I worry about what Trump will inspire in Canada, especially given incidents that have already occurred here since the election.

Of course, I can't separate my queerness from my brownness - if anything, my queerness amplifies my brownness, and vice versa - but I spent so much of my early twenties trying to erase my differences, often without awareness of what I was doing.

Now is not the time for Canadians to be sanctimonious. It is time for us to be prudent and active.

I think white artists have a responsibility to be not only naming white supremacy, but to be using their power and privilege to support artists of color.

I recently did a reading at an elementary school in Ottawa, and one of the children asked me if I was a girl. I said yes. Another child commented that I had a deep voice. I responded: "Can girls have deep voices?" There was a pause and then the group responded, "Yes!"

I have always considered the aesthetic of a project, including press photos, as a means to further the message of the art itself.

I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives.