Healthcare is a notoriously difficult industry to be creative in – but if game changers and mavericks like Shane Koyczan and Ilya Naishuller, worked within the constraints of their industries, would we have the brilliant work they’ve delivered to us today?
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Shane Koyczan will join Tanya Tagaq, Chilly Gonzales, Bahamas and more for Q re-launch with new host, Shad!
Watch: http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2664897081
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It’s almost show time! Q’s new fulltime host Shadrach Kabango, better known as Shad, will take to the stage at Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio on Monday, April 20. In a two-hour special recorded before a sold-out theatre, Shad will unveil several changes we’ve been working on behind the scenes.
The show will be live streamed from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. ET at CBC.ca/q. It will air on CBC Radio One at 10 a.m. (10:30 NT)…
Read moreShoulders
Lyrics by Shane Koyczan
Music by Shane Koyczan and The Short Story Long
Music produced by Corwin Fox and Shane Koyczan
Directed by Johnny Jansen and Amazing Factory Productions
Animated by Johnny Jansen
Edited by Johnny Jansen
Art by Gareth Gaudin and Janine Johnston
Special thanks to,
Comox Valley All Sorts Choir
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David Suzuki Foundation & The Blue Dot Tour – JOIN THE MOVEMENT
YouTube: https://youtu.be/An4a-_NjilY
Heaven Or Whatever
Today, the internationally renowned spoken word artist, poet and author Shane Koyczan shares a new video for "Heaven, Or Whatever". Directed by Stuart Gillies, the video features CR Avery, Dexter Ver Der Schyff, Melissa Illing, RC Weslowski, Ruth Mason-Paull and more and is from the recently released album Silence Is A Song I Know All The Words To.
“As a kid I was a terrible Catholic… as an adult I’m an okay atheist. I’ve seen religion do good. I’ve known people who were able to turn their entire lives…
Read more‘Troll’ Featured on Upworthy
A Really Awesome Guy Got Tired Of Being Bullied By Trolls. So He Made This. Well Played.
Kids who are bullying victims are more than twice as likely to have suicidal thoughts and more than two and a half times as likely to attempt suicide as kids who aren’t. Suicide is the third-biggest killer of young people in the United States. Girls are at higher risk.
Check it out on Upworthy, HERE
Shane speaks at Bonnier Grid in Sweden
September 10th, 2013 Shane spoke in Stockholm, Sweden at <strong>Bonnier GRID</strong>. He gave a talk based on The Story of Now. In this talk he dives into his childhood and his first crush and where that has brought him now.
Fanny Kiefer Show on Shaw TV
Shane’s appearance on the Fanny Kiefer Show on Shaw TV April 12th...
YouTube: https://youtu.be/vtCG0zMZfNA
TED: To This Day… for the bullied and beautiful.
“By turn hilarious and haunting, poet Shane Koyczan puts his finger on the pulse of what it’s like to be young and… different. “To This Day", his spoken-word poem about bullying, captivated millions as a viral video (created, crowd-source style, by 80 animators). Here, he gives a glorious, live reprise with backstory and violin accompaniment by Hannah Epperson.”
Watch: TED Talk
Interactive: transcript
To This Day Project
“My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life but standing to face the problem has helped me in immeasurable ways. Schools and families are in desperate need of proper tools to confront this problem. This piece is a starting point.”
–Shane Koyczan
Dozens of collaborators from around the world helped to bring this piece to life. Help this message have a far reaching and long lasting effect in confronting bullying – please share generously.
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Read moreShane Koyczan at the Gift of Time Gala
Shane performs a touching piece for the Gift of Time Gala, an event in support of Canucks Place Children’s Hospice.
Our Gift of Time Gala is the signature fundraising event for Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. The Hospice relies on the funds raised during this evening to continue to provide children with life threatening illnesses and their families throughout British Columbia with the highest standard of pediatric palliative care. The 8th annual Gift of Time Gala will be held October 27, 2012.
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Read moreInstructions for a Bad Day
After performing in the Courtney/Comox valley in 2011, Shane was approached by a group of students who were dealing with loss from a number of teen suicides in their area. They wanted to work on a project with Shane and thanks to the support from their community they were able to put together this video. In a separate video, Shane discusses the making of this project.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnFAGgKB-wA
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