On-Air Appearances, Radio and Podcasts

Audio and video appearances plus past commentary from various sources

• Appearing as “Self” in Black Community Mixtapes: Literature, Citytv, Season 1 Episode 4, originally aired October 8, 2023

• Telling Black Canadian Stories: The Transformative Beauty of Black Storytelling panel discussion hosted by York Region Arts Council with Andrea Thompson, Kern Carter and Lalaa Comrie (moderator), February 24, 2023

• Poetry Presentation on Policy Options Podcast Episode #155 (Spotify) (Apple), “Public policy in Canada from an Indigenous perspective,” December 20, 2022

• Interview by Shelagh Rogers (excerpt) (full; begins at 39:10) on The Next Chapter, CBC Radio One (National), April 30, 2022

• Interview by Alan Neal on All In A Day - CBC Radio One Ottawa, February 25, 2022

• Interview by Jill Dempsey on CBC Ontario Morning, February 25, 2022

• HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM Toronto - Black History Month hosted by Dwayne Morgan, February 15, 2022

• Interview on 630 CHED Edmonton Mid-Morning with Shaye Ganam, February 11, 2022 

• Interview by Clinton Davis and Hillary LeBlanc on BlackLantic, February 8, 2022

• Interview about AfriCANthology on Conversations with Tee, January 17, 2022

• Interview about AfriCANthology on CBC Fresh Air, January 16, 2022

• Interview by Sarah Fowler on the #Waterfowl Podcast, July 23, 2021

• Appearance on Black Canada Talking™, produced by Dr. Vibe, June 20, 2021

• Interview about Mental Health on Radio Toni — Talk 4 Media Network, August 23, 2019

• Interview on Xposure — Regent Park TV, October 5, 2015

• WATCH FULL BROADCAST — Canada’s Smartest Person on CBC TV, aired March 18, 2012

• Segments of A Weekly Dose of Ritallin (in the Here and Now archive) — CBC Radio One Toronto

Articles and Opinion Columns

Read Greg Frankson’s past articles and op-eds in various publications:

• Start Your Own Reading Series, Write Magazine, Summer 2023

• Saskatchewan REALTORS® Association CEO Takes an Empathetic Approach to 36-Hour Homeless Challenge, CREA Café, May 25, 2023

• CREA Supports Community Champions through the BlackNorth Initiative, CREA Café, May 16, 2023

• BlackNorth Initiative Gives New Hope for Homeownership to Black Families, CREA Café, April 24, 2023

• Black Poets Across Canada, All Lit Up, February 18, 2022

• Black Canadians are writing, fighting for justice, equality, respect, prosperity, Toronto Star (toronto.com), February 11, 2022

• For Black Canadians, there’s no going back to the way things were, The Globe & Mail, February 4, 2022

• Black in the Trenches: The Significance of the Black Vote in Canada’s Upcoming Elections, Neri Magazine, September 10, 2021

• Signs of Life Mural Project Connects Design Thinking to Urban Planning, DowntownsOfDurham.com, August 9, 2021

• The ‘Monstrous Record’ of Henry Dundas, DurhamRegion.com, August 9, 2021

• Emancipation Day: Are We As Black People Really Free?, Neri Magazine, August 3, 2021

• geekspeak Commerce Builds Technology & Community in Downtown Whitby, DowntownsOfDurham.com, July 12, 2021

• A Canadian Abomination: Our Truth Is Buried In The Grounds Of Residential Schools, Neri Magazine, July 1, 2021

• Why Your Not-Racism Means the Racists Are Winning, Assemblage, March 10, 2021

• Where’s Our Obama? Our Harris?, Politics: Fast and Slow, January 22, 2021

• Actionable Steps for Achieving True Diversity & Inclusion, Start it Up, December 23, 2020

• Sleep is Impossible When the Police are Trying to Kill You, Assemblage, August 27, 2020

• A Gasp for Breath: A Poem About Being Black and Male in North America, Assemblage, May 28, 2020

• Changing the “White” in the Great White North, Age of Awareness, February 18, 2020

• In Contemporary Business, “Diversity” and “Inclusion” are Conjoined Twins, Start it Up, December 18, 2019

• The Real Reasons More Black Teachers Aren’t Working in Durham, ByBlacks.com, May 1, 2018

Speeches

Powerful messages delivered in public speaking venues across Ontario.

• Reimagine Blackness in Canada: “Black Advocacy Through AfriCANthology” at Western University, London ON, February 10, 2022

• Greg Frankson Speech at Flip the Script Stories, Vaughan ON, April 1, 2019

• “The Poverty of Silence” at Speaker Slam, Toronto ON, September 25, 2018

• “Outliers Among Us” at TEDxMilton, Milton ON, September 22, 2012

• “History of Pioneers” at TEDxQueensU, Kingston ON, October 28, 2012

Poetry Performances and Videopoems

Public performances at festivals and events, documentary-style video, and commissions

• Capturing Stories: Past, Present and Future, Part 4, City of Richmond Hill, March 2014

• Live Performance at WESTFEST (opening for The Skydiggers), Ottawa, June 2013

• The Great Black North Anthology Launch, Calgary International Spoken Word Festival, April 2013

• “Home is Here” by The Documentarians, October 2012

• Page, Stage & Wordplay demo for Prologue to the Performing Arts, August 2011