Murray Zehr

Mar 27, 2022

Meet Five Oaks’ new chef, local and renowned Chef Murray Zehr!  Chef Murray has extensive knowledge and experience as an author, chef, instructor, restauranteur, and consultant with over 25 years experience in the hospitality…

Nell Walker

Feb 14, 2022

Nell is a Pleasure Coach based in Waterloo (nellthepleasurecoach.com). Her journey into pleasure coaching began after a trip to her home country of Zambia. Through intimate conversations with rural Zambian women about their sexual…

Martha Chaves

Jan 31, 2022

Martha Chaves is a Latin-Canadian-LGBTQ award-winning comedian, actor, activist, and playwright.   With her unique sense of humour, friendly-in-your-face style, and devilish charm, Martha paints hilarious stories drawn heavily from personal experience, like her upbringing…

Brian McLaren

Jan 31, 2022

Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate for “a new kind of Christianity” – just, generous, and working…

Theatre of the Beat

Aug 11, 2021

Theatre of the Beat (TOTB) is a Canadian touring theatre company working to catalyze conversations on social justice and its intersection with the beliefs of the communities in which we find ourselves. Since 2011,…

Forest Church Collective

Jun 10, 2019

Started in the United Kingdom where there are now many groups, and connected in North America as the Wild Church Network, Forest Church is the name taken by groups who seek to connect with…

Kate Reid (they/them)

Mar 18, 2019

Singer-songwriter and whip smart wordsmith Kate Reid is funny, feminist, queer as a three-dollar bill, and they’re sure to entertain. Slam-storytelling meets many a queer-themed tune in Kate’s songs, which just might have you…

Mama D (Diem LaFortune)

May 08, 2018

2013 CFMA Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year Nominee – brings a huge heart, tons of soul, a rich alto and fine guitar playing to her performances. Lafortune’s lyrics are profound and prophetic instruments for…

Matt Epp

May 08, 2018

On Shadowlands, veteran troubadour Matt Epp embarks on a journey through the geographies of darkness within him, sending back transmissions of lush, haunted Americana that embrace the dualities of this human thing—love, light, and the…