TANYA TURTON, BSW, MSW
Hailing from Jamaica, and raised in Toronto, Tanya Turton is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, educator, and mental health advocate. Graduating from Toronto Metropolitan University with a Bachelor of Social Work, Tanya’s work uses an intersectional lens to explore the relationship between narrative, mental wellness and care. As a graduate from Dalhousie’s Master of Social Work program, Tanya’s work cultivates frameworks for collective care rooted in practical approaches to equity.
As a wellness world builder Tanya takes steps to tell intersectional stories, and construct a world for Black and queer communities to feel heard, seen, and witnessed. Tanya is the author of Jade Is a Twisted Green, A coming-of-age story about Jamaican Canadian identity, love, passion, chosen family, and rediscovering life’s pleasures after loss. The founder and Executive Director of Adornment Stories Collective, a Mental Health grassroots non-profit for Black women, femmes, queer, trans and non-binary communities to tell their stories through a plurality of creative means while building their capacity. The Lead Educator and founder of NiaZamar an intersectional education platform, a love centred community and a space for reclaiming freedom via self-care and collective-care. Her work centres early engagement mental health initiatives and intersectional frameworks of engagement. Mixing wellness, narratives, education and mental health advocacy she offers a unique blend of engaging tools to meet people where they are.
Author | Facilitator | Founder
World Building at the intersection of narrative and care.