Sync Goûter was an online interactive event staged for Deaf and disabled Canadians as part of the CoMotion festival in Toronto, Canada in 2022. The event was curated by co-founder of Sync Leadership Sarah Pickthall and CoMotion curator and Sync Canada Alumni, Alex Bulmer. The event was exclusive to Canadians from the Deaf or disabled community.
The event also welcomed Carmen Papalia to co-host the event alongside Sarah and Alex. The event sought participants that were or aspired to become arts and cultural leaders or advocates and welcomed 22 folks to a Sync space, some for the very first time, to discuss the importance of Deaf and disabled leadership in arts and culture in Canada.
Sync Goûter was designed to explore leadership traits and tenacity and provoke those gathered to do the same, celebrating our power, pluck and sense of purpose.
Those attending enjoyed culinary themed presentations and provocations from Sync Alumni, Seeley Quest, Ingrid Palmer and Charlotte Jacob-Maguire with hosted facilitated conversations steered by Kelsie Acton, Jenelle Rouse, Chris Dodd and Kate Welsh.
You can watch the videos, read the transcripts and enjoy the graphic illustrations from the event below.
It was a real culinary coup to end CoMotion with Sync Goûter exploring Disabled-led perspectives in these eclectic provocations.
Alex Bulmer – Sync Alumni & Curator, Comotion Festival
An extraordinary joyful event full of wit and very tasty too
Participant – Sync Goûter