with The Mackenzie Art Gallery

It’s two incredible speakers in one virtual session!

Cat works through video games, performance and expanded reality to explore the control and conflicts of labour and its relationship with technology. Graduating in 2018 with her MFA in Design for Emerging Technologies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, her practice uses technology to reimagine existing social relations and the future of work.

Jon is a XR artist and developer who makes games and software. His practice evolved from creating applications to facilitate interaction between performance artists and audiences, to building irreverent interactive experiences for mobile devices and VR headsets.

with Neil Whaley

Neil has spent most of his life immersed in STEAM disciplines in one way or another -- constantly fascinated by the everyday world around us, as well as the seen and unseen connections that make things tick.

As a former software developer and consultant, he brings an extensive background in coding and real-world problem solving to his educational practice. He was the coordinator and instructor for STEM Tinker School and Social Enterprise School with Campus Calgary/Open Minds. Neil also holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Calgary.

with Dr. Raven Baxter

Raven Baxter, Ph.D., aka Dr. Raven the Science Maven, is an internationally acclaimed American educator and molecular biologist known for effortlessly merging science with pop culture. Using her magnetic personality, she challenges the status quo to prove that science communicators aren’t all one and the same.

Whether producing viral hip-hop videos such as her “Antibodyody Antibody Song” and “Wipe it Down” to teach science lessons to the masses, or hosting a STEM-themed talk show she created called STEMbassy, she joyfully disrupts traditional cultural perceptions about scientists.