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CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Candidate, Cultural Mediations, Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art & Culture, Carleton University, 2020-Present
Supervisor: Dr. Laura Horak
M.A., Political Science, University of Regina, 2007
Supervisor: Dr. Joyce Green
B.A., Journalism, University of Montana, 2002
Double Major in French Literature, Minor in Women’s & Gender Studies
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Sessional Lecturer, Creative Technologies, Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, Winter 2023
PhD Fellow, Transgender Media Lab, Carleton University, 2020-Present
Operations Team and Community Accountability, Research, and Data Wrangling Team, Transgender Media Lab, Carleton University, 2020-Present
Research Assistant, "Girls in the Digital World," Dr. Julie Garlen, Co-Director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University, 2021-2022
Teaching Assistant, WGST 2803: Body Matters: Politics of Bodies, Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies, Carleton University, 2020
Sessional Lecturer, Women’s and Gender Studies, Luther College, University of Regina, 2013-2014
Sessional Lecturer, Political Science, University of Regina, 2012
Sessional Lecturer, Sociology, University of Regina, 2012
Sessional Lecturer, Political Science, University of Regina, 2007-08
ARTWORK, CURATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
INTERACTIVE WEB PROJECTS
Un/tied, writer and conceptual design, National Film Board interactive web project exploring my genderqueer identity through footwear, 2019
Portrait of a Family, writer and project collaborator, National Film Board interactive web project about the first gay couple in Canada to legally co-adopt children, 2017, 2017
AUGMENTED REALITY
Untitled Digital Monuments, Lead Artist and Project Coordinator, Common Weal Community Arts, 2022-2023
Digital Monuments Consultation, Common Weal Community Arts, 2021
Queering the Creek, curator and artist, an augmented reality art exhibition, Queen City Pride, 2020
AUDIO
Imagine This!, editor, audio engineer, and co-producer, 10-minute audio piece on making community radio with children and improvisation (with Dr. Charity Marsh)
Queering the Queen City, researcher, writer, narrator, audio engineer, co-producer, 120-minute audio walking tour in downtown Regina and the Heritage neighbourhood in Treaty 4, 2018 (with Dr. Claire Carter)
Village Voices, researcher, writer, narrator, audio engineer, producer, 90-minute audio walking tour of the Cathedral Village in Treaty 4, Regina, SK, 2016
VIDEO
We Are a Family, 2 min. 50 sec., co-producer and editor, 2020 (with Dr. Charity Marsh)
I’m Gonna Play Loud: Girls Rock Regina and the Ripple Effect, 30 min. 40 sec., editor, 2020
Pretty Impossible, 3 min. 53 sec., co-director and editor, music video for POROUS, 2019 (with Kyath Battie)
Love the Sin, 4 min. 16 sec., director, videographer, editor, 2018
DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Celebrating Michele Sereda, 22 min. 12 sec., co-producer and co-editor with Ann Verrall, 2015
Laetitia, writer, editor and producer, 2 min. 18 sec., 2015
International Indigenous Art Program, 3 min. 17 sec., editor and producer, 3 min. 17 sec., 2014
Blue Eyes, writer, editor and producer, 2 min. 38 sec., 2014
Johnny, writer, editor and producer, 2 min. 47 sec., 2014
PHOTOGRAPHY
Cutting Through the Binary, writer and photographer, a portrait series about the hair cutting practices and experiences of trans, non-binary, gender-nonconforming, and Two Spirit people in Saskatchewan, CBC Saskatchewan, October 2021
Stories That Move You, photographer and curator, collaborative portrait and digital storytelling project by and for trans and non-binary people in Saskatchewan, in partnership with UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity, funded by SK Arts, 2020
SCREENINGS & EXHIBITIONS
I’m Gonna Play Loud: Girls Rock Regina and the Ripple Effect
Toronto International Short Film Festival, Toronto, ON, 2021 – Awarded Best Short Doc & Audience Choice Award
Queer City Cinema Film Festival, Regina, SK, 2021
Albuquerque Film & Music Experience, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 2021
Rock This Town Music Film Festival, Pau, France, 2021
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Finalist, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 2021
Toronto International Women Film Festival, Toronto, ON, 2021
2020 Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, HI, USA, 2020
Imagine This!, IF 2021 – 24-hour online festival of improvised arts, Guelph, ON, 2021
We Are a Family, Queering the Creek Augmented Reality Art Exhibition, Queen City Pride, Regina, SK, 2020
Stories That Move You, The Woods Art Space, Regina, SK, 2020
Pretty Impossible, Natural Sympathies POROUS Album Launch Party, Silt Studio, Regina SK, 2019
Love the Sin
Art of Pride, Regina Public Library, 2019
Horizontal Variances, Regina SK, 2018
Queer City Cinema, Regina SK, 2018
Celebrating Michele Sereda, Michele Sereda Celebration of Life, MacKenzie Art Gallery and Access TV, Regina, SK, 2015
Johnny and Blue Eyes, Retrospection, Queen City Pride Art Show, Central Public Library, Regina, SK, 2015
Johnny, Nuit Blanche YXE, the Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon, SK, 2014
International Indigenous Art Program, Closing Ceremonies, North American Indigenous Games and on Access TV, Regina, SK, 2014
FUNDED RESEARCH
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Award, Transing the Lens on Trans Bodies, 2021
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Carleton University, 2021 (declined)
Departmental Scholarship, Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture, Carleton University, 2020
Entrance Doctoral Scholarship, Carleton University, 2020
Graduate Centennial Merit Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2007
Graduate Studies Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, Fall 2006
Graduate Studies Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, Winter 2006
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Graduate Scholarship, The Enemies Within: Feminist Activism in the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, 1982-2006, 2005
SSHRC Enhancement Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2005
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
POROUS, Golden Sheaf Award in the category of “Performing Arts & Entertainment,” Yorkton Film Festival, co-directed with Eric Hill, Sunny Adams, Elian Mikkola, Ania Ślusarczyk, Ian Campbell, Mike Rollo, Kyath Battie, 2021
Un/tied, Digital Dozen Award, Columbia University School of the Arts Digital Storytelling Lab, 2020
Un/tied, Nominated for a Canadian Screen Award, “Best Production, Interactive,” 2020
Independent Artist Grant, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Digital Narratives Residency, SK Arts, 2015
W.O. Mitchell Scholarship, Sage Hill Writing Experience, 2013
“Stains,” short essay, Runner Up, City of Regina Writing Award, 2012
Athletic Scholarship, University of Montana Varsity Golf, 1998-2002
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK CHAPTERS
“The Hard Part: The Erasure of Queer and Trans Experiences in an Online Debate about Male-Only Barbershops” in Divided : Populism, Polarization & Power in the New Saskatchewan, edited by JoAnn M. Jaffe, Patricia Elliott, and Cora Sellers, p. 63-79. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 2021.
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
“The Uncanny Dance Partner” in DAG Volume I, Dunlop Art Gallery, 140-147, 2012.
POLICY DOCUMENTS
Ruddy, Evie with Cara Tierney and Laura Horak, "Transgender Media Lab Anti-Racist Accountability Report for June 2020-December 2021." Ottawa, ON: Transgender Media Lab, Carleton University, 2022.
Ruddy, Evie and the Transgender Media Lab, “Transgender Media Lab Handbook: A Living Manual of Our Values, Guidelines, and Protocols.” Ottawa, ON: Transgender Media Lab, Carleton University, 2022.
Modestita, Brooke, Gannon-Day, Jada and Evie Ruddy, "Social Media Policy." Ottawa, ON: Transgender Media Lab, Carleton University, 2022
Ruddy, Evie, Horak, Laura, and Crompton, Connie, “Transgender Media Portal Project Charter.” Ottawa, ON: Transgender Media Lab, Carleton University, 2022.
BOOK REVIEWS
State of Struggle: Feminism and Politics in Alberta in Prairie Forum, Saskatchewan: Canadian Plains Research Centre, 32.1, 2007.
NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES (Selected)
“A Legacy of Connection: Remembering Trudy Stewart," Splice, Fall 2020.
“David and his Husband Wanted Kids of their Own. They Didn’t Plan to set a Legal Precedent.” National Post. June 23, 2017.
"Shake it Up: Gary Varro on Art, Identity and the Value of Rattling Minds," Prairie Dog, January 22-February 4, 2015.
“Hooked on a Feeling: Ron Athey Preaches and Teaches in a Temple of Transformation,” Prairie Dog, January 22-February 4, 2015.
“Edgy Arts Festival Opens in Saskatchewan: Queer City Cinema is ‘Full On’ and ‘Sensual,’” Xtra, January 18, 2012.
“Meet Cindy Baker: This January, Performance Art Arrives by Taxi,” Prairie Dog, January 2012.
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS (Selected)
"Cutting Through the Binary," CBC Saskatchewan, October 2021
“It’s not that hard to be trans-inclusive,” Briarpatch Magazine, December 2018.
“Laetitia,” The Maynard, 8.2, Fall 2015.
NATIONAL RADIO (Selected)
Ruddy, Evie. “Rising above online hate," The Sunday Edition, CBC, September 2014.
CONFERENCES
"2SLGBTQIAP+ Communities in Regina Project: Jurisdictional Scan of Best Practices in Municipalities in Canada,” HRI Research Showcase, University of Regina, April 2023. (with Dr. Charity Marsh)
"Developing Values and Putting them into Action," Moving Trans History Forward, University of Victoria, March 30-April 2, 2023. (with Dr. Laura Horak, Jada Gannon-Day, Kate Higginson, Kit Chokly, Dr. Constance Crompton, Mel Racho, Orvis Starkweather)
"'Listening for Difference': Improvisation as a Method for Ethical Co-Creation in Portrait Photography Projects Involving Trans Collaborators," Great Lakes Association for Sound Studies: Listening as a Shared and Social Practice, University of Regina, Oct. 7-8, 2022.
"Building the Transgender Media Portal," Indexing Resistance: The Blood & Guts of Queer Protest, Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts & Technology, York University, Lula Lounge, June 23-24, 2022.
“Queering the Creek: Curating the Disruption of Public Space Using Augmented Reality,” Association for Literature, Environment, and Culture in Canada, Biennial Conference, University of Saskatchewan, June 15-19 2022.
"Imagine This!: Improvisatory Acts, Curating Sounds, and Producing Community Radio for Children During the Pandemic," 2022 IASPM Canada Conference: Starting Over? Popular Music and Working in Music in a Post-Pandemic World, University of Western Ontario, online, May 18-19 & May 24-25, 2022. (with Dr. Charity Marsh)
“How Will We Work Together? Creating the Transgender Media Lab Handbook and Project Charter,” Digital Humanities Unbound, Association for Computers and Humanities, and Canadian Society for Digital Humanities, May 17-19, 2022.
“Imagine This! Reflections on 91.3 FM CJTR Regina’s Community Radio Programming for Kids During the Covid-19 Pandemic,” Musical Proximities, Concurrent with DIALOGUES: Decolonizing Sound, Music, and Dance Studies, November 2021. (with Dr. Charity Marsh)
“Orienting Toward Social Justice: Trans, Anti-Racist, Anti-Colonial, Feminist, Queer, and Crip Approaches to Ethical Practices in the Digital Humanities,” Canadian Society for Digital Humanities Annual Conference, June 2021. (with Dr. Laura Horak)
“I’m Gonna Play Loud: Girls Rock Regina and the Ripple Effect,” 2020 Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2020. (with Dr. Charity Marsh)
“Queering the Queen City Audio Walking Tour: Storied Physicality and Urban Space,” North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, Vancouver, BC, November 2018. (with Dr. Claire Carter)
“Feminist Activism in the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party,” University of Regina Graduate Students’ Research Conference, Regina, SK, 2006.
PUBLIC TALKS (Selected)
Co-Presenter, “Building the Transgender Media Portal,” Digital Humanities Toolbox, University of Ottawa, March 2022. (with members of the Transgender Media Lab)
Panelist, “Culture Wars: Populism, Polarization and Power in the New Saskatchewan,” Divided Book Launch, Nov. 24.
Panelist, “Trans in the Academy,” Western University Society of Graduate Students, 2021.
Panelist, “Queering Scopophilia: Disrupting the Cisgender Gaze,” Common Weal Community Arts and University of Saskatchewan - University Art Galleries, 2021.
“Cat Haines and Evie Ruddy in Conversation,” Live-Streamed Minecraft Open Studio, Ender Gallery, MacKenzie Art Gallery, 2021.
Panelist, “Art IS Social Action: An Online Discussion,” Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation, 2021.
Speaker, “Queering the Queen City: An Audio Walking Tour,” Community Connections Series, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, U of R, Regina, SK, 2018.
Speaker, “Digital Stories from Across Saskatchewan,” Culture Days, Creative City Centre, Regina, SK, 2015.
Keynote Speaker, “Backlash,” The Power of Being a Girl, YWCA Regina, Regina, SK, 2014.
Speaker, “Digital Stories from Across Saskatchewan,” Nuit Blanche YXE, Saskatoon, SK, 2014.
Panelist, “The Future of Local News,” Cathedral Village Arts Festival, Regina, SK, 2009.
Speaker, “Activist Journalism: Using Independent Media as Tools for Social and Environmental Change,” Canadian University Press Conference, Saskatoon, SK, 2009.
Speaker, “The Enemies Within: Feminist Activism in the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party,” Political Science Lecture Series, University of Regina, 2008.
GUEST LECTURES
“Digital Storytelling and Augmented Reality Art,” MPI 501: Integrated Digital – Production, Ryerson University, 2021.
“Interactive Storytelling,” CTCH 303: Technology & Culture, Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, University of Regina, 2021.
“Augmented Reality Art and Activism,” CTCH 310: Digital Storytelling and Interactive Media, University of Regina, 2021.
“Let’s do better at writing about gender and sexuality,” JRN 801: Advanced Print, Journalism, University of Regina, 2021.
“We Are a Family,” Out on the Prairie University of Regina Queer Initiative Speaker Series, 2021. (with Dr. Charity Marsh)
“Augmented Reality Art and Activism,” CTCH 201: Introduction to Sound Art, Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, University of Regina, 2020.
“Interactive Storytelling,” CTCH 303: Technology & Culture, Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, University of Regina, 2020.
“Queering the Queen City Audio Walking Tour,” Live Q&A facilitated by Dr. Claire Carter, Arts 199: Sport, Competition, and Play, University of Regina, 2019.
“Digital Storytelling,” WGST 420: Sexualities: Theories and Practices, University of Regina, 2016.
“Digital Storytelling,” WGST 420: Sexualities: Theories and Practices, University of Regina, 2015.
COURSES TAUGHT
CTCH 310: Augmented Reality: Critical Theory, Art, and Activism, Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, University of Regina, 2023
CTCH 303: Technology & Culture, Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, University of Regina, 2023
WGST 280: Feminisms & Activism, Faculty of Arts, Luther College, University of Regina, 2014
WGST 100: Intro to Women’s & Gender Studies, Faculty of Arts, Luther College, University of Regina, 2014
WGST 100: Intro to Women’s & Gender Studies, Faculty of Arts, Luther College, University of Regina, 2013
PSCI 337: Women in Politics, Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2012
SOC 212: Gender, Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2012
PSCI 337: Women in Politics, Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2008
PSCI 230: Canadian Politics, Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2007
FACILITATED WORKSHOPS
DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Created and facilitated workshops for the following schools, organizations, and courses:
UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity, Stories That Move You, Workshop Locations: Regina and Saskatoon, funded by SK Arts, 2020
Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, “Preserving Your Roots Digital Storytelling Series,” Workshop Locations: Regina, Weyburn, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Yorkton, 2016
King George Elementary School, Saskatoon, SK, 2015
IS 290: Ecomuseums: Sense of Place, Luther College, University of Regina, SK, 2015
Moose Jaw Public Library, Moose Jaw, SK, 2015
Saskatoon Open Door Society, Saskatoon, SK, 2015
RIIS (Regina Indian Industrial School) Media, Regina, SK, 2015
Cathedral Village Arts Festival, funded by SK Arts, Regina, SK, 2015
Creating in the Qu’Appelle, Lumsden, SK, 2015
Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, Regina, SK, 2015
Campus Regina Public, Artist partner for ArtsSmarts project, funded by SK Arts, students’ digital stories were exhibited at Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artist Collective, Regina, SK, 2015
SaskCulture, Workshop Locations: Melville, Lumsden, Pense, Moose Jaw, Lashburn, Shaunavon, Eastend, Ponteix, Swift Current, Yorkton, Melfort, Weyburn, Fillmore, Meadow Lake, Weyburn, Regina, 2014
PODCASTING
Intro to Podcasting, Regina Public Library, 2018
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Digital Narratives Residency, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB, 2015
Artist in Residence, Cathedral Village Arts Festival, Regina, SK, 2015
COMMISSIONS
“Objects, Part 2,” digital vignettes for Kathryn Ricketts’ Anthropology of the Discard exhibition, touring throughout North America, 2018
Entertaining the City: Warehouse District, researcher, writer, narrator, sound engineer, producer, 90-minute audio walking tour for the Warehouse Business Improvement District, Regina, SK, 2017
“Objects, Part 1,” digital vignettes for Kathryn Ricketts’ Anthropology of the Discard exhibition, Fifth Parallel Gallery, University of Regina, 2016
Digital Stories for Curtain Razors Theatre, 2016
Festival Blogger for Queer City Cinema Performatorium, 2015
Digital Stories on the seven recipients of the Lieutenant Governor’s Arts Awards, SK Arts, 2015
Digital Shorts accessed via Augmented Reality for Karlie King’s Pest Exhibition, Haida Gwaii Gallery/Museum, 2015
EMPLOYMENT
Communications Strategist, University of Regina, Regina, SK, 2019-20
Communications Officer, Saskatchewan Government & General Employees’ Union, Regina, SK, 2015-19
Culture Days Animateur, SaskCulture, Regina, SK, 2014
Reporter/Producer, CBC Saskatchewan, Regina, SK, 2011
Outreach Coordinator, Parkland Institute, Edmonton, AB, 2009-10
Editor and Art Director, The Sasquatch, Regina, SK, 2008-09
Communications Strategist, SK Arts, Regina, SK, 2008-09
Managing Editor, The Commonwealth, Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, Regina, SK, 2002-05
WORKSHOPS & APPRENTICESHIPS
Anti-Oppression Facilitation Training & Conflict Resolution with Sharmeen Khan, online, 2022
Anti-Oppression Facilitation Fundamentals with Anti-Oppression Resource & Training Alliance (AORTA), online, 2021
“The Intimate Portrait” photography workshop with Jess T. Dugan, online, 2021
Two-Spirit, Queer & Trans Video Workshop with TJ Cuthand, RPL Film Theatre & Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, 2018
Educator’s Workshop, Centre for Digital Storytelling, Berkeley, CA, 2014
Sage Hill Writing Experience, Lumsden, SK, 2013
Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild Mentorship, Mentor: Dave Margoshes, Regina, SK, 2013
Podcast Producer Work Study (4 months), Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB, 2011
BOARD & COMMITTEE WORK
Council Member, Advisory Council for “Capacitor: A Programming Channel for Trans Artists Based in Saskatchewan,” a Digital Now project funded by Canada Council for the Arts, 2021-22
Chair, Common Weal Community Arts Board of Directors, 2018-21
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Mentor, Saskatchewan Queer and Trans Youth Network, 2020-21
Founder and Volunteer, Rock the Boat Books, 2007-09
Volunteer, Regina Books Through Bars, 2007-08
Volunteer, Regina Women’s Community Centre & Sexual Assault Line, 2002-07
JURY EXPERIENCE
Juror, ArtsSmarts After Hours, SK Arts, 2015