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Carly Stasko is a self-titled Imagitator—one who agitates imagination. She is also an artist, activist, educator, writer, producer, creative healer, culture jammer and mother. In 2014, Carly developed and facilitated the pilot project of the Dream Job Academy at the University of Toronto where she works as Program Coordinator at Hart House, a centre for experiential learning. As founder of the Youth Media Literacy Project she has led various workshops across North America on Media literacy, Globalization, and Creative Resistance. She is a former television producer with CBC Newsworld’s live debate show “counterSpin” and has published in books, journals and magazines. Her work as a culture jammer and Imagitator is featured in several documentaries as well as the best-selling book “NO LOGO” by Naomi Klein. She earned a Bachelor of Education and an honours MA from OISE/UofT where her graduate research focused on Holistic Media Literacy and Transformative Learning. In her spare time she occasionally acts as a “superhero-make-over consultant”, produces freelance radio stories and blogs about creative and mindful parenting.