I’m writer, speaker and activist Tay Aly Jade (she/they). My work explores themes of Indigeneity, gender and sexuality, mental health, and the environment. I am of mixed Anishinaabe-European heritage, and currently reside in London, England.
My writing and speaking spans international and national organisations, including the United Nations, Oxfam, and the Canadian Women’s Foundation. In 2023, my essay “The Monarch and the Matriarch” was longlisted for the CBC National Nonfiction Prize, an honour awarded to 38 writers from a pool of 2000+ applicants.
I am currently writing my first memoir, Brave Thing. One part memoir, one part cultural critique, Brave Thing takes an unflinching look at my fight for justice after sexual assault and the ways I coped when it was not freely given to me. If you are an agent or editor looking to represent my work, I would be thrilled to have you contact me here.
Portfolio
-
Spoken Word Poetry, House of Paint OG500, 2023
Decolonizing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Movement, Oxfam Canada, 2023
Queering Artivism, Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity, 2023
Alright, Now What? Podcast, Canadian Women’s Foundation, 2022
It’s Time We Had “The Talk”: The Case for Comprehensive Sexuality Education in British Columbia, Vancouver Foundation Youth Policy Program, 2022
Canadian Citizenship Ceremonies, Institute for Canadian Citizenship, 2022
Uncovering the Cap, Brown Citizen Circle, 2022
Students Organizing Against Gender-Based Violence, Canadian Women’s Foundation and IMPACTS, 2022
Reunite the Divide, Brown Citizen Circle, 2021
Stories Spark Change, Carleton University, Toronto Metropolitan University and Laurier University, 2021
Walking in a Good Way, Women Empower, 2020
Featured Poet, Urban Legends Poetry Collective, 2019
Survivors Speak, Carleton University Students’ Association Women’s Centre, 2018-2019
Keynote Speaker, Carleton UNICEF Gala, 2019
AKCESS/BGInS Coffeehouse, Public Affairs and Policy Management Student Society, 2018
Carleton University Alumni Awards Night, Carleton University Alumni Association, 2018
United Nations 16 Day Campaign to End Gender-Based Violence, United Nations, 2018
-
London Writers’ Salon Silver Scholarship, 2024
Responding To Colonialism And Climate Change With Assertions Of Tino Rangatiratanga And Kaitiakitanga: The Case Of Ngāi Tahu, The University of British Columbia (Master’s Thesis), 2024
CBC Nonfiction Prize - Longlist, 2023
38 Writers From Across Canada Make the 2023 CBC Nonfiction Prize Longlist, CBC News, 2023
The Monarch and the Matriarch by Tay Aly Jade, CBC News, 2023
Interview with Chelene Knight, The Generous Imaginary, 2022
Sex Education in British Columbia: An Explainer, The Tyee, 2022
It’s Time We Had “The Talk”: The Case for Comprehensive Sexuality Education in British Columbia, Vancouver Foundation Youth Policy Program, 2022
Resetting Normal Report 5: First Nations, Métis and Inuit Youth, Canadian Women’s Foundation, 2022
“No Longer Any Indians to Protect”: Challenging Legislative Conceptions of Indigenous Identity, Carleton University (Bachelor’s Thesis), 2020
Kinàmàgawin (‘Learning Together’), Carleton University Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Committee, 2020
-
What Writers Really Need to Know About Instagram, Nicola Washington, 2024
Writing and Growing Your Substack Newsletter, Polina Marinova Pompilano, 2024
London Writers’ Salon, 2024
Memoir Consulting Series, Helen Knott, 2024
Comedy Writing for Non-Comedians, Caitlin Kunkel, 2023
Short Story Editing Workshop, Lisa Hislop, 2023
Putting Your Art on Things to Sell, Mentoring Artists for Women's Art, 2023
The Modern Publishing Landscape, FriesenPress, 2023
Creative Fiction Series, Richard Van Camp, 2023
Manitoba Writers’ Guild, 2023
Creative Manitoba, 2023
Short Pieces Into Book Proposals, Caitlin Kunkel, 2023
Turning Ideas into Books & Authors Into Brands, Abigail Bergstrom, 2022
Writing With Confidence, Haley Jakobson, 2021-2022
Urban Legends Poetry Collective, 2019-2023