Media
Stand and deliver.
Greg’s words have been captured and shared in a multiplicity of formats for domestic and international audiences — read, watch, and listen to them here!
-
Audio and video appearances plus past commentary from various sources
Appearing as “Self” in Black Community Mixtapes: Literature, Citytv, Season 1 Episode 4, originally aired October 8, 2023
Telling Black Canadian Stories: The Transformative Beauty of Black Storytelling panel discussion hosted by York Region Arts Council with Andrea Thompson, Kern Carter and Lalaa Comrie (moderator), February 24, 2023
Poetry Presentation on Policy Options Podcast Episode #155 (Spotify) (Apple), “Public policy in Canada from an Indigenous perspective,” December 20, 2022
Interview by Shelagh Rogers (excerpt) (full; begins at 39:10) on The Next Chapter, CBC Radio One (National), April 30, 2022
Interview by Alan Neal on All In A Day - CBC Radio One Ottawa, February 25, 2022
Interview by Jill Dempsey on CBC Ontario Morning, February 25, 2022
HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM Toronto - Black History Month, hosted by Dwayne Morgan, February 15, 2022
Interview on 630 CHED Edmonton Mid-Morning with Shaye Ganam, February 11, 2022
Interview by Clinton Davis and Hillary LeBlanc on BlackLantic, February 8, 2022
Interview about AfriCANthology on Conversations with Tee, January 17, 2022
Interview about AfriCANthology on CBC Fresh Air, January 16, 2022
Interview by Sarah Fowler on the #Waterfowl Podcast, July 23, 2021
Appearance on Black Canada Talking™, produced by Dr. Vibe, June 20, 2021
Interview about Mental Health on Radio Toni — Talk 4 Media Network, August 23, 2019
Interview on Xposure — Regent Park TV, October 5, 2015
WATCH FULL BROADCAST — Canada’s Smartest Person on CBC TV, aired March 18, 2012
-
Read Greg Frankson’s past articles and op-eds in various publications:
Always Innovating: Black entrepreneur-artists forging their own independent paths, Write Magazine, Spring 2024
Start Your Own Reading Series, Write Magazine, Summer 2023
Saskatchewan REALTORS® Association CEO Takes an Empathetic Approach to 36-Hour Homeless Challenge, CREA Café, May 25, 2023
CREA Supports Community Champions through the BlackNorth Initiative, CREA Café, May 16, 2023
BlackNorth Initiative Gives New Hope for Homeownership to Black Families, CREA Café, April 24, 2023
Black Poets Across Canada, All Lit Up, February 18, 2022
Black Canadians are writing, fighting for justice, equality, respect, prosperity, Toronto Star (toronto.com), February 11, 2022
For Black Canadians, there’s no going back to the way things were, The Globe & Mail, February 4, 2022
Black in the Trenches: The Significance of the Black Vote in Canada’s Upcoming Elections, Neri Magazine, September 10, 2021
Signs of Life Mural Project Connects Design Thinking to Urban Planning, DowntownsOfDurham.com, August 9, 2021
The ‘Monstrous Record’ of Henry Dundas, DurhamRegion.com, August 9, 2021
Emancipation Day: Are We As Black People Really Free?, Neri Magazine, August 3, 2021
geekspeak Commerce Builds Technology & Community in Downtown Whitby, DowntownsOfDurham.com, July 12, 2021
A Canadian Abomination: Our Truth Is Buried In The Grounds Of Residential Schools, Neri Magazine, July 1, 2021
Why Your Not-Racism Means the Racists Are Winning, Assemblage, March 10, 2021
Where’s Our Obama? Our Harris?, Politics: Fast and Slow, January 22, 2021
Actionable Steps for Achieving True Diversity & Inclusion, The Startup, December 23, 2020
Sleep is Impossible When the Police are Trying to Kill You, Assemblage, August 27, 2020
A Gasp for Breath: A Poem About Being Black and Male in North America, Assemblage, May 28, 2020
Changing the “White” in the Great White North, Age of Awareness, February 18, 2020
In Contemporary Business, “Diversity” and “Inclusion” are Conjoined Twins, The Startup, December 18, 2019
The Real Reasons More Black Teachers Aren’t Working in Durham, ByBlacks.com, May 1, 2018
-
Powerful messages delivered in public speaking venues across Ontario.
Reimagine Blackness in Canada: “Black Advocacy Through AfriCANthology” at Western University, London ON, February 10, 2022
Greg Frankson Speech at Flip the Script Stories, Vaughan ON, April 1, 2019
“The Poverty of Silence”at Speaker Slam, Toronto ON, September 25, 2018
“Outliers Among Us” at TEDxMilton, Milton ON, September 22, 2012
“History of Pioneers” at TEDxQueensU, Kingston ON, October 28, 2012
-
Public performances at festivals and events, documentary-style video, and commissions
Capturing Stories: Past, Present and Future, Part 4, City of Richmond Hill, March 2014
Live Performance at WESTFEST (opening for The Skydiggers), Ottawa, June 2013
The Great Black North Anthology Launch, Calgary International Spoken Word Festival, April 2013
“Home is Here” by The Documentarians, October 2012
Page, Stage & Wordplay demo for Prologue to the Performing Arts, August 2011