About Tanvi.
Tanvi is a migrant settler on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. A writer and editor with a background in community organizing, Tanvi has a unique skill set that has allowed her to work in a number of different fields, from facilitation and research to editorial and teaching. All her experiences build off of one another, bridging wealths of knowledge between industries. Tanvi has a BA in Political Science and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.
Image credit: Rachel Pick, 2023
Tanvi began her journey into migrant justice work at the age of fourteen as a member of the Fresh Voices Youth Advisory Team, where she advocated for policy change alongside other migrant and refugee youth. Later, she joined the Lost Votes campaign advocating for permanent residents to have the right to vote in municipal elections. She developed a commitment to social justice, and has since worked at organizations such as Equitas Centre for Human Rights Education, Leave Out Violence Society BC, and UBC’S Equity and Inclusion Office. She has spoken at events hosted by organizations such as the YWCA, BCCIC, Women Transforming Cities, BC Civil Liberties Association, Vancouver Foundation, and the Circle of Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada. In 2019, she was nominated for the YWCA Young Woman of Distinction award.
Tanvi’s writing has been published in the Tyee, the Star, SAD Magazine and Maisonneuve, among others. She has experience working in multiple genres, including prose, comics and screenwriting. She is a former editor of PRISM international and Geist magazine. In 2023, she was awarded a residency with Pacific Screenwriting Program’s Scripted Series Lab, and has since worked in multiple television writer’s rooms. Currently, she is continuing her commitment to change-making as the Outreach Strategy Lead for Women in View.
