Recently recognized with the prestigious 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women award, Keda is a dynamic CMPA Producer, ACTRA Performer, and seasoned Program Developer (P3) with a portfolio career that bridges creative innovation, social impact, and cross-sectoral leadership. With over 30 years in Arts & Entertainment, 27 years in policing, and more than 35 years of community advocacy, she brings a rare depth of experience and is uniquely positioned at the intersection of storytelling, social justice, and emerging technology.

As CEO of Broken Whole Media Group, a boutique production company specializing in linear, new, and immersive media, and True2Soul Network, which develops culturally resonant, customizable workshop programming, Keda collaborates with diverse teams to develop forward-thinking programs and content. By integrating innovations such as meta-level learning, extended reality, artificial intelligence, and sound healing technologies, she steadfastly supports mental wellness, collective transformation and an evolving entertainment industry. Her collaborators include notable figures like Hon. Dr. Jean Augustine, and organizations including Film Market Access, Circle Blue Entertainment, Freddie Films, Cream Productions, the Oscar-nominated Free Women Films (South Africa), the Jean Augustine Centre for Young Women’s Empowerment, KeMor Centre for Innovative Development, Halton Black History Awareness Society, and Elizabeth Fry Toronto.

Fueled by an unshakable conviction in the transformative power of storytelling and innovation, Keda creates and supports healing-centered, purpose-driven work that catalyzes systemic change.

Carolyn Mauricette is a Toronto-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, film writer, former Programmer/Development Coordinator for the Blood in the Snow Film Festival and current Director of Canadian Programming for the Fantasia International Film Festival. Looking to find more representation in genre, she co-created and ran the Blood in the Snow Horror Development Lab from 2021-2024, where jury-selected underrepresented BIPOC, LGBTQ2SIA+, women, and creators with Disabilities are paired with industry professionals to make their TV/Web series and feature projects a reality.

You can find her writing on Hollywood Suite and online and print editions of Rue Morgue Magazine and Grim Magazine, and she is a published contributing author writing about Japanese horror and racism in American cinema. Carolyn has also produced lectures for Toronto’s Black Museum in 2019, the Fantasia Film Festival in 2020 and 2021, and The Miskatonic Institute for Horror Studies in 2022. You can also find her in the 2020 documentary Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business, directed by Justin McConnell, Boutique: To Preserve and Collect, by Ryan Bruce Levey, and the documentary TV series A Year In Film and Cinema A to Z on Hollywood Suite.

Kassy Gascho is a Toronto-based filmmaker, film programmer, and production coordinator with experience in development, production, post, business affairs, and festivals. She programmes features and curates the Funny Frights and Emerging Screams short blocks at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival, and also programmes for the Genre Gem Film Festival in Ottawa. She recently served as an associate producer on Steven Kostanski's Deathstalker. Her past roles include work with Hot Docs, Fantasia, TIFF, Hangar 18 Media, The Image Centre, and PurpleDOG Post. Her short #BOSSBABE won the Bronze Audience Award at the 2023 Fantasia International Film Festival.

Tyra Pinto (she/they) is a queer South Asian creative based in Toronto. Born and raised in Dubai, UAE, Tyra moved to Canada in 2021 to pursue a Master’s in Digital Media at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Over the past two years, Tyra has contributed to the city’s arts and culture landscape through roles with the Toronto Fringe Festival, imagineNATIVE, TIFF, STEPS Public Art, Space for Grief, and soon, Access Threshold Inc. Their work spans social media, guest services, event coordination, and community engagement.

With a background rooted in both hospitality and the arts, Tyra approaches digital storytelling with empathy, attention to detail, and a people-first mindset. From crafting thoughtful online content to creating welcoming in-person experiences, they understand how small moments can shape how people feel seen, supported, and connected.

A dedicated participant in the arts community as both a worker and volunteer, Tyra brings creativity, perseverance, and a deep commitment to positive social change to everything they do.