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CSS Grant Writer & Facilitator
At SJT Writing, we are dedicated to dismantling barriers to grant funding through our trauma-aware services that empower creative entrepreneurs and organizations to secure the necessary resources to initiate impactful projects.
My vision: To cultivate a world where storytelling serves as a transformative force for healing resiliency, and systemic change. We aspire to ensure that every artist, changemaker and organization receives the support necessary to amplify their voices and thrive.
About Us
I’m the founder of SJT Writing, a grant writing and storytelling practice built on empathy, honesty, and meaningful relationships. At my core, I’m a poet, storyteller, and facilitator who believes stories can strengthen communities, inspire change, and help us understand ourselves.
Since starting SJT Writing in 2021, I’ve helped artists, nonprofits, and social impact groups secure over $1.3 million in funding for projects focused on creativity, community, and social change.
Before this chapter, I spent over a decade supporting senior lawyers in personal injury litigation in Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver. Those years taught me how to navigate complex systems, think strategically, and advocate for people through some of life’s most difficult moments. They also showed me that behind every file, policy, and funding application is a human story deserving of care and attention.
I spent 13 years in Western Canada, including four transformative years in the rural community of Gleichen, Alberta. There, I worked as a municipal grant writer, volunteered with an arts organization, and deepened my creative practice through The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University. My work was further shaped by Elaine Alec’s Cultivating Safe Spaces framework, and I was honoured to be part of the founding cohort.
I am the seventh generation of a complex lineage from St. Philips, Newfoundland, and Toronto, with settler ancestry tracing back to England, Ireland, and Scotland. Born on Treaty No. 13 People, I carry with me the weight of untold stories. We are all on Indigenous land, and I’m committed to learning to be a better treaty person, grounded in accountability, relationship, and a commitment to truth and reconciliation.
Today, I serve on the Board of Directors for Tribe Artist Society and keep exploring how creativity, community, and self-understanding connect. I believe meaningful work starts with relationships, and that healing, transformation, and social change are possible when we share our stories with honesty and compassion.
If you’re looking for funding, working on a new idea, or planning your next steps, I’d be honoured to support you with strategy, care, and clarity.
Qualifications
- Raised over $1.3-million
- Over 80 hours of grant writing mentorship and training with Dr. Beverly A. Browning
- Grant Writing certifications from the University of Calgary and LearnGrantWriting.org
- Creative Writing certification from the Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University (2020)
- Level 3 Cultivating Safe Spaces Facilitator
- Law Clerk Diploma
- Over 13 years of experience in proposal writing within litigation negotiations and fundraising
- Associate member of the League of Canadian Poets
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Our Values & Approach
Humaness
As a trauma survivor, I recognize the emotional weight of untold stories. As a trauma-informed grant writer, I listen with an understanding of self while respecting the lived experiences of those I serve.
Collaboration and Empowerment
Working in partnership, we focus on amplifying your voice and supporting the expression of untold stories by ensuring the writing process feels supportive and comfortable.
Reconciliation and Inclusion
We are on Indigenous land, and as uninvited guests, we take a decolonial approach using the Cultivating Safe Spaces framework. As lifelong learners, we welcome the gift of correction. Everyone’s perspective matters.
Patience and Discipline
We are patient with ourselves and the process. We are disciplined listeners, and discipline to process is equally as important.
Let's Collaborate!
As an innovative perspective, I am a visionary who thinks outside the box. I have a talent for seeing your vision and being a mirror for the beauty of your underappreciated gifts.
What are you working on? Click "Contact Us" to let us know.
Collaboration Calls and Goals
We have a story for why we selected the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SGD), Call for Justice, and Call to Action. Please reach out if your project relates to these calls and goals.
SGDs
3.5 Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol.
5.B Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation
Our Truth & Reconciliation Focus
TRC Call to Action 66 - We call upon the federal government to establish multiyear funding for community-based youth organizations to deliver programs on reconciliation, and establish a national network to share information and best practices.
MMIWG Calls for Justice for All Governments: Health and Wellness
3.3. - We call upon all governments to fully support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities to call on Elders, Grandmothers, and other Knowledge Keepers to establish community-based trauma-informed programs for survivors of trauma and violence.