CURRICULUM VITAE
HEATHER PROST, 2019
Education
Expressive Arts Therapy Program
Langara College, 2018 - 2020
End of Life Care Doula Certificate
Douglas College, May 2019 - June 2019
Bachelor of Arts in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Minor in Dialogue in Communications
Simon Fraser University, 2017 - 2018
Semester in Dialogue: Decolonizing Dialogues, Solidarity, and Activism
Simon Fraser University, January 2017 - April 2017
Women's Studies Transfer Program
Langara College, 2014 - 2017
Scholarships & Awards
49 Langarans Award (2019)
For contributions to the community-at-large through work as an advocate for inclusion and empowerment
Creative Spark Grant (2019)
ArtStarts
Golden Key Honour Society (2018)
Ken Chan BA-95 LGBT Undergraduate Award (2018)
Simon Fraser University
Women Elder in Action (We*Act) Scholarship (2016)
Langara College
Art Exhibitions
Into the Queer Mind Group Exhibition
August 13, 2018, Centennial Lodge, New Westminster, BC
Vines Art Festival - Facilitator and Collaborator for The Bench Project with multidisciplinary artist Rafal Czachor
August 8 - 9, 2018, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
From Life to Death Group Exhibition
April 4, 2018 - June 1, 2018, The Anvil Centre, New Westminster, BC
New Westminster Pride’s Uncover Group Exhibition
August 2016 - September 2016, The Anvil Centre, New Westminster, BC
Curatorial & Writing
Steel & Oak Art Program - Programmer / Curator
July 2018 - Present, New Westminster, BC
2019. "Crystallized Tent” poem and cover image. Feral Feminisms, Issue 8.
Unthinking Sex, Imagining Asexuality: Intersectional and Interdisciplinary Perspectives - Co-Curator
April 26-27, 2019, Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre Campus, Vancouver, BC
2018. "ARThrive: an exploration of grassroots healing spaces". Vancouver, BC.
2018 “dried herbs". Lyre Magazine, Burnaby, BC
2018 “NWSS GSA Zine Workshop”
Blog post for: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
2017 “Where the River Runs” Tenth to the Fraser, New Westminster, BC
Academic Conferences
Panel Presenter, National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference: JUST IMAGINE IMAGINING JUSTICE: Feminist visions of freedom, dream making and the radical politics of futures, Atlanta, GA
November 8 - November 11, 2018.
Panel Presenter, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences Conference, Asexuality and Intersectionality: Asexuality in Conversation with Religiosity, Transnationalism, and Sex Positivity, Regina, SK
May 26 - June 1, 2018.
Initiatives, Workshops, & Event Organization
The Spoon Project - Creator
May 2018 - present (currently on hiatus)
Pecha Kucha New West - Presenter
August 2018, Queens Park, New Westminster, BC
The Body Issue, Zine Making Workshop - Co-Organizer, Facilitator
June 2018, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
Voices of Resilience, Poetry Event - Co-Organizer / MC
March 2018, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
ARThrive - Co-creator / Organizer / Facilitator
January 2018 - August 2018, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
Zine Making Workshop - Organizer / Facilitator
December 2017, New Westminster, BC
Boards and Committee Experience
Visual Arts Committee Member
Arts Council of New Westminster
May 2018 - December 2019
Board Member
Access Art Gallery
June 2018 - March 2019
Community Volunteer Work
Urban Native Youth Association
Weekly Youth Mentor
January 2017 - January 2019
Simon Fraser University’s Active Bystander Network
Active Bystander
September 2017 - April 2018
Feral Feminisms - an open access feminist online journal
Peer reviewer for artwork submitted to Issue 8 – Critical Interventions in Rape Culture.
December 2017 - January 2018
Fraser River Discovery Centre
Volunteer / Facilitator
October 2016 - October 2017
Qmunity BC’s Queer Resource Centre
Web Reach Specialist and Outreach Volunteer
July 2016 - October 2016