Hi, I’m Jadine. My pronouns are she/her. I’m a freelance writer, editor, and photographer based out of Toronto. I tell the stories that matter to the communities around me, and examine how those lived experiences intersect with broader trends, systems, and history.
Currently, as a winner of the Mark Rosenfeld Fellowship, I’m investigating the national scope of deaths by suicide on Canadian postsecondary campuses. My colleague Tahmeed Shafiq and I are working to trace both the data and the long arc of grief that each death leaves behind. If you have leads for us, please reach out at canadianstudents[at]protonmail[dot]org. You can read more about our project here.
You may have seen my writing and photography in a range of publications, from literary and academic journals to magazines. You can find links to selected written work here and visual work here.
Selected honours
2022 Emerge Media Awards — Photojournalism finalist
2022 John H. McDonald Awards for Excellence in Student Journalism — CWA Award for Labour Reporting nominee
2021 National Magazine Awards — Best Emerging Writer finalist
2021 Emerge Media Awards — Photojournalism finalist
2021, 2020, and 2019 David King Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Writing, Innis College — Recipient
Speaking, appearances, and volunteering
2022 National Magazine Awards — Short features judge
INI106H1: Writing Literary Journalism, University of Toronto — Guest speaker
INI102H1: Writing Creative Non-Fiction, University of Toronto — Panelist
CBC Morning Live — Guest, discussing findings from my piece A Lonely Year on Campus
News for Youth, Find Your Story, and INKspire — Journalist Q&A Panelist
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