The Sanctuary

Sawyer Hannay is a former professional hockey player and current business owner of Country Liberty and Liberty Village from Rexton, New Brunswick. At 16 he left Rexton for Halifax Nova Scotia to play for the Halifax Mooseheads. From there he was drafted to the NHL by the Vancouver Canucks in 2010, played professionally in Europe, Indiana and university in New Brunswick.   While living in Euro...

Briana Corr Scott is an artist and author based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She tells stories about the beauty of the natural world. She has dedicated herself to painting and drawing from life. Her art and stories are inspired by experiences of drawing objects in nature. Briana works primarily in oil and gouache to make botanical drawings, illustrations, stop motion animations, surface patterns, an...

Huwa Okoyomoh is a spoken word poet, professional voice actor, and podcaster from Nigeria, West Africa. She's been writing and performing poetry for six years. She believes that the African stories deserve a microphone as they have been misconstrued by the western media. What better way to introduce the life and culture of the African community than through a sixty-second rhyme scheme?  Find...

Cindy has been in the Management business for over 20 years. Managing all types of companies and people from Mental Health, to Banking, to Clothing, to Flooring and Fashion! Cindy has been an Entrepreneur since 2011. Currently, she is the Head of Branding & Communications for Labeled Clothing Company, and designer for their Michelle-Rober Fashion line, a company she co-found with her husband i...

James Martin, AKA Made By James, is an award-winning brand identity designer, and co-founder of Baby Giant Design Co. He grew up a creative, developed his skills in illustration, became a teacher, then a tattoo apprentice, and now has been in the graphic design world for 15 years. The knowledge and individual outlook he has allows him to thrive in a competitive design industry. His willingness to...

Chelsea Rose is a 26 year old Nova Scotia native who works as a paramedic full time and is a content creator in her personal time. She started off with blogging and Instagram back in 2016, but now predominantly focuses on Instagram and TikTok. Learn more @roseonethecoasthfx

Saeed El-Darahali is the President and CEO of SimplyCast, a leading provider of self‑service, multi‑channel marketing services empowering small businesses to create, manage and track their own online and offline marketing campaigns.  The driving force behind the company, he has helped it grow into a global success with clients in over 175 countries. With over 15 years of management...

Karen Ballesteros is a competitive powerlifter, engineering student, and small business owner. She is pursuing a Bachelor's in civil engineering at Dalhousie University and is currently on her co-op work terms. Outside of work and school, you can either find her in the gym lifting heavy weights, training for her next powerlifting competition, or working on her business. Just a few weeks ago, Karen...

Marsha Gallant is the marketing manager at Upstreet Craft Brewing and Libra non-alcoholic craft beer, a B-Corp-certified beverage company with a mission to refresh the community. When she's not writing marketing plans and creating content, she's a mom of two little balls of energy named Maisie and Peter, and a craft beer enthusiast. She spends her very limited free time running, camping, and creat...

James Neish is a freelance artist and illustrator in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He advocates for creativity, freedom of expression, individuality, and intersectionality as a Filipino/Canadian & member of the 2SLGBTQIA Community. His apartment will always be full of plants, fish, drawings, and music. Check him out @jineish

Scott is from Dartmouth,  Nova Scotia,  and is currently living in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is an actor,  musician,  teacher,  and writer.  He has an honours BA from Dalhousie University and a Masters of Fine Arts from York University. Scott has acted across Canada,  from Victoria to Whitehouse, Toronto,  and Halifax. In Ukraine, he teaches Acting Shakespeare and E...

Nicole Tufts is a dynamic creative visionary best known for her work as the Marketing & Creative Director for award-winning businesses, such as Vandal Doughnuts Inc. and RIOT Snack Bar. Her brands and marketing possess a trademark rebellious nature and a unique ability to capture and direct the collective’s attention. By leveraging pop culture and attention she has created nationally covered m...

Kolade Kolawole-Boboye is the Co-founder & Brand Management of LDN Records INC. and team Lead at Hope Blooms. Kolade sees himself as a lifelong learner that wants to build relationships with others, through creative entrepreneurial collaborations. A recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Architecture Award for Outstanding Design in Greenhouse, Successfully Pitched to the CBC’s Dragons Den &amp...

Lindsay Stewart grew up and lives in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, N.S. She’s been sending mail art for over 20 years. Dabbling at NSCAD for a few years turned into retail visual merchandising. Proud half owner of short lived retail space Big Pony. Lindsay loves local art, smoking weed and handmade postcards. Learn more @champagnemummy

T. Thomason is a pop artist living between Halifax and Toronto.   T. has impressed fans with his emotional and highly energetic live performances for over a decade at festivals like The Great Escape, FOCUS Wales, Parliament Hill’s Canada Day, POP Montreal, Pride Toronto, Reeperbahn Festival, Canadian Music Week, Milwaukee Summerfest, and more.   The lead up to the release of T.’s self-ti...

MAJE is a Canadian songwriter, performer, and entrepreneur. He gained recognition in 2015 when he entered and won the $10,000 1st place award in a songwriting competition put on by Music Nova Scotia based on the Black activist Viola Desmond. In early 2016 he released a music video for the Cunny Ross collaboration record "Smile" which was much appreciated because it shone light on Black fathers spe...

Invidia Obscura strives to give others a safe space to express their truest selves. Heavily inspired by the pop culture consumed in their youth, Invidia likes to experiment with harsh but dreamy visuals. The photographer's favourite part of Invidia Obscura is showing people they are stunning, no matter what. Invidia Obscura offers free photographic services for all SW’s, 50% reduced hourly rates f...

The Poly Triad are Jack, Nikki, and Minxy. They are an open polyamorous triad/throuple that shares a bed and our lives with each other and the world. They are amateur porn creators and can be found on OnlyFans, Reddit, and Pornhub under the tag Poly_Triad.

The Poly Triad are Jack, Nikki, and Minxy. They are an open polyamorous triad/throuple that shares a bed and our lives with each other and the world. They are amateur porn creators and can be found on OnlyFans, Reddit, and Pornhub under the tag Poly_Triad.

Brent Braaten is a writer, filmmaker, illustrator, and the Creative Director of Good Robot Brewing in Halifax, NS. He has been described as "an affable guy" This may be true. Check out @goodrobotbrew

Tanisha is an artist and model based in Halifax. Having always dreamed of a life filled with creativity, her art is both introspective and therapeutic. Raised in the charming Annapolis Valley -  she now resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she enjoys savouring sunrises and sunsets on the buzzing waterfront boardwalk. Aside from making messes and splashing paint onto canvases, her interests...

Letty Mitchell is a movement artist, a Yoga/mindfulness teacher, and an art enthusiast with a career stretching over a decade. Her work focuses on mindfulness, mental health awareness, yoga, anatomy, the phenomena of Qi, creativity, the links to neuroscience, as well as the concept of reality. Her work portfolio has extended into the medical industry, the wellness industry, the fashion industry, t...

Wrapped in the roots of the reggae family tree, Jah'Mila makes music that is creatively crafted and deeply inspiring. She has toured with towering reggae bands like The Wailers, Groundation, Black Uhuru (with Sly and Robbie), among many others. Well equipped with over a decade of reggae industry experience, and also with the amazing support of her musical team, she is poised and prepared to stand...

Ingrid Deon is the CEO of word-craft and she specializes in social media strategy and content creation. She started her career as a newspaper and radio reporter but made the switch to social media six years ago when she began working for a digital marketing agency. She started her own business in 2019 and currently works with clients such as Nestlé Canada, Manulife Bank, Kraft Heinz Canada, and he...

MOONWALKA is a professional artist, born and raised in Southern Nigeria (Akwa-Ibom). He is a graduate of Igbinedion University Okada before moving to Canada in early 2013. Moving to Canada, he went to Nova Scotia Community College where he studied audio engineering and graduated with a diploma in Recording Arts. Over the years he has collaborated with various artists both as a musician, a producer...