Sofia Suleman

Experience

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  Working Women Community Centre

  Sept 2017 - Jun 2018

  Co-op Student

  - Assisted with planning and executing various events both internally and externally - Performed reception and office administration tasks- Facilitated outreach activities to community and stakeholders to promote engagement and involvement - Assisted program managers in workshops, activities and computer lab

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  Élections Canada | Elections Canada

  Oct 2018 - Oct 2018

  Information Assistant and Accessibility Officer

  - Assisted with setting up and testing the technology at the voting location- Set up election signage to guide voters to polling booths- Greeted electors and instructing them to have appropriate identification ready- Aided electors with disabilities, when required- Directed electors to a poll official, remaining neutral in our conversations- Helped poll officials to remove signage, etc. after polls close

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  University of Toronto Scarborough

  Sept 2019 - Mar 2020

  Exhibition and Programs Assistant (Work Study)

  - Responsible for opening/closing and monitoring the gallery during public hours, providing information about exhibited artworks to visitors- Managed gallery communications (answer phone, respond to emails), liaise between public and gallery staff- Provided support to gallery events and programs- Assisted with event and program planning and preparation, including the coordination of tabling on campus and at local events- Researched equipment and material needs for upcoming exhibitions- Updated and maintained gallery attendance records and other exhibition documentation Show less

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  Margins Magazine

  Jun 2020 - Sept 2021

  Freelance Writer and Editor
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  University of Toronto Scarborough

  May 2021 - Aug 2021

  - Co-wrote text and recorded audio as part of a program by the Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto Scarborough for audio tours of the campus’ public art collection, for the City of Toronto’s ArtworxTO initiative - Researched artists and artworks in the UTSC permanent collection- Wrote three Collection Guides for the permanent collection with Doris McCarthy Gallery

  • Freelance Writer - Public Arts Initiative

    Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Collections and Archival Assistant (Work Study)

    May 2021 - Aug 2021
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  Blackwood Gallery

  Sept 2021 - Mar 2022

  Education Research Assistant (Work Study)

  - Assist with programming taking place at The Blackwood (virtual and site-specific)- Work collaboratively with colleagues to brainstorm, develop and execute a project that is independent of but inspired by programming at The Blackwood, titled Situational Inverse: Overturning Traditions - Collaborate closely with the Curatorial Research Assistant to co-write a Curatorial and Education Statement for Greenwood’s publication, Situational Inverse: Overturning Traditions- Research and co-write educational materials for the publication including key terms and resource list Show less

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  Community Arts Guild

  Sept 2021 - Oct 2021

  Emerging Artist

  - Virtually co-hosted the Cosmic Puppet Cabaret which was a pre-filmed show, to engage with our community members (who attended the performances) -Facilitated a peer workshop on finding one’s voice through character development and enactment

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  Doris McCarthy Gallery University of Toronto Scarborough

  Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

  Student Curator

  - With the mentorship of the curator at the Doris McCarthy Gallery (DMG), I curated a student exhibition profiling emerging artists from the University of Toronto Scarborough at Cedar Ridge Creative CentreExhibition Description: Works by Mahin Fatima, Mortasha Ho Tung Chan, Millan Khurana, Bryan Lai, and Ashley NarineCurated by Sofia Suleman, Undergraduate student, Department of Arts, Culture, & Media, U of T ScarboroughSpaces of Conflict and Contemplation is a student-curated exhibition that brings together recent works by University of Toronto Scarborough Studio Art students, presented together for the first time at the Cedar Ridge Creative Centre.Varying in media from painting, photography, digital media, and light installation, the works are produced out of deep reflections on the lives and circumstances of the artists. In conversation with one another, they communicate ideas, experiences, and events from the past and present that are ever-evolving and liminal. The artists engage with intersecting concepts of self-reflection, hybridity, as well as reflections on elements of light and space. Their works provoke connections and contemplations about human experiences of identity, conflict, self-reflection, as well as the interplay between private and public spaces. Show less

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  CIBC

  Apr 2022 - Dec 2022

  Art Assistant

  - Assisting the CIBC Fine Art Department with the inventory and management of the corporate Fine Art Collection, including assisting with data entry, research and inventory documentation