I was honoured to be directly involved in creating work for two performances in the 2025 Celebrating Gaia Series in partnership with Gail O’Riordan Climate and the Arts Legacy Fund.

The first included a collection of my personal images shown at Christ Church Cathedral as a part of a fabulous concert by the Emily Carr String Quartet and the second being the creation of Beyond VIMY, a creative remembrance that premiered to a sold-out audience at the Mary Winspear Theatre.

This 7-minute video features highlights from the premiere performance of Beyond VIMY, a 110-minute live stage production presented October 25, 2025 by the Creatively United for the Planet Society in honour and remembrance of the importance of peace and the sacrifices made by incredible individuals to ensure our sovereignty, freedoms and democracy remain intact.

More than 600,000 Canadians served in WWI, almost 10% of Canada’s population at the time. Of those, 60,000 Canadians were killed, most under the age of 30, in a war that became known as “the war to end all wars.” Despite it all, WWII occurred and Remembrance Day followed.

This creatively Canadian remembrance is anchored by the Juno-nominated band The Fugitives and includes letters and songs written by WWI Canadian soldiers with the melody and arrangements re-written by Brendan McLeod and Adrian Glynn with the original lyrics remaining intact.

Visit CreativelyUnited.org to learn more about this production and the cast.

Beyond VIMY
Presented by the Creatively United for the Planet Society

Producer: Frances Litman
Co-producer: Blair Ketcheson

Featuring:
The Fugitives
Brendan McLeod and Adrian Glynn (songwriters)
Chris Suen (banjo), violinist Carley Frey
Pipe Major Roger McGuire

Voice overs by:
Jason Geddes, Dean Kalyan, David Schwab, Barbara Parker, David Shaw

Vimy National Memorial monologue:
Blair Ketcheson

Dancers: Andrea Bayne and Peter Starr

Cellist: Amy Laing

Members of the Victoria Philharmonic Choir:
Peter Butterfield (Choir Director)
Alex Chen, Flori Ens, Robin Hine, Shelley Hordiyuk, Aidan Johnston, Valerie Kuehne, Sherry LePage, Graeme Linton, Holly Melville, Hannah Nickel, Rachel Nield, Jon O’Riordan, Christon Smith

A 2025 Celebrating Gaia Series Event sponsored by the Gail O’Riordan Climate and the Arts Legacy Fund/Victoria Foundation

With support from:
Veterans Affairs Canada
Lifestyle Markets
InternationalPeaceCharter.org
Barbara Armstrong, Ray Harris
Horne Coupar LLP
McAvoy Rule & Co.

@2025 Creatively United for the Planet Society

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Did you know that British Columbia is named after the Columbia River which used to be one of the world’s largest salmon bearing rivers in the world?

In honour of World Water Day, Changing Course: A River’s Journey of Reconnection, a film I co-produced and narrated on the Columbia River, premieres March 21, 2024 at the University of Victoria, in partnership with the Creatively United for the Planet Society, the POLIS Water Sustainability Project and the Centre for Global Studies.

Admission to the world premiere of this 60-minute documentary is free and includes conversations with very special guests: Greg Utzig (Conservation Ecologist & Technical Advisor, Upper Columbia Basin Environmental Collaborative), Larry George (Director of Lulumexun (Lands & Self-Governance, Cowichan Tribes), and Katrina Adams (Senior Aquatic Biologist, Peninsula Streams & Shorelines).

Changing Course: A River’s Journey of Reconnection will be available after March 21st to freely view on Creatively United’s YouTube channel. For details of this March 21st event, please visit the homepage of CreativelyUnited.org.

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This vision turned into a live stage production and art book that premiered April 27+28, 2024 called Metamorphosis: A Healing Journey, a multi-dimensional experience that features the cathartic stories of real people, many of them artists (including myself), whose relationship with nature changed after a life changing event.

I’m delighted to share that this book has been chosen by the Greater Victoria Public Library as part of its 2025 Emerging Local Authors Collection.

Metamorphosis: A Healing Journey is a feast for the eyes and soul with 120 richly illustrated pages of photography, art and prose. Print books are on display at the Central Branch in the rotunda for one year. You can browse the titles and place them on hold to pick up at the branch of your choice. Ebooks are showcased online through BiblioBoard, with unlimited borrowing. The book is also available for purchase here on CreativelyUnited.org and at Russell’s Books. See a sample of some of the content here.

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Through music, dance, song and stunning visuals, I was given the opportunity to artfully express the importance of protecting, preserving and planting urban trees in this 7 minute production. This unique collaboration involved members of the Victoria Symphony, the Victoria Philharmonic Choir, the Emily Carr String Quartet and Ballet Victoria.

Produced for Creatively United for the Planet, a non-profit society dedicated to showcasing creative climate solutions, the Trees Matter narrative is presented from the point of view of a sage elder who shares his knowledge with three delightful youth.

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