Sylvia Nowak 

Sylvia Nowak is a multidisciplinary artist and scholar based in Toronto, working primarily in documentary-based media. Her research and practice center around archives, media criticism, and radical histories of resistance. 

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Some of the things I’ve been up to lately... 


March 2023

  • Zine 4 U – DIY Zine Workshop Series, Toronto Zine Library & Hart House 

June 2022

  • Talk, Propositions Towards Antifascist Filmmaking & Archival Research, Radical Film Network (Un)Conference, Genoa, Italy

March 2021


May 2020

  • Conference paper, Whose Side Are You On? An Analysis of The Policing of Toronto’s Anti-Racist Action, Organized Abandonment: Cultures of Crisis and Resistance conference, Simon Fraser University, BC *Canceled due to Covid-19*

November 2019

  • Collaborative panel presentation, “Infiltrated with Arty-Tarty Types”: Queerness, National Unity, and the National Film Board, Canadian Screens, Brock University, St. Catherines, ON, Canada.

October 2019

  • Pickle Juice collective showcased in Where We Are, group exhibition and market at Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto.

June 2019

  • Conference paper, 206 Carlton: A Case Study in Documentary Compilation Filmmaking, Transnational Radical Film Cultures, University of Nottingham, UK. 

May 2019

  • Conference paper, 206 Carlton: A Case Study in Documentary Compilation Filmmaking, Breaking the Archive, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

April 2019

  • Collaborative panel presentation, 
“Infiltrated with Arty-Tarty Types”: Queerness, National Unity, and the National Film Board, UnDisciplined Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston.

March 2019


December 2018

  • Showing of work-in-progress project,
(Fair) Deal or No (Fair) Deal as part of Re/search Public Presentations at the Art & Media Lab in Kingston

November 2018


September 2018

  • Began PhD studies at Queen’s University in Cultural Studies program

August 2018


July 2018

  • New website!

June 2018






















Pickle Juice Issue #1 cover
Pickle Juice Issue #1 cover

June 13 screening at CineCycle