(Re)casting Shakespeare in Canada: A Symposium “Intersectional approaches to staging Shakespeare” - School of the Arts, Media, Performance, and Design | York University Toronto, ON (April 2023) |
All Together Now: Creating Access in TYA | ASSITEJ Canada (February 2023) |
Deaf Arts, Activism and Inclusion Panelist | Rice and Beans Theatre Vancouver (February 2023) |
“The Future of Activism in the Arts - Nordic Talks | Harbourfront Centre Toronto, Ontario (November 2022) |
“From the audience to the stage: Theater opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing children” Digital webinar Presenter | Teater Manu Stiftelsen Dam project (March 2022) |
“Adapting Shakespeare” - one of the panel guests for the Digital Meighen Forum | Stratford’s [email protected] (August 2021) |
“The Importance of Intersectionality in Theatre and Beyond” zoom interview | Intermission Magazine Toronto, Ontario (July 2021) |
“Invincible” Guest Speaker for E.C. Drury School for the Deaf Class of 2021 virtual graduation | Milton, Ontario (June 2021) |
“Total Communication versus Bilingual Education” - zoom presenter for Lithuanian Educational Centre for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Vilnius, Lithuania (May 2021) |
“My work as a Deaf artist and Intersectionality” - zoom presenter | European Deaf Drama Camp II (January 2021) |
“Yale Drama Guest Lecture: Hamlet” - zoom meeting with Nicole Brewer’s drama group DRAM 633 01 (FA20) | Anti-Racist Theatre (December 2020) |
“Gallaudet University Theatre - Deaf Artists Backstage: Dawn Jani Birley" - recorded live interview on zoom | Gallaudet University (October 2020) |
“Ask an ASL Actor” panelist - live and interactive panel on the eBoss Canada Facebook page hosted by Kerry-Lee Finkle and Marla Mann | Toronto, Ontario (May 2020) |
“My life work as a professional Deaf actor tackling intersectional theatre.” Special guest for a pilot program by the Deaf Association of Slovenia - hosted live via ZOOM bridged to Facebook for the international public that was interpreted into 13 different sign languages | Ljubljana, Slovenia (May 2020) |
“The sign language from the perspective of Deafhood and the challenges in pedagogy.” - 2nd International Day of the Mother Tongue - AGFH Kiel e.V. | Kiel, Germany (February 2020) |
"All About Languages” lecturer - Finlandssvenska Interpreting Association | Helsinki, Finland (October 2019) |
Master of Ceremony with John Maucere for Clin d’Oeil Festival’s opening and closing ceremonies | Reims, France (July 2019) |
School visit at the Woodroffe High School Deaf Program on behalf of Prince Hamlet | Ottawa, Canada (March 2019) |
School visit at the Northern Secondary School Deaf Program on behalf of Prince Hamlet | Toronto, Canada (February 2019) |
“Prince Hamlet: In Conversation with Ravi Jain and Dawn Jani Birley” HartHouse Lecture/Talk event in cooperation with Whynot Theatre, CanadianStage, and University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies | Toronto, Canada (February 2019) |
"Knowledge is power, but sign language is my superpower…” Keynote Speaker for the Industry Series at the Push15 Festival | Vancouver, Canada (January 2019) |
Panelist for the “Critical Ideas: Arts + Access” as a part of Ideas Series events at Push15 Festival | Vancouver, Canada (January 2019) |