk storytelling traditions in Canada and across the world. It presents these stories, along with its own, in performance, print and other media. Available for other occasions. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW,AW Carol Leigh Wehking 157 Grand Avenue South Cambridge, Ontario N1S 2M1 Home #: 519-623-2456 Email: clwehking@gmail.com
John Wesselson 1548 Westminster Place Burlington, ON L7P 2B5 Home/Résidence: 905-320-8967 Email/Courriel: jwesselson@cogeco.ca Bio: John’s favourite stories to tell are 19th-century authored short stories. He has been a frequent teller to adults at Stories Aloud in Baden Ontario since 2003. He has told to adults at ARC Industries in Elmira and to a ministry of First Christian Reformed Church in Hamilton (quotes: "Better than a sermon"; "You could hear the proverbial pin drop"). He has told to children at several local events. Categories: E,T,C,YA,A Heather Whaley 16 Rutledge Street Whitby ON L1P 1H2 Home/Résidence: 905-668-2174 Work/Travail: 905-242-6627 Email/Courriel: heather@heatherwhaley.ca Website/site Web: www.heatherwhaley.ca Bio: Heather is a versatile singer, songwriter and storyteller who brings both traditional tales and her own stories to life by interspersing the narrative with rhyme, chant and song. She performs in schools, in concert, and conducts workshops throughout the GTA and beyond, for children and adults. Her interactive multicultural storytelling and musical programs are popular with children and families. Heather especially enjoys performing her “Singin’ the Blues” in story concert to “grown-up” audiences! Terri Whitfield 323 Coghill Dr Kingsville, ON N9Y 3K9 Home/Résidence: 519-733-4192 Work/Travail#: 519-252-0636, x213 FAX/Télecopier: 519-252-7917 Email/Courriel: tmb.whitfield@sympatico.ca Bio: Several years ago at a course on storytelling in Ossining, NY, the storyteller in Terri came to life. Since then, she has presented storytelling to children, families and adults in her community. Terri also started and co-teaches a Parent-Child Mother Goose Program in her area, which uses rhyme, song and story to create positive experiences for parents and their children 0-4 years. Terri can be reached by or email. Categories: E,C,YA,A,AW,CW,YAW Alette Willis 292 Pleasant Park Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 5M8 Home/Résidence #:613-731-7948 Email/Courriel: alettewillis@gmail.com Bio: PhD in geography and environmental studies with an interest in the role of storytelling in environmental and heritage interpretation and in social change. Categories: E,A,YA,C Harriet Trianthe Xanthakos
Bio: Harriet believes that we are all storytellers. She shares folk tales, family stories and Greek myths with listeners/tellers of all age. Presents made-to-order workshops to students, professionals and ESL students. Toured Quebec for Canadian Children's Book Week, 2007
Dan Yashinsky 19 Kenwood Ave Toronto ON M6C 2R8 Home/Résidence: 416-654-1542 FAX/Télecopier: 416-0651-2910 Email/Courriel: dan.yashinsky@sympatico.ca Bio: Dan Yashinsky is a storyteller who has performed at Festivals throughout Canada and around the world. He tells traditional and original stories. In 1999 he received the Jane Jacobs Prize for his work building storytelling as part of community life. Categories: E,C,YA,A,CW AW
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