Marusya Bociurkiw

Marusya Bociurkiw (born May 25, 1958) is a Canadian born filmmaker, writer, scholar, and curator. She has published six books, including a novel, poetry collection, short story collection, and two food memoirs. Her narrative and critical writing have been published in a variety of magazines,journals and collections, like Fuse Magazine, The Globe & Mail, Now Magazine and Rabble.ca. Bociurkiw has also directed and co-directed eleven films and videos which have been screened at film festivals on several continents. Her work appears in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the National Archives of Canada, and many university libraries. She founded or co-founded the media organizations Emma Productions, and Winds of Change Productions. She currently lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada where she is professor emeritus at Toronto Metropolitan University (previously Ryerson University). She is the founding director of The Studio for Media Activism & Critical Thought at Toronto Metropolitan University.