The Culture Shift is a monthly series of conversations with intersectional artists and arts workers working at the forefront of their practice, and pushing systems change from both within and outside of our institutional spaces. Episode 1 launches in conversation with writer, playwright and director Jordan Tannahill. Jordan’s plays have been translated into ten languages, he has won several Dora Mavor Moore Awards and two Governor General’s Literary Awards for Drama and his work has been produced and presented at venues across the world. His debut novel Liminal, a work of autofiction, was named one of the best Canadian novels of 2018 by CBC Books. It’s been a big few weeks for Jordan. His second novel, The Listeners, was just released across North America, his new play, Is My Microphone On, opened as part of Canadian Stage’s Fall season, and he is long listed for the 2021 Giller Prize.