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Kee to Success: Student Careers Guide#56 Western Engineering to Tesla to Meta - Michael Avrakh - Part 3What would you do if you woke up tomorrow… couldn’t log into your computer… and found out you were one of 18,000 people laid off overnight?No warning.No goodbye meeting.Just an email at 4 a.m. saying your job no longer exists.Today’s episode is about what happens after the dream job.My guest spent two and a half years at Tesla — launching products, building his engineering career, riding the wave of one of the most exciting tech companies in the world. And then in 2024, 40% of his team was cut overni...
2026-02-2332 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#55 Western Engineering to Tesla to Meta - Michael Avrakh - Part 2What does it really take to land a job at Tesla?In this episode, I sit down with one of my former students who went from Canadian engineering undergrad to Mechanical Design Engineer at Tesla — working on the Model 3, flying to factories in China and Europe, and presenting work that would ultimately be reviewed at the executive level.And here’s the twist: he almost didn’t apply.We break down the entire process step by step:How a random conversation at a bar led to a Tesla applicationWhat the resume...
2026-02-1633 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#54 Western Engineering to Tesla to Meta - Michael Avrakh - Part 1In this episode of Kee to Success, I sit down with Michael Avrakh, a 2016 John Polanyi Collegiate Institute SMR (STEM) graduate who went on to study mechanical engineering at Western University and build a career at Tesla before moving to Meta as a product design engineer. Michael shares what high school was really like for him, how extracurriculars and hands-on engineering clubs shaped his path, and why finding real-world application mattered more than perfect grades. This episode offers honest insight into engineering, resilience, and the choices that shape long-term success.
2026-02-0927 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#53 Marketing Major to PWC Manager - Nicholas Kriss - Part 3What if the things you enjoy in high school—and the way you talk to people—matter more for your future career than you realize?This episode wraps up my three-part conversation with a former student who is now a manager at a major professional firm. In this final part, we connect the dots between high school experiences and long-term career success, focusing on what actually helps people move into leadership roles.We dig into practical advice students can use right now: setting meaningful goals, communicating with confidence, balancing work and life, and learning how to c...
2026-02-0325 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#52 Marketing Major to PWC Manager - Nicholas Kriss - Part 2What actually moves a career forward?In this episode, we sit down with a former student who turned a university internship into a fast-moving career inside a global professional services firm—by noticing opportunities early, asking for responsibility before it was offered, and setting clear goals long before most people do.We talk about working full-time while still in school, navigating career uncertainty during COVID, recognizing when a role has limited growth, and using networking, communication, and risk-taking to pivot into more meaningful work. Along the way, he shares honest insights about long hours, rapid ad...
2026-01-2723 minKee to Success: Student Careers GuideSeason 2 IntroSeason 2 is here! A preview to my first 3 guests, an apology for some technical recording difficulties and some new episodes on success tips for school and careers.
2026-01-2002 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#51 Marketing Major to PWC Manager - Nicholas Kriss - Part 1A 2017 graduate from my SMR program at JPCI in Toronto, Nick went into Marketing at York U and climbed the corporate ladder fast, making manager in under 5 years. Nick talks about Business majors at York U, setting goals in life, what he does at one of the largest accounting firms in Canada and how he climbed the corporate ladder so quickly. He also runs a business selling trading cards for fun! Part 1 of 3. (Warning - struggled with audio a bit here because of some technical difficulties)
2026-01-2027 min
Monday BreakfastHarm Reduction Speeches, Free Palestine speeches, Racial Discrimination in South Africa, Blak In-justice: Incarceration and Resilience ExhibitHello and welcome to the Monday Breakfast show for Monday the 5th of May 2025. On today's show:Headlines:Liberal Party losing the 2025 federal election, Peter Dutton losing seat in DicksonIsrael looking to expand military presence in Gaza with thousands of army reservists.UK clubs sign open letter against the country’s Football Association implementing ban of trans people being a part of teams following Supreme Court ruling. // Second part of the speeches from the rally supporting harm reduction and evidence-based healthcare. Standing against stigma, scapegoating, and the criminalisation of people who use drugs. Continuing on from the speeches we aired in...
2025-05-0400 min
Speaking OutIn conversation with Vernon Ah KeeVernon Ah Kee explains his creative process and outlook on life.
2024-11-2253 min
ON ARTVernon Ah Kee and Irene Watson - Yara YarningDr Irene Watson (Tanganekald, Meintangk, Bunganditj and Potaruwutj) sits down with Dr Vernon Ah Kee (Kuku Yalandji, Waanji, Gugu Yimithirr and Koko Berrin) for a yarn, six years after the pair first worked together on Vernon’s commission to create an ephemeral site-specific artwork of Kaurna language words on the grounds of UniSA, City West campus. Recently refreshed, the artwork embeds Kaurna concepts, extending Vernon’s long-standing commitment to art activism and a language-based practice. The pair talk candidly and with a great sense of mutual respect about reciprocity, justice, and the importance of speaking truth as two F...
2024-07-0744 min
Blak MindsFirst Nations Artist Dylan SarraDylan Sarra is a Gooreng Gooreng artist from a well-known family. Hear Dylan share childhood memories, his connection to country, the important roles women have played in his life and his profound experiences of working with the Burnett River rocks. Dylan is a passionate artist with an impressive portfolio and an exciting future. Dylan graduated from the Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art (CAIA) at Griffith University and has twice been a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards during his studies at Griffith.CAIA has established the careers of many leading Abo...
2024-04-161h 18
Michelos MusicLos! #003 on DanceFreex.com - 25 dec 2023Create happiness and make great memories!
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Tom Bug, Grooveline - What's Your Sign [Dobar House]
Two Diopters - Outsider [theBasement Discos]
jxck. - Touch Me (DJ Flavours...
2023-12-252h 06
EMPIRE LINESStory, Place, Tony Albert (2023) (EMPIRE LINES x Sullivan+Strumph, Frieze London)Artist and curator Tony Albert collects Aboriginalia, colonial kitsch still found in Australia’s second-hand and souvenir shops, to reconstruct historic racial stereotypes and reclaim contemporary Indigenous experiences.
From ‘Picanniny Floor Polish’ to ‘Bally Boomerang Pinball Machines’, Sydney-based artist and collector Tony Albert has long been fascinated by Australiana, tourist objects which attempt to define, and commodify, Aboriginal and Torres Strati Islander peoples. Transforming them into grand sculptural installations, his works are political interventions with these vintage objects, and reappropriations of their use and meaning - which refuse to shy away from the shameful status they now hold.
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2023-10-1214 min
ART FICTIONSCULTURE EXCHANGE - Artistic Protest and Rightful Sovereignty (PAOLA BALLA)Guest artist PAOLA BALLA
joins Jillian Knipe for this special edition of ART FICTIONS | Culture Exchange which is part of the UK/Australia Season, a partnership between the British Council and the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Paola and I discuss colonisation in a place widely known as Australia, and its corresponding cost to herself, her family and her extensively long ancestral lineage, via poet Ellen van Neerven's 'Comfort Food' published in 2016.
We dive into Ellen's magically rich text as she describes the simplest of dishes alongside racist cruelty. Al...
2022-04-0259 min
Institute of Modern ArtInterpretive Text: 'Many Lies' by Vernon Ah KeeAudio descriptions and interpretive texts from select works in 'This language that is every stone'.
2022-03-2901 minInstitute of Modern ArtAudio Description: 'Many Lies' by Vernon Ah KeeAudio descriptions and interpretive texts from select works in 'This language that is every stone'.
2022-03-2902 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#50 1st Year Tufts Med Student - Peter Tao - Part 2Part 2 of 2 of Peter's interview where he talks about what it's like being in med school, exploring medical fields and gives advice to aspiring med school students and researchers.
2022-03-1739 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#49 1st Year Tufts Med Student - Peter Tao - Part 1Danforth MaST grad Peter Tao talks about his path from high school to UofT science to Tufts medical school in this 2 part interview for aspiring doctors.
2022-03-1045 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#48 1st Year Engineering Science - Ayleen FarnoodOne of the most common questions I get is "What is Engineering Science?". So today's guest has just completed her first semester at the University of Toronto's Engineering Science program. In this episode she will talk about what the program is, what kind of fields and jobs she can get into and how she achieved a 98% average going in.
2022-02-1744 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#47 Track Athlete/Engineer - Ramzi Abdulahi - Part 3In this last part of Ramzi's interview we talk about what he does at RBC as a software engineer and he gives tips for aspiring athletes who want to balance that with engineering.
2022-02-0328 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#46 Track Athlete/Engineer - Ramzi Abdulahi - Part 2In this episode, Ramzi continues his interview and talks about what it was like balancing the demands of training track while in software engineering full time. He discusses Western's co-op program, how he got his first job and the power of networking.
2022-01-2732 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#45 Track Athlete/Engineer - Ramzi AbdulahiToday's guest is an elite high school track athlete who grew up in one of the roughest neighbourhoods in Toronto and recently graduated as software engineer. In this 1st of 3 parts, Ramzi Abdulahi talks about what it was like growing up poor, the positive influence of his teachers at John Polanyi Collegiate Institute and how he chose Western for engineering.
2022-01-2041 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#44 - Chiropractor - Sydney Massey - Part 2Part 2 of my interview with Sydney Massey who talks about what a typical day is like as a chiropractor and gives tips on how to become one plus what to expect when you see one.
2022-01-1325 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#43 - Chiropractor - Sydney Massey - Part 1Sydney graduated from Danforth Tech and went to get her Kinesiology degree because she always had an interest in sports and rehab. She got into Chiropractor college and now works in Whitehorse, Yukon! In Part 1 she talks about the Kinesiology program at McMaster and what a chiropractor does.
2022-01-0634 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#42 - Python Software Engineer - Mohitul Islam - Part 2Mohitul continues his interview by discussing what it's like being a professional Python programmer at Apple. He also gives tips on seeking jobs, succeeding as an Electrical Engineer and more.
2021-12-2339 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#41 - Python Software Engineer - Mohitul Islam - Part 1Mohitul works as a software engineer for Apple, but what makes him very different from my first guest is that his main job is coding in Python and he works in Apple's Canadian office in Ottawa. His degree is in electrical engineering from Waterloo and in part 1 we'll cover his path from high school through university and what his current job is like.
2021-12-1637 min
The Art ShowRenaissance amnesia, Vernon Ah Kee, and a mysterious Sydney paintingDo we turn a blind eye to the aggression and militarism — and colonialism — that defined the Italian Renaissance? Plus, hear why artist Vernon Ah Kee can't ignore a distinct Australian brand of racism, and whether a work by the Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi found its way to 1970s Sydney.
2021-09-2254 min
野点(Outliers Radio)野点电台#208：肥皂 by 路华拿Tracklist：01. The Vernon Spring - Mother's Love 00:0002. Iцry Lech - Cuando Rocio Dispara Sus Flechas (Suzanne Kraft Remix) 03:1903. H.Takahashi - Circulation 10:0704. Jonny Nash, Teguh Permana - Api 16:0705. Numün - Tranceport 24:0506. Carl Stone - Shing Kee 29:0807. Mary Lattimore - Hello from the Edge of the Earth 43:2608. Awakened Souls - Citrus Sunset 46:5109. Qasim Naqvi - Onna at Pulse 53:4810. Satoshi & Makoto - Lumiere 57:2611. Pye Corner Audio - Theme Number Sixty Eight 62:2512. Burial, Four Tet, Thom Yorke - He...
2021-07-251h 18
Radio GoolarriDalisa Pigram Gudirr Gudirr for The National 2021 IV 280621Breakky host Anna John chats with Dalisa Pigram about the most recent iteration of her solo dance work Gudirr Gudirr which was a highlight of this years exhibition in the art biennale 'The National', in Sydney. They discuss the themes of the work and the transformation of the work from stage to screen, working alongside Vernon Ah Kee.
This interview is part of a two-part series focusing on artists of the Kimberley featured in The National 2021.
For more info on the work check out: https://www.marrugeku.com.au/ and https://www.the-national.com.au/
2021-06-2811 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#40 - Social Worker for Addictions - An-Ni Tu - Part 3An-Ni ends her 3 part interview discussing a typical day in her life as a social worker, and how she deals with stress and danger on the job. She also answers student questions on addiction and substance abuse and gives advice for aspiring social workers.
2021-06-2346 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#39 - Social Worker for Addictions - An-Ni Tu - Part 2An-Ni continues her interview and the education of social workers including grades and graduate work, the difference in social work programs, as well as jobs and pay. This is Part 2 of 3 and will be the last interview for Season 1 of Kee to Success.
2021-06-1938 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#38 - Social Worker for Addictions - An-Ni Tu - Part 1An-Ni thought she wanted as more traditional STEM Career but she discovered social work and was passionate about helping others, so she went to Ryerson's Social Work program and got a job helping people recover from addictions. In Part 1 of this 3 part interview, An-Ni explains how she came to social work, what makes Ryerson different, social justice and explains Defund the Police.
2021-06-0945 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#37 - Machine Learning Engineer - Rees Simmons - Part 2In part 2 we learn more about what it's like being a machine learning engineer at Google, plus Rees gives tips to students trying to get into machine learning and succeed in the career.
2021-06-0237 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#36 - Machine Learning Engineer - Rees Simmons - Part 1Rees went into Physics at Waterloo, came out with a degree in Mathematics and ended up as a Machine Learning Engineer at Google. Learn how he go his job, and what he does in Part 1 of this 2 part interview.
2021-05-2643 min
Aboriginal Art in AmericaUnwritten by Vernon Ah KeeA solitary figure emerges from an urgent flurry of charcoal lines. Vernon Ah Kee’s “Unwritten” is a potent metaphor for the struggle of indigenous artists to control their identities amid the continuing pressures of racism and colonial oppression. In 2004, Ah Kee began a series of large scale photorealistic charcoal portraits of his family members. These works were based upon ethnographic photos taken by the anthropologist Norman Tyndale on Palm Island during the 1930s. In enlarging these images to an imposing scale, Ah Kee returns power to their gaze, reclaiming the ethnographic photography for those who are once its subjec...
2021-05-2503 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#35 CTO/CompSci genius/Hacker John-Alan Simmons - Part 3In this final part of my interview with John-Alan Simmons, he discusses success in his own start up and gives tips for students to succeed in computer science. After the interview he reconnected me with his brother who is a machine learning engineer at Google. That interview will appear in a couple weeks as our last episode of this season.
2021-05-1944 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#34 CTO/CompSci genius/Hacker John-Alan Simmons - Part 2John-Alan continues his interview with how dropping out of University of Toronto's Computer Science program affected him. He gets into his adventures with Bitcoin and Dogecoin mining and discusses his startups leading up to his current company.
2021-05-1247 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#33 CTO/CompSci genius/Hacker John-Alan Simmons - Part 1I knew John-Alan was an accomplished self taught computer programmer who was also a nationally ranked archer with a lot of talent for doing projects beyond his peers, but I didn't know he was a hacker through high school. John-Alan shares his journey through high school and university in Part 1 of this 3 part series. Later in the series he'll talk about cryptomining and crytpocurrencies as one of the earliest Doge miners and how he started up his companies.
2021-05-0551 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#32 1st Year CompSci Student - Baker JacksonUTS grad Baker Jackson explains what it's like at University of Toronto's Computer Science program, why he turned down Waterloo, and how he got his summer internship before finishing his first year of university. He also explains UofT's PoST system, why it stresses out students and fields many other questions from students.
2021-04-2841 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#31 - Broke Student Beats the Odds in University (Commerce/Accounting)What do you do if you can't afford university?This question comes up for more people than we'll ever hear about.But for Monsaina, self identifying as poor was really about recognizing the barriers to a university education and employment as she struggled with finances while in school and couldn't afford her tuition deposit. This podcast is about Monsaina's story from high school to the University of Guelph's Commerce and Accounting program to landing a great job before she graduates this year.
2021-04-2154 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#30 - Business Analyst / B.A Philosophy/Econ - Kyle - Part 2Kyle continues his story with what it was like doing an exchange program to Europe and how he got his job at a machine learning start-up through email. He also gives his final advice to help students who might be in a similar financial situation in university.Our next episode will come in 2 weeks as we pause for Ontario's March break in April!
2021-04-0746 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#29 - Business Analyst / B.A Philosophy/Econ - Kyle - Part 1There is a barrier to education for students that come from a low income family or where they are the first to have university degrees. My next two guests have persevered to become successful despite these barriers that most people don't realize. Their messages are here for inspiration to others who might be in a similar situation.My first guest is Kyle who has a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology and Economics from UofT. In Part 1 he talks about life in high school, university and his exchange program experience in Europe.
2021-03-3151 min
The Art ShowVernon Ah Kee and Liz Ann MacgregorBrisbane-based artist Vernon Ah Kee has been making art that asks hard questions for nearly two decades, critiquing systems and racial inequality in contemporary Australia.Plus an interview with Liz Ann Macgregor, director of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art. The director has since announced she will be leaving the job after 22 years.
2021-03-3153 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#28 - Chemical Engineer - Arujala Thavendrarasa - Part 2Arujala discusses her co-op jobs at McMaster, what her current job is like at Imperial Oil and final advice for those aspiring to be chemical engineers.
2021-03-2532 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#27 - Chemical Engineer - Arujala Thavendrarasa - Part 1Danforth MaST grad Arujala originally wanted to go into aerospace engineering but switched into chemical engineering at McMaster. She became roommates with my other guest Nelani and went on to work at Imperial Oil as an environmental project manager. In Part 1 of 2 she talks about high school and life at McMaster in the Chemical Engineering program. The end of this podcast references a video on YouTube which you can find by searching for "Ananya Chadha networking".
2021-03-1727 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#26 - Mechatronics Engineer - Serena FooNot all success has come easy for my grads. In this episode, my student switched from Chemical to Mechatronics and then hit the challenge of not having work experience before entering university. Danforth MaST graduate Serena Foo talks about her journey through Waterloo's Mechatronics program, her advancement through different jobs and where she is now as an Electrical Engineering working in B.C.
2021-03-1157 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#25 - 1st Year Law Student - Nancy YanNancy did her undergrad at the University of Waterloo in Legal Studies, Arts and Business. She's currently at the University of Ottawa in her 1st year of law school. Nancy talks about the shift from high school to university, co-op jobs for non-STEM students at a school known for STEM and the process to getting into law school.
2021-03-0339 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#24 - Senior Software Engineer at Uber - Wasiur Rahman - Part 2Wasiur gives more insights into his work, then discusses how to be successful in university. He talks about perks of working at Uber, explains the difference between CompSci, Comp Eng and Software Eng and his final advice for career success.
2021-02-2550 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#23 - Senior Software Engineer at Uber - Wasiur Rahman - Part 1It took 3 years for Danforth Tech MasT grad Wasiur Rahman to become a Lead Engineer at Uber in San Francisco. A graduate of Waterloo's software engineering program, he had 7 co-op jobs. In Part 1 of this 2 part series, Wasiur talks about his co-op jobs, how his career progressed, and the secret to his success.
2021-02-1754 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#22 - Wall Street Investment Banker - Jerry Wu - Part 2Danforth Grad Jerry Wu continues his interview as he explains his career path after university to Wall Street and takes questions from students. He fields questions from last week's guest - self taught investor Erick Gutierrez.
2021-02-1059 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#21 - Wall Street Investment Banker - Jerry Wu - Part 1In contrast to our previous guest, this Danforth Tech grad traveled a bumpy road through the University of Waterloo to earn his Masters in Accounting and become a Wall Street Investment Banker. Part 1 details the entertaining stories of Jerry Wu and how he survived university to land his first job.
2021-02-0346 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#20 - Self Taught Investor, Retired at 22 - Erick Gutierrez - Part 2This episode is Part 2 of my interview with Erick, the Danforth Tech grad who retired at 22 by learning how to invest in the stock market. Erick discusses traits of success, long term strategies, the problem with our high school system and what happens when you become a millionaire fast. Make sure to take notes, because there are a lot of potentially life changing points!
2021-01-2754 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#19 - Self Taught Investor, Retired at 22 - Erick Gutierrez - Part 1He grew up in inner city Regent Park with English as his second language. He didn't like the school system and worked as a line chef after high school but recovering from a concussion for 2 months made him re-evaluate what he always wanted from life. Erick Gutierrez retired 5 years out of high school after successfully becoming a millionaire in the stock market. In Part 1 of this interview, Erick explains his story, his methods and and how he came to retire at 22.
2021-01-2058 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#18 - Wind Turbine Technician - Daren BernierHe started off in carpentry but loved rock climbing, working with his hands, and being outdoors, so Daren Bernier entered the world Wind Tech and became a wind turbine technician and safety trainer who is high in demand. Learn about what it's like being a wind turbine technician from someone loves their job in this unique interview.
2021-01-2057 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#17 - Director of Marketing - Queens Commerce - Jake Buffin - Part 2In Part 2 of his interview, Jake talks about how he got into Elite Window Cleaning and worked his way up to become Director of Marketing. He also answers student questions about Queens and gives tips on how to be a successful business student.
2021-01-1437 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#16 - 1st Year Stanford Student - Networking Expert - Vincent SongVincent Song graduated from UTS in 2020 but has developed an advanced degree of skill with networking throughout high school which lead to gaining valuable experience to make him stand out in his application to Stanford. In this interview Vincent talks about how he got into Stanford, what it's like in first year and how he's using networking skills to make the most of his experience. This podcast references his interview on YouTube called "How to Network! Tips on tackling the professional world. (lowkey changed my life)" on Ananya Chahda's channel. There is swearing in this episode that has been ble...
2021-01-1446 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#15 - Director of Marketing - Queens Commerce - Jake Buffin - Part 1Jake thought he wanted to be an engineer until he got into business at Queens with hopes of getting into consulting. Jake found his way into a company and became their Director of Marketing after graduating in 2018. In Part 1 of this interview, Jake talks about his experience at Queens including why he chose it, extra-curriculars and the best and worst parts of university.
2021-01-0651 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#14 - 2020 Final Advice CompilationThe last question in every episode is the final advice each guest wishes to share. Here's a compilation of all 7 guests that were published in 2020 to help inspire you for 2021.
2021-01-0124 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#13 - Autobody Repair Technician - Skills Canada Champion - Catherine MathewsonCatherine first tried autobody repair during the Tech rotation ta Danforth Collegiate where students get to try different trades. It was there she met legendary auto shop teacher Bill Speed who mentored her to become a gold medalist at the Canada Skills Competition. Catherine talks about how she got into auto body repair, apprenticeship, and finding success and a rewarding career in trades.
2020-12-241h 14Kee to Success: Student Careers Guide#12 - Program Manager - Ridwan Howlader - UofT Computer Engineering - Part 2Ridwan talks about his interview for his position at Microsoft, what a Product Manager does and his advice on how students can be successful. This interview is must for anyone looking for success in university or career in computer engineering.
2020-12-1737 min
Museum MinuteUnwritten by Vernon Ah KeeEpisode Notes
A solitary figure emerges from an urgent flurry of charcoal lines. Vernon Ah Kee’s “Unwritten” is a potent metaphor for the struggle of indigenous artists to control their identities amid the continuing pressures of racism and colonial oppression. In 2004, Ah Kee began a series of large scale photorealistic charcoal portraits of his family members. These works were based upon ethnographic photos taken by the anthropologist Norman Tyndale on Palm Island during the 1930s. In enlarging these images to an imposing scale, Ah Kee returns power to their gaze, reclaiming the ethnographic photography for those who ar...
2020-12-1402 min
Institute of Modern ArtPanel Discussion: Art in an Age of Gas DestructionThis panel discussion takes off from the work of INFRACTIONS, specifically its use of the moving image to address the colonial infrastructure and cultural dimension of fossil gas expansions.
The conversation looks to discuss the relationship between ‘the situation’ of gas-fired futures, matters of cultural responsibility, survival, and refusal. Join Que Kenny, Phillip Marrii Winzer, Vernon Ah Kee, and INFRACTIONS director Rachel O’Reilly to discuss the work of doing things otherwise. Hosted by Warraba Weatherall.
Que Kenny (Western Arrarnta) is a community support worker, artist and activist from Ntaria (Hermannsburg), west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, also studyi...
2020-12-131h 44Kee to Success: Student Careers Guide#11 - Program Manager - Ridwan Howlader - UofT Computer Engineering - Part 1Ridwan turned down Waterloo to go into Track 1 at the University of Toronto where he graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering. He was head of the aerospace team and lead a project that will have a satellite put into space. His work on that project helped him stand out to be hired by Microsoft as a Program Manager at Microsoft HQ in Seattle. In Part 1 Ridwan talks about his university experience.
2020-12-0930 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#10 - Silicon Design Engineer - Nelani Skantharajah - McMaster Engineering - Part 2Part 2 of Nelani's interview where she talks about her co-op jobs while taking Computer Engineering at McMaster and how she got her internship at Microsoft and her job as a silicon design engineer at Microsoft HQ in Seattle.
2020-12-0338 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#9 - Silicon Design Engineer - Nelani Skantharajah - McMaster Engineering - Part 1Nelani graduated from Danforth Tech's MaST program in 2014 and went to McMaster for BioMedical Engineering but switched to Computer Engineering. She now works for Microsoft as a silicon design engineer. In Part 1 Nelani talks about why she picked McMaster Engineering and what it was like in the program.
2020-11-2632 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#8 - The Arts student who got into Med School - Madeline - Part 3The last part of Madeline's interview contains her perspectives on how to get into med school, the differences between med schools and more. There's also information on how to contact her and access her personal guide on how to get into med school.
2020-11-1846 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#7 - The Arts student who got into Med School - Madeline - Part 2Part 2 of 3 - Madeline continues her story with her decision to try to go to med school with an Arts degree and no science or math high school credits. She explains how she studied for science and the MCAT and her preparations in applying to med school.
2020-11-1338 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#6 - The Arts student who got into Med School - Madeline - Part 1Madeline Malczewska graduated from Danforth in 2010 and graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Arts in English Literature while overcoming many barriers such as family, teachers and income. She's currently in her second year of medicine at the University of British Columbia. In this 3 part series, Madeline explains her Arts degree, how she got into med school and what it's like training to become a doctor.
2020-11-0533 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#5 -2nd Year Computer Engineering Student at University of Toronto - John Lee2nd Year Computer Engineering Student John Lee picked the University of Toronto over Waterloo. Find out what the program is like from this 2019 UTS grad.
2020-11-0536 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#4 - Google TensorFlow Quantum Researcher - Mechanical Engineer to PhD Candidate - Trevor McCourt - Part 2Trevor explains why he turned down MIT for Caltech for his PhD, what kind of work he did in his co-op jobs and what his work is with Google's Tensorflog Quantum.
2020-10-2327 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#3 - Google TensorFlow Quantum Researcher - Mechanical Engineer to PhD Candidate - Trevor McCourt - Part 1Trevor McCourt was my student at Danforth Tech (Class of 2015) and graduated from the University of Waterloo in 2020 with a degree in engineering. He is a founding team member of Google's TensorFlow Quantum project. In this interview he details the advantages of having high grades in employment, how to get 100% in 3rd year calculus and his career path to getting acceptances to MIT and Caltech for his PhD.
2020-10-2130 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#2 - Embedded Software Engineer - Abhiram Bojadla - Waterloo Computer Engineering - Part 2Abhiram Bojadla was my student at Danforth Collegiate and graduated in 2012 to go to the University of Waterloo for Computer Engineering. He currently works as an Embedded Software Engineer for Apple at Apple HQ in California.Part 1 discusses his transition to university, getting co-op jobs and beating 2000 applicants for the coveted Apple co-op job.Part 2 will discuss what it's like working as an embedded software engineer at ApplePart 3 will be all about tips, tricks and stories from Abhiram's experience as an interviewer for Apple when he visits to University of Waterloo to recruit co-op s...
2020-10-0747 minKee to Success: Student Careers Guide#1 - Embedded Software Engineer - Abhiram Bojadla - Waterloo Computer Engineering - Part 1Abhiram Bojadla was my student at Danforth Collegiate and graduated in 2012 to go to the University of Waterloo for Computer Engineering. He currently works as an Embedded Software Engineer for Apple at Apple HQ in California.Part 1 discusses his transition to university, getting co-op jobs and beating 2000 applicants for the coveted Apple co-op job.Part 2 will discuss what it's like working as an embedded software engineer at ApplePart 3 (to be done at a later date) will be all about tips, tricks and stories from Abhiram's experience as an interviewer for Apple when he visits to...
2020-10-0642 min
ACMI Stories & IdeasACMI Conversations: A Thin Black LineIn this talk we explore the creative, technical, cultural and collaborative practice of creating VR from personal histories for this moving new work.
A Thin Black Line is an immersive VR experience that follows one family in the aftermath of the bombing of Darwin in 1942, when half the population fled believing a Japanese invasion was imminent. Among them was Indigenous filmmaker Douglas Watkin’s mother, just five-years old at the time.
Director Douglas Watkin, VRTOV's VR director Oscar Raby, artist Vernon Ah Kee and lead 3D artist Kalonica Quigley shared behind-the-scenes footage and early drawings from their unique journey bringing or...
2018-04-271h 26
Separate stories podcastVernon Ah Kee: not an animal or a plantNot an animal or a plant, a comprehensive show of Vernon Ah Kee's work from 2017, tackles racism in Australia head on.
2018-01-0917 min
Sydney ArtsThe Hanging: 'Not an Animal or a Plant' by Vernon Ah KeeThis episode of The Hanging reviews 'Not an Animal or a Plant' an exhibition at National Art School Gallery by Gabby Chantiri.
2017-02-2402 min
Institute of Modern ArtIn Conversation, Vernon Ah Kee and Bruce McLeanQueensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art’s Curator of Indigenous Art Bruce McLean in-conversation with Brisbane-based artist Vernon Ah Kee. McLean has worked with Ah Kee on a number of occasions, including My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia (2013) at QAGOMA. For this event, they discuss Ah Kee’s practice, engaging specifically with his new work for Imaginary Accord.
2015-08-041h 04
The Guardian Australia Culture podcastAdelaide festival podcast: episode oneGuardian Australia's culture team head to Adelaide to sample all the delights of the festival. We talk to Christos Tsiolkas about drug use and the writing process, and the place of literature in Australia; we welcome festival director David Sefton onto the podcast for discussion of our festival moments; and discuss the work of artist Vernon Ah Kee. And away from the international festival, Jane Howard brings us her first dispatch from the Fringe
2014-03-0822 minNational Gallery of Australia | Audio Tour | National Indigenous Art Triennial 07Vernon AH KEE, mythread 2007I started this series of drawings with my ‘heroes’. A portrait of my grandfather, Mick Miller. He was larger than life and held a special role in society. Grandfathers are already fully evolved when you meet them. Their personality is not evolving or growing, it’s set in stone…Different to the father–son relationship. Grandfathers have an immediate fondness toward their grandchildren. They are also very much heroes to everyone in the family. I thought it was natural to want to portray them on a large scale, to make them large drawings. If I made a video of my grandfathe...
2007-11-2000 min