Sheung-King, Aaron Tang holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Guelph. He held lecturer positions at Sheridan College, Humber College, and the University of Guelph. His debut novel, You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked, was named one of the best book debuts of 2020 by The Globe and Mail and longlisted for Canada Reads 2021. He is currently an artist in residence at the ADA DADA Residency, where he is writing and researching the implications of the datafication of human behaviour.

A previous iteration of “Futures Literacy and Creative Writing: Pedagogies for Exploring Futures” was presented at OCAD University’s Asian Global Cultural Studies Forum. As of August 2021, Sheung-King will be working as a creative writing coach at Avenues Shenzhen, where he will be a founding member of their new upper division interdisciplinary program.

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Program

Futures Literacy and Creative Writing
Saturday, September 18, 2021