Becky Jamieson

Hilary Beaumont is a "professional questioner" (employed by OpenFile Halifax regularly to question things in a journalistic sense). She'll be talking about how the way our city works to discourage citizen interaction. She writes: "I'll be focusing on my mom, Becky Jamieson, a Dalhousie geology professor, who has attended council meetings and public consultations regularly since 1995, but has stopped going recently. Come to Pecha Kucha and I'll tell you why."

Waye Mason appears as an "opinionated impresario" (who also at one time lent his opinions to OpenFile). He'll talk about trains and ferries, and the benefits of transit systems that run on-time.

"Lifelong learner" Drew Moore will speak as a teacher who became disenchanted with the education system but "was re-inspired by the youth he works with and the city he lives in." A little hint about the youth who may inspire him can be found in this article about Moore and his break-dancing clinic company.

Tanya Davis, "Civil Poet," will perform a 6 minute and 40 second poem from her perspective as someone who has to keep leaving Halifax for work: "how i love it and what i pine for when i'm away, what i tell people about who have never been here, mostly the good stuff, the odd scandal." Also, it will be a little bit about kissing.

There are supposed to be 14 presenters tonight, so this is just a sample. "All presentations will focus on our city—what do presenters think about our city, what are the best things about it, what makes them proud to live here? What great thing happens in our city that no one really knows about and should? How could we improve our city?"

Maybe I'll see you there.