about

Sharine has used her passion of storytelling to share the narratives of the cultures she is part of and is a guest to. Her desire to sharpen her skill accumulated in 2021 when she graduated from the inaugural ‘This Is A Story’ cohort: a collaborative certificate course offered by The University of the West Indies’ Institute of Cultural Studies and Ntukuma Storytelling Foundation of Jamaica.

A recipient of the 2019 Magazines Canada fellowship, she fulfilled her term as the Assistant Web Editor at Azure Magazine where she explored the intersection of pop culture, architecture and design. In 2018, she was selected to be a part of Allied Media Conference’s Movement Journalism mentorship program and in 2017 she was an intern turned contributor of VICE’s music vertical, Noisey.

Her breadth of knowledge has afforded her opportunities to speak as a featured guest at events hosted by the Nuit Blanche, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian Music Week, Sony Music and more. She has also facilitated workshops and conducted guest lectures at various universities including her alma mater, the University of Toronto, and Brock University. Her work on culture and music has appeared on many college and university syllabi across various disciplines, and her essays have been published in anthologies like A Map Is Only One Story and the 2018 edition of Best Damn Hip Hop Writing.

The cultural worker is a verified tastemaker on discovery streaming hub Audiomack and currently holds a seat as a juror for the Polaris Music Prize,  Prism Prize, SOCAN Songwriting Prize and FACTOR. 

As an undergraduate, Sharine was a two-time recipient of the University of Toronto: Scarborough’s Equity and Diversity in the Arts award. She was invited to present her research on dancehall at the 2017 Global Reggae Conference at the University of the West Indies Mona campus which was later awarded second place at the University of Toronto: Scarborough’s Department of Sociology Undergraduate Research Day.

Sharine resides in Tkaranto (Toronto), the ancestral land of the Wendake-Nionwentsïo, Mississauga, Mississauga of the Credit First Nation, Anishinabewaki and Haudenosaunee people.