SPEAKING + PRESS

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Speaking + Thought Leadership

TIKA is an internationally emerging keynote speaker and workshop facilitator whose work sits at the intersection of sound, storytelling, emotional sovereignty, and cultural futures. Through keynote talks, immersive workshops, and curated panels, she leads transformative conversations on trauma, voice, nervous system literacy, Black disability, creative leadership, and collective healing.

Her work bridges academic inquiry, embodied practice, and cultural strategy, offering audiences tools for ethical leadership, sustainable creativity, and relational accountability.

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • REKH Conference, University of Alberta — Healing-Centered Leadership & Creative Wellness Workshop (2025)

  • Calgary Women’s Impact Leadership Institute — Keynote + Somatic Leadership Integration Session (2025)

  • University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health — Guest Lecture: Cultural Care & Leadership in Community Health (2025)

  • Global Leaders Institute — Lectures on Creative Leadership; 40 of 40 Panel (2025)

  • VIFF Catalyst Programme, Vancouver International Film Festival — Panel: Storytelling, Identity & Creative Futures (2024)

  • Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) — Celebrity Host, The Hate U Give Premiere (2023)

  • Canadian Film Centre — Panels on Film, Identity & Artistic Leadership (2022)

  • Private Leadership Forums & Creative Wellness Circles — Canada, United States & Caribbean (2020–2025)

Signature Keynotes

  • The Frequency of Joy™
    Joy as a Technology for Survival, Creativity & Collective Futures

  • Rest as Resistance™
    Stillness, Liberation & Creative Sovereignty

  • The Cost of Silence™
    Voice, Trauma & the Human Need for Truth

Frameworks for Leaders & Institutions

  • Creative Sovereignty™
    Reclaiming Your Inner Compass in a Noisy World

  • Emotional Technology™ for Leaders
    Nervous System Literacy in High-Pressure Environments

  • Sound, Sovereignty & Access™
    Creating Equitable Creative Spaces for Disabled & BIPOC Artists

Arts, Music & Cultural Futures

  • Beyond Notation™
    Decolonizing Music Systems for the 21st Century

  • The Sonic Afterlife™
    Black Sacred Lineage, Memory & Spiritual Technology

  • Decoding Feel™
    How Emotion, Culture & Data Will Shape the Future of Music & Tech

Booking & Media Inquiries:
📩 info@withlovetika.com

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View fullsize Drink your water. Mind your business and keep your circle filled with good company, progressive conversation, good food and even better music. 😌🌻💘🎶 • 📸: @fuckingmelo
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