
MEET OUR TEAM / RENCONTRER NOTRE EQUIPE - Sierra Lynne
Hailing from Vernon, British Columbia, Sierra Lynne is an autistic creator and journalist who joined the Spectrum Productions staff team in 2021 as our one and only Social Media Content Creator. I had the pleasure of speaking with Sierra about his experiences and how one chance conversation changed the trajectory of his life.

FREE EVENT ON THURSDAY January 13, 2022: Make a Font Community Challenge with Mike Da Bird / ÉVÈNEMENT GRATUIT JEUDI: Défi collectif de création de police d’écriture avec Mike Da Bird
Make a Font Community Challenge with with Mike Da Bird / Faites un défi communautaire de polices avec Mike Da Bird

‘Mike Da Bird’ Community Challenge January 13, 2022 / Défis collectifs ‘Mike Da Bird’ 13 janvier 2022
Wow, we’re almost done with the Fall edition of our Spectrum Productions Community Challenges! Thank you to everyone who has attended these FREE ONLINE events so far!

Winners of our first two challenges + upcoming Community Challenges / Les gagnants de nos deux premiers défis + Défis collectifs à venir
Those who attended our 2 first challenges have won some pretty cool prizes! We also would like to take this opportunity to announce some really exciting upcoming Community Challenges!

FREE EVENT NEXT WEEK: Community Challenge #2 / ÉVÈNEMENT GRATUIT LA SEMAINE PROCHAINE: Défi collectif #2
Our FIRST Community Challenge was super fun and Our SECOND Community Challenge is happening in ONE WEEK! It’s an interactive table read in partnership with Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal!

CJAE call for submissions - EXTENDED deadline! / Appel de soumissions à CJAE - Date limite PROLONGÉE
The Canadian Journal of Autism Equity (CJAE) offers a platform to the Autistic Community and is dedicated to inclusion, diversity and equity. Good news, they’ve extended the submission deadline for their next issue to August 31st!

Another Generous Contribution from Desjardins Caisse des Versants du Mont Royal! / Une autre contribution généreuse de Desjardins Caisse des Versants du Mont Royal!
We would like to express our gratitude to Desjardins Caisse des Versants du Mont Royal for another generous donation.

TIFF Community Event on July 13 / Événement communautaire TIFF le 13 juillet
Ever wanted to learn about sound design? The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is hosting a FREE workshop via zoom. Hosted by AWARD-WINNING sound designer Maddie Bautista and Oyin Olaleken - program managers at POV - this is a great opportunity to learn about the story-telling qualities of sound.

Opportunity to Showcase Your Work! / Possibilité de présenter votre travail!
Our community partner Transforming Autism Care Consortium (TACC) is hosting an event to highlight creators for their 2021 Autism Festival.

Notre collab récent fut un succès / Our Recent Collab Was a Success!
You may have heard about a francophone event we recently hosted, in collaboration with ReelEducation.

Community Event This Saturday / Évènement communautaire ce samedi
This Saturday, June 19th at 7PM, log into Zoom for a fun community event!
Steven Atme, talented autistic musician, invited creators from Montreal and across Canada to film themselves being creative at home - giving a platform for artists to perform despite the pandemic.

Summer Camp is Fast Approaching! / Le camp d’été arrive à grands pas!
Summer camp begins on June 14th and will end on August 13th. We will be offering 3 options.

Reelabilities Toronto All festival Pass giveaway content - share your stories to enter! / Reelabilities Toronto tirage de passes accès total au festival - partagez vos histoires pour participer!
Hi everyone, the Reelabilities Toronto festival launched and will run until May 30th! We have 4 all access festival passes to GIVE AWAY to YOU!

Another Successful Contract for Spectrum Productions! / Un autre contrat à succès pour Productions Spectrum!
Our production team just completed a very important project for the autistic community and we are very excited to share it with all of you!

Special General Meeting for Spectrum Productions Change of our purpose email voting open until May 20th! / Vote par courriel ouvert jusqu'au 20 mai!
This past Wednesday May 17th we held a special general meeting to vote on the change of our purpose announced on May 13, 2021.
To ensure all members have a chance to vote, and to comply with the 7 days notice required for Special General Meetings, email voting from members will be accepted until May 20, 2021 at midnight EST.

Rejoins nous ce mercredi! / Join us this Wednesday!
Nous avons collaboré avec le festival de film ReelAbilities à Toronto pour t’apporter un atelier créatif et amusant! Deux invités spéciaux se joindront à nous et il s’agit de deux créateurs de Productions Spectrum: Michael Campisi et Lucas Leroy.

The Winner of the Giveaway Has Been Selected! / Le gagnant du tirage a été sélectionné!
This past March we held Cinéma au Palais 2021 - the 10th instalment of our long time screening partnership with Nuit Blanche and Nouveau Palais Restaurant.

A New Issue of “Sur le Spectre” is out! / Un Nouveau Volume de « Sur le Spectre » est sorti!
We recently collaborated with Sur Le Spectre on producing their first video of a planned series that translates the magazine content into bilingual (FR/EN) video format and they just released the latest version of their magazine.

Spectrum Fest Events This Weekend / Évènements Spectrum Fest en fin de semaine
We have a lot planned for all of you this Friday and Saturday!
Event Saturday Night / Évènement samedi soir
As we continue to celebrate autistic talent this Autism Acceptance Month, we would like to introduce you to Comics Not Otherwise Specified – The World’s Most Awkward Boy Band. They made their world premiere in January and have been making people laugh ever since!